The Best Hacker News Posts of August 2021
We track 1,406 stories from August 2021, averaging 255 points each. github.com was the most linked source, with 70 stories. Together they drew 223,492 comments, 159 per story on average.
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Apple's plan to “think different” about encryption opens a backdoor to your life
eff.org · bbatsell · 5 Aug 2021
2.3k pts
824 comments
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Apple's child protection features spark concern within its own ranks: sources
reuters.com · spenvo · 12 Aug 2021
1.8k pts
813 comments
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Climate change: IPCC report is 'code red for humanity'
bbc.com · perfunctory · 9 Aug 2021
1.5k pts
1.5k comments
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Hash collision in Apple NeuralHash model
github.com · sohkamyung · 18 Aug 2021
1.4k pts
696 comments
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Apple and Google must allow other in-app payment systems, Korean law declares
theverge.com · commoner · 31 Aug 2021
1.4k pts
599 comments
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Show HN: Imba – I have spent 7 years creating a programming language for the web
somebee · 17 Aug 2021
1.2k pts
345 comments
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9
Tech-savvy audiences block Google Analytics
plausible.io · robin_reala · 31 Aug 2021
1.2k pts
681 comments
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10
An Open Letter Against Apple's Privacy-Invasive Content Scanning Technology
appleprivacyletter.com · nomoretime · 6 Aug 2021
1.2k pts
670 comments
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Apple enabling client-side CSAM scanning on iPhone tomorrow
twitter.com · robbiet480 · 5 Aug 2021
1.2k pts
724 comments
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12
Show HN: We built an end-to-end encrypted alternative to Google Photos
vishnumohandas · 29 Aug 2021
1.2k pts
405 comments
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13
OnlyFans to block sexually explicit videos starting in October
bloomberg.com · minimaxir · 19 Aug 2021
1.1k pts
1.3k comments
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14
Psst: Fast Spotify client with native GUI, without Electron, built in Rust
github.com · tim-- · 16 Aug 2021
1.1k pts
422 comments
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15
My mouse driver is asking for a firewall exemption (2019)
twitter.com · Tijdreiziger · 23 Aug 2021
1.1k pts
556 comments
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An open letter against Apple's new privacy-invasive client-side content scanning
github.com · yewenjie · 7 Aug 2021
1.1k pts
430 comments
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17
China has forbidden under-18s from playing games for more than three hours/week
reuters.com · extesy · 30 Aug 2021
1k pts
1.1k comments
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18
CalyxOS – De-Googled Android Alternative
calyxos.org · ssklash · 6 Aug 2021
1k pts
477 comments
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19
TikTok overtakes Facebook as most downloaded app
asia.nikkei.com · em500 · 10 Aug 2021
1k pts
679 comments
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20
Arm China Has Gone Rogue
semianalysis.substack.com · xbmcuser · 27 Aug 2021
995 pts
639 comments
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21
How I Experience Web Today
how-i-experience-web-today.com · mrestko · 23 Aug 2021
985 pts
315 comments
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Prettymaps: Small Python library to draw customized maps from OpenStreetMap data
github.com · sebg · 25 Aug 2021
982 pts
74 comments
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23
The rise of never-ending job interviews
bbc.com · hhs · 2 Aug 2021
967 pts
1.2k comments
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24
Ask HN: Google is confusing me with others in a harmful way – what can I do?
