BlogHide Resteemscybie (25)in censorship • 6 years agoUnrestricted CensorshipThe tech world is coming to a critical point in its evolution. A majority of the top digital destinations are imposing vast amounts of censorship to the content flowing through them. Much of it is…cybie (25)in pgp • 6 years agoLong live PGPAttached is an article which is spot on correct about PGP. I really like PGP as a security solution. It is also the gold standard for digital signatures. The vulnerabilities that have been posted…cybie (25)in path • 6 years agoBitcoin thoughtsInteresting comments by Kim Dotcom about bitcoin that I happen to agree with. If something was wrong with the bitcoin protocol, it have been found by now. The only known vulnerabilities require…cybie (25)in bitcoin • 6 years agoCrypto ATMs are the next big thingCan you make an amazing Crypto ATM? Now is the time. Do it! I would love to see innovation in this market. Been traveling Europe for months now and my Bitcoin ATM experiences have varied over…cybie (25)in fake • 6 years agoTech site liable for content? Nooooo!Stories like this scare me. Making tech site liable for content means all of these sites would be required to police all content. This is just a continuation of the death of the free web.…cybie (25)in aliens • 6 years agoAre Octopuses alien?Yup. I think they partially are. The naysayers can say what they want :-) this animal can literally modify its own genetic code on the fly. A large amount of its genetic code is different than…cybie (25)in independence • 6 years agoWhatever you do, don't tell Nicolas Cage!Rare US independence declaration found in UK archive. Always fun to see pieces of history being uncovered. [1]cybie (25)in privacy • 6 years agoCA passes privacy law, following the EU GDPR being enactedSo it seems Google, among other Bay Area tech companies, are rather upset about this new privacy law. I am liking this law. If you have over 50,000 users, you simply have to provide an opt-out of…cybie (25)in nsa • 6 years agoNSA Spy hubsI’m curious how much of this information would be public without the Snowden release... either way, it catalogs a huge surveillance infrastructure. Looks like we have to fight for privacy. It’s…cybie (25)in wifi • 6 years agoSeeing through walls with RF (WiFi)This is pretty neat. The video shows the capability, which allows one to see people through walls by analyzing the RF wave reflections. Cool idea, although I can imagine there may be some privacy…cybie (25)in memes • 6 years agoEU banning... memes!?Now this is crazy. The EU may be on track to banning funny pics. That’s it - that would end the internet. Now we may have the funny police. In clown cars. Enforcing seriousness across all…cybie (25)in facebook • 7 years agoWhat is Facebook doing now!? <facepalm>I left Facebook last year for good reason. They have anti-privacy policies. It keeps getting worse as more and more things come to light. Now their app is asking for super user access to your…cybie (25)in gdpr • 7 years agoGDPR goes into effect tomorrowThe General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (EU) 2016/679 that goes into affect tomorrow has some pretty cool provisions. I really like the right to be forgotten. Today, once an online entity…cybie (25)in floating • 7 years agoFloating City ProjectThis seems like a pretty neat idea! I like the governance model too. Only issue I see here is the initial cost factor is quite high. I am curious what would happen with a collection of less…cybie (25)in drones • 7 years agoWeaponized AI drones are, IMO, our greatest riskI made a decision to quit using Google a few months ago. It is taking a while, since I have been using google since 2000 or so, after getting an early gmail invite. Unfortunately, more and more…cybie (25)in patents • 7 years agoTechnical innovation and patent madnessIt seems mankind had been held back in a way. Much of the reason for this has been the roadblocks put into place to stop the flow of ideas. One of the primary problems is the US Patent system.…cybie (25)in brain • 7 years agoBrain time mapping - Time Matrix!Fun content to think about. Human brains sure are interesting tech! [1]cybie (25)in matrix • 7 years agoDo we live in a Matrix? Yup, I would say so.Totally agree with Hawking here. Quite an interesting read... [1] [2] [3]cybie (25)in encryption • 7 years agoEncryption backdoors do no one any goodI cannot believe this topic is back. It has been proven many times that encryption backdoors cause more trouble than its worth. Plus, weakening encryption just puts companies that have to adhere…cybie (25)in lizard • 7 years agoLizard people in the news, yoDid another advanced species exist on Earth before humans? Yup, I would say so. [1]