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by adgar 14y ago
Schedules might be useless in Seattle, but the subway schedules in NYC are incredibly useful. Keep in mind that you are not all the users in the world.
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by adgar 14y ago
You wrote a whole lot here based on years-old numbers for a prototype encoder whose implementation wasn't even relevant when the numbers were posted, as acknowledged in the posting. Why did you do that?
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by adgar 14y ago
Brick-and-mortar shops don't have botnets.
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by adgar 14y ago
Money laundering is the first giant red flag that should come to mind.
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by adgar 14y ago
As someone already noted: use Chrome Profiles to isolate accounts from each other. If you're using multilogin, you're sending cookies for multiple sessions on each request. How can you blame the server for thinking you might want results
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by adgar 14y ago
But you're logged into personal e-mail at work?
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by adgar 14y ago
Sorry, I forgot that Hacker News is serious business.
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by adgar 14y ago
I had the same instinct, but I mean... OP called his app Burner . Haven't you seen The Wire ?
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by adgar 14y ago
Dartmouth has E as well.
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by adgar 14y ago
I put 40k on my first car and hit stuff enough to warrant replacing something - often just a fender etc - at least 5 times. Only one fender bender when I rear ended someone at ~15 mph talking on my phone like an asshole. I know I'm a worse
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by adgar 14y ago
> So your fancy two factor authentication still ends up resting on one piece of secret info as the weak point. Am I missing something? A vastly reduced, easily managed attack surface area that in practice results in overwhelmingly fewer
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by adgar 14y ago
> I believe Google Authenticator is based on open standards The standards implemented are bonafide RFCs - HOTP (counter-based) was published in 2005, no less. I'm not sure how much lower the barriers for integration could be.
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by adgar 14y ago
There are plenty valid theoretical cases being made in this thread that the phone is not a fully-independent second factor from the password. Syncing phones to laptops is a big one. If your phone is compromised and you're concerned at all,
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by adgar 14y ago
> So yes, if someone gets my phone, they can then gain access to my Google account. Grrrrr... If someone gets your wallet, they can use your credit cards to gain access to your credit. You cancel the credit cards. Move on with your life
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by adgar 14y ago
This is the most detached-from-reality crypto comment I've come across. Google Authenticator works. I really hate to break it to you - but it's actively working right now to protect millions of real users and saving enormous enterprises
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by adgar 14y ago
You're talking way past the problem that's being solved by Authenticator. If your device is physically compromised with 2-factor auth you need to change your password, end of story. There's no point in discussing how the system holds up to
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by adgar 14y ago
> I wish people would stop bandying this about as if there was an actual flaw in the 2-factor app or the protocol or crypto algorithms used. FUD will never go away. Don't let it get to you.
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by adgar 14y ago
Don't use SMS, use the Google Authenticator app. It's available on every mobile platform and implements open, RFC-specified OTP algorithms. And obviously works with Google's 2-factor implementation. Edit: forgot to mention, also open-source
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by adgar 14y ago
To summarize: either MagSafe is a solution to a made-up problem, or you're more careful, value your stuff more, and are less accident prone than most people.
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by adgar 14y ago
So... no?
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by adgar 14y ago
Have you considered that perhaps there are reasons for sending generic warning emails that you either haven't thought of or are undervaluing?
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by adgar 14y ago
"Matesanz and his lawyers argue that, since Youtube-mp3.org does not use YouTube’s application programming interface, it does not violate YouTube’s terms of service."
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by adgar 14y ago
People debate about outdated versions of companies all the time. Why should Khan be any different?
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by adgar 14y ago
HN isn't remotely representative of the population at large. You're primarily getting bay area and a bit of Pacific Northwest culture here. A touch of NYC businessfolk sentiment that HN entrepreneurs envy but can't actually pull off. If you
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by adgar 14y ago
Exactly. The lowest bar we can possibly set is the only one that matters.
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by adgar 14y ago
> If you care about making your code smaller (which reduces the occurrence of bugs), making it more readable, etc., and performance isn't much of an issue, then it probably is a win. Maintainability over the life of the code is more imp
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by adgar 14y ago
Wildcard certificates.
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by adgar 14y ago
> I want the freedom to load any content from anywhere I want. This is completely compatible with preventing the distribution of material which infringes copyright.
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by adgar 14y ago
> It's about respect You are the only one choosing to frame software design decisions as lack of respect for the user.
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by adgar 14y ago
> the facebook part isn't necessary. Necessary? Now it's the entire point.

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