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by vmoore 5y ago
So some exchanges use TOTP 2FA (which is more secure than SMS). And some people like to copy their 2FA 'seed' which is usually a QR code that they store somewhere securely. Amazing how a simple QR code (or even a recovery code) ca
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by vmoore 5y ago
This reads like a premature encryption death notice. Encryption isn't going away anytime soon. Ban encryption and you essentially ban using The Internet in any meaningful way. That said I don't trust Whatsapp to NOT read my messag
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Ask HN: Shared Hosting versus VPS?
1 points by vmoore 5y ago|2 comments
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by vmoore 5y ago
> Turn off all sounds, period, only do vibrations I hate vibrations. I used to get PVS[0] a lot when I was naive and had all the default options turned on. I still get it, just not as bad. Like, the smallest little rumble on my thigh and
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by vmoore 5y ago
This is great. If this means I have to retire my IFTTT script which autoposts from IG to Twitter, then brilliant.
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by vmoore 5y ago
> ticket to gold, disabled to gold, and golden ticket What is that?
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by vmoore 5y ago
And insult to injury: apparently most of the attendees flew there by private jet!
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S3-credentials: a tool for creating credentials for S3 buckets(simonwillison.net)
3 points by vmoore 5y ago|0 comments
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by vmoore 5y ago
Is it audited? Is it vetted by the anonymous community? What steps does it take to gain trust with users?
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by vmoore 5y ago
I don't use it, since I like a beefy setup, but lubuntu is a lightweight Ubuntu flavor you could try: https://lubuntu.net/
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Encrypt.me VPN Is Under New Ownership(podfeet.com)
1 points by vmoore 5y ago|0 comments
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by vmoore 5y ago
> Most awesome userscripts in my experience are made for personal consumption Same with me. Some of my userscripts are very personal and you don't need to be compelled to share one just because you put a lot of time and effort into
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Thirdweb – Build Web3 projects in minutes(thirdweb.com)
1 points by vmoore 5y ago|0 comments
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by vmoore 5y ago
Yeah I left that out for a reason. Most geeks know about that. Also 9.9.9.9 is an obvious one. I wanted to point out lesser known/esoteric ones
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Syncthing and WSL 2: running in the background(nelsonslog.wordpress.com)
2 points by vmoore 5y ago|0 comments
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by vmoore 5y ago
For those interested in more memorable DNS IPs, there is the following: Just be careful, because TWNIC/Quad101 was subjected to a BGP hijack in 2019[0] 101.101.101.101 [TWNIC] 80.80.80.80 [FREENOM][1] 4.2.2.2 [Level 3]
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McAfee Stinger is a standalone utility to detect and remove specific viruses(mcafee.com)
1 points by vmoore 5y ago|1 comments
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TLDs – Putting the '.fun' in the top of the DNS(netmeister.org)
29 points by vmoore 5y ago|0 comments
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by vmoore 5y ago
1984 was a warning, not an instruction manual. It is good to bring up privacy issues with this. Essentially these glasses are a cheap version of what spies have been wearing for decades, so of course it's going to raise eyebrows. Putti
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by vmoore 5y ago
> For comparison, mullvad accounts have no separate identification and authentication Yeah this was a huge learning curve for me. When you use a Mullvad OpenVPN config file, the username is your account number, and the password is the ac
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Improving the Privacy and Fungibility of Bitcoin(bitcoinprivacy.me)
2 points by vmoore 5y ago|0 comments
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by vmoore 5y ago
I have a 16gb USB flash drive encrypted with LUKS[0]. In there are various lists that I don't want anyone to find, however mundane they actually are. Things like shopping lists and 'to buy' lists for Amazon etc. Always presum
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by vmoore 5y ago
> How can such a company despite rebranding itself change the shoddy culture that it had This is the nature of VPN companies. You must do your research. Sadly most consumers don't do their research and blindly trust that the VPN p
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TLS Symmetric Crypto(imperialviolet.org)
3 points by vmoore 5y ago|1 comments
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by vmoore 5y ago
> That never really did much more than allow people to annotate text So Google's search engine is crap because it allows people to 'only' search for a piece of information they're looking for? All the best startups ar
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Zero Trust: Is it right for me?(ncsc.gov.uk)
1 points by vmoore 5y ago|0 comments
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by vmoore 5y ago
https://archive.is/yipvX > “We know people hate passwords,” Vasu Jakkal, Microsoft’s corporate vice president of security, compliance and identity, said in an emailed statement Password managers have largely solved the &
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by vmoore 5y ago
> switch to making people manually seek out what they want to get updates on Twitter lists have been my go-to solution for a while now. Yes, I still get spammed by 'promoted tweets' but it's a small price to pay for keepin
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by vmoore 5y ago
Epik's unique selling point for me was always the 'we keep your domain renewed forever' which is a spectacular claim. What happened to renewing your domain for 9 years, and then when the ninth year approaches, renewing it for
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Micro-Dosing: The Drug Habit Your Boss Is Gonna Love (2017)(gq.com)
1 points by vmoore 5y ago|1 comments

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