stereotactic's comments

On: Ask HN: Why do you avoid Telegram, arguably one of the best cloud messengers?

[stereotactic]

How does end to end encryption make that better?

I am genuinely curious. Is your threat model too severe that you really need to hide your conversations?

[HelenePhisher → stereotactic]

I don’t want to discuss the reasons for encrypted communication, sorry. Citizenfour was a good movie though.

[hncensorsnonpc → stereotactic]

Why is this utterly stupid question coming up again and again? Go ask your peers/yourself why feel the need to share all of your conversations with the government and other 3rd parties who in the best case just want to sell you shit.

[vpEfljFL → stereotactic]

Could you please "open source" all your conversations to provide ground for reasoning "I have nothing to hide".

So, and we can discuss threat models.

Thank you.

[stereotactic → vpEfljFL]

I don't mind; in public groups its for everyone to see.

Snooping by the government or by the corporations? Which one is more insidious?

[fsflover → stereotactic]

I would prefer to have none, hence e2e encryption.

[m-p-3 → stereotactic]

High expectations of privacy. I prefer to hide everything, even mundane stuff, than wished I had and I didn't.

On: Ask HN: How to get good at social media?

[stereotactic]

Work towards a niche.

Then announce it to the world. Although getting "followers" or "retweets" as a vindication of your online presence is not a metric that should be pursued. Its futile.

On: Ask HN: Is implementation of encryption by WhatsApp reliable?

[stereotactic]

I agree about it too. Isn't that Skype and other Microsoft products offer the same protocol?

On: Ask HN: Is implementation of encryption by WhatsApp reliable?

[stereotactic]

Thanks and appreciated. Agreed.

On: Ask HN: What is your blog and why should I read it?

[stereotactic]

https://radoncnotes.com I am an Oncologist with an active blog (I usually post one post per day); link to most interesting articles and prefer to explore the intersection of technology and healthcare. I also make my disdain for academic publishing, a regular feature. Besides, I aim to educate my colleagues on digital workflows. I also air my opinions on AI/ML (if I find anything interesting) and also include a mixed bag of policy/opinion/rarely a long form. I hope you find it useful. (You can sign up for the WordPress generated generic email that would notify you about the new post; alternatively, RSS feeds). I have a companion Twitter account (radoncnotes) wherein you can follow the hashtag #read for the best links on the Internet.