top 10 hacker news stories for 2020-07-26

New ‘Meow’ attack has deleted almost 4k unsecured databases

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-meow-attack-has-deleted-almost-4-000-unsecured-databases/

5 years ago

841 upvotes – 519 comments

Headphones are collecting too much personal data (2019)

https://www.soundguys.com/headphones-are-collecting-too-much-personal-data-21524/

5 years ago

493 upvotes – 411 comments

Facebook has blocked Dreamwidth

https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/3861716.html

5 years ago

433 upvotes – 177 comments

Small mail server best current practices

https://bridge.grumpy-troll.org/2020/07/small-mailserver-bcp/

5 years ago

401 upvotes – 168 comments

Public asked to report receipt of any unsolicited packages of seeds

http://www.vdacs.virginia.gov//press-releases-200724-seeds.shtml

5 years ago

376 upvotes – 267 comments

Cracking down on research fraud

https://undark.org/2020/07/23/cracking-down-on-research-fraud

5 years ago

331 upvotes – 201 comments

Google reportedly peeks into Android data to gain edge over third-party apps

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/07/android-user-data-gives-google-edge-over-third-party-apps-report-says/

5 years ago

324 upvotes – 128 comments

Basics of Haskell – Code and exercises

https://github.com/raviksharma/bartosz-basics-of-haskell

5 years ago

268 upvotes – 46 comments

Spies can eavesdrop by watching a light bulb's vibrations

https://www.wired.com/story/lamphone-light-bulb-vibration-spying/

5 years ago

268 upvotes – 123 comments

OpenJDK Migrates to GitHub

https://www.infoq.com/news/2020/07/openjdk-github-migration/

5 years ago

267 upvotes – 133 comments
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