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Telegram’s New Passport Service Is Vulnerable to Brute Force Attacks(virgilsecurity.com)
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by bmarquez 8y ago
Yes, not only does Microsoft push their cloud account for login, they also spam ads in their notification bar. Going from memory, exact words may vary: - "Install Microsoft Authenticator to log in with your phone" - "Sign up
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by bmarquez 8y ago
I had a similar feeling when I removed all social media apps and games from my smart phone. Whenever there's a lull in activity (like waiting for a bus, at the doctor's office, etc) I used to mindlessly swipe and scroll away. Now
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by bmarquez 8y ago
Using a phone number does let the app quickly build a social graph of your friends using it. But email could do the same thing, with higher risk of fake accounts. It could be worse, an app could say "You must sign up with Facebook&quot
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by bmarquez 8y ago
I'd like to think that Disney execs are smarter than you give them credit for. The reason I compared Milo and Gunn is because both of them were deplatformed (by Simon and Schuster and Disney respectively) for making comments related to
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by bmarquez 8y ago
> If the majority viewpoint shifts so that your opinions become unpopular, will you happily accept getting deplatformed yourself? Don't be so naive as to think it can't happen. I've seen this happen recently. The same peop
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by bmarquez 8y ago
Boxcryptor used to be a one-time purchase to allow an unlimited number of cloud providers and devices. However they decided they needed a consistent revenue stream so they renamed their software "Boxcryptor Classic", stopped updat
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by bmarquez 8y ago
The lack of consent requested is ridiculous. There may be some sort of 'obscure paragraph in the terms and conditions that says Dropbox can do whatever they want' but this is horrible for privacy and business security. I'm gl
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by bmarquez 8y ago
Standard Notes: https://standardnotes.org/ for plain text, encrypted notes. Everything is easily importable or exportable in .txt format. MS OneNote is great however they have stopped updating their desktop application (whi
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by bmarquez 8y ago
I remember Obama 2008 doing an effective job using social media to get out the vote and raise donations. Technology is a great amplifier, but policy is what attracts the initial support in the first place. Hard for Bernie supporters to get
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by bmarquez 8y ago
> blocking parents of newborns (I get it, you have a baby and no social contact) I'm curious how common this is. When I heavily used Facebook, the demographic most likely to unfriend me is Caucasian mothers of newborns. Presumably b
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by bmarquez 8y ago
Switched from Namecheap to Namesilo a few years ago for free privacy, I've had no problems with it.
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by bmarquez 8y ago
It seems like widening Highway 5 and adding a dedicated carpool lane, along with creating a Greyhound-like public transit route from Northern to Southern California would have been more cost effective.
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by bmarquez 8y ago
Yeah that looks more secure, unfortunately Philips added a DRM-like protection to force everyone to use their cigarette adapter. Basically there is some sort of circuitry that identifies an official cable. Someone on a CPAP message board sa
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by bmarquez 8y ago
I had to figure out how to power a CPAP while camping. Some thoughts: - The article says to use a 12-volt marine deep-cycle battery. Recommend using an AGM battery instead, no need to deal with refilling electrolyte and easier to transport.
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by bmarquez 8y ago
Retweets don't necessarily mean endorsement. Adams frequently pitches his book "Win Bigly"...marketing himself as one of the few people to predict Trump's rise, due to his rhetoric. Showing examples would just be marketi
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by bmarquez 8y ago
Personal anecdote time: The line on that chart, the 2016 election, was exactly when I cut back on my Facebook use. I had former friends who posted stuff that night like "white people need to die" and "unfriend me if you voted
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by bmarquez 8y ago
A while back, Anthem Blue Cross' automated phone number was flagged as "Scam Likely" by T-Mobile Scam ID. Can't blame me for ignoring those calls.
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by bmarquez 8y ago
You seem to be misinterpreting my comment: a) My comment about nursing meant that the workplace barriers within opposite-gender mentoring exist on both sides of the spectrum...not acting as an excuse. Your reaction is just like telling the
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by bmarquez 8y ago
I agree that social skills can be practiced and learned. But I think something like Toastmasters, improv classes, or Meetup groups are a much safer way, instead of the corporate environment.
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by bmarquez 8y ago
> men don't want to even get close to the line of doing something that could be perceived as inappropriate Yeah I am wondering why someone would stick their neck out, especially if they have below-average social skills. Lots of pers
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by bmarquez 8y ago
My issue is that the scholarship lumps all the Asian groups together, as if Indians or Chinese have the same language, culture and representation in technology as Hmong or Cambodians. It just plays into racial stereotypes[1] in America. [1]
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by bmarquez 8y ago
As someone who would qualify for the linked program, I agree. A lot of words just to say "no Asians allowed".
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by bmarquez 9y ago
Same here. I checked the "Ad Preferences" screen and have hundreds of advertisers who I've never even interacted with and who probably bought a 3rd party spam list. Realistically, how can I be simultaneously a member of the &
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by bmarquez 9y ago
The title implies that Woz was working for Facebook, when he's only a user. That being said every celebrity that quits helps reduce Facebook's dominance, as their fans may consider quitting too. A good thing IMO.
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by bmarquez 9y ago
> Asians are usually quiet, you know. Not this time. I'm just pleased to see more Asian-Americans getting involved in politics. I lived in Irvine for a few months a while back, and it was a very clean city. I didn't see any le
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by bmarquez 9y ago
Currently use Namesilo.com for free Whois privacy. I used to use Namecheap but they charged extra for Whoisguard, and I wasn't happy that they pulled the Daily Stormer (yes I hate Nazis, but IMO censorship should be handled by court or
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by bmarquez 9y ago
Drudge is simply an aggregator that links to sites like CNN, Bloomberg, CNBC, Fox, AP, etc. Better to name the individual sites directly.
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by bmarquez 9y ago
I once reported a group named "Assassinate Donald Trump" and got a similar "doesn't violate their community standards" generic message. I wonder what is the threshold for reports before an actual human looks at them
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by bmarquez 9y ago
The founder (Durov) is a Russian in exile, fighting Putin's attempts to control the encryption keys. Secret chats are not affected, but cloud chats would be. Durov has stated he would rather see Telegram banned in Russia than give in,

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