asgrdz

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by asgrdz 2y ago
> In the grand scheme of things, nothing matters and we’re all going to die. It’s been a while since I read the GDPR, but I don’t remember a section titled “personal data which is OK to leak because it doesn’t matter in the grand scheme
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by asgrdz 2y ago
My list is a bit smaller, but has some overlap. For all platforms (Linux, Windows, MacOS): 1. Sublime Text & VIM (for all things text) 2. Firefox with tampermonkey & ublock origin (browsing 101) For Windows additionally and
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by asgrdz 3y ago
This is exactly what I'm looking for. Would you mind sharing what specific 40G card(s) you're using?
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Hetzner Cloud – Data loss incident (redux)
21 points by asgrdz 3y ago|6 comments
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by asgrdz 6y ago
I disable automatic updates for all extensions, as well as personally reviewing the source of every extension before installation. The review doesn't take much time. What I look for: 1. The manifest for what network endpoints the e
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by asgrdz 7y ago
If it rains it gets wet outside. But if it's wet outside does not mean it's rained. This is an example of a recurring case where snakeoil and dishonest companies use this seemingly obvious logic puzzle, because people in general a
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by asgrdz 8y ago
Read the document: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELE... That's the cheapest. It's not really that hard to understand. I'm not a lawyer, read it and had a GDPR co
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by asgrdz 8y ago
There's not a standard copy-paste-ready set of phrases because it would be impossible for the law makers to craft such. They couldn't possibly know what site A or B respectively does with a user's data. That differs from site
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by asgrdz 8y ago
I take it you have not read the regulation. If you had you would know that the regulation isn't there to nail companies from other regions. Anyone doing business with Europeans is subject to the same rules of the game, and that natural
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by asgrdz 8y ago
"It's also quite ironic that the EU now cares about privacy considering that a decade ago they passed the Data Retention Directive. I guess privacy didn't matter then, huh?" This is a very astute observation, and is caus
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by asgrdz 8y ago
Wrong on both accounts. 1. You ARE allowed to use any cookies you like without popup warnings, as long as the cookie can't be used to bind the session to personal identifiable information (PII) about the user. Session cookies are perfe