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## [How To Protect Your Personal Details From Spying | Information!](https://onehack.st/t/how-to-protect-your-personal-details-from-spying-information/77647)

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**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 6, 2020, 12:23pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/how-to-protect-your-personal-details-from-spying-information/77647 "2020-04-06T12:23:20Z")

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It is not just big corporations that are at risk of having their personal information stolen or monitored without authorization. As the capabilities of the web continue to expand, as does the availability for hackers …

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## [Russia Accused of Spreading Coronavirus Disinformation](https://onehack.st/t/russia-accused-of-spreading-coronavirus-disinformation/77532)

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**Author:** [@Prometheus](https://onehack.st/u/Prometheus)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 5, 2020, 8:51pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/russia-accused-of-spreading-coronavirus-disinformation/77532 "2020-04-05T20:51:46Z")

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Two associate professors studying foreign trolls online have penned an op-ed in the Washington Post arguing that Russian efforts to stir up antagonisms online “continues to be true with coronavirus disinformation.” In…

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## [Zoom Meeting App: New Security Features Introduced to Prevent Zoombombing, Thousands Saved Videos Reportedly Leak Online](https://onehack.st/t/zoom-meeting-app-new-security-features-introduced-to-prevent-zoombombing-thousands-saved-videos-reportedly-leak-online/77530)

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**Author:** [@Inject0r\_404](https://onehack.st/u/Inject0r_404)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 5, 2020, 8:35pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/zoom-meeting-app-new-security-features-introduced-to-prevent-zoombombing-thousands-saved-videos-reportedly-leak-online/77530 "2020-04-05T20:35:16Z")

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Zoom meeting app rose to fame in the age of social distancing, as users all over the world were asked to stay at home and be safe during the COVID-19 pandemic. The app allows a large number of people to conduct a video c…

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## [Amazon Said to Be in Contact With Coronavirus Test Makers as It Plans Pandemic Response](https://onehack.st/t/amazon-said-to-be-in-contact-with-coronavirus-test-makers-as-it-plans-pandemic-response/77528)

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**Author:** [@Nina](https://onehack.st/u/Nina)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 5, 2020, 8:35pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/amazon-said-to-be-in-contact-with-coronavirus-test-makers-as-it-plans-pandemic-response/77528 "2020-04-05T20:35:10Z")

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Amazon.com has been in contact with the CEOs of two coronavirus test makers as it considers how to screen its staff and reduce the risk of infection at its warehouses, according to internal meeting notes seen by Reuters. …

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## [Edge Overtakes Firefox To Become the Second-Most Popular Browser](https://onehack.st/t/edge-overtakes-firefox-to-become-the-second-most-popular-browser/77524)

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**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 5, 2020, 11:26pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/edge-overtakes-firefox-to-become-the-second-most-popular-browser/77524 "2020-04-05T23:26:07Z")

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Long-time Slashdot reader AmiMoJo quotes Softpedia: It was probably just a matter of time, but the thing so many people, including everyone at Microsoft, expected finally happened: Microsoft Edge surpassed Mozilla Fir…

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## [The Story of The Doctor Who Ordered America's First Covid-19 Lockdown](https://onehack.st/t/the-story-of-the-doctor-who-ordered-americas-first-covid-19-lockdown/77522)

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**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 5, 2020, 8:20pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/the-story-of-the-doctor-who-ordered-americas-first-covid-19-lockdown/77522 "2020-04-05T20:20:56Z")

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Long-time Slashdot reader bsharma shared the story of doctor/public health officer who “went first,” ordering America’s very first coronavirus lockdown in six counties on March 16th after the identification of only th…

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## [Attack Campaign Hits Thousands of MS-SQL Servers For Two Years](https://onehack.st/t/attack-campaign-hits-thousands-of-ms-sql-servers-for-two-years/77520)

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**Author:** [@Prometheus](https://onehack.st/u/Prometheus)\
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**Last updated:** [April 5, 2020, 8:19pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/attack-campaign-hits-thousands-of-ms-sql-servers-for-two-years/77520 "2020-04-05T20:19:12Z")

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“In December, security researchers noticed an uptick in brute-force attacks against publicly exposed Microsoft SQL servers,” reports CSOnline. “It turns out the attacks go as far back as May 2018 and infect on averag…

