This story and headline seems misleading at best, and fake news at worst.
Actually it's been reported very widely in Germany as well with exactly this headline.
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cyphunk commented on USA tried to pay Germans so coronavirus cure vaccine would be exclusive to USA businessinsider.com/trump... · Posted by u/onetimemanytime
cyphunk commented on The clever cryptography behind Apple’s “Find My” feature wired.com/story/apple-fin... · Posted by u/nnx
Is the connectivity layer considered: Is the 3rd party "proxy" handler uploading the information using an Apple ID? Does Apple record, store IP information? It seems to me that by using this system you volunteer to send data to Apple constantly which may not reveal your GPS location but will reveal your network location.
I'm happy to see someone trying to innovate in this space. I still wonder if it is okay for journalists and risk affected users to use this or if they should be advised to avoid it.
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cyphunk commented on Apple introduces 8-core MacBook Pro apple.com/newsroom/2019/0... · Posted by u/css
I really wish. At least the T490 and P-series are still available with replaceable RAM modules.
Buying max RAM from start is a $200 extra which may validate saved space. Not justified is soldered SSD. Ive doubled SSD size once a year to extend laptop life by 6 or 7 years.
cyphunk commented on What happened after my 13-year-old son joined the alt-right washingtonian.com/2019/05... · Posted by u/earenndil
The comments in this thread indicate clearly, I think, why we should never listen to engineers on social topics and questions.
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cyphunk commented on Show HN: Should you buy a house and rent it out? causal.app/buy-to-rent/... · Posted by u/Lukas1994
Note that these models are created in an era of great inequality. You can expect that if at any point a correction is made to this disparity these numbers will also be effected.
It looks like slaves were more like merchandise for the VOC. And not really that significant for their trade. They were bought from existing slave markets. Slaves were mainly captured by local Africans (from other tribes).
> the Dutch had only a relatively insignificant share in the Atlantic slave trade—never averaging much more than 5–6 per cent of the total.
Additional information about the companies use of slaves.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_East_India_Company#Slave...
cyphunk commented on Huawei isn't trustworthy 5G partner, German spy agency says bloomberg.com/news/articl... · Posted by u/DyslexicAtheist
Huawei is an interesting case. It normally isn't a problem to operate out of a country like China, but telecommunications infrastructure is sensitive. We are essentially seeing a rare case of differences in political systems having real-world effects on the export of goods. If China had the same relationship to the West as today, but stronger legal protections, this wouldn't be an issue at all, I suspect.
also if in the future we actually make cellular standards where encryption isn't demarcated at the tower and instead setup e2e between consumer devices, some risks are mitigated
it's really a shame that with both 4g and 5g standards bodies did not already work on this.