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Please upload DMCA takedowns to the Chilling Effects Clearinghouse / Lumen Database

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Why do we count starting from zero?

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Should we trust the NIST-recommended ECC parameters?

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How to fool the "try some test cases" heuristic: Algorithms that appear correct, but are actually incorrect

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Express boolean logic operations in zero-one integer linear programming (ILP)

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Why is water clear?

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Can web sites detect whether you are using private browsing mode?

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Apply word embeddings to entire document, to get a feature vector

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How to test whether a Linux binary was compiled as position independent code?

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Is HTTP compression safe?

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Statement from SO: June 5, 2023 Moderator Action

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Why would someone trust DuckDuckGo or other providers with a similar privacy policy?

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Is it generally a bad idea to encrypt database fields?

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How do computers keep track of time?

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Should we sign-then-encrypt, or encrypt-then-sign?

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Why is addition as fast as bit-wise operations in modern processors?

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What is a safe programming language?

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Express boolean logic operations in zero-one integer linear programming (ILP)

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Can anyone provide references for implementing web application self password reset mechanisms properly?

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Are URLs viewed during HTTPS transactions to one or more websites from a single IP distinguishable?

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Why can humans solve certain "undecidable" problems?

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How to achieve non-repudiation?

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Should I use AntiForgeryToken in all forms, even login and registration?

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Can wiped SSD data be recovered?

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Is Django's built-in security enough?

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Firefox accusing me of distributing malware on my site

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Lessons learned and misconceptions regarding encryption and cryptology

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Community and Moderator guidelines for escalating issues via new response process (March-April 2020)

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Is von Neumann's randomness in sin quote no longer applicable?

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Is HTTP compression safe?

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Why is deep learning hyped despite bad VC dimension?

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Effectiveness of Security Images

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Recommended # of rounds for bcrypt

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Attacker circumventing 2FA. How to defend?

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What to do if reviewers reject a paper without understanding the content?

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I think I accidentally DoS'd a website. What should I do?

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Why does nobody use (or break) the Camellia Cipher?

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"Argument list too long": How do I deal with it, without changing my command?

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How great is the risk in publicly sharing part of a private key?

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One Encryption, Many Decryption Keys

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