SODaniel | 12 years ago | on: NSA shares raw intelligence including Americans' data with Israel
I'm so tired of this crap I'm not even engaging in the debate anymore.
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SODaniel | 12 years ago | on: Two Providers of Secure E-Mail Shut Down
Lavabit was a much more "under the radar" provider. Silent circle has gained huge traction since they started and provide secure Phone, SMS and mail services. They may not be "equal" but silent circle is certainly more of a high profile target.
SODaniel | 12 years ago | on: Two Providers of Secure E-Mail Shut Down
I would probably argue that being imprisoned for an undetermined time is fairly comparable to "losing your life" for most people.
SODaniel | 12 years ago | on: Prism Break
Spideroak.com - online backup and sync with zero-knowledge client side encryption should be represented in cloud services in my opinion, though since we are not yet 100% open source I understand the arguments against it.
We are however very close to opening nimbus.io and crypton.io open-source secure and private storage APIs based on our storage infrastructure.
SODaniel | 13 years ago | on: Yahoo looking to acquire Tumblr?
I am thoroughly unimpressed by Marissa Mayer at this point. Yahoo is doing nothing but keeping up their 'trend' of buying too early or too late.
Tumblr while a great asset is going to be FAR to expensive to pay off for Yahoo at this point, and a lot of the junior assets they have purchased have no or little direction.
In my opinion Yahoo is on a quick slide towards 'AOL territory' where they have to slim down to their 'core' to make any money and will likely suffer innovation starvation until they are almost totally irrelevant.
SODaniel | 13 years ago | on: Poll: Do you use your real identity on HN?
Yup. Or at least something that could very easily be traced back to me.
SODaniel | 13 years ago | on: Mt. Gox Dwolla account frozen by DHS
Simply 100% not true. They freely admitted to committing crimes, and there is overwhelming evidence they routinely broke the law and helped clients do the same. The 'fine' was a joke.
SODaniel | 13 years ago | on: All American Airlines Flights Grounded, Experiencing Nationwide Computer Outage
For a minute I had a '24' flashback and started packing canned goods and ammunition into a 'bug out bag'..
SODaniel | 13 years ago | on: Explosions near Boston Marathon finish line
According to AP cellphone service is being suspended to avoid allowing 'detonation of remote devices'.
Source: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/official-cellphone-service-sh...
4.14 pm Central.
SODaniel | 13 years ago | on: Explosions near Boston Marathon finish line
The Boston Globe @BostonGlobe 34s
BREAKING NEWS: Police getting multiple reports of unexploded devices around Boston
3.38 pm Central time.
Update:
The Boston Globe @BostonGlobe 28s
RT @billy_baker: "It's not safe to be here." - Boston Police evacuating Commonwealth Avenue mall at Gloucester.
3.45 Central time.
Update:
The Boston Globe @BostonGlobe 1m
Boston Police: If anyone knows of any information call about explosions: 1 800 494 TIPS
3.55 Central time.
Holy crap! UPDATE:
Apparently cellphone service is SHUT DOWN! To make sure new devices are not remotely detonated!
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/official-cellphone-service-sh...
4.10 PM Central Time!
SODaniel | 13 years ago | on: Explosions near Boston Marathon finish line
http://www1.whdh.com/video/7newslive/
Just confirmed that the fire at JFK library was unrelated and mechanical?
Source?
SODaniel | 13 years ago | on: Explosions near Boston Marathon finish line
The fire at the JFK Library has just been reported as mechanical and non-suspicious or 'affiliated' with the explosions.
Source: http://www1.whdh.com/video/7newslive/ 7-news live broadcast
Update:
https://twitter.com/BostonGlobe/status/323886879453892609
It was an intentional and controlled detonation of a 'device'.
SODaniel | 13 years ago | on: Amazon Coins Launching
A HUGE reason for Amazon is to build their own transaction network with control over fee structure, security and implementation.
SODaniel | 13 years ago | on: Mtgox stops trading for 12 hours
No doubt this is the REAL test of Bitcoin. I can see if hitting $30 again to bottom out.
SODaniel | 13 years ago | on: Bitcoin falls from $266
Yeah but you need to perform the sales with matching funds on both trading platforms. Selling here and transferring BTC/USD to another trading platform is not the method due to the swings and time for verification.
SODaniel | 13 years ago | on: Bitcoin down 60% to $100
Yeah, NO ONE saw this coming :)
Of course DDOS attacks, split market places and a gains of 100% per week for a few months are going to require hard falls.
SODaniel | 13 years ago | on: Bitcoin Is Fundamentally Flawed
While I agree to an extent, the current $2 billion market cap is far to small to compare with. When/if BTC reaches around $5,000 each ($50 billion or so market cap) I will agree.
SODaniel | 13 years ago | on: Bitcoin Is Fundamentally Flawed
Nope. Since no one can ever satisfactory answer the question of the 'real' amount of BTC in circulation, this will only serve as a factor of uncertainty. Lost bitcoins affect nothing, FOUND bitcoins can affect everything.
SODaniel | 13 years ago | on: Bitcoin Is Fundamentally Flawed
Nope. That's the problem. LOST bitcoin (as you cannot quantify the availability of anonymous data blocks) wouldn't effect anything. ONLY FOUND bitcoins would.
SODaniel | 13 years ago | on: Bitcoin Is Fundamentally Flawed
I think the 'point' here is that as opposed to chests with 100.000.000KG of gold there are actually 'lost' wallet files with enough BTC that it would 'rock' an economy with a currency cap in the future.
I am pretty sure if someone found a stash of gold worth $400.000.000.000 that WOULD actually effect gold prices. Also: Gold has 'real life' uses (production of components etc) and real world costs etc. attached to handling (weight, transport costs etc). None of which BTC has.
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