HN Top Links - Popular Stories from Hacker News

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Apple's plan to “think different” about encryption opens a backdoor to your life (eff.org)

2260 points by bbatsell on Aug 5, 2021 | 824 comments

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Apple's child protection features spark concern within its own ranks: sources (reuters.com)

1778 points by spenvo on Aug 12, 2021 | 813 comments

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One Bad Apple (hackerfactor.com)

1484 points by cwmartin on Aug 8, 2021 | 524 comments

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Climate change: IPCC report is 'code red for humanity' (bbc.com)

1465 points by perfunctory on Aug 9, 2021 | 1532 comments

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Hash collision in Apple NeuralHash model (github.com)

1389 points by sohkamyung on Aug 18, 2021 | 696 comments

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Apple and Google must allow other in-app payment systems, Korean law declares (theverge.com)

1354 points by commoner on Aug 31, 2021 | 599 comments

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Apple’s Mistake (stratechery.com)

1273 points by feross on Aug 9, 2021 | 790 comments

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Show HN: Imba – I have spent 7 years creating a programming language for the web

1216 points by somebee on Aug 17, 2021 | 345 comments

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Tech-savvy audiences block Google Analytics (plausible.io)

1214 points by robin_reala on Aug 31, 2021 | 681 comments

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An Open Letter Against Apple's Privacy-Invasive Content Scanning Technology (appleprivacyletter.com)

1187 points by nomoretime on Aug 6, 2021 | 670 comments

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Apple enabling client-side CSAM scanning on iPhone tomorrow (twitter.com)

1182 points by robbiet480 on Aug 5, 2021 | 724 comments

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Show HN: We built an end-to-end encrypted alternative to Google Photos

1180 points by vishnumohandas on Aug 29, 2021 | 405 comments

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OnlyFans to block sexually explicit videos starting in October (bloomberg.com)

1147 points by minimaxir on Aug 19, 2021 | 1313 comments

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Psst: Fast Spotify client with native GUI, without Electron, built in Rust (github.com)

1138 points by tim-- on Aug 16, 2021 | 422 comments

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My mouse driver is asking for a firewall exemption (2019) (twitter.com)

1137 points by Tijdreiziger on Aug 23, 2021 | 556 comments

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An open letter against Apple's new privacy-invasive client-side content scanning (github.com)

1082 points by yewenjie on Aug 7, 2021 | 430 comments

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China has forbidden under-18s from playing games for more than three hours/week (reuters.com)

1030 points by extesy on Aug 30, 2021 | 1053 comments

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CalyxOS – De-Googled Android Alternative (calyxos.org)

1010 points by ssklash on Aug 6, 2021 | 477 comments

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TikTok overtakes Facebook as most downloaded app (asia.nikkei.com)

1007 points by em500 on Aug 10, 2021 | 679 comments

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Arm China Has Gone Rogue (semianalysis.substack.com)

995 points by xbmcuser on Aug 27, 2021 | 639 comments

21.

How I Experience Web Today (how-i-experience-web-today.com)

985 points by mrestko on Aug 23, 2021 | 315 comments

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Prettymaps: Small Python library to draw customized maps from OpenStreetMap data (github.com)

982 points by sebg on Aug 25, 2021 | 74 comments

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The rise of never-ending job interviews (bbc.com)

967 points by hhs on Aug 2, 2021 | 1169 comments

24.

Ask HN: Google is confusing me with others in a harmful way – what can I do?

964 points by AndreaVass on Aug 18, 2021 | 282 comments

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Facebook hacker beat my 2FA, bricked my Oculus, and hit the company credit card (codewriteplay.com)

962 points by tosh on Aug 20, 2021 | 366 comments

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On Apple’s “Expanded Protections for Children” – A Personal Story (areoform.wordpress.com)