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bykriston
2026 @11:48PM
(#65961990)
Attached to: US Government Also Received a Whistleblower Complaint That WhatsApp Chats Aren't Private
Their encryption is inspired by, if not directly based upon, the Off-the-Record Messaging (OTR) protocol.
Being a public-key encryption protocol, OTR messages can have the session key encrypted by more than one PK key, meaning that more than just the user's intended recipient can read the data.
The "perfect forward secrecy" and "plausible deniability" are still in effect, but you have two Bobs in the Alice and Bob encryption model.
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bykriston
2026 @04:22PM
(#65961502)
Attached to: WhatsApp End-to-End Encryption Allegations Questioned By Some Security Experts, Lawyers
In case you were wondering and didn't read TFA, "Woog" refers to WhatsApp spokesman Carl Woog.
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bykriston
2026 @04:16PM
(#65961498)
Attached to: GNU gettext Reaches Version 1.0 After 30 Years
It's about time for Slashdot to support those weird characters MacOS users type into these comments.
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bykriston
2026 @10:02PM
(#65955840)
Attached to: Amazon is Ending Its Palm ID System for Retail, Amazon One, as It Closes Physical Stores
Perhaps they are being withdrawn because the supplier stopped making them. A major data center provider has been trying to replace or remove their hand scanners because the company that makes them went out of business recently.
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bykriston
2026 @02:51PM
(#65952938)
Attached to: Doomsday Clock Ticks To 85 Seconds Before Midnight, Its Closest Ever
We have not been closer to nuclear holocaust since the mid-early 1980s.
They added climate change, terrorism, etc. to their Doomsday Clock calculus about ten years ago. That's when I stopped taking them seriously.
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bykriston
2026 @02:17PM
(#65952846)
Attached to: Doomsday Clock Ticks To 85 Seconds Before Midnight, Its Closest Ever
I stopped subscribing when they added non-nuclear threats to their "Doomsday Clock."
I subscribed because I'm interested in nuclear issues. Since ten years ago, half the magazine is now about climate change, terrorism, war, unrest, immigration, etc.
They've lost their focus, for sure.
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bykriston
2026 @01:00PM
(#65952704)
Attached to: Amazon To Shut Down All Amazon Go and Amazon Fresh Stores
My favorite local Whole Foods closed their in-store bar and replaced it with a returns desk a few years ago. So disappointing.
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bykriston
2026 @12:58PM
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Attached to: Amazon To Shut Down All Amazon Go and Amazon Fresh Stores
I have a monthly subscription and I have also found the fruits to often be sour, the vegetables frequently wilted, and some perishables to be expired or near expiration.
I just don't get what the problem is.
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bykriston
2026 @01:21AM
(#65951646)
Attached to: Startup Uses SpaceX Tech to Cool Data Centers With Less Power and No Water
That post had me wondering if my home heat pump uses impellers or just relies on the action of the compressor's pump for coolant circulation.
Based on the cold snap we're having in Virginia, the noise our heat pump makes when reversing to defrost the outdoor unit makes me think it's just using the compressor's pump and not an impeller or "fan."
Thanks for that insight.
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bykriston
2026 @01:18AM
(#65951636)
Attached to: Startup Uses SpaceX Tech to Cool Data Centers With Less Power and No Water
part of that reduced cost is the fact that we get too good of a price on the water we use.
In Loudoun County, VA, where all the important data centers are (us-east-1, et. al), there's a municipal water treatment plant that serves recycled "grey" water to the data centers.
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bykriston
2026 @01:12AM
(#65951628)
Attached to: Startup Uses SpaceX Tech to Cool Data Centers With Less Power and No Water
In other news, heat pumps are air conditioners.
News at 11.
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bykriston
2026 @01:02AM
(#65951624)
Attached to: California Tech CEO and EV Pioneer Arrested, Accused of Murder
https://web.archive.org/web/20...
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bykriston
026 @10:46PM
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Attached to: Toilet Maker Toto's Shares Get Unlikely Boost From AI Rush
Our American Standard so-called "Champion" model died within six months. We had to get a new ring gasket for it to fix "ghost flushing syndrome," a common defect for this model.
It might flush down 24 golf balls but the flushing action doesn't swirl and scour the toilet, leaving a mess.
Our new Toto does swirl and scour the toilet but at almost twice the price.
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bykriston
2026 @12:29PM
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Attached to: Blue Origin's Satellite Internet Network TeraWave Will Move Data At 6 Tbps
Satellite mesh was almost thing 20 years ago with Spaceway by Hughes. It was supposed to provide connectivity between satellites in the Ka-band but it was never turned on.
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bykriston
2026 @12:21PM
(#65942188)
Attached to: Verizon Wastes No Time Switching Device Unlock Policy To 365 Days
It's the expiration dates on the prepaid plans that screwed us over. Tracfone's 1-year plan makes it easier nowadays.
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