top 10 hacker news stories for 2020-02-04

Google tracks individual users per Chrome installation ID

https://github.com/w3ctag/design-reviews/issues/467#issuecomment-581944600

6 years ago

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Why Discord is switching from Go to Rust

https://blog.discordapp.com/why-discord-is-switching-from-go-to-rust-a190bbca2b1f

6 years ago

Ask HN: What Skills to Acquire in 2020?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22235279

6 years ago

Firefox Preview adds support for recommended extensions, including uBlock Origin

https://twitter.com/Aissn/status/1224588783657439234

6 years ago

I found a WhatsApp security flaw that allowed hackers to read the file system

https://www.perimeterx.com/tech-blog/2020/whatsapp-fs-read-vuln-disclosure/

6 years ago

Reviving Sandstorm

https://sandstorm.io/news/2020-02-03-reviving-sandstorm

6 years ago

A new hash algorithm for Git

https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/811068/cfeb6a67b8dfbe47/

6 years ago

Mini projects built with VanillaJS. No frameworks or libraries

https://github.com/bradtraversy/vanillawebprojects

6 years ago

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Some Google Photos videos in backups were sent to strangers in November

https://ww.9to5google.com/2020/02/03/google-photos-video-strangers/

6 years ago

U.S. immigration policy has been a boon for the tech industry in Canada

https://www.npr.org/2020/01/27/799402801/canada-wins-u-s-loses-in-global-fight-for-high-tech-workers?sc=18&f=1001

6 years ago