Hacker News on Thursday, 2 July 2026

Stories posted this day, by points. Rank history starts with the October 2026 rebuild.

Screenshot of f-droid.org: Android Developer Verification: Threat masquerading as protection

Android Developer Verification: Threat masquerading as protection (f-droid.org)

1630 points by drewfax 3 months ago | 698 comments

F-Droid blog post criticizing Google's Android Developer Verification requirement, framing it as malware-like control over app installation on Android devices.

android f-droid google developer-verification

Screenshot of hunton.com: Virginia bans sale of precise geolocation data

Virginia bans sale of precise geolocation data (hunton.com)

917 points by toomuchtodo 3 months ago | 136 comments

Hunton law firm blog post reporting that Virginia enacted a law banning the sale of precise geolocation data.

geolocation-data data-privacy virginia state-legislation

Screenshot of blog.podman.io: Podman v6.0.0

Podman v6.0.0 (blog.podman.io)

607 points by soheilpro 3 months ago | 239 comments

Podman blog post announcing the release of Podman version 6.0.0, the container management tool.

podman containers release buildah

Screenshot of github.com: PeerTube is a free, decentralized and federated video platform

PeerTube is a free, decentralized and federated video platform (github.com)

592 points by doener 3 months ago | 274 comments

GitHub repository for PeerTube, an AGPL-licensed ActivityPub-federated video streaming platform that uses P2P delivery in the browser.

peertube activitypub fediverse video-streaming

Screenshot of clashreport.com: Spain Orders Blacklist of Palantir from Public and Private Companies

Spain Orders Blacklist of Palantir from Public and Private Companies (clashreport.com)

562 points by mgh2 3 months ago | 183 comments

Clash Report article saying the Spanish government has blacklisted Palantir Technologies from public and state-controlled companies over national security concerns.

palantir spain national-security data-analytics

Immich 3.0 (github.com)

553 points by hashier 3 months ago | 268 comments

GitHub Discussions announcement of Immich v3.0.0, a major release of the self-hosted photo and video management app, including breaking changes.

immich self-hosted photo-management release-notes

Screenshot of mathstodon.xyz: Since Linux 6.9, LUKS suspend stopped wiping disk-encryption keys from memory

Since Linux 6.9, LUKS suspend stopped wiping disk-encryption keys from memory (mathstodon.xyz)

516 points by IngoBlechschmid 3 months ago | 217 comments

Mastodon thread by Ingo Blechschmidt describing how since Linux 6.9 the LUKS suspend tool silently failed to wipe disk-encryption keys from memory.

linux-kernel luks disk-encryption suspend

Screenshot of tedium.co: Bring back crappy forums

Bring back crappy forums (tedium.co)

500 points by pentagrama 3 months ago | 318 comments

A Tedium essay looking back at old-school online web forums and arguing for bringing back small, imperfect community forums.

web-forums online-communities internet-history tedium

Screenshot of righttointelligence.org: Protect your right to run local AI

Protect your right to run local AI (righttointelligence.org)

463 points by thoughtpeddler 3 months ago | 164 comments

Advocacy site Right to Intelligence urging people to sign a petition and call legislators opposing state laws that could require licenses to run local AI models.

local-ai ai-regulation open-models state-legislation

Screenshot of pradyuprasad.com: How to ask for help from people who don't know you

How to ask for help from people who don't know you (pradyuprasad.com)

461 points by FigurativeVoid 3 months ago | 68 comments

A personal blog essay offering heuristics for asking strangers for help, centered on putting yourself in the other person's mind and showing proof of work.

cold-outreach asking-for-help networking communication

Screenshot of thebignewsletter.com: The Egg Bandits Made a Thousand Times the Fine They Just Paid for Price Fixing

The Egg Bandits Made a Thousand Times the Fine They Just Paid for Price Fixing (thebignewsletter.com)

403 points by toomuchtodo 3 months ago | 185 comments

Matt Stoller's BIG newsletter post arguing that major egg producers settled a DOJ and state price-fixing case for fines far smaller than their conspiracy profits.

antitrust price-fixing egg-prices doj

Screenshot of github.blog: Kimi K2.7 Code is generally available in GitHub Copilot

Kimi K2.7 Code is generally available in GitHub Copilot (github.blog)

388 points by unliftedq 3 months ago | 162 comments

GitHub changelog post announcing that the Kimi K2.7 Code model is generally available as a model choice in GitHub Copilot.

github-copilot kimi moonshot-ai llm

Screenshot of github.com: crustc: entirety of `rustc`, translated to C

crustc: entirety of `rustc`, translated to C (github.com)

371 points by Philpax 3 months ago | 82 comments

GitHub repository crustc, containing the entire Rust compiler rustc translated into C source code.

rust rustc c compilers

Screenshot of herdr.dev: Herdr: One terminal to rule them all

Herdr: One terminal to rule them all (herdr.dev)

369 points by handfuloflight 3 months ago | 152 comments

Landing page for herdr, a terminal multiplexer binary for running multiple AI coding agents in persistent server-side terminals, accessible over ssh or phone.

herdr coding-agents terminal-multiplexer cli

Screenshot of scottaaronson.blog: An American Privacy Emergency

An American Privacy Emergency (scottaaronson.blog)

358 points by flowercalled 3 months ago | 106 comments

Guest post by Cynthia Dwork and others on Scott Aaronson's blog arguing that banning noise infusion at the US Census Bureau creates a privacy emergency.

differential-privacy census-bureau cynthia-dwork data-privacy