faust201

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by faust201 7d ago
> I hope people remember this when advocating for chromium. Just because it is open source doesn't mean they don't control it. We need to start the long process of hard forking now or turn to alternatives like Firefox as a new
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by faust201 7d ago
My actual experience is people with passkey are fine. No more account take over. Mote over they like frictionless login. Yes there are few that used bitwarden and lost everything as their sync using syncthing failed.
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by faust201 8d ago
Or they have a laptop or tablet - even the cheapest one that has logged into Google or Apple. That way they can recover.
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by faust201 8d ago
this is ridiculous. I don't even have a bubble device. Run lineageos in a decent 2020 device moto G32 for €100. Yes, you can afford to host everything locally. Not everyone can.
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by faust201 8d ago
You are exaggerating. If the loss or lockdown is so bad then many would have stopped using any of icloud or google equivalent. People are able to depend on it. People are able to repair and use phones even when it falls into abyss.
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by faust201 8d ago
At the same time, I know so many people believing DIY raspberrypi based NAS and losing lots of data (thankfully they had cloud backups). Not everyone has access to server grade hardware.
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by faust201 8d ago
This is a different issue. Not everyone has a data engineer - know it all as a family member. And you need to accept it works for millions.
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by faust201 8d ago
Same way. A majority generally have a old phone that was already signed in to google. Or if they remember only Apple ID and password (one very difficult password) + sms. They can login on to a new phone. Everything is SYNCED immediately. Wh
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by faust201 8d ago
But a majority don't do that. For them let them use passkeys. If the possibility is once in 10 years then I am happy to do that. A majority is happy to do that. And yes, Google or Apple - dont say you should not keep passwords in your
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by faust201 8d ago
The point is people like this usually are arguing as they hate adopting new tech. And they hate FAANG. No way to convince them.
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by faust201 8d ago
A majority have more than one phone. Or at least they can get a new SIM card and sign into the iCloud account. Then all passkeys are synced from cloud. Yes, if you are edward snowden then not for you. For rest of us - it is useful
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by faust201 8d ago
as long as you have one working device all will be OK. Either you scan the QR code shown by the website. or if you did login to Chrome with google account then desktop or laptop will just sign you -friction less. Same with iCloud account. I
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by faust201 8d ago
Then that family member does not worry like you do worry. The main point is assuming one can have a proper security for Google account - everything else becomes easy. The fearmongering of losing google account should stop. Yes, some people
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by faust201 2mo ago
Agree to your point. But the hawker in street in India wants to get paid or he or she cannot eat next day. And if majority say they will use UPI/online payments - they accept. Do you live there? Every other shop will avoid paying you c
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by faust201 3mo ago
KYC and centralisation means govt will promise your money is there. These are essential for dev country or 3rd world. Even with so much kyc often there are fraud. This has minimised fraud. If you are looking for RMS style freedom etc then l
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by faust201 3mo ago
Are you sure? It is sometimes close to 30°C in summer in Fue. BTW, did you forget sealevel rises, dust from Sahara, what is you have many days of > 40km/h winds. all those are climate change.
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by faust201 3mo ago
Isnt the aim to remove dependency on Google/Apple? EU should have forced Google and Apple to allow people to use NFC pay without having Google or Apple accounts. If you talk about using NFC card. Yes, that is available. Nothing is diff
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by faust201 3mo ago
Many useful features like verified by visa or Google Pay or Apple pay is not available. If you are that anal then using railway does not need app. You can use a mobile browser or desktop. I have seen people show QR code from their computer
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by faust201 3mo ago
Ideally they should have also told all German banks distribute or offer non-App based accounts or 2FA? But they did not. Also people are dependent on Play or App store. DB does not offer the app for direct download.
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by faust201 5mo ago
this does not mean anything logical. Billions use android. Some will be affected due to any company or ID etc. Pretty sure you can visit your local apple store and see many people asking for shattered screen or lost iphone. They did lose th
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by faust201 5mo ago
Reddit r/k12sysadmin disagrees. Sure, as always there will some that will switch to Apple. Why not. Some even have MS.
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by faust201 5mo ago
So whats next. Apple will force corners... Glass. Microsoft will push copilot. Firefox will push AI. Are you waiting for w3m or curl?
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by faust201 5mo ago
So many in hn already downvoted you. That says the SV nature and opinions in tech sector.
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by faust201 6mo ago
They do.
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by faust201 6mo ago
Did you use netscape?
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by faust201 6mo ago
It was awful especially if you use open source OS like Linux. It slowed the computer, fans full speed. Wtf are you smoking?
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by faust201 6mo ago
It is saddening that you are ignorant in knowing that technology companies follow Apple's devices more carefully that other OS.
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by faust201 6mo ago
The point about Apple is that everyone from zoom, slack etc will be forced to optimize for that 8GB. (Same like getting rid of awful flash player). Many a people need only a basic device for Netflix, YouTube, google docs or email or search&
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by faust201 7mo ago
Nail in the coffin for ChromeOS (or aluminiumOS) if they 8GB RAM variants are sold > $500.
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by faust201 7mo ago
> have to show them your phone number, Not always working. You can see often in google community support people lost their phone. Get a new sim card and phone. Google sends the 2FA request to old phone - without that they cannot restore

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