top 10 hacker news stories for 2017-01-13

WhatsApp backdoor allows snooping on encrypted messages

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jan/13/whatsapp-backdoor-allows-snooping-on-encrypted-messages

9 years ago

1332 upvotes – 321 comments

There is no WhatsApp 'backdoor'

https://whispersystems.org/blog/there-is-no-whatsapp-backdoor/

9 years ago

1018 upvotes – 408 comments

VR

https://blog.ycombinator.com/vr/

9 years ago

1008 upvotes – 550 comments

Affordable Care

http://blog.samaltman.com/affordable-care

9 years ago

720 upvotes – 1014 comments

Obama Expands Surveillance Powers on His Way Out

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/01/obama-expands-surveillance-powers-his-way-out

9 years ago

589 upvotes – 294 comments

Feeling safer online with Firefox

http://blog.astithas.com/2017/01/feeling-safer-online-with-firefox.html

9 years ago

378 upvotes – 97 comments

Nintendo Switch

https://www.nintendo.co.jp/switch/index.html

9 years ago

375 upvotes – 416 comments

The Sound of Silence

http://foundersatwork.posthaven.com/the-sound-of-silence

9 years ago

344 upvotes – 158 comments

App.net is shutting down

http://blog.app.net/2017/01/12/app-net-is-shutting-down/

9 years ago

339 upvotes – 187 comments

Google Infrastructure Security Design Overview

https://cloud.google.com/security/security-design/

9 years ago

317 upvotes – 52 comments
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