jcynix

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Browser in the Browser (BITB) Attack(mrd0x.com)
259 points by jcynix 5y ago|143 comments
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by jcynix 5y ago
Browsers, which seem to replace certain parts of current operating systems, aren't very safe. Here's one more example: "This article explores a phishing technique that simulates a browser window within the browser to spoof a
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> I use electrical tape to cover those Another easy solution is to add a layer of nail polish to dim leds.
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> Here in Germany they have metal shutters [...] Small correction: not metal, these are (mostly) made out of plastic nowadays, sometimes aluminum, and earlier, from wood. But yes, the effect if they aren't fully closed, is nicely a
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During holiday trips, where I might need to access a server from anywhere, I use a list of one time passwords (more or less just a bunch of md5sums) which I can send to a server on https, which then adds the requesting ip address to /e
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> I think there's an need for forcing service providers to group IP blocks by the nationality of who rents them. Would neither help nor work, as there's TOR and VPNs to access your servers from anywhere in the wirld.
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Spooky? Just like the stand-by heating in my neighbors conventional car, which automatically starts every morning during winter. :-0
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I still wonder, why nobody builds EVs combined with a small Stirling motor. Such a hybrid could charge a car while parked (if needed) and warm up batteries in the cold too. It would make EVs much more attractive for me, until charging infra
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Me enters room, hits search button in (encryped) room in the Android client. A dialog pops up telling me that search in encrypted rooms isn't yet supported. Export? Nothing even remotely like that visible. So if it exists, it's so
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My main problem with many (most?) chat tools is that of retrieving information. In Element (the default Matrix client), search isn't (yet?) implemented. So how do I find the note from some days ago where I remembered a keyword? No sear
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Besides fresh vegetables, I like oatmeal / porridge, freshly cooked with skimmed milk as a breakfast, which is a good start in the day. You can combine it with fresh fruit if you like. Or take a look at bircher muesli.
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Hmm, works for me (Firefox ESR) under Preferences > General and there "Allow Firefox to" ... "Check for updates but let you choose to install them" That's s private installation, a company-wide centrally managed
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Been there, done that. Ok, a colleague did it, sbkut 30 years ago ;-) IIRC resetting the machine and forcing it to single boot was the solution.
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On F-Droid there's a version of DuckDuckGo's browser available. Suits me.
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Ballistol is an oil of pharmaceutical quality, cf. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballistol
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To be more specific: works fine under DuckDuckGo (app v5.102.3) on Android 11 (phone) but not under DuckDuckGo (app v5.102.3) tablet on Android 9. The four buttons on the left could use some tooltips to explain their jobs, btw.
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> What do you think? Doesn't load in the DuckDuck<Go browser app (Android), simpky kerps spinning its wheels ...
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Programming Pearls and More Programming Pearls by Jon Bentley contain short articles "in the realm of insight and creativity." These articles appeared during the 80s in Communications of the ACM, but I think they are still mostly
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> I remain curious about the kinds of practical architectural impact this functionality provides- how often does everyday lisp code signal nonfatal conditions? From my time programming on Lisp machines (long time ago), I fondly remember
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Hmm, I'm already using NetGuard on Android, which creates an internal VPN where I can block and log network access of other apps. I'm curious how DuckDuckGo' s solution intends to work, will they do this too? There are no oth
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Switching jobs might be the best solution. If you miss the motivation, you might want to learn about the role dopamin plays in motivation. A good start might be the podcasts at https://hubermanlab.com/
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Credit card numbers come to mind, printed in letters they are often grouped into four number block separated by whitespace, e.g. "5432 7890 6543 4365" and now try to copy-paste this into a form field of "length" 16. Ok,
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I agree. Apple Mail, Apple Safari, Microsoft Windows, etc pp. Makes certain searches hard or almost impossible (until the arrival of the semantic web). You'd expect that the people who chose these "names" have dogs named &qu
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That's why I use NetGuard (Android app) as a personal firewall on mobile and block facebook on home router etc.
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> sftp for ANYTHING Solid Explorer (Android app) connects via sftp to Linux machines just fine. While I use Termux and rsync to do backups and bulk transfers, Solid Explorer allows me to rapidly browse remote files.
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And then there's Huxley's "Brave New World Revisited" published about 30 years afterwards, with twelve essays to look at the world in 1958. He concludes (iirc) that a lot of the changes he expected to appear in a hundred
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My solution to such "risks" is to put things into aliases or shell functions. Or, as a more general advice: know your scripting language(s). For example: perl -e 'print scalar localtime 1700000000' returns the readable d
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Pines shade the ground throughout the whole year, densely planted ones especially. Leave trees, like beeches and oaks, loose their foliage in autumn, thus in early spring other plants get enough light on the ground to flourish, before the t
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> But those robots won't pay taxes to support the elderly :) That's a problem which could be resolved: companies do replace people by robots to reduce labor costs. But companies (owners, shareholders, etc) still want to profit
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I prefer wired headphones too, especially in crowded trains (European) where everyone competes for a slice of wireless bandwidth. I'm expecting some wireless congestion sooner or later ;-) At home wireless is useful sometimes, e.g. whe

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