shortwavesurfer
@shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip
- Comment on Exploring Reddit’s third-party app environment 7 months after the APIcalypse 4 months ago:
I loved redreader, but nuked my account and content in protest and use Thunder for lemmy exclusively now. Before I used Mastodon and Reddit was the only corporate social media I used and now I use no corporate social media at all.
- Comment on Arrests in $400M SIM-Swap Tied to Heist at FTX? – Krebs on Security 4 months ago:
Then again, people need to learn not to keep their money on exchanges. That is a very poor security practice.
- Comment on Binance Code and Internal Passwords Exposed on GitHub for Months 4 months ago:
Again, centralized exchanges are like public toilets. Get in, do your business, and get the fuck out. This is a good argument against KYC as well, since if they don’t have data, they can’t leak data.
- Comment on Japan government accepts it’s no longer the ’90s, stops requiring floppy disks 4 months ago:
Mp3s back when they were like 300kb. This would have been 2003 or so.
- Comment on It’s Surprisingly Easy to Live Without an Amazon Prime Subscription 4 months ago:
To the best of my knowledge, my friend does not have Prime, but I am not totally sure on that. I just don’t have an Amazon account at all.
- Comment on It’s Surprisingly Easy to Live Without an Amazon Prime Subscription 4 months ago:
Lol, i never thought of them as a dealer, but i like it
- Comment on SIM-swapping ring stole $400M in crypto from a US company, officials allege 4 months ago:
Thanks, I will check them out, though, that only being level 1 could be a problem.
- Comment on It’s Surprisingly Easy to Live Without an Amazon Prime Subscription 4 months ago:
I don’t even have an Amazon account anymore. If I need something, I just give the money to a friend and have them order it for me. Definitely saves me money because I don’t want to go through the hassle of doing that for most things.
- Comment on SIM-swapping ring stole $400M in crypto from a US company, officials allege 4 months ago:
Exactly. I don’t have a physical key because I would want one that has open source hardware and software.
- Comment on SIM-swapping ring stole $400M in crypto from a US company, officials allege 4 months ago:
According to the article, it has happened in Europe as well.
- Comment on SIM-swapping ring stole $400M in crypto from a US company, officials allege 4 months ago:
And this is why smart people don’t use text message to factor authentication, if at all possible. App based OTP is much safer
- Comment on Japan government accepts it’s no longer the ’90s, stops requiring floppy disks 4 months ago:
I remember putting songs on floppy disks and it could hold like 7 or 8 depending on the size of the song. I want to say that I had one of those double floppies or whatever that could store 1.5 megabytes.
- Comment on UK law that could ban Apple security updates worldwide is an unprecedented overreach 4 months ago:
The headline is a gross overstatement. Sure, a UK law could stop Apple from leasing security updates in the UK, but not worldwide. That’s bullshit. Apple would very likely just tell the UK to fuck off.
- Comment on How a 27-Year-Old Codebreaker Busted the Myth of Bitcoin’s Anonymity 5 months ago:
Oh, I see what you mean now. I have heard of privacy projects that are anonymous sometimes and not anonymous at other times like Zcash and was under the impression that is kind of what you meant.
- Comment on How a 27-Year-Old Codebreaker Busted the Myth of Bitcoin’s Anonymity 5 months ago:
That’s the difference though. On Ethereum you have to choose to use them. On Monero it’s private by default. And that’s the way it ought to be.
- Comment on Coinbase tells judge that buying crypto is just like collecting Beanie Babies 5 months ago:
That is Bitcoin though, not to Monero, and everybody should know that Bitcoin is traceable. I’ve certainly been aware of that for years.
- Comment on How a 27-Year-Old Codebreaker Busted the Myth of Bitcoin’s Anonymity 5 months ago:
This is not quite correct. You do not have to involve anybody else in your transaction. What happens is the protocol takes a random selection of 15 other people who have spent money and adds them to a ring so that your transaction could be any one of 16 different outputs. But there is no mixing of funds involved.
- Comment on How a 27-Year-Old Codebreaker Busted the Myth of Bitcoin’s Anonymity 5 months ago:
Monero comes the closest, but there is a possibility that ring signatures could be broken in the future for sure.
- Comment on Coinbase tells judge that buying crypto is just like collecting Beanie Babies 5 months ago:
Currently coinsbee a lot and a few of my friends will accept it as payment
- Comment on Coinbase tells judge that buying crypto is just like collecting Beanie Babies 5 months ago:
Sure you will. A private online money will always be needed for something. If nothing else, just look at the dark net markets. Really, the best thing would be, number go up very slowly, or number stay the same.
- Comment on Coinbase tells judge that buying crypto is just like collecting Beanie Babies 5 months ago:
I don’t buy Monero to collect it. I buy Monero to have freedom from being watched by banks and governments. I buy my groceries with it. I pay for things with it. I use it as a currency. Not for number go up. Bullshit.
- Comment on How is Russia not Financially Crippled? 5 months ago:
And if that actually happens, then very few countries will trust the US dollar as they reserve anymore and buy up gold as they are already doing.
- Comment on Launch of NGI Taler: A Privacy-Preserving Payment System Initiative 5 months ago:
Oh, okay, that makes more sense.
- Comment on Launch of NGI Taler: A Privacy-Preserving Payment System Initiative 5 months ago:
Why wouldn’t you just use Monero for this?
- Comment on Scientists Unveil Radical Plan to Drill Into a Volcano For Near-Unlimited Energy 5 months ago:
Ah, thanks
- Comment on Betavolt's miniature battery could spell the end of smartphone chargers 5 months ago:
Once they have a one watt version, this would be good for trickle charging when you are not using the device, such as when you’re sleeping. But you would definitely need a lithium battery alongside it for normal use.
- Comment on Scientists Unveil Radical Plan to Drill Into a Volcano For Near-Unlimited Energy 5 months ago:
Actually, I really did enjoy that movie as well. I believe it’s called The Core and came out in 2008 If I remember correctly.
- Comment on Solene'% : NovaCustom NV41 laptop review 5 months ago:
Also, from what I understand, they accept Monero for their laptops.
- Comment on Authy authenticator apps for desktop are being discontinued in August 2024 (Apple Silicon not included) 5 months ago:
I use KeePassXC on desktop