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The logic behind three random words
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www.ncsc.gov.uk
The logic behind three random words
Whilst not a password panacea, using 'three random words' is still better than enforcing arbitrary complexity requirements.
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What do you do with a billion grams of surplus weed?
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The Walrus
What Do You Do with a Billion Grams of Surplus Weed?
Cannabis legalization was supposed to be a licence to print money. Three years on, nobody is turning a profit
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Ray Tracing Gems II
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Ancient fish traps in a Vancouver Island estuary
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Hakai Magazine
The Ingenious Ancient Technology Concealed in the Shallows | Hakai Magazine
Fish traps have a long history around the world, and a vast network in a Vancouver Island estuary reveals generations of ecological wisdom.
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‘Apocalyptic’ scenes hit Greece as Athens besieged by fire
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the Guardian
‘Apocalyptic’ scenes hit Greece as Athens besieged by fire
Athens is a city under siege. On the ground there are tales of heroism and fear for the future
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When Encryption Was a Crime: The 1990s Battle for Free Speech in Software
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Reason
When Encryption Was a Crime: The 1990s Battle for Free Speech in Software
Part three in Reason's documentary series, "Cypherpunks Write Code," tells the story of the U.S. government's long battle to keep strong cryptography out of the hands of its citizens
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Ask HN: How did web development become so bizarrely complex?
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NPM silently suspends package adoption
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Andrew Sampson
At no point did any of the emails associated with Zach's account receive notice. In fact, the email produced by "npm owner ls" was not even associated with the package. Zach only noticed the ownership had been taken away from his account because an update…
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Alex Stamos on Apple's new child safety protections
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Alex Stamos
The chatter around Apple's recent announcement of new child safety protections is rather frustrating, as the amplification/knowledge ratio seems rather high on this one. Apple's docs: apple.com/child-safety/ A discussion with friends: twitter.com/HowellONeill/s…
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The Mysterious Street Snack That Has Baffled Botanists for Decades
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Atlas Obscura
The Mysterious Street Snack That Has Baffled Botanists for Decades
Even DNA tests have yet to confirm its identity.
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Trevor Moore has died
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Out of control and rising: why Bitcoin has Nigeria’s government in a panic
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the Guardian
Out of control and rising: why bitcoin has Nigeria’s government in a panic
As leaders around the world grapple with cryptocurrencies, what happened when the African country tried to ban them?
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Python, OCaml, and Machine Learning (2020)
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Signalsandthreads
Signals and Threads Podcast
Listen in on Jane Street’s Ron Minsky as he has conversations with engineers working on everything from clock synchronization to reliable multicast, build systems to reconfigurable hardware. Get a peek at how Jane Street approaches problems, and how those…
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Why I Wrote PGP
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Space Station Incident Demands Independent Investigation
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IEEE Spectrum
Space Station Incident Demands Independent Investigation
A space expert warns NASA's safety culture may be eroding again
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The U.S. government's long and shameful history of intercepting people's letters
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Reason
Postal Censorship and Surveillance: A Timeline
The government's long and shameful history of intercepting people's letters
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A plain text note-taking system for problem solving
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Mixed views on new DNS top level domains
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The Elasticsearch Saga Continues
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The New Stack
This Week in Programming: The ElasticSearch Saga Continues
This Week in Programming gathers the hottest development news for the cloud native computing community.
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The Apple Psi System [pdf]
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Apple
Child Safety
Expanded Protections for Children
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Apple's New CSAM Protections May Make iCloud Photos Bruteforceable
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Cryptography Stack Exchange
How Unique is a "NeuralHash"?
I was doing some reading today about a major tech company planning to implement a new system for automatically detecting and reporting CSAM in users' photos. Overall, the system as described in the...
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