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2603 points mattsolle | 1 comments | 12 Nov 20 21:00 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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pengaru ◴[12 Nov 20 21:34 UTC] No.25075395[source]▶
Champions of privacy, phoning home a hash of every executable your computer runs!
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hk__2 ◴[12 Nov 20 22:54 UTC] No.25076352[source]▶
> Champions of privacy, phoning home a hash of every executable your computer runs!

What’s the matter with privacy? That’s a basic signature check, and you can do so while preserving privacy by using salted hashes or a similar solution.

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root_axis ◴[13 Nov 20 01:22 UTC] No.25077716[source]▶
A centralized repository of all your executable hashes is a high precision fingerprint.
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1. hk__2 ◴[13 Nov 20 08:23 UTC] No.25080245{3}[source]▶
Yes it is, but merely sending hashes doesn’t mean such a centralized repository exists. We need more information on the actual implementation.