AndreaVass · 18 Aug 2021
964 pts
282 comments
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25
Facebook hacker beat my 2FA, bricked my Oculus, and hit the company credit card
codewriteplay.com · tosh · 20 Aug 2021
962 pts
366 comments
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26
On Apple’s “Expanded Protections for Children” – A Personal Story
areoform.wordpress.com · areoform · 6 Aug 2021
961 pts
522 comments
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27
Googlespeak – How Google limits thought about antitrust
zyppy.com · cyrusshepard · 24 Aug 2021
954 pts
298 comments
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28
A future for SQL on the web
jlongster.com · rasmusfabbe · 12 Aug 2021
925 pts
218 comments
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29
Burning out and quitting
mayakaczorowski.com · czottmann · 25 Aug 2021
921 pts
346 comments
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30
Twitter starts to require login to view tweets
reddit.com · oenetan · 24 Aug 2021
912 pts
619 comments
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31
The most underused browser feature: reader mode
frankgroeneveld.nl · frenkel · 24 Aug 2021
882 pts
357 comments
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32
New in Git: switch and restore
banterly.net · todsacerdoti · 1 Aug 2021
872 pts
543 comments
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33
GitHub’s engineering team has moved to Codespaces
github.blog · todsacerdoti · 11 Aug 2021
861 pts
678 comments
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34
The All-Seeing “i”: Apple Just Declared War on Your Privacy
edwardsnowden.substack.com · ttctciyf · 26 Aug 2021
861 pts
380 comments
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35
ImageNet contains naturally occurring Apple NeuralHash collisions
blog.roboflow.com · yeldarb · 19 Aug 2021
860 pts
510 comments
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36
FOSS app removed from the Play Store for linking to the project's website
github.com · timothyaveni · 13 Aug 2021
853 pts
278 comments
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37
Moderna Is About to Begin Trials for HIV Vaccine
them.us · Saint_Genet · 17 Aug 2021
851 pts
469 comments
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38
Apple dropped plan for encrypting backups after FBI complained (2020)
reuters.com · Crash0v3rid3 · 10 Aug 2021
847 pts
218 comments
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40
Yt-dlp – A YouTube-dl fork with additional features and fixes
github.com · makeworld · 26 Aug 2021
822 pts
332 comments
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41
An old hacker's tips on staying employed
madned.substack.com · mad_ned · 11 Aug 2021
815 pts
347 comments
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42
The Coronavirus Is Here Forever
theatlantic.com · lxm · 23 Aug 2021
773 pts
1.5k comments
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43
PAM Duress – Alternate passwords for panic situations
github.com · xanthine · 22 Aug 2021
763 pts
343 comments
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44
Major U.K. science funder to require grantees to make papers immediately free
sciencemag.org · cyrksoft · 8 Aug 2021
761 pts
92 comments
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45
The deceptive PR behind Apple’s “expanded protections for children”
piotr.is · arespredator · 12 Aug 2021
753 pts
571 comments
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46
The surreal experience of my first developer job
bennuttall.com · benn_88 · 4 Aug 2021
743 pts
261 comments
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47
Mozilla Common Voice Adds 16 New Languages and 4,600 New Hours of Speech
foundation.mozilla.org · heyhillary · 5 Aug 2021
728 pts
170 comments
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48
Docker Desktop no longer free for large companies
theregister.com · alanwreath · 31 Aug 2021
725 pts
571 comments
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49
Widelands is a free, open-source real-time strategy game
widelands.org · doener · 16 Aug 2021
713 pts
177 comments
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50
The Problem with Perceptual Hashes
rentafounder.com · rivo · 6 Aug 2021
705 pts
418 comments
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51
My tiny side project has had more impact than my decade in the software industry
mike.zwobble.org · mwilliamson · 1 Aug 2021
701 pts
189 comments
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53
How Discord Stores Billions of Messages (2017)
blog.discord.com · ibraheemdev · 24 Aug 2021
696 pts
368 comments
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54
Apple agrees to settle potential class action suit by U.S. developers
axios.com · throwaway888abc · 27 Aug 2021
695 pts
244 comments
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55
Firefox 91 introduces enhanced cookie clearing
blog.mozilla.org · arthuredelstein · 10 Aug 2021
695 pts
224 comments
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Swiss Ph.D student’s dismissal spotlights China’s influence
nzz.ch · ipnon · 7 Aug 2021
694 pts
332 comments
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57
OnlyFans drops planned porn ban
variety.com · uptown · 25 Aug 2021
690 pts
1.1k comments
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Google’s ‘Project Hug’ paid out huge sums to keep game devs in the Play Store
theverge.com · davweb · 19 Aug 2021
688 pts
472 comments
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59
I switched from macOS to Linux after 15 years of Apple
markosaric.com · miles · 26 Aug 2021
679 pts
838 comments
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The real OnlyFans scandal is the unaccountable power of platforms and banks
theguardian.com · shivbhatt · 28 Aug 2021
675 pts
346 comments
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