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Comment · 6 years ago
Comment · 6 years ago
Real example of why this is a bad idea: www.cs.usfca.edu is not cs.usfca.edu. The latter doesn't even have a DNS entry set up..

A screenshot of the browser will not show the www, making it more difficult to find the website.

Comment · 6 years ago
Customizable HN feeds (inofficial): https://edavis.github.io/hnrss/

It's really easy to get posts on the frontpage only if they have more than x points:

https://hnrss.org/frontpage?points=x

Or contain certain keywords:

https://hnrss.org/newest?q=git+OR+linux

Comment · 6 years ago
Try setting media.peerconnection.enabled to true in about:config.
Comment · 7 years ago
Some mitigations also apply to AMD CPUs.
Comment · 7 years ago
Smarter bad actors could still do it without being detected. Hiding an encrypted message in unsuspicious messages isn't that difficult. I really don't see the point of having such a law.
Comment · 7 years ago
> But then it will immediately break because 32 bit dates wrap around in 2038!

Do modern browsers still use 32 bit timestamps internally?

Regardless, it's probably not a good idea to rely on the browser saving cookies forever.

Comment · 7 years ago
The difference is a matter of getting used to it.
Comment · 7 years ago
Maybe by detecting the notification vibration?
Comment · 7 years ago
I'm not his employer (luckily).
Comment · 7 years ago
Isn't it all about 'engagement' (at least for companies)?

Facebook -> make the user see more ads

Amazon -> make the user buy more things

Comment · 7 years ago
How old is your PC? Mine is ~5 years old and Chromium has worse performance for me.
Comment · 7 years ago
The total amount of loaded pages in Private Browsing doesn't really have to be private?
Comment · 7 years ago
> Far better entropy

> random array of everyday words

No, that's not how entropy works. Random characters still score better.

Comment · 7 years ago
It's open source and I haven't heard anything negative about it. Only downside is that using a VPN at the same time is probably (?) impossible.

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