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Stories by jjgreen

Ireland wants to give its cops spyware, ability to crack encrypted messages (theregister.com)
HN 231 pts 105 comments by jjgreen Jan 21, 2026 Security / Privacy thread
Looks like it is happening (math.columbia.edu)
HN 184 pts 176 comments by jjgreen Feb 24, 2026 thread
Swiss e-voting pilot can't count 2,048 ballots after decryption failure (theregister.com)
HN 183 pts 412 comments by jjgreen 20h ago Security / Privacy thread
Brussels faces privacy crossroads over encryption backdoors (theregister.com)
HN 96 pts 31 comments by jjgreen Sep 11, 2025 Security / Privacy thread
Approaching 50 Years of String Theory (math.columbia.edu)
HN 91 pts 132 comments by jjgreen Dec 20, 2025 thread
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Dumb Ways to Die: Printed Ephemera (ilovetypography.com)
HN 46 pts 39 comments by jjgreen Nov 19, 2025 thread
Europe gets serious about cutting digital umbilical chord with US big tech (theregister.com)
HN 45 pts 15 comments by jjgreen Dec 22, 2025 thread
CI-Hush (gitlab.com)
HN 33 pts 4 comments by jjgreen Jan 7, 2026 thread
Attacker gets into France's database listing all bank accounts (theregister.com)
HN 31 pts 2 comments by jjgreen Feb 23, 2026 Data / Databases / Infrastructure thread
"Snarky"; "Snark" (notoneoffbritishisms.com)
HN 21 pts 9 comments by jjgreen Nov 10, 2025 thread
GitHub is going to start charging you for using your own hardware (theregister.com)
HN 15 pts 1 comments by jjgreen Dec 17, 2025 Programming (General)Maker / DIY / Hardware thread
The Nature of the Beast (cinemasojourns.com)
HN 14 pts 0 comments by jjgreen Feb 8, 2026 thread
Gary Mani Mounfield of the Stone Roses and Primal Scream Dead at 63 (manchestereveningnews.co.uk)
HN 14 pts 4 comments by jjgreen Nov 20, 2025 thread
Doctors told to give Palantir's NHS data platform the cold shoulder (theregister.com)
HN 12 pts 1 comments by jjgreen Feb 11, 2026 thread
Emoji Book Synopses (taylor.town)
HN 11 pts 2 comments by jjgreen Dec 10, 2025 Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread
Johnson, Cummings met Thiel months before Palantir won NHS pandemic role (theregister.com)
HN 8 pts 0 comments by jjgreen Sep 10, 2025 thread
US state laws push age checks into the operating system (theregister.com)
HN 7 pts 2 comments by jjgreen 5d ago thread
Waterfox browser goes AI-free, targets the Firefox faithful (theregister.com)
HN 7 pts 1 comments by jjgreen Dec 18, 2025 AI / Machine LearningWeb Development thread
Famed software engineer DJB tries Fil-C and likes what he sees (theregister.com)
HN 7 pts 0 comments by jjgreen Nov 5, 2025 Programming (General) thread
AI Darwin Awards Launch (theregister.com)
HN 7 pts 0 comments by jjgreen Sep 9, 2025 AI / Machine Learning thread
Dijkstra's algorithm won't be replaced in production routers any time soon (theregister.com)
HN 6 pts 0 comments by jjgreen Feb 10, 2026 Programming Languages / CS Theory thread
Europe shrugs off tariffs, plots to end tech reliance on US (theregister.com)
HN 6 pts 0 comments by jjgreen Feb 3, 2026 thread
Britain's Ministry of Defence signs on the dotted line with Palantir (theregister.com)
HN 6 pts 0 comments by jjgreen Jan 28, 2026 thread
UK digital ID goes in-house, government swears it isn't an ID card (theregister.com)
HN 6 pts 0 comments by jjgreen Jan 26, 2026 Internet / Digital Culture thread
UK calls up Armed Forces veterans for digital ID soft launch (theregister.com)
HN 6 pts 0 comments by jjgreen Oct 20, 2025 thread
Literal crossed wires sent cops after innocent neighbors in child abuse case (theregister.com)
HN 6 pts 2 comments by jjgreen Oct 17, 2025 thread
EU starting registration of fingerprints and faces for short-stay foreigners (theregister.com)
HN 6 pts 0 comments by jjgreen Sep 25, 2025 thread
Break free of Ring's servers, earn a five-figure bounty (theregister.com)
HN 5 pts 0 comments by jjgreen Feb 23, 2026 thread
Velocity: Fast and Beautifully Furious (ilovetypography.com)
HN 5 pts 0 comments by jjgreen Jan 28, 2026 thread
UK minister ducks cost questions on nationwide digital ID scheme (theregister.com)
HN 5 pts 0 comments by jjgreen Nov 21, 2025 Programming Languages / CS Theory thread