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by mirimir 6y ago
It's from The Peripheral (and Agency ) by William Gibson. I gather that "jackpot" alludes to the fact that some will/did profit from global culture collapse.
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by mirimir 6y ago
That works for some, but for others it's been disastrous. And sometimes, it goes from popularly edgy to canceled in a flash. But yes, I agree that keeping a real name account totally boring is also risky.
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by mirimir 6y ago
Thanks, but I don't think so. I do recall reading it, however.
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by mirimir 6y ago
Burn rate for black powder depends on particle size. Fine powder burns faster than coarse powder. So one characteristic of high-quality powder is uniform particle size. But yes, changing the formulation also affects burn rate. For example,
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by mirimir 6y ago
I'm pretty sure that it was an onion site. But Insecam is amazing :)
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by mirimir 6y ago
Huh. Remote equipment maintenance? Then there's this: https://gizmodo.com/these-secret-cold-war-radio-stations-are... It's strange when you come across those.
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by mirimir 6y ago
Huh. I recall coming across a Tor onion site with links to various security cam systems. Nothing exciting, just live video of lobbies, elevators, parking lots and garages, etc.
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by mirimir 6y ago
Well, the "B.P. Richfield" character in Henson's 90s muppet show "Dinosaurs" satirized Trump, who had by then become notorious in the NYC metro area.
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by mirimir 6y ago
> But I’ve witnessed the false promises of these companies. I’ve spoken to someone who flew to that beach clinic, only to return home and discover that her tumor was inoperable. The evidence is clear: Death rates are much higher for peop
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by mirimir 6y ago
Hey, that's pretty much exactly what I would have said :) And the language is similar enough that we could be the same person ;) Except that I use sentence fragments. And of course, the fact that we aren't. That's a good poin
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by mirimir 6y ago
I use a VPN first because it arguably attracts less attention than Tor does. As Reelin notes, the difference is using multiple VPN providers, so you distribute trust.
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by mirimir 6y ago
> I do think the system has proven itself to fail at meeting the high ideals that some of the founders professed to have. The system has proven itself to be highly corruptable, the checks and balances built in to the system have failed,
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by mirimir 6y ago
Because email alone is vulnerable, without two-factor authentication. And keys are a great second factor, except for the risk of losing them. Phone numbers are commonly used, but that's more PII to share, and it can be bypassed. Also,
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by mirimir 6y ago
Yeah, that is a huge problem. Most people just don't do well at managing keys and credentials. As much as I hate Signal's phone number requirement, I appreciate the reason for it.
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by mirimir 6y ago
Huh. Do they do more than establish standards?
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by mirimir 6y ago
Yes, I noticed that too. So yes, I believe that this improves on Keybase. Even without the Zoom fail.
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by mirimir 6y ago
Facebook accounts are available for $1-$10, payable in cryptocurrencies.
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by mirimir 6y ago
Yes, exactly. Attempts to register with an email that's already used will fail, and so adversaries check whatever sites interest them. However, I believe that would fail for those using Google or Facebook authentication. But I can&#x27
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by mirimir 6y ago
In the US, liability for fraudulent credit card use is limited to $50. No matter how much was charged.
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by mirimir 6y ago
> Historically "identity" wasn't a right, but something imposed on people, for better tracking and controlling them by authorities... I used to own a wonderful book about the history of data science. As I recall, starting
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by mirimir 6y ago
It's not that simple. My meatspace identity is entirely transparent. But online, I'm mostly Mirimir and other pseudonyms. Even so, I've been Mirimir for long enough, and have written enough about freedom, privacy and anonymit
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by mirimir 6y ago
Yeah, that's one of my top worries. It's already that way in much of the world. And the "liberal democracy" sector is teetering on the edge. Once we get seriously into the chaos of global climate change, pandemics, mass
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by mirimir 6y ago
> On today's internet, the best we can do is make fully separated accounts, link them using technologies like decentralized online identity proofs and create our own online personas, with our own open tools that ensure we maintain o
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by mirimir 6y ago
> Built for individuals, I recently launched Keyoxide which uses cryptographic keypairs to accomplish decentralized identity verification. While it doesn't (and shouldn't!) link an account to a person in the physical realm, it
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by mirimir 6y ago
Why not do both? As you say, using your real name builds your brand. However, you must then be very careful to avoid saying stuff that damages your brand. And as you basically say, you must therefore censor yourself online. So why not do ot
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by mirimir 6y ago
> Removing the possibility for anonymity could solve the problem of online toxicity. Except that it's not possible. And worse, it's just hard enough to evade that only those with malicious goals will manage it. > Large inter
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by mirimir 6y ago
I've been advocating online ~anonymity for many years, and exploring relevant methods. But I also can't ignore the downsides, particularly the role of authentication. I'll have more to say here. But for now, I'll just in
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by mirimir 6y ago
Most secure would be Qubes VMs. I use pfSense VMs in VBox. So nested VBox internal networks (yes, multiple NAT) leads produces nested VPN chains. Also, you can include a Debian VM running Tor and OpenVPN in a chain. You configure OpenVPN in
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by mirimir 6y ago
My thought exactly :)
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by mirimir 6y ago
It depends who you mean by "they". VPN services certainly have access to users' data. But it'd be commercial suicide to cooperate with authorities. HideMyAss lost considerable market share after it came it that they had

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