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## [Google May Be Forced to Reveal its Search Algorithm to an SEO](https://onehack.st/t/google-may-be-forced-to-reveal-its-search-algorithm-to-an-seo/77458)

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**Author:** [@TheStrength](https://onehack.st/u/TheStrength)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 11, 2020, 1:43pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/google-may-be-forced-to-reveal-its-search-algorithm-to-an-seo/77458 "2020-04-11T13:43:30Z")

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Google is involved in a lawsuit that has the potential to result in the company revealing its long-guarded algorithm secrets. As part of the lawsuit, Google has been given an ultimatum by UK courts to either withdraw ev…

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## [How to See What’s Behind a Website (FULL GUIDE)](https://onehack.st/t/how-to-see-what-s-behind-a-website-full-guide/77308)

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**Author:** [@Ze380y](https://onehack.st/u/Ze380y)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 6, 2020, 12:16am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/how-to-see-what-s-behind-a-website-full-guide/77308 "2020-04-06T00:16:29Z")

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On the surface, websites look like they’re designed to make information available to the public. However, there is plenty of valuable information hiding behind what you are able to see in your web browser. A website a…

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## [Google adopting the strategies that made Facebook successful in news referrals](https://onehack.st/t/google-adopting-the-strategies-that-made-facebook-successful-in-news-referrals/77300)

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**Author:** [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 5, 2020, 11:28am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/google-adopting-the-strategies-that-made-facebook-successful-in-news-referrals/77300 "2020-04-05T11:28:49Z")

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A bit old, but a good read for website owners! :heavy\_check\_mark: Also known as “Chrome Content Suggestions” or “Chrome Suggestions”, Google Chrome Suggestions (GCS) - Some highlight points What is googleapis…

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## [15-minutes Blood & Swab Test Result Coronavirus Kit is being used in many countries](https://onehack.st/t/15-minutes-blood-swab-test-result-coronavirus-kit-is-being-used-in-many-countries/77198)

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**Author:** [@Shayla](https://onehack.st/u/Shayla)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 4, 2020, 3:43pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/15-minutes-blood-swab-test-result-coronavirus-kit-is-being-used-in-many-countries/77198 "2020-04-04T15:43:01Z")

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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/04/04/covid-19-coronavirus-antibody-test-kit-home/ Blood tests are also being carried out, that can detect if a person has previously been ex…

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## [What Happens After the Lockdown?](https://onehack.st/t/what-happens-after-the-lockdown/76528)

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**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 1, 2020, 7:05pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/what-happens-after-the-lockdown/76528 "2020-04-01T19:05:52Z")

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BeerFartMoron writes: Recently there has been a proliferation of modeling work which has been used to make the point that if we can stay inside, practice extreme social distancing, and generally lock down nonessential…

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## [OpenWRT Code-Execution Bug Puts Millions of Devices At Risk](https://onehack.st/t/openwrt-code-execution-bug-puts-millions-of-devices-at-risk/76527)

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**Author:** [@TheStrength](https://onehack.st/u/TheStrength)\
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**Last updated:** [April 1, 2020, 3:22pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/openwrt-code-execution-bug-puts-millions-of-devices-at-risk/76527 "2020-04-01T15:22:08Z")

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Dan Goodin writes via Ars Technica: For almost three years, OpenWRT – the open source operating system that powers home routers and other types of embedded systems – has been vulnerable to remote code-execution attack…

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## [Microsoft Reports a 775 Percent Increase In Usage of Azure Cloud Services](https://onehack.st/t/microsoft-reports-a-775-percent-increase-in-usage-of-azure-cloud-services/76267)

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**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 1, 2020, 6:23am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/microsoft-reports-a-775-percent-increase-in-usage-of-azure-cloud-services/76267 "2020-04-01T06:23:02Z")

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Mark Wilson shares a report from BetaNews: This weekend, Microsoft has given an insight into the impact the coronavirus pandemic has had on its services. The company says that there has been a huge increase in Teams u…

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## [Researchers Develop Faster Way To Replace Bad Data With Accurate Information](https://onehack.st/t/researchers-develop-faster-way-to-replace-bad-data-with-accurate-information/76265)

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**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 31, 2020, 2:04pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/researchers-develop-faster-way-to-replace-bad-data-with-accurate-information/76265 "2020-03-31T14:04:49Z")

