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seanieb

1,522karma·339submissions·July 15, 2010
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Working on computer security & encryption stuff. https://conic.al
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Hey, I've no idea how to PM you, but you flagged my submission about the SEC charging another company... Equifax. This story is about Theranos. > https://news.ycombinator.com/i…
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It's a mark of respect when someone known to the community or highly respected by the community passes away. Prof. Stephen Hawking has died today.
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Busy day for the SEC!
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Oh wow. I had no idea about uts credential store functions. Thanks!
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Thanks! I'll check it out.
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Is that info up-to-date? Their new client features should have made that limit meaninglessness a year or so ago!?
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Some stellar marketing. GC should be offering Vault as a service. No one should be running a critical service like this unless you have a team large enough that can support it. Frustratingly AWS KMS +…
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I know that they have fixed version going to the app store, but Password mangers should be risk adverse. The disclosure timeline for this vulnerability is NUTS! And this basic app security stuff. They…
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"He collapsed while shopping in a Safeway in the Ingleside neighborhood, authorities said." http://kron4.com/2017/12/12/san-francisco-mayor-ed-lee-dead-... …
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Without teaching folks what a password manager is and how to use it, it's useless advice. I've seen folks use 1Password with their old password for everything... A 2min demo and an explanati…
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Box has a fraction of the seats Dropbox has in Enterprise. And when you add Dropbox consumer business, it's not even close. It's not clear wrt Drive.
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"This resulted in estimated revenue losses for EU states, other than Ireland" What does this mean? Ireland is in the EU. It's like complaining France or Germany don't share their t…
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If you're at a startup that's using Macs, this is a simple way to manage them and make sure they're secure.
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Has anyone tried suing a Telco that's given away access to their phone account?
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Maybe judge their record rather than baselessly inferring that Rice has any say on any of this policy. https://www.eff.org/who-has-your-back-government-data-reques... (Full disclosure…
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That withstanding, what's your core threat model? The DB has network access and filesystem read and write access already.
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They just built out their own data centers to transfer off AWS. I'm guessing that long term bet cost a few $$$
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A doctors visit isn't a good example. Folks don't go bankrupt from doctors visits. The important stuff is drugs and hospitals. For example an asthmatic in any other country in the world pays…
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And heres another good one: https://people.eecs.berkeley.edu/~dawnsong/papers/sec14-pape... "The Emperor’s New Password Manager: Security Analysis of Web-based Password…
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> "By pulling back at the end of his book, Epstein tries to have it both ways: weaving conspiracy theories while maintaining plausible deniability and some veneer of evidence-based journalism.…
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My guess is that these are not unique files that exist in other accounts/shared folders etc.
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Compared to London?
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* based on the cartoon stereotypes this guy saw as a kid...
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He consulted on and helped them implement their E2E encryption.
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