seaerkin

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by seaerkin 3y ago
I think the true problem here is associating the word secure with https. It provides a false sense of security when the site served over https is a scam or phishing site, but very few non-technical users understand the difference.
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by seaerkin 3y ago
Do we think this is related to media platforms seemingly walling themselves off? Requiring accounts to view content, removing API access. It seems if they can silo data off and make it difficult to access at a large scale, then they are the
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by seaerkin 4y ago
^ probs
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by seaerkin 4y ago
There are companies that offer brand and employee impersonation detection services, but something like this is undetectable. Any scam done through a public email provider, you really can't do much aside from reporting the email and rai
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by seaerkin 4y ago
Oh, look - another click-through questionnaire that ultimately leads you to a payment page. For anyone looking for actual free advice, check out the Huberman lab podcast or Matt Walker's sleep podcast. I struggled with insomnia for a b
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by seaerkin 4y ago
I like this post a lot, and I can certainly relate to this working in the business technology sector as a developer and as a generalist technology consultant for a large firm. Contracts get signed, and half the time, the seller doesn't
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by seaerkin 4y ago
Really interesting podcast with Dr. Lembke that goes into much more detail about exactly this kind of thing. https://hubermanlab.com/dr-anna-lembke-understanding-and-tre...
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Rapid7 no longer providing free access to SONAR datasets(rapid7.com)
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by seaerkin 5y ago
You may be half-convinced but I'm fully convinced the never-ending notifications make us all a lot of bit crazy. Many of us have lost the ability to focus. I think meetup is close to what I'm describing but not quite there. Meetup
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by seaerkin 5y ago
I commend the developers for acknowledging the problem that exists with modern social media and trying to do something about it. My personal opinion is that you don't fix this problem with another platform that promotes content sharing
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by seaerkin 5y ago
Really awesome, simple example.
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by seaerkin 5y ago
Programming is easy. Organizing code is hard. Maintaining and operationalizing programs is hard.
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by seaerkin 6y ago
Any advice on what to do if you have a gas stove in a smaller house without proper ventilation?
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by seaerkin 6y ago
Thank you
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by seaerkin 6y ago
The likelihood of compromise depends on data being sent + chance of said service being malicious, which is why I said highly unlikely. Even if I gave you a JWT or config file, you'd still have to know how and where to use it. Sometimes
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by seaerkin 6y ago
I agree with the author. Is it highly unlikely, sure, but it's important to create awareness of the risks associated. At the end of the day, you are sending potentially sensitive data to a third party. Good security posture is all abou
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by seaerkin 6y ago
That is a good point. I have seen Strava prefer a higher traffic road near me and I then manually adjust that portion. It would be cool if Strava could provide some sort of "Avoid vehicle traffic" preference when route building.
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by seaerkin 6y ago
Any app that the majority of cyclists are using will win this battle. It's easy to map known bike trails, what's difficult is mapping a good road to bike on. There's so many factors that go into this, but the best and easiest