I Hacked into Facebook's Legal Department Admin Panel — and Goodreads plans to retire API access, disables existing API keys

Issue #251 — December 14, 2020

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I Hacked into Facebook’s Legal Department Admin Panel alaa.blog \| points: 628 \| comments: 269

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Goodreads plans to retire API access, disables existing API keys joealcorn.co.uk \| points: 616 \| comments: 343

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SCOTUS rules you may sue government agents for damages when they violate rights ij.org \| points: 420 \| comments: 158

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Why radio receivers won’t tune 800-900 MHz computer.rip \| points: 408 \| comments: 155

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Chrome Is Bad chromeisbad.com \| points: 373 \| comments: 135

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If-then-else had to be invented github.com \| points: 268 \| comments: 169

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Show HN: An anti-book recommendation tool, to help you escape your echo chamber abooklikefoo.com \| points: 254 \| comments: 166

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The fraying of the U.S. global currency reserve system lynalden.com \| points: 247 \| comments: 222

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ARM MacBook vs. Intel MacBook: A SIMD Benchmark lemire.me \| points: 215 \| comments: 157

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Chinese authorities detain Bloomberg News staff member axios.com \| points: 201 \| comments: 45

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The State of Linux Debuggers scattered-thoughts.net \| points: 177 \| comments: 115

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Imgdiff: Faster than the fastest pixel-by-pixel image difference tool github.com \| points: 170 \| comments: 59

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I built a picture frame with a greyscale e-paper that runs on battery for years framelabs.eu \| points: 166 \| comments: 78

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Writing a Memory Allocator (2019) dmitrysoshnikov.com \| points: 163 \| comments: 39

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To listen well, get curious benkuhn.net \| points: 162 \| comments: 33

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Norman Abramson has died nytimes.com \| points: 161 \| comments: 20

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PayPal introduces new fee for dormant accounts theguardian.com \| points: 154 \| comments: 112

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Unlimited is like a Ponzi Scheme staysaasy.com \| points: 136 \| comments: 116

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Facebook Profits as Users Are Ripped Off by Scam Ads buzzfeednews.com \| points: 135 \| comments: 45

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Risk-First Software Development riskfirst.org \| points: 129 \| comments: 40

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