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- Comment on Synology RAM - a shitpost of its own kind 1 week ago:
‘universal HDD compatibility’ means all their devices can handle SAS drives, right? Right??
- Comment on At least one of the 7 letters has still some relevante to my life. 1 week ago:
If you dislike R, give Julia a try!
- Comment on Password managers are less secure than promised 1 week ago:
They advertise that passwords are only stored on the server in encrypted form, meaning they couldn’t read them even if they wanted to (or were forced to by a government agency) and you don’t have to trust them not to. This paper shows that several vulnerabilities exist in the protocol which could be exploited by malicious code running on the server (injected by hackers or a government agency), which would then allow an attacker to obtain cleartext-passwords. So you do, in fact, have to trust the servers integrity.
- Comment on I literally can't even afford dinner everyday in Paris! 2 weeks ago:
Yet, he was building capital. If you try to put away as much money as possible by living as frugally as possible, that does not make your financial situation ‘bad’.
- Comment on VLAN’s and Subnets For Home Networks 2 weeks ago:
I have my AP connected with a trunk link and configured to offer different SSIDs for different VLANs. I connect IOT devices to the IOT WiFi, and home assistant can see them since the machine running it is connected to that VLAN as well. Apart from the initial setup, this feels like less of a hassle, as firewall rules are already set up for this VLAN (no connection to internet or other VLANs). If I had to manually make sure that every new IOT device I add is incapable of talking to the internet, I think I’d go mad.
- Comment on Ad blocking is alive and well, despite Chrome's attempts to make it harder 3 weeks ago:
Or who do so little cleaning at home that their appartment becomes almost unusable or outright dangerous to live in
- Comment on FBI Couldn’t Get into WaPo Reporter’s iPhone Because It Had Lockdown Mode Enabled 3 weeks ago:
*so Apple claims. Is it possible to verify the key is un-recoverably deleted? The more reasonable approach (when it comes to security) would be to never upload a key in the first place.
- Comment on I've Hit The Perfect Weight 3 weeks ago:
How tall do you have to be for 120kg to be near death?
- Comment on lightbulbs 3 weeks ago:
Yes, for incandescent lights that’s true. Are they still being sold?
- Comment on lightbulbs 3 weeks ago:
Do people actually confuse color temperature with operating temperature? I wouldn’t want any lights in my house if their operating temperature was ≥2700 K.
- Comment on Ring Cameras Join Flock and Amazon to Now Create Direct Data Access for ICE 5 weeks ago:
Corporations and fascists: name a better duo
- Comment on Why isn't using a key file the most common way to log into self-hosted servers? 1 month ago:
ssh is a protocol that is used to log in to a computer remotely. Servers are usually administrated not by plugging a keyboard and monitor into the server, but from another machine via ssh. You can configure ssh to allow login with the same username+password you would use locally, but it is common practice to only allow authentication with an ssh key.
ssh keys allow for much higher entropy like you suggested. They are also asymmetric, and the private key can be password-protected or stored on a smartcard.
- Comment on Make Microsoft's CEO cry by installing Chrome's 'Microslop' extension 1 month ago:
If you rely on some specific piece of software, set up a dual boot and only boot into windows to use that software. Put your Linux installation onto a separate (encrypted) partition.
We’re never going to solve the chicken-and-egg problem of user adoption and software availability with the mentality to only switch once everything works 100%.
I know computers are hard for normies, but I believe that’s only because they’ve been using dumbed-down walled-garden stuff for too long. And just like it is important to know how to cook and do basic repairs around the house, a basic grasp of computers should be the standard in today’s world.
- Comment on Why isn't using a key file the most common way to log into self-hosted servers? 1 month ago:
Have you heard of ssh keys?
- Comment on Sold in Belgrade... 1 month ago:
Which of these is far left?
- Comment on 1 month ago:
What’s wrong with VSCode? There’s an open source version (codium) which works just as well for me.
- Comment on Why the PS5 ROM Leak Could be a Turning Point for Console Security 1 month ago:
What does this have to do with security? Do they expect evil maid attacks on the PS5 people carry around to do their online banking on?
- Comment on Hmm 2 months ago:
Don’t put your cob in that
- Comment on Thoughts and prayers. 2 months ago:
This is about automation, not AI. AI is just the first kind of automation that also affects knowledge workers
- Comment on What did I forget? 2 months ago:
What’s up with Maxwell and Autism?
- Comment on Plex’s crackdown on free remote streaming access starts this week - Ars Technica 2 months ago:
Imagine hosting a software on your own hardware and still choosing the one that makes you dependent on the whims of a corporation lmao
- Comment on I dunno 2 months ago:
You’re right, that’s what I meant. Fixed it, thanks!
- Comment on I dunno 2 months ago:
That’s not even an equation, just basic algebra
- Comment on 2 months ago:
Replace meth with weed and you got yourself a great sunday morning breakfast
- Comment on HP and Dell disable HEVC support built into their laptops’ CPUs 3 months ago:
How is this done? Can you just re-enable the feature in the BIOS? And what about machines sold outside the US?
- Comment on [deleted] 3 months ago:
Tetrahedron or GTFO
- Comment on CHAT CONTROL 2.0 THROUGH THE BACK DOOR – Breyer warns: "The EU is playing us for fools – now they’re scanning our texts and banning teens!" 3 months ago:
Make it mandatory to institute a 5 year trial phase, during which encryption is broken only for politicians and public servants
- Comment on CHAT CONTROL 2.0 THROUGH THE BACK DOOR – Breyer warns: "The EU is playing us for fools – now they’re scanning our texts and banning teens!" 3 months ago:
That’s one of the major restrictions for casual use, yes. But if these measures are actually implemented, it might be worth it to have a second phone (or some other device) just for online banking
- Comment on Exclusive: Ofcom is monitoring VPNs following Online Safety Act. Here's how 3 months ago:
It sounds sophisticated to the layman
- Comment on 🙋🏻♂️ Praise be to our Lord on high 🙋🏻♂️ 3 months ago:
Wait, your church has a parking lot?