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by drpossum 3y ago
For particular classes of email (unwelcome recruiters, people soliciting me directly that I know I didn't give permission to, stuff without an obvious "unsubscribe" or unsubscribe that doesn't work) I go to the trouble o
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by drpossum 3y ago
Phoronix is the place to be for coverage of this type https://www.phoronix.com/news/HDMI-2.1-OSS-Rejected
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by drpossum 3y ago
Ars Technica has to be the most careless tech news outlet and I stopped reading them long ago because of how much they just get factually wrong because of woefully inexperienced writers and to grab attention. Their first sentence is &quot
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by drpossum 3y ago
It will be given away to the government for free
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by drpossum 3y ago
Yes, there are new reporting requirement effective Jan 1 2024 in the US that entities that do business here have beneficiaries registered https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/09/30/2022-21...
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by drpossum 3y ago
This "abuse" and all the half dozen other "look at this abuse this <company I do financial transactions with> is now doing" in the last few days is actually maybe due to some new requirements effective Jan 1 202
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by drpossum 3y ago
"the only way to have effective business regulation is bitcoin" is probably the most HN thing I've ever read
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by drpossum 3y ago
I think this is exactly related to that. Someone was whining in a different post yesterday for similar new requirements from google to publish an app on the Play Store and they felt that was "discriminatory" and devs should &quot
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by drpossum 3y ago
This isn't about angry customers knowing where you live. This is about angry government since it's for regulatory purposes.
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by drpossum 3y ago
If you read Stripe's notice, they need the address for sole proprieters and single member LLCs. It's not controversial nor difficult to identify who that should be.
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by drpossum 3y ago
See, they'll just go out of business on their own because no one likes their gross food.
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by drpossum 3y ago
Except the ceiling is arbitrary? What you just proposed is the same game department stores do where everything is 50% off and you're supposed to think everything is just such a great deal.
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by drpossum 3y ago
Mozilla is poorly managed with an overcompensated CEO that likes to sprawl off in directions no one asked for that aren't Firefox
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by drpossum 3y ago
iirc There's some new requirements effective Jan 1 2024 in the US that entities that do business here have beneficiaries registered and I wouldn't be surprised if this is to enforce compliance. Some light reading https:/&#
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by drpossum 3y ago
You have high expectations of the people who you would typically run across in this space.
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This is the same logic children have of "if I have someone steal something and then give it to me I'm fine". I have the feeling that isn't "one weird trick legal systems hate"
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by drpossum 3y ago
But you have if your password manager is compromised, because now they have the password and the TOTP codes. The act of just mashing in a six digit code doesn't make anything more secure by itself. It's the origination, separatio
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by drpossum 3y ago
Important point out of that reddit Bitwarden thread: If you migrate to another app and then delete your authy account, you risk having 2FA removed for some integrated accounts if they're set up to directly use the Authy backend. Twitc
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by drpossum 3y ago
Interestingly, due to how Apple has developed its app ecosystem, it looks like you can still have it on a Mac Apple silicon desktop if you install it via the app store. https://support.authy.com/hc/en-us/articles&#
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by drpossum 3y ago
I've moved over to Proton Pass (you can do TOTP on the desktop through a browser, I figured if I'm authenticating into a site I must have internet) but KeepassXC was a strong contender. Both have excellent mobile support and Keep
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by drpossum 3y ago
One quirk I found is you have to enable touch settings if you want to be able to do the "drag to the left to delete" on an account
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by drpossum 3y ago
It is less secure. I don't know what you want to hear: If you put your passwords with your 2FA you're undermining the purpose of 2FA
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by drpossum 3y ago
I'll guess there's a cost they found in disabling it earlier and decided to disrespect their users rather than, you know, do the right thing.
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by drpossum 3y ago
Interestingly, due to how Apple has developed its app ecosystem, it looks like you can still have it on a Mac Apple silicon desktop if you install it via the app store. https://support.authy.com/hc/en-us/articles&#
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by drpossum 3y ago
Counter counter point: What I do on my computer is different than what I do in a public space
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I wish they would. They have a billion products many of which are just slightly incoherent flavors of one another.
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by drpossum 3y ago
Why don't people let the police install cameras in their home!? It just cuts down on crime. If you aren't committing crimes you have nothing to worry about.
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by drpossum 3y ago
No, not the side bar. It's permanent and visible every time you go to the plugins in settings with "Freemium No License"
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There is now. That was not there day 1
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You're right but also keep in mind that companies do make decisions like that with thought or are contractually bound by the work they do for this, e.g. defense work, proprietary secrets that if they got out would far exceed the cost

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