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Torsten's Thoughtcrimes
Personal blog · blog.grobox.desecuritypoliticsprogramming
Torsten's Thoughtcrimes is a personal blog at blog.grobox.de about security, politics and programming. Since 2013, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 7 times, most often “How F-Droid Is Bringing Apps to Cuba”. The last post was in 2019, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this blog for its critical posts about Skype, such as a list of reasons to boycott Skype. The one linked comment cites that list to argue Skype has long been bad.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- How F-Droid Is Bringing Apps to Cuba2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2017-07-03
- Briar – Next Step of the Crypto Messenger Evolution2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2016-05-13
What Hacker News says?
"quite good" means different things to different people. For those who care about certain issues, Skype has been objectively bad for certain reasons as listed here: https://blog.grobox.de/2009/ten-reasons-why-you-should-boyco... In other words, Skype has always been garbage.
Comment linking /2009/ten-reasons-why-you-should-boycott-skype/
on “New Skype Update Is Horrible”Submitted Dark Mail as Next-Generation Email to Stop Spying as a story · 6 points
HN discussionSubmitted Briar – Next Step of the Crypto Messenger Evolution as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted How F-Droid Is Bringing Apps to Cuba as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted How F-Droid Is Bringing Apps to Cuba as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Proprietarization of Android – Google Play Services and Apps as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Is Briar really the next step of the crypto messenger evolution? as a story · 1 points
HN discussion