KeepFlying

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by KeepFlying 5y ago
Why not? It would just mean that the NSA needs to own more routers than it would to break TOR->Public internet routing. From what I understand, connecting to an onion address 'just' involves 6 routers, not the typical 3. (Of co
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by KeepFlying 5y ago
That's probably the case but then windows should just force webview2 to be its own package independent from Edge's main browser UI. Or better yet, build the Edge browser so that it's actually an app using webview2 to help ens
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by KeepFlying 5y ago
Still better than sending them to his ISP (or keeping them visible to his ISP no matter the destination). Sure it's not ideal but really very few things are when it comes to home network DNS requests. I'd love suggestions for bett
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by KeepFlying 5y ago
People with stable living situations can more easily keep track of all their official paperwork and spend the time needed to understand the application process. They also have more access to the internet to do things remotely. Poor people a
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by KeepFlying 5y ago
I'm not a fan of this either but at least it doesn't call the police on me. It places a marker so that a human could track it back to be, sure, but that still requires me to actually try to do something illegal with something I&#x
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by KeepFlying 5y ago
It could be that all global systems happen to rely on some kind of single point of failure that the team never really realized before. Or if they did realize it they didn't realize the potential impact. Or it was a code change that was
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by KeepFlying 5y ago
I get what you're saying but that's only because teenagers in their bedroom are unlikely to get enough attention, not because they don't have enough influence. It's totally possible for a bedroom-made startup to grow to
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by KeepFlying 5y ago
Sadly they probably will. At least the ones who didn't have their shit totally deleted. So many "average" users just want consistency and will go with WD again because they don't need to relearn as much (even if the rele
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by KeepFlying 5y ago
A better analogy would be if wheelchair companies were causing people to be ashamed of using their legs and preying on a societal hatred of "walking people" and making everyone feel like they need a wheelchair to be accepted in so
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by KeepFlying 5y ago
It's probably from ReCaptcha, but Discord is the one deciding to use that service to protect their logins so they are ultimately responsible.
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by KeepFlying 5y ago
As a dev who works with telemetry in my day job I HATE when "better metrics" gets in the way of a feature or product improving. (I also hate the pervasiveness of identifiable tracking but that's a whole different rant.) You d
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by KeepFlying 5y ago
Yes. At home I am limited in my skills and in the quality and variety of ingredients. In a restaurant (one where the chef actually makes food, not a place where it's microwaved, cooked from frozen, or just repackaged restaurant supply
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by KeepFlying 5y ago
Maybe someday I'll write a rewrite rule to pass google DNS through my PiHole...maybe. All of this hardcoded DNS server BS in iot devices is a pain.
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by KeepFlying 5y ago
Better software doesn't always exist and when it does exist is not always possible to switch (or has other downsides). But for example Steam updates on boot, which is a (albeit minor) pain when I want to use it. Similar with Spotify. T
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by KeepFlying 5y ago
For security updates it still depends on risk though. A flaw in my browser is extremely high risk and I require it fixed and updated quickly. But a flaw in my SSH server that is only accessible from behind a VPN is lower. And the risk is lo
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by KeepFlying 5y ago
I 100% feel this pain. And for security updates and major fixes, I see the need for frequent updates. Though setting aside practicality for a bit I wish we would design software to be more backwards compatible so old versions of things coul
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by KeepFlying 5y ago
I generally agree. And Chromes method is definitely better than Steam's where you have to wait 30 seconds on boot every few days for it to load. But that introduces issues where if Google adds some shitty new feature to Chrome I sorta
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by KeepFlying 5y ago
I'm generally in favor of more control too. Though that control extends to wanting to be able to control when my software updates and when I get to have new features, settings,etc. My comment above is more of a rant than a recommendati
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by KeepFlying 5y ago
That dialog also invokes so many issues with computers today. When I open a program, I want to use that program. I don't want to update it, I don't want to see all the new features, I want to USE it. I opened it because I had a ta
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by KeepFlying 5y ago
I can disable it this time because I got lucky and heard about it happening. There's no assurance that I'll hear about the next invasive feature, which is yet another security risk in my network that I need to be aware of.
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by KeepFlying 5y ago
It may go through an Amazon device, but that fact is stripped away as soon as the packet leaves your network. Your router may know it came from your Echo, but your ISP won't have a clue. And even if Amazon is tunneling all traffic now,
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by KeepFlying 5y ago
I'd still encrypt my B2 upload though, just to be safe. Just because it's a trustworthy service doesn't make it immune to hacks
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by KeepFlying 5y ago
True and if this API handled user data or anything substantially private that would be a HUGE deal and super dangerous. But it seems like in this case it's mostly a rate limiting and identification exercise and not a secure protection
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by KeepFlying 5y ago
But you could give a short lived highly limited API key out for testing to allow the potential user to test the API for their needs before bothering to make an account and providing their personal information.
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by KeepFlying 5y ago
What I buy from you is your business. The information I give you to complete my transaction is your business. Who I am is not. You don't need to know if I have kids, have a disease, my age, my race, my gender. You don't need to kn
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by KeepFlying 5y ago
That's on the site for requiring tracking to be successful in order to take my money. They shouldn't require tracking to succeed in order for me to buy the product. If they want tracking, sure. But be resistant to it erroring out.
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by KeepFlying 5y ago
I'm with you on this. I know very few people who generate passwords like that and most people I know use some simple "special word with special number" pattern. Often it's kids names, a random word they picked as a passw
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by KeepFlying 5y ago
Writing passwords down on paper is fine. Writing passwords down on paper and leaving that paper in an insecure area isn't. Your little address book full of passwords is the same as a password manager, and for a lot of people it's
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by KeepFlying 5y ago
I assume it also depends on if they are using the laptop speakers or some standalone ones. I'm guessing the cancelation tech is tuned for the onboard speakers
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by KeepFlying 5y ago
Totally. Especially if you design correctly from the start. Adding accessibility to a site/app/etc that was designed for years without it in mind is a pain in the ASS, but doing it from the start is simple. The contrast issues som

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