Hacker News with Generative AI: Online Security

Attacker Has Techdirt Reclassified as Phishing Site (techdirt.com)
Here on Techdirt, we write a lot about content moderation and even did a whole big series of content moderation case studies. However, here’s an interesting one that involves Techdirt itself from a couple weeks ago. It’s also a perfect example of Masnick’s Impossibility Theorem in action and a reminder of how the never-ending flood of spam and scams provides cover for bad actors to sneak through abusive reports.
Tell HN: Need help, locked out of Google account with 10 years of personal data (ycombinator.com)
I've been locked out of my Google account which contains over a decade of my digital life, and I'm at my wit's end trying to recover it.
Ask HN: What do you do for online privacy? (ycombinator.com)
Two years ago, I submitted this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33558737 which turned up some interesting comments.<p>I thought I'd revisit this topic now that it's been almost two years.<p># Applications, Operating Systems<p>Do you run specific browsers, and why? Do you have specific applications that you use to protect your privacy? Do you engage in any kind of hardening?<p>Do you run any specific kind of operating system (say, Windows, Mac, etc) and why?
Show HN: A ninja's Handbook: A book on privacy, security, and anonymity online (zolagonano.github.io)
'Pig Butchering' Online Scams Are Proliferating. Here's Why They Work So Well (wsj.com)
Booking.com ignores twofactor, lets everyone email-login without a password (ycombinator.com)
'New York Times source code' leaks online via 4chan (theregister.com)
Ask HN: What do social networks put unique IDs in link sharing for? (ycombinator.com)