9.29.25 | Privacy Badger blocks spying, F-Droid and Google’s registration decree, play snake in URL

Hacker News Highlights · Sep 29, 2025 · 10m

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Sep 29, 2025.

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(00:00) - Intro

(00:17) - Privacy Badger is a free browser extension made by EFF to stop spying

(01:25) - F-Droid and Google’s developer registration decree

(02:39) - Play snake in the URL address bar

(03:37) - The AI coding trap

(04:49) - When I say “alphabetical order”, I mean “alphabetical order”

(05:57) - Farewell friends

(06:58) - Supermicro server motherboards can be infected with unremovable malware

(08:13) - Show HN: Toolbrew –…