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Dim Sum: A Chinese-Language Security Manual

dimsum.one ↗ · Civic & Public Life · score 88.0
○Open: public page gives enough substance to understand the site $Paid: pricing, booking, ecommerce, subscription, or paid access is visible ADAds: visible ad load or ad-supported content ✦Pretty: notable design, copy, craft, or presentation ◆Pro: polished, finished-feeling, serious, or operationally mature ◇Niche: specific audience, workflow, or unusually focused use case ◉Human: personal, local, community, civic, handmade, or real-person signal !Suspicious: scammy, spammy, trust theater, finance fog, or credibility concern

A Chinese-language information and cybersecurity handbook for readers facing heightened privacy, surveillance, or identity risks.

Why it surfaced

The guide is organized around concrete decisions, from choosing an operating system and securing Signal to encrypting files, using Tor, and handling a phone inspection by police. Its stated audience—journalists, lawyers, civic activists, and human-rights defenders in China—gives the manual an unusually specific civic purpose.

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The Two-Tonne Temperature Problem

August 15’s newborn domains include a live-aboard hydrogen airship with a two-tonne lift problem, a Japanese toolbox that explains its assumptions, an advisory-by-advisory Hawaiʻi hurricane archive, and a wedding-gift game about ungrateful poultry.

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