Hey buddy,

Man, you gotta check out Hacker News from yesterday, Saturday. Some wild stuff was popping off. Lemme hit you with the highlights real quick.

Samsung and Spyware

First off, there was this crazy story about Samsung apparently embedding some IronSource spyware app on phones, especially over in the Middle East and North Africa area. The article was an open letter to Samsung basically telling them to knock it off. People in the comments were talking about how messed up this is, especially the part about potential tracking. Some folks even brought up the whole IronSource buying Unity drama from a while back, saying this kind of shady stuff is why Unity was struggling before that.

Microsoft vs. The Hague

Then there's this other big one: Microsoft apparently suspended the email account of a prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC) over in The Hague. Remember all that talk about the ICC maybe going after folks from certain countries? Yeah, right after that, poof, email gone. The comments were all over the place, arguing about whether the US is cool with the ICC, if certain countries are "proxy states" for others, and basically saying if you don't want to get hassled by the ICC, maybe don't go where they can get you.

Sneaky Non-Competes

Okay, something useful for us tech heads: a heads-up about confidentiality agreements that secretly act like non-competes that last forever. The guy was basically saying watch out for these when you sign papers. Comments had lawyers chiming in, saying in places like England, courts usually don't like enforcing stuff that stops you from working forever. Someone else pointed out that most info you'd take is old news in a few years anyway. And a funny one mentioned how "white collar workers" apparently don't need unions because they can just negotiate, which, uh, isn't always true for the average person.

Bye-Bye AWS, Hello Hetzner

This was a cool one: a company wrote about moving all their cloud stuff from AWS to Hetzner, which is way cheaper, and saved like 90%! And they managed to keep their security certification (ISO 27001) using some automation tools. People in the comments were asking how they handled security without AWS's fancy features and how they set up their network. The author jumped in to explain some of their setup, which was neat.

Delta Chat Messenger

Heard of Delta Chat? Apparently, it's a decentralized and secure messenger app, but it uses email. Like, your messages are just encrypted emails. People were digging into how secure it *really* is compared to others. The main point in the comments was about avoiding a central server collecting everyone's data, which is a big win for privacy compared to apps that need their own servers.

uBlock Origin on iPhone Safari

Good news for iPhone users: there's a beta version of uBlock Origin Lite for Safari on iOS! Finally, a proper ad blocker, maybe? The comments were talking about how well the free version works even with limited features. Some people compared it to other iOS browsers or ad blockers, mentioning that Safari with a good ad blocker can be really fast.

Sega's Oopsie

And finally, a fun one: Sega accidentally leaked some sales numbers for their popular games. Like a Dragon, Persona, stuff like that. Gamers in the comments were chatting about which games did well and how important Sega's Pachinko business (those Japanese slot machine things) is to their overall money situation. Someone also had a funny comparison between Sonic and Mario being like a Lamborghini and a VW Beetle.

Yeah, so that was the main stuff. Lots of tech and some interesting real-world drama mixed in. Catch ya later!