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by mzajc 8mo ago
Genuine answers: - because I like backing up my data, especially credentials - because I like looking at how things work in practice - you are on a website called hacker news after all
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by mzajc 8mo ago
No, the private key is generated and stored client-side, and never sent to the server. Even if that wasn't the case, how I store my credentials is none of the websites' business, and my own hardware should do as I say.
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by mzajc 8mo ago
Was this written with a LLM? If so, please add a note about it at the start of the README.
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by mzajc 8mo ago
https://archive.is/8liIR
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by mzajc 8mo ago
> Author here, I used AI to help me write this article Please add a note about this at the start of the article. If you'd like to maintain trust with your readers, you have to be transparent about who/what wrote the article.
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by mzajc 8mo ago
> Designer is more than an LLM grafted to a text field. https://designer.microsoft.com/ It's an AI image generator. There's thousands of tools that do this exact thing, and it seems their only "benefit&quo
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by mzajc 8mo ago
Will age verification require the use of software I can't view the source of and/or can't patch (due to remote attestation), and presumably only runs on user-hostile systems (Android with Google Services and iOS)? It's h
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by mzajc 9mo ago
Off the top of my head, because - You're just moving your trust elsewhere, this time to a private corporation (whoever makes the CPU / TPM / other "trusted" component). - This doesn't guarantee voter anonymity
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by mzajc 9mo ago
Site is either down or aggressively geoblocked, archive: https://archive.ph/LX5PG
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by mzajc 9mo ago
> If the user doesn't trust an operating system, why would they use it. Because in the case of smartphones, there is realistically no other option. > For example if they don't trust it, they may avoid logging in to their ban
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by mzajc 9mo ago
Why not? It works roughly the same as any other binary distribution format. Given that the project is written in go, it's also unlikely to have many dynamically linked dependencies.
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by mzajc 9mo ago
It's not just Firefox, a lot of things are broken. For example, clicking on either ball in "The Falls" moves it up and lets you drag it, but they snap into the same place. The text also reminds me of how ChatGPT writes. Was t
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by mzajc 9mo ago
I have yet to see a "NAT is not security" rebuttal that does not make either one or both of these points: - NAT is not a security feature because it wasn't designed as one (this post), and/or - NAT is not a security feat
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by mzajc 9mo ago
Are the emails end to end encrypted (PGP or S/MIME where you/your server don't have the keys) or just in transit (TLS)? That would make the difference between "we can't look at your emails" and "we choo
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by mzajc 9mo ago
The "we know better than you" attitude unfortunately seems increasingly popular at KDE as well[1][2][3]. [1] https://pointieststick.com/2024/02/09/this-week-in-kde-inchi... search "Active scree
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by mzajc 9mo ago
> In a way, I think it’ll make it even easier to stand out—because the more people take shortcuts, the less quality will remain for readers to flock to, even if the overall quantity of options is much larger. I really want this to be the
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by mzajc 10mo ago
> app store hosting, review Do they actually host anything at all? All I could find was their F-Droid repository with six (6) applications: https://store.aphy.app/fdroid/repo/ . The rest must come from elsewhere
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by mzajc 10mo ago
I'm not sure if you find it genuinely surprising that the Hacker News populace is not moved by a device that you not only have to pay rent for, but that also seemingly does not support custom ROMs/firmware. Besides that, the softw
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by mzajc 10mo ago
> What happens if I cancel my subscription? > You can cancel at any time. Without an active subscription, certain core services and privacy features will be limited. To keep your MC03 fully functional, secure, and up to date, an activ
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by mzajc 10mo ago
This is very light on information and very full of praise.
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by mzajc 10mo ago
Readers will want to note that this delightful feature is only available to users above 251 karma, or a knack for UserCSS.
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by mzajc 10mo ago
Here's two complaints: it's a security theater, and it's horribly balkanized by design. On X, I can run tools like xmacro or xdotool to automate the desktop to my heart's content. On Wayland, this isn't supported &q
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by mzajc 10mo ago
You should , but the exposure from having no firewall is much higher without NAT. Packets with private network IPs are martians on the internet and will not find their way to your device unless they come from the same network and the ISP&#
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by mzajc 10mo ago
> Also structure-wise the first half is the subnet and the second half is the host. That's much more intuitive than IPv4. This only applies to /64 blocks, which are by no means standard. For instance, tunnelbroker.net will give
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by mzajc 10mo ago
> edge cases and corners that most people wouldn’t notice. This is a horrible mindset for developing software people are supposed to rely on.
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by mzajc 10mo ago
https://archive.is/rJMHJ
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by mzajc 10mo ago
Is the source available? What is presented is a machine-generated website with very little meaningful information and mystery binaries for three platforms. PS: The "SHA256 CHECKSUMS VERIFIED." is static. No hash check is performed
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by mzajc 10mo ago
Is there a good explanation of how ZKPs prevent attestation providers (which presumably know your identity) from linking an issued proof back to you if, for example, the website elects to store it? I can wrap my head around RSA and ECC and
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by mzajc 10mo ago
> On March 12, 2025, Politico reported that Emanuel was interested in running for president in the 2028 U.S. presidential election. They are going to find out soon enough.
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by mzajc 10mo ago
Certainly not through conventional advertising. There's heaps of billboards where I live, and I'd have a very hard time finding one for a shop/service/political party/business that hasn't been around for years.

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