top 10 hacker news stories for 2017-11-21

Uber Paid Hackers to Delete Stolen Data on 57M People

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-21/uber-concealed-cyberattack-that-exposed-57-million-people-s-data

8 years ago

1720 upvotes – 572 comments

FCC plan would give Internet providers power to choose the sites customers see

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2017/11/21/the-fcc-has-unveiled-its-plan-to-rollback-its-net-neutrality-rules/?utm_term=.dd07b903b6a7

8 years ago

1330 upvotes – 646 comments

Google collects cell tower info even if location services are disabled

https://qz.com/1131515/google-collects-android-users-locations-even-when-location-services-are-disabled/

8 years ago

953 upvotes – 401 comments

I'm Testifying to Congress about Data Breaches – What Should I Say?

https://www.troyhunt.com/im-testifying-in-front-of-congress-in-washington-dc-about-data-breaches-what-should-i-say/

8 years ago

637 upvotes – 230 comments

Why does man print “gimme gimme gimme” at 00:30?

https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/405783/why-does-man-print-gimme-gimme-gimme-at-0030

8 years ago

560 upvotes – 159 comments

Desktop compositing latency is real

http://www.lofibucket.com/articles/dwm_latency.html

8 years ago

538 upvotes – 291 comments

Tether Critical Announcement

https://tether.to/tether-critical-announcement/

8 years ago

532 upvotes – 310 comments

Replacing x86 firmware with Linux and Go

https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/738649/81007748bf15c1e5/

8 years ago

498 upvotes – 127 comments

A Man Who Has Lived Alone on an Island for 28 Years

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/destinations/europe/italy/photos-of-life-alone-on-a-paradise-island/

8 years ago

461 upvotes – 78 comments

Ketamine lifts rodents' mood only if administered by male researchers

http://www.nature.com/news/sex-matters-in-experiments-on-party-drug-in-mice-1.23022

8 years ago

378 upvotes – 223 comments
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