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by dessant 7y ago
Yes, the audio CAPTCHA is easier to solve, but the audio challenge is blocked [1] if you are not in a good network neighbourhood or they can't collect enough tracking data to classify your visit. [1] https://github.com/
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by dessant 7y ago
Google's reCAPTCHA makes it impossible to use large portions of the web once you take reasonable measures to protect your privacy. The challenge will continuously fail, despite you spending time to carefully solve it. This cruel behavi
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by dessant 7y ago
This is the John Oliver segment the article is referencing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7y1xJAVZxXg
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by dessant 7y ago
What does "same stock" mean in this case?
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by dessant 7y ago
This is the best thing to have happened to open source since GitHub has launched. Thank you to whomever has internally pushed for it!
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by dessant 7y ago
The usability drawbacks are there because companies can afford to discriminate against Tor users. Once more people use Tor, it becomes expensive to not support them, and the usability issues present today are solved through innovation. Rega
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by dessant 7y ago
I'm rooting for Mozilla and the Tor Project to uplift Tor into Firefox. Imagine a world where people need to opt in to get less privacy.
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by dessant 7y ago
Does the patch allow the spoofing of Google packages only, or are signature checks disabled for all apps?
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by dessant 7y ago
Hi, I'm the author of the extension. If you have some experience with machine learning and you'd like to contribute to the project, please get in touch by opening an issue. The long-term goal is to sample the user's behavior
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by dessant 7y ago
This is one of the best configuration scripts to make your Windows snappy, it's fully customizable and easy to use: https://github.com/Disassembler0/Win10-Initial-Setup-Script
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by dessant 7y ago
But then they'll learn that I only debug with print statements.
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by dessant 7y ago
Why does the Moon fall back to Earth at the end of the simulation?
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by dessant 7y ago
I have disabled signature checks in Firefox because otherwise it is impossible to install a private extension without uploading the source code to Mozilla. This is how you allow unsigned extensions in Firefox on Arch Linux, the same files c
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by dessant 7y ago
Is downloading the trained model for offline use possible?
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by dessant 8y ago
They shouldn't whitelist known user agents, but use feature detection. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feature_detection_(web_develop...
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by dessant 8y ago
Awesome! I'm looking forward to the time when friends send me a public video that I'm not denied access to unless I log into Facebook.
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Adblock Plus filter lists may execute arbitrary code in web pages(armin.dev)
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by dessant 8y ago
Atom's user interface feels more ergonomic. Atom can show panels on the left and right at the same time, so you can set it up to have the file explorer on the left, and Git on the right, enabling you to work without having to switch be
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by dessant 8y ago
I wonder if they'll also change ways, or just names. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/jun/04/monsanto-to...
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by dessant 8y ago
Google blocks people with disabilities from accessing the audio challenge, please see the second link in my original post for details. This project, while in the early stages, aims to bring attention to the human cost of the reCAPTCHA servi
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by dessant 8y ago
When you do encounter CAPTCHAs, try out Buster [0]. It passes the CAPTCHA by solving the audio challenge using speech recognition APIs. Google does block people from accessing the audio challenge [1] in some cases, so make sure to check if
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by dessant 8y ago
That's a neat trick, though I only accept bug reports over GitHub, but that doesn't stop people from contacting me through any other email address or social media account they can find. The problem is not the lack of processes, bu
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by dessant 8y ago
I agree that this is how it should work. Though in practice issue and feature request templates are usually left there unfilled, and people will find a way to reach out on all of your social media accounts. My experience has been that the l
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by dessant 8y ago
That can be cathartic, but normalizing hostility towards users will ultimately hurt both you and your project. There are no winners in this context once you decide to draw your weapon.
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by dessant 8y ago
> We can get demotivated, uncertain, depressed even by negative reactions or interactions, and it can lead to developers stepping away from the project, taking a break or even leaving for good. It truly is a struggle. I have a couple of
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by dessant 8y ago
I've just released an extension for blocking ping requests: https://github.com/dessant/ping-blocker It will be available on the Chrome Web Store once the listing is reviewed: https://chrome.google.com&#
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by dessant 8y ago
I agree that more of us should use Firefox, though if you're switching because of this bug, you may be in for some disappointment. https://armin.dev/blog/2019/03/firefox-extensions-browsing-d...
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by dessant 8y ago
> If you can find it for $15.18 without having to buy other services, that's a deal and you should take it. I was told to take the $15.18 Cloudflare deal, not the $9.06 Namecheap deal.
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by dessant 8y ago
They'd also have an easier time further reducing death rates by getting access to tech from competitors sooner, and improve from there.
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by dessant 8y ago
There needs to be a shift in how proprietary technologies that have universal benefits for our society are viewed. It may be normal for a company to withold information to keep a competitive edge in a nascent industry, but it will also mean

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