tonyztan

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by tonyztan 10y ago
Signal has a built in 'export' function that produces a plaintext file with chat logs. However that might defeat the point of end-to-end encrypted messages.
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by tonyztan 10y ago
Signal does allow users to manually compare key fingerprints ("safety numbers"), and it does ask for confirmation when the numbers change. Whether users actually verify is a different story.
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by tonyztan 10y ago
Some standardized test scores are released on different dates depending on the location of your IP (divided into zones like Eastern, Central, Western US, and International).
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Signal Encrypted Messenger Has Bipartisan Support Amid Hacking Concerns(wsj.com)
3 points by tonyztan 10y ago|0 comments
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by tonyztan 10y ago
That's a good point. Browsers could definitely have better UI to highlight this information to users.
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by tonyztan 10y ago
That's why the EV indicator includes the 2-letter country code. "PayPal, Inc. [RO]" would be displayed instead of "PayPal, Inc. [US]".
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by tonyztan 10y ago
DV certificates are not meant to certify who operates a given site. They only certify that you are securely connected to the authorized server for the domain name, instead of being MITM-ed. So, in effect, CAs issuing DV certs for websites,
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Enter your address and find out everyone who represents you in U.S. government(whoaremyrepresentatives.org)
431 points by tonyztan 10y ago|158 comments
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ProtonMail launches SRP-based authentication secured against MITM(protonmail.com)
3 points by tonyztan 10y ago|0 comments
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by tonyztan 10y ago
Video of talk: https://youtu.be/XY-Ktqhlloc
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Security insanity: how we keep failing at the basics(troyhunt.com)
2 points by tonyztan 10y ago|0 comments
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Are staggered roll outs of security patches bad?(security.stackexchange.com)
1 points by tonyztan 10y ago|0 comments
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by tonyztan 11y ago
Thank you so much! I was trying to use google.com/ncr the other day and it wasn't working. No wonder. Just saved this one in my bookmarks.
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by tonyztan 11y ago
More info at Business Insider: http://www.businessinsider.com/linkedin-settles-class-action...