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- Comment on The Guardian, in collaboration with the University of Cambridge, launches open-source Secure Messaging technology 4 days ago:
It’s more about things similar to Microsoft Recall, I don’t think whistleblowers are going to send their messages where other people can see their screen.
- Comment on Facial recognition error sees woman accused of theft 4 days ago:
innocent until proven guilty but when an algorithm, a camera and a facial recognition system gets involved, you are guilty
Just the algorithm is needed for that, for example the Post Office Horizon scandal.
- Comment on The Guardian, in collaboration with the University of Cambridge, launches open-source Secure Messaging technology 4 days ago:
That was my first thought, but it’s actually a library for newsreader-type apps that lets a communication happen without exposing a whistleblower (it’s like a digital deaddrop).
I had a quick look and they’re going the things they need to like certificate pinning, so even corporate-level MITM wouldn’t be seeing any unusual traffic. I assume they’re also blocking access to the screen like banking apps do, which is more secure but annoying for normal users.
- Comment on Why are you here and not on Reddit? 1 week ago:
Not using Lemmy, but there are other options that can do both thread/Reddit style and microblog/Twitter style like mbin. Personally, I find them so different that I’m happy to stick with different accounts on different sites.
- Comment on Coelacanth 1 month ago:
I had to look up the pronunciation: seel-a-canth /s ɪ́j l ə k a n θ/
- Comment on Polar bears 1 month ago:
Calling something a “second storey” just sounds weird, although at least because they spelt it “story” we know they mean in the US sense.
- Comment on Three years after a cinematographer was killed by a stray bullet on set, "Rust" is being released in theaters this weekend. Funds from the release will go to the victim's family, mainly to her son. 1 month ago:
Hopefully it’s good (and makes plenty of money for her son). The review on that site is positive and other sources praise the cinematography.
- Comment on Do British people say "brr" when they're cold? If so, how do they pronounce the R? 1 month ago:
Tbh, I don’t think you really understand how the non-rhotic accent works. In this case, the /r/ would be fully pronounced, as if would be at the start of a word. Say bread, elongate the r and skip the ed part and you have what it sounds like.
If you’re very used to hearing the bunched r, it still might sound softer, but even in the USA (where most people use it) it’s still common to hear retroflex r there.
I’m ignoring the other r sounds, but you do find a lot of them across the various regional English accents.
- Comment on WhatsApp now lets you block people from exporting your entire chat history 1 month ago:
“We think this feature is best used when talking with groups where you may not know everyone closely but are nevertheless sensitive in nature,”
Sounds like Meta wants to be used for the next Houti strike coordination group chat.
- Comment on Favorite B-Movies? 1 month ago:
Iron Sky counts, right? Its budget is a bit high but it’s a B-movie and it knows it.
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- Comment on Official Discussion - The Amateur [SPOILERS] 2 months ago:
I saw this at the cinema last night. We all enjoyed it, although I’ll leave it a good while before I’d rewatch it.
Rami Malek is in a pretty similar role to his Elliot in Mr Robot, plus a bit of MacGuyver. Safe ground for him. Supporting cast was solid.
The plot moves at a decent pace, although without much in the way of surprises. Jon Bernthal’s character could be safely removed and the ending was a little anti-climactic.
- Comment on PUT. HIM. BACK. 2 months ago:
For the first few words I thought it was in Klingon.
- Comment on logs are for quitters 2 months ago:
Maybe it’s like a yellow card and they’ve been booked.
- Comment on Newer Kindles get a work-around for touchscreen page-turning in new software update 2 months ago:
Do the newer Kindles move the power button from the bottom of the device?
It’s an infuriating design that means you’re forever resetting your Kindle if you rest it on something (like your stomach unless you carefully line up the power and belly buttons).
- Comment on hey hey 3 months ago:
It looks like there was a text box bottom-left that was cropped out, but I think it’s funnier without it.
- Comment on Zero 3 months ago:
What’s the name of the book?
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- Comment on Is there a better sequel than Terminator 2? 4 months ago:
Toy Story 2? My other answer would be Godfather part II, but it’s been so long since I saw it that I don’t know if I agree with that commonly-held opinion.
- Comment on moms rule 4 months ago:
I was thinking that it’s now 81 mothers ago, but then I got distracted by the fact that there was no year 0AD and now I’m thinking that roughly 80 is good enough.
- Comment on Dries Buytaert's solar-powered and self-hosted website 7 months ago:
I was interested to see that there’s an unexplained dip in battery visible on the status page:
I wondered if it was due to a lot of traffic (bots/DDOS/Slashdot effect) but then I noticed it’s behind Cloudflare (cheating a bit, surely?).
- Comment on Cognitive Biases 7 months ago:
What’s going on with the kerning?
