SMillerNL
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- Comment on How to selfhost with a VPN 1 week ago:
Does that contradict what I said? Sure, HTTP 1 is still widely used, but without TLS you can’t use anything else.
For SMS we don’t have a choice, but if you configure your own web server you do have a choice.
- Comment on How to selfhost with a VPN 1 week ago:
It’s my understanding that https provides encryption for the data sent between you and the server. If you’re not sending any sensitive data, then the encryption shouldn’t be necessary.
As others have pointed out, everything can be sensitive. If I’m self hosting nextcloud instance with chat that under British law should check for age… self hosting is now sensitive.
In addition to that, without a secure connection you’re stuck with HTTP/1.1 from 1999 instead of the modern 2 or 3 versions.
I also believe it’s possible to set up HTTPS encryption without a domain name, but it might result in that “we can’t verify the authenticity of this website” warning in web browsers due to using a self-signed certificate.
- Comment on Best Co-Op Games? 2 weeks ago:
It Takes Two is great!
- Comment on Linux Reaches 5% Desktop Market Share In USA 1 month ago:
It was already a pretty attractive target because of servers for everything. I’m not sure reaching 5% desktop market share will really make it more attractive for malware.
- Comment on Dedicated service user or not ? 1 month ago:
Af an attack can escape a container a lot of companies worldwide are going to need to patch a 0-day. I do not expect that to be part of my threat model for self-hosted services.
- Comment on Trump Team Has Full Meltdown Over CNN Story on ICE-Tracking App 2 months ago:
I’m not the developer, but I do also write app backends for a living so I know there is some nuance that you’re skipping over in your response. But if you have a way to do this completely anonymous on android I’d suggest offering help to the developer who made this.
Something that… links it to the device? Like, a unique ID that Apple can identify?
APNS tokens are linked to the app install and renew on a certain timeline. Already making them not exactly the same as a device identifier.
- Comment on Trump Team Has Full Meltdown Over CNN Story on ICE-Tracking App 2 months ago:
Edited for further clarification. It’s not about Google, it’s about what Android needs to receive notifications: www.iceblock.app/android
- Comment on Trump Team Has Full Meltdown Over CNN Story on ICE-Tracking App 2 months ago:
Apple notification identifiers are unique to an app install and regularly change though, so it’s hardly a device identifier.
- Comment on Trump Team Has Full Meltdown Over CNN Story on ICE-Tracking App 2 months ago:
And the developer needs a device ID for that. Which is their objection: www.iceblock.app/android
- Comment on Trump Team Has Full Meltdown Over CNN Story on ICE-Tracking App 2 months ago:
Thanks, but I’m not the developer of the app so that’s not really relevant for me.
- Comment on Trump Team Has Full Meltdown Over CNN Story on ICE-Tracking App 2 months ago:
This is IOS only owing to Android play store collecting a device identifier; the creator wanted complete anonymity
Quote from some other place people were discussing it. Unfortunately no source on it.
- Comment on [JS Required] How Performant are LLM Agents(AI Chatbots) on Real World Work Tasks? They Fail 70% or More of The Time. 2 months ago:
We clearly read very different stories, in mine the computers are usually more competent than a 30% success rate.
Imagine if the internet at its inception failed to connect you 70% of the time. It’s not as impressive as most other inventions.
- Comment on How not to lose your job to AI 2 months ago:
It can complete coding tasks. But that’s not the same as replacing a developer. In the same way that cutting wood doesn’t make me a carpenter and soldering a wire doesn’t make me an electrician. I wish the AI crowd understood that.
- Comment on Founder of 23andMe buys back company out of bankruptcy auction 2 months ago:
I’m pretty sure the users risked a lot too for this one
- Comment on The last note taking app you'll ever need 3 months ago:
Looks like docs.numerique.gouv.fr/home/ except that one is backed by two governments.
- Comment on Verifying & Validating a Docker Container 3 months ago:
Are you looking for docs.docker.com/build/metadata/attestations/?
- Comment on Why Balcony Solar Panels Haven’t Taken Off in the US 3 months ago:
With the current FAA problems, do y’all really want more things taking off?
- Comment on Nextcloud cries foul over Google Play Store app rejection 3 months ago:
Various government and educational entities are using Nextcloud. I guess that severely limits who they can hire.
- Comment on New Meta XR glasses again tipped to land later this year – well ahead of Apple's rumored AR glasses with Apple Intelligence 4 months ago:
This is much more innovative than Google Glass, it’s now in the bottom right corner. That’s what 13 years of innovation looks like. /s
- Comment on That's all folks, Plex is starting to charge for sharing 4 months ago:
What about combining sources? Because in plex I can search all libraries. Mine or external.
- Comment on What's a cancelled game you really miss? 4 months ago:
I saw those two when I just searched for them. store.steampowered.com/app/…/Heroes_of_Valor/ might be easier to deal with though.
- Comment on What's a cancelled game you really miss? 4 months ago:
Really loved Battlefield Heroes as a kid. I’d love to play it again
- Comment on GitHub - outerbase/studio: A lightweight Database GUI in your browser. It supports connecting to Postgres, MySQL, and SQLite. 5 months ago:
- Comment on Customer is mistakenly accused of text spamming for repeatedly replying STOP to political texts 5 months ago:
I’m pretty sure the US has a law that requires people to stop texting you after you send STOP. Additionally, service providers like Amazon will just remove subscriptions if they receive a STOP.
- Comment on Why it's so hard to build a jet engine - by Brian Potter 6 months ago:
It does say “with reusable rockets”, which is technically correct because as far as I know nobody else has reused theirs.
- Comment on Big-tech is evil but could Fediverse benefit from more small/medium for-profit companies? 6 months ago:
FIFA is a non-profit. Doesn’t exactly make them a good organisation.
- Comment on Arc Browser - Changing focus when the main product isn't even finished? 10 months ago:
What I’m reading here is that it is new for a browser to offer all those features. You’d need to do a bunch of customisation to reach a similar result otherwise. It’s fine that people don’t care about it, but that doesn’t make it less new.
- Comment on Arc Browser - Changing focus when the main product isn't even finished? 10 months ago:
I really like the vertical tabs, the split profiles, the quick notes and the mini windows for links from other applications. If there is a prior product with all these features I’d love to try it. Please send a link.