Andrew McAfee
@andrewmcafee
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Today, Telegram notified all its users in Spain with this alert: Pedro Sánchez’s government is pushing dangerous new regulations that threaten your internet freedoms. Announced just yesterday, these measures could turn Spain into a surveillance state under the guise of
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Finally. Aiming for 64 character minimum is unrealistic but better than requiring symbols and uppercase. Using a password manager is the key. The sooner websites update their password requirements, the better. It’ll take eons though.
Think that modern password rules are nonsensical? The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) just updated its password guidelines. They’re a big shift from the old “complexity = security” mindset. Here’s what’s changing and why it matters 🧵 1/8
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Lots of schools, teachers, home schoolers, and university departments use Basecamp. This is a great look at how they do and how yours could. And remember, Basecamp is free for teachers and students.
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Basecamp offers free accounts for teachers and students, and discounted accounts for non-profits.
Calling all educators! 📚 Curious how schools use Basecamp? Join us live this Wednesday, August 20th at 2 PM PT / 4 PM CT. We'll be joined by a school principal who’ll share how his team uses Basecamp to stay organized and connected. Save your spot! https://t.co/4uUedzy9IF
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When you encounter a simpler system, a simpler idea, or a simpler implementation, you have an opportunity. You can say "it's not enough, it doesn't have, it wouldn't work". That’s the common reflexive response. Or you can reflect. “What is it about how we work that prevents us
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Update your iPhone. Also, don’t walk around with AirDrop enabled, period.
Hackers Could Hijack Apple and Third-Party Devices via Zero-Click AirPlay Exploits -
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The Dems refused to stand up for a sweet innocent kid who survived brain cancer! It was sickening to witness that. Any person with a heart would have stood up. I don’t like Biden or Kamala but I would have stood up for child who survived brain cancer This moment was not about
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BREAKING: President Donald J. Trump signs an Executive Order to declassify all of the remaining John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. assassination files.
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Fantastic project management app.
New year, new chance, new price: Zero. Basecamp Free is back. Manage one project with a bunch of people for free — forever. All the core features included. Everything you need. One project free. New for 2025. https://t.co/iPkU1kaoIl
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For my British and European friends who are "shocked" and "surprised", here are 10 reasons you didn't see this coming. Read this short post and then read the replies from our American friends who will confirm what I'm saying. 1. Americans love their country and want it to be
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Telegram has launched a pretty intense campaign to malign Signal as insecure, with assistance from Elon Musk. The goal seems to be to get activists to switch away from encrypted Signal to mostly-unencrypted Telegram. I want to talk about this a bit. 1/
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Taxing people on unrealized capital gains is like asking people to pay income tax before they get their paycheck.
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If they want to collect unrealized gains, we’re going to need refunds on unrealized losses.
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If you wonder why we can't update the VLC on Android version, it's because Google refuses to let us update: - either we give them our private signing keys, - or we drop support for Android TV before API-30, and all our users on TV API<30 can't get fixes.
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I'm sorry Tim I didn't mean for it to go this far
Would be super cool if the iPhone could send a video to an Android that included more than 3 pixels @tim_cook.
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Made my first GPT, a virtual psychologist using the 5 Whys method for self-exploration.
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ChatGPT helps you get answers, find inspiration, and be more productive.
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A succinct explanation of inflation by @TheGuySwann, inspired by the music of @AintGottaDollar.
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