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by ghusto 1y ago
His points against LetsEncrypt are that: - It introduces an exploitable attack vector - He sees it as a Trojan Horse, and fears for what will happen in the future There are a few static sites I run where there is no exchange of information.
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by ghusto 1y ago
> which protects your readers' privacy. You don't want people to know what pages you read on BigBank.com or EmbarassingFetish.com DNS requests leak this information. > Tamper Proofing > Site Authentication There are _many
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by ghusto 1y ago
> Nothing prevents vpn-du-jour.com from similarly messing with your traffic The browser not trusting the CA that signed the certificate prevents this. As the commenter said above, they would first need to install a certificate into your
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by ghusto 1y ago
Please let's not break something that works really well just to cater to those who don't know how to use the tools of their trade.
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by ghusto 1y ago
> I use other services and means to have a library because Spotify's UI for it isn't great. I can't help but think that's intentional for some reason It is intentional. That kind of poor UX takes _designing_.
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by ghusto 1y ago
> Your discomfort is not, in any way, her problem. Suck it up, dude. I’m sorry you are too tall for your budget. This is the reason the majority of people have to suffer rules created for the lowest common denominator. Jesus Christ.
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by ghusto 1y ago
From the governments page on this^1: >How we will ensure it is available to everyone > > Millions of people in the UK lack access to traditional proofs of identity like passports. It is estimated that 10% of UK citizens have never
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by ghusto 1y ago
With proportionate representation you get what _should_ happen, in my opinion, which is sometimes nothing. If the coalition can't decide on something, then it doesn't happen, which is the correct outcome because not enough people
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by ghusto 1y ago
I think he's right, actually. It rings true with what we see here in the Netherlands. People don't feel like they're "throwing their vote away" if they vote for a minor party, so politicians can't have a laid b
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by ghusto 1y ago
That all sounds plausible, but why doesn't it happen in other EU countries where digital ID is required?
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by ghusto 1y ago
Was reading through your post, finding it difficult to find fault with anything you were saying, but something wasn't sitting right. And then ... > I'm certain it's worked well in other countries It has! In the Netherlands
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by ghusto 1y ago
Exactly this. All this talk of "oh but all the rich people will leave and investment will dry up" is really cover for "but my friends don't want to pay tax". We lose nothing (good) by them leaving, if indeed they wo
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by ghusto 1y ago
> Why should that obligation be proportional (or progressively proportional) to the wealth you have and not to the resources you use It is proportional to the resources you use in every case where that is possible. It is nonsensical to s
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by ghusto 1y ago
> (now I finally moved) There's your answer. I was in exactly the same position (felt what the country had to offer me was piss-poor, so I left). Whilst I lived in that country however, _I paid taxes_. A country has costs, just like
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by ghusto 1y ago
> requirement to run a non-auditable, non-transparent black box on any device to scan all communications I wasn't exactly thrilled at the prospect of some kind of encryption backdoor, but hearing it put like this genuinely horrifies
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by ghusto 1y ago
Interesting. Can it use not-Gnome?
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by ghusto 1y ago
Their cameras have been terrible for a long time (comparatively speaking). I switched from a Pixel 6a to an iPhone 16 and was shocked at how bad my pictures are now. I get the feeling that iPhone users just don't know any better becaus
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by ghusto 1y ago
Recently tried a Linux desktop and was delighted to see that any design decisions I didn't agree with could be easily configured. I'm sure there are bugs, but I didn't encounter any. On the other hand, many of the poorly thou
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by ghusto 1y ago
If I clicked download on some screensavers, I would never think it had downloaded _4K@240FPS resulting in 47 GB of lost disk space!_ The fact that a big warning doesn't come up with this fact makes it even less excusable. It's lik
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by ghusto 1y ago
I'm fairly sure this was just the straw that broke the camel's back. There's a fair amount of arse-hatery in MacOS that by itself won't make you switch, but I can easily imagine it mounting up past intolerability. In fac
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by ghusto 1y ago
What about paid corporate accounts? If I'm not paying for something, I presume this is the kind of thing that's happening, so this isn't newsworthy to me. Is it also applicable for paid and paid corporate accounts?
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by ghusto 1y ago
You're examples fall into the two categories I've talked about: Those where I believe you should stick to your convictions and say it as yourself, and those where privacy options would be available (again, as in real life). For ex
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by ghusto 1y ago
After reading all the replies, this appears to be the correct answer.
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by ghusto 1y ago
I get that I can do equivalent things with IPv6, but what are the _advantages_ of using IPv6 if I don't want/care about direct routing?
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by ghusto 1y ago
I'm so happy someone's doing something about this. I've had to resort to using my iPad with a keyboard for when I can't stand distractions. DnD on iPad/iPhone actually does what it says on the tin, because applicati
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by ghusto 1y ago
It's the same everywhere, and it's unbelievable that it's been allowed for so long.
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by ghusto 1y ago
> I've just launched the application I'd even have a special sub-criterion under this: The application may only take focus once it is _ready to actually use_. Slack is a prime example of how apps steal focus multiple times duri
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by ghusto 1y ago
They also said that by putting his foot down on the accelerator, he overrode the feature. He might say he didn't know that's how it worked, but then there's even more fault for performing such a dangerous action not knowing h
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by ghusto 1y ago
That doesn't give the circumstances, but the judgement. The original commentor gave the circumstances.
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by ghusto 1y ago
That could easily work the same as in real life. Most interactions are not anonymous, but in the cases where anonymity is a requirement, that can be provided. If we can do that in real life, it's even easier online.

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