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drewbug commented on Why is OpenAI lying about the data its collecting on users?    · Posted by u/kypro
simianwords · 4 months ago
just ask it not to?
drewbug · 4 months ago
it will still muddy the waters
drewbug commented on Why is OpenAI lying about the data its collecting on users?    · Posted by u/kypro
drewbug · 4 months ago
IP-based geolocation. Really annoying that we can't disable it.
drewbug commented on France threatens GrapheneOS with arrests / server seizure for refusing backdoors   mamot.fr/@LaQuadrature/11... · Posted by u/nabakin
M95D · 4 months ago
> I think I see the appeal of burning it all down and living in a cabin in the woods.

AFAIK, you're not allowed to live in a cabin in the woods in Europe.

drewbug · 4 months ago
Except in Finland :)
drewbug commented on Disrupting the first reported AI-orchestrated cyber espionage campaign   anthropic.com/news/disrup... · Posted by u/koakuma-chan
atlintots · 4 months ago
I might be crazy, but this just feels like a marketing tactic from Anthropic to try and show that their AI can be used in the cybersecurity domain.

My question is, how on earth does does Claude Code even "infiltrate" databases or code from one account, based on prompts from a different account? What's more, it's doing this to what are likely enterprise customers ("large tech companies, financial institutions, ... and government agencies"). I'm sorry but I don't see this as some fancy AI cyberattack, this is a security failure on Anthropic's part and that too at a very basic level that should never have happened at a company of their caliber.

drewbug · 4 months ago
there's no mention of any victims having Anthropic accounts, presumably the attackers used Claude to run exploits against public-facing systems
drewbug commented on Harnessing America's heat pump moment   heatpumped.org/p/harnessi... · Posted by u/ssuds
lotsofpulp · 5 months ago
>"Here is what I have and it is demonstrably within code" is not sufficient.

It is if you do it yourself. You need the stamp to be able to sell your services.

drewbug · 5 months ago
Depends on the locale, sadly.
drewbug commented on Privacy and Security Risks in the eSIM Ecosystem [pdf]   usenix.org/system/files/u... · Posted by u/walterbell
sunnybeetroot · 6 months ago
That would make sense, but it does indicate that 9eSIM isn’t a 100% replacement. If you wish to use multiple eSIMs at the same time, you will need to stick with the phones feature, instead of 9eSIM.
drewbug · 6 months ago
If your phone has two physical SIM slots you can fill them both with removable eSIM cards.
drewbug commented on We Found the Hidden Cost of Data Centers. It's in Your Electric Bill [video]   youtube.com/watch?v=YN6BE... · Posted by u/xbmcuser
taeric · 6 months ago
This feels misleading to me.

I accept that data centers generate more load for a system. Which will make the overall system need more maintenance, which is something that others paying into the system will also have to support. But, I'm not clear on why this is a hidden cost.

Consider, if people get the new housing developments that they want, that would also add load to the system. This larger energy system will be more expensive to run, which will lead to higher costs. Adding houses would probably be even more expensive in the transmission maintenance costs associated.

Any model you do that tries to prevent this is essentially rent stabilization for early members. And that has a pretty good track record of not being a good idea.

drewbug · 6 months ago
How do you feel about homestead exemptions in general?
drewbug commented on Google will allow only apps from verified developers to be installed on Android   9to5google.com/2025/08/25... · Posted by u/kotaKat
pona-a · 7 months ago
Maybe a good compromise is to change the boot screen to have a label that the phone is running an unofficial ROM, just like it shows one for unlocked bootloaders? If the system can update that dynamically based on unlock state, why can't it do it based on public keys? Might also discourage vendors/ROM devs from using test keys like Fairphone once did.
drewbug · 7 months ago
Pixels with, for example, GrapheneOS already do exactly that:

"Your device is loading a different operating system."

drewbug commented on Ask HN: What are your eye fatigue symptoms? What has worked to heal your eyes?    · Posted by u/jMyles
jMyles · 7 months ago
I've seen two doctors who took a look at my eyes and said everything's healthy, and that I'm just experiencing age-related presbyopia (I'm 43m).

My symptoms are as follows:

* My eyes become dry very quickly if they are open at a normal width.

* Due to the above, I spend much of the day with my eyes in a fairly squinted configuration.

* I cannot read, eg, text on my phone without squinting.

* Covering one eye (particularly my left eye) seems to improve my vision.

* My eyes often hurt / burn, especially in the evening.

* I have gnarly floaters in my left eye.

* Reading glasses are not much help; in order to benefit from them, I need to open my eyes more, which makes them very dry within 60 seconds.

* My eyes are often red and cloudy, especially in the morning.

* I occasionally wake up during the night from pain / dryness in my eyes.

* Unlike what I understand is typical for presbyopia, my vision does not degrade throughout the day, and is often a bit better at night.

Observations about things that have changed this:

* Sub-freezing temps seem to bring about a fairly fast (ie, within 1-2 days) and dramatic relief. Each year for the past few, I've gone to Colorado in mid-Feb for three weeks or so, and these are the best vision weeks of the year. However, I spend much of my time in Florida, so I rarely encounter cold temps.

* The drops that the doctor puts in to dilate pupils seem to trigger dramatic improvement, lasting 1-2 days.

* Spending time outside and using an RLCD monitor in the sun does seem to bring about some pain relief, but even multiple days in a row of this don't seem to improve my up-close vision or eye dryness.

I've tried searching every term I can think of, and as I say, I've seen multiple doctors (though I'm happy to go again). If anybody has any insight, I'd really value it. I'm struggling with this.

drewbug · 7 months ago
I had very similar symptoms and it turned out to be slow-onset allergic reactions. Dust mites breed like crazy here in Florida, yet are nearly absent in Colorado...
drewbug commented on Samsung embeds IronSource spyware app on phones across WANA   smex.org/open-letter-to-s... · Posted by u/the-anarchist
kragen · 9 months ago
The truth is far outside the Overton window.

Yes, privacy is a question of civil defense in the drone age. But the existing crop of states will never acknowledge that; their structure and institutions presume precisely the kind of mass databases of PII that create this vulnerability, as well as institutional transparency for public accountability. This makes them structurally vulnerable to insurgencies that expropriate those databases for targeting. The existing states will continue to clutch at their fantasies of adequately secured taxpayer databases until their territorial control (itself an anachronism in the drone age; boots on the ground can no longer provide security against things like Operation Spiderweb) has been reduced to a few fortified clandestine facilities.

Things are going to be very unpredictable and, I suspect, extremely violent.

drewbug · 9 months ago
I used to feel this way until I learned about counter-UAS tech.

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