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Introducing the BARE message encoding
I like stateless tokens. We started with stateful tokens: where a generated string acts as a unique identifier for a resource, and the resource itself is looked up separately. For example, your sr.ht OAuth token is a stateful token: we just generate a rand…
via Drew DeVault's Blog on Jun 21, 2020
Second Mover Advantage
Russian online disinformation has predominantly been focussed on amplifying existing narratives. It almost always uses “conspiracy theories,” or other fringe false narratives, invented by elements of the target audience. The reason is simple: it is cheap a…
via grugq’s domain on Jun 16, 2020
How To Track Desert Locust Swarms
Billions of desert locusts are swarming across East Africa, multiplying in numbers over several months of favorable rain and breeding conditions, creating what the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) called an “unprecedented threat to food security,…
via bellingcat on Jun 23, 2020