Hacker News: zb3

New comment by zb3 in "AOSP Source Releases Are So Late Developers Disassemble Libraries to Report Bugs"

zb3 — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:35:46 +0000

I didn't dispute that they're delaying source code releases for security patches, I only pointed out that these regulations can't explain why they choose not to publish QPR1/QPR3 while publishing QPR0/QPR2.

New comment by zb3 in "Passkeys are not a trap"

zb3 — Wed, 14 Oct 2026 18:49:12 +0000

> When it is present, WebAuthn attestation tells the site the make and model of the authenticator, identified by its AAGUID, with a certificate chain from the vendor to back it up. It says nothing about your OS, your browser, your extensions, whether your phone is rooted or jailbroken, your firmware version, or even what colour it is.

"Model of the authenticator" could say almost everything about these if the model was let's say "Google Pixel 10". TEE would refuse to sign the attestation if the bootloader was unlocked / AVB didn't verify.

YubiKey attestation is not a problem because the device doesn't work against me in such a way it would require installing custom software on it. And even if YubiKey went crazy, they're not a monopoly.

Situation with smartphones is very much different..

New comment by zb3 in "AOSP Source Releases Are So Late Developers Disassemble Libraries to Report Bugs"

zb3 — Wed, 14 Oct 2026 15:22:36 +0000

How does that prevent them from releasing 17 QPR1 now given that 17 QPR1 is already released "by the operating system provider or on any other product of the same brand"?

The second part explicitly addresses this, Pixels getting QPR1 starts the timer.

New comment by zb3 in "Google Play now lets anyone build private, vibe-coded apps that run on Android"

zb3 — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 22:01:48 +0000

Apple might do the same, but for $99 annually..

New comment by zb3 in "I turned my unused Kindle into a photo frame with GPT-6 Astra"

zb3 — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:33 +0000

Meanwhile Opus 5.5 didn't even answer my question about reading user memory in a linux die notifier, a question which had nothing to do with security, just low-level system programming..

Oh wait, the author said:

> The attempts with Fable 5.1 and Opus 5.5 were both blocked by Anthropic's cybersecurity safeguards after two prompts.

How unsurprising :)

New comment by zb3 in "LineageOS 24"

zb3 — Sun, 11 Oct 2026 18:27:30 +0000

There's a search engine here https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/ (see filters).

Not a lot of them unfortunately.. but with current bootloader unlocking situation, only newer motorolas seem to be missing... OnePlus 15 was added (or is in the making)

New comment by zb3 in "Hackers abuse Google Ads, Bing redirects to push Claude ClickFix attacks"

zb3 — Sat, 10 Oct 2026 22:57:01 +0000

They don't abuse Google Ads, scams are their casual use case.

New comment by zb3 in "2027 Web Platform Feature Ranking"

zb3 — Thu, 08 Oct 2026 15:14:50 +0000

Where are the proposals without signing in?

New comment by zb3 in "On social reality in China"

zb3 — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 19:18:43 +0000

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New comment by zb3 in "Claude-Shaped Science"

zb3 — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 14:29:28 +0000

It's claude-shaped science, so I meant Claude logo :)

New comment by zb3 in "Claude-Shaped Science"

zb3 — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 13:56:05 +0000

Why do AI company logos look like buttholes? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48956924

New comment by zb3 in "European payments groups join forces to challenge US dominance"

zb3 — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 12:57:22 +0000

You mean Huawei? Europeans are ok with that, kernel being encrypted or not.

New comment by zb3 in "European payments groups join forces to challenge US dominance"

zb3 — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 12:54:35 +0000

Yep, they can allow GrapheneOS, right now. So let's pressure them into doing that.

New comment by zb3 in "European payments groups join forces to challenge US dominance"

zb3 — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 12:51:23 +0000

They could easily permit GrapheneOS without compromising on security. Not doing so is either a sign of gross incompetence or plain malice.

New comment by zb3 in "Fuck Android Developer Verification Program"

zb3 — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 09:10:55 +0000

But now we have Gemini 4 Argon, and you know, agents (they boast it's so good at that stuff), so customer support should improve soon, RIGHT??

New comment by zb3 in "Reddit is killing RSS feeds and ending public API access because of AI bots"

zb3 — Wed, 30 Sep 2026 21:00:09 +0000

They just want to be the only ones being able to sell the content made by its users to AI companies for training purposes.

New comment by zb3 in "GLM-5.3 and the spread of advanced cyber capabilities"

zb3 — Tue, 29 Sep 2026 20:16:39 +0000

Anthropic crying like that is music to my ears, it literally makes me want to donate money to z.ai :)

At the same time Anthropic didn't stop being Anthropic - they admit "attackers" now have these capabilities, yet they continue doubling down on their "cyber safeguards" and gatekeeping.. this is hilarious.

New comment by zb3 in "When did Google get so weird?"

zb3 — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 03:23:19 +0000

But that bad assumption could make people explain themselves and provide more information than they previously would just to convince the AI to give them the answer. I don't like where this is all going, like you 'll only be able to get things done if you convince the Big Brother..

New comment by zb3 in "When did Google get so weird?"

zb3 — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 03:12:09 +0000

Except sometimes I explicitly do not want to reveal what my search intent is / explain why I want to search for this. The Google 2006 method gave me some room to do this, but now it feels like I can't do that on my own and I need to talk to Gemini. Horrible experience.

New comment by zb3 in "F-Droid 2.0"

zb3 — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 15:45:49 +0000

> All new code in this effort uses modern Android code standards and designs. This gives us a codebase that is easier to maintain, test, and easier to extend with new features in the future.

No, this increases the overall complexity of the system. Android will hopefully eventually collapse under its own weight.