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sandbagger writes: Researchers from North Carolina State University and the Army Research Office have demonstrated a new model of how competing pieces of information spread in online social networks and the Internet o…

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## [The ACM Digital Library Is Now Open Access During Coronavirus Pandemic](https://onehack.st/t/the-acm-digital-library-is-now-open-access-during-coronavirus-pandemic/76263)

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**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 31, 2020, 2:08pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/the-acm-digital-library-is-now-open-access-during-coronavirus-pandemic/76263 "2020-03-31T14:08:51Z")

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The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) has made the ACM Digital Library open access to help support the computing community during the coronavirus pandemic. Founded in 1947, the ACM is the world’s largest scien…

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## [What Happens When Epidemiologists are Undermined By Politics?](https://onehack.st/t/what-happens-when-epidemiologists-are-undermined-by-politics/76096)

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**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\
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**Last updated:** [March 30, 2020, 2:10pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/what-happens-when-epidemiologists-are-undermined-by-politics/76096 "2020-03-30T14:10:56Z")

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Earlier this month Slashdot covered the Imperial College in London forecast of “what happens if the U.S. does absolutely nothing to combat COVID-19,” which predicted 2.2 million deaths just in the U.S. and another 510…

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## [Court Finds Algorithm Bias Studies Don't Violate US Anti-Hacking Law](https://onehack.st/t/court-finds-algorithm-bias-studies-dont-violate-us-anti-hacking-law/76095)

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**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 30, 2020, 2:09pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/court-finds-algorithm-bias-studies-dont-violate-us-anti-hacking-law/76095 "2020-03-30T14:09:57Z")

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“A federal court in D.C. has ruled in a lawsuit against Attorney General William Barr that studies aimed at detecting discrimination in online algorithms don’t violate the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act,” reports Engadg…

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## [National Emergency Library - Internet Archive](https://onehack.st/t/national-emergency-library-internet-archive/75984)

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**Author:** [@Experimental](https://onehack.st/u/Experimental)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 29, 2020, 5:41pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/national-emergency-library-internet-archive/75984 "2020-03-29T17:41:19Z")

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Announcing the National Emergency Library, a collection of books that supports emergency remote teaching, research activities, independent scholarship, and intellectual stimulation while universities, schools, training…

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## [Dark Web Hosting Site Suffers Cyberattack, 7,600 Sites Down](https://onehack.st/t/dark-web-hosting-site-suffers-cyberattack-7-600-sites-down/75913)

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**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 29, 2020, 10:49pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/dark-web-hosting-site-suffers-cyberattack-7-600-sites-down/75913 "2020-03-29T22:49:13Z")

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It’s the largest free web hosting provider for dark web services. But remember back in 2018 when its 6,500 sites all went down after attackers accessed its database and deleted all its accounts? It happened again – f…

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## [Working From Home Hasn't Broken the Internet](https://onehack.st/t/working-from-home-hasnt-broken-the-internet/75912)

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**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 29, 2020, 11:42am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/working-from-home-hasnt-broken-the-internet/75912 "2020-03-29T11:42:11Z")

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sixoh1 shared this story from the Wall Street Journal: Home internet and wireless connectivity in the U.S. have largely withstood unprecedented demands as more Americans work and learn remotely. Broadband and wireless…

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## [Should Students Still Be Graded In the Time of Covid-19?](https://onehack.st/t/should-students-still-be-graded-in-the-time-of-covid-19/75910)

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**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\
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**Last updated:** [March 29, 2020, 11:39am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/should-students-still-be-graded-in-the-time-of-covid-19/75910 "2020-03-29T11:39:00Z")

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theodp writes: The LA Times reports that controversies over grading are roiling universities and colleges, as the coronavirus outbreak prompted them to shift to online learning and send most students home to disparate…

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## [\[Coronavirus Update\] UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson Tested Positive](https://onehack.st/t/coronavirus-update-uk-prime-minister-boris-johnson-tested-positive/75463)

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**Author:** [@peekacho](https://onehack.st/u/peekacho)\
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**Last updated:** [March 27, 2020, 11:51am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/coronavirus-update-uk-prime-minister-boris-johnson-tested-positive/75463 "2020-03-27T11:51:18Z")

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https://twitter.com/BorisJohnson/status/1243496858095411200 Pm of UK has been tested positive

