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librarian.net
Personal blog · librarian.net/staxculturepolitics
librarian.net is a personal blog at librarian.net about culture and politics. Since 2009, 10 different Hacker News readers have linked it 10 times, most often “How to disable or avoid intrusive AI”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-22, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (4) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
The linked page covers 'technically legal' notices, such as libraries posting 'The FBI has not been here' signs, and whether such signs are lawful. Commenters cite it in warrant canary and SSL threads.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 4 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
putting the rarin back in librarian since 1999
Most-linked posts?
- /technicality.html4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2009-07-13
- How to disable or avoid intrusive AI2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-08-02
What Hacker News says?
“The American Library Association (ALA) opposes any use of governmental power to suppress the free and open exchange of knowledge and information or to intimidate individuals exercising free inquiry…ALA considers that sections of the USA PATRIOT ACT are a present danger to the constitutional rights and privacy rights of library users.” http://www.librarian.net/technicality.html https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/right-t…
Comment linking /technicality.html
on “SecureDrop”Submitted How to disable or avoid intrusive AI as a story · 15 points
HN discussionThis is no different than libraries having a sign up that says "The FBI has not been here" and taking it down after they have (second sign): http://www.librarian.net/technicality.html My understanding is that most observers believe that the sign is legal.
Comment linking /technicality.html
on “Rsync.net Warrant Canary”Submitted How to disable or avoid intrusive AI – librarian.net as a story · 2 points
HN discussionHeh. This is likely based on similar technically legal signs: http://www.librarian.net/technicality.html This has been around around a year: http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/2ygi6/warrant_c... Edit: HTML. Another edit: reddit.
Comment linking /technicality.html
on “Rsync.net Warrant Canary”Submitted Be Organized from the Beginning as a story · 2 points
HN discussion"The government has not had us sign a MITM certificate yet. Watch closely for the removal of this notice." http://www.librarian.net/technicality.html
Comment linking /technicality.html
on “Law Enforcement Appliance Subverts SSL”- Mz · 2016-09-14
Submitted The Day I Spoke to the White House as a story · 2 points
HN discussion Submitted Library has sign up to notify that they have not been forced to hand over data as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted "Stupid rules and how to change them" as a story · 1 points
HN discussion