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## ['End of coronavirus pandemic is near' 'We’re going to be fine', 'signs of recovery', says Nobel laureate Michael Levitt](https://onehack.st/t/end-of-coronavirus-pandemic-is-near-we-re-going-to-be-fine-signs-of-recovery-says-nobel-laureate-michael-levitt/75355)

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**Author:** [@Shayla](https://onehack.st/u/Shayla)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2020, 8:19pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/end-of-coronavirus-pandemic-is-near-we-re-going-to-be-fine-signs-of-recovery-says-nobel-laureate-michael-levitt/75355 "2020-03-26T20:19:46Z")

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Michael Levitt, an American-British-Israeli biophysicist who received the 2013 Nobel Prize in chemistry for developing complex models of chemical systems, has an optimistic take on the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. h…

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## [World's Wind Power Capacity Up By Fifth After Record Year](https://onehack.st/t/worlds-wind-power-capacity-up-by-fifth-after-record-year/75309)

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**Author:** [@Astrid](https://onehack.st/u/Astrid)\
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**Last updated:** [March 26, 2020, 2:21pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/worlds-wind-power-capacity-up-by-fifth-after-record-year/75309 "2020-03-26T14:21:41Z")

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An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: The world’s wind power capacity grew by almost a fifth in 2019 after a year of record growth for offshore windfarms and a boom in onshore projects in the US and C…

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## [Social Distancing Is Slowing Not Only COVID-19, But Other Diseases Too](https://onehack.st/t/social-distancing-is-slowing-not-only-covid-19-but-other-diseases-too/75308)

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**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2020, 2:18pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/social-distancing-is-slowing-not-only-covid-19-but-other-diseases-too/75308 "2020-03-26T14:18:45Z")

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“As governments around the world have pushed their citizens away from populated places to slow the spread of Covid-19, they may not have realized that they were also combatting other infectious diseases, such as the s…

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## [The World of Torrents (How it Works?)](https://onehack.st/t/the-world-of-torrents-how-it-works/75243)

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**Author:** [@FlashyFlash](https://onehack.st/u/FlashyFlash)\
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**Last updated:** [March 26, 2020, 6:50am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/the-world-of-torrents-how-it-works/75243 "2020-03-26T06:50:10Z")

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I found this somewhere and I thought it’d be nice to share it here. Many of use torrents but we dont know about how the whole underground torrent community works. The above image shows the hierarchy level of the warez…

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## [How China Slowed Coronavirus | Must Watch | Deployment of Health IT in China’s Fight Against the COVID-19 Epidemic](https://onehack.st/t/how-china-slowed-coronavirus-must-watch-deployment-of-health-it-in-china-s-fight-against-the-covid-19-epidemic/74992)

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**Author:** [@Hannah](https://onehack.st/u/Hannah)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 8, 2020, 9:17am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/how-china-slowed-coronavirus-must-watch-deployment-of-health-it-in-china-s-fight-against-the-covid-19-epidemic/74992 "2020-04-08T09:17:56Z")

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http://emag.medicalexpo.com/china-relies-heavily-on-high-tech-to-fight-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus/ https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-china-slowed-coronavirus-lockdowns-surveillance-enforcers-1158386809…

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## [Is a 'Debt Jubilee' The Only Way to Avoid a Depression?](https://onehack.st/t/is-a-debt-jubilee-the-only-way-to-avoid-a-depression/74763)

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**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 23, 2020, 1:30pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/is-a-debt-jubilee-the-only-way-to-avoid-a-depression/74763 "2020-03-23T13:30:41Z")

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The Washington Post just ran an interesting op-ed from a research professor of economics at the University of Missouri: Massive social distancing, with its accompanying job losses, stock dives and huge bailouts to cor…

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## [Facebook Will Donate 720,000 Masks and 1.5 Million Gloves to Healthcare Workers](https://onehack.st/t/facebook-will-donate-720-000-masks-and-1-5-million-gloves-to-healthcare-workers/74761)

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**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 23, 2020, 1:27pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/facebook-will-donate-720-000-masks-and-1-5-million-gloves-to-healthcare-workers/74761 "2020-03-23T13:27:04Z")

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The San Francisco Chronicle reports: Facebook plans to donate 720,000 masks — a combination of the coveted N95 respirators and more basic surgical masks — and 1.5 million pairs of gloves to health care workers around …

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