vollkorntomate
@vollkorntomate@infosec.pub
Student, Programmer, InfoSec/Cybersec, Politics, Open Source, Languages
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- Comment on Twitter in EU and UK 1 week ago:
Does the EU already have legislation demanding the age verification? I’ve so far only heard about the UK‘s Online Safety Act being effective since last week, but not about anything in the EU (yet).
- Comment on Rising rocket launches linked to ozone layer thinning 2 weeks ago:
Plus all the space debris (like hundreds of Starlink satellites) burning up in the atmosphere. Without searching for sources, I’m pretty confident that this isn’t good for the atmosphere either
- Comment on Scientists make game-changing breakthrough that could slash costs of solar panels: 'Has the potential to contribute to the energy transition' 3 weeks ago:
If you get efficiency gains of up to 50% (factor 1.5) with the same deployment costs, this should nonetheless make it more cost-effective.
- Comment on ICEBlock climbs to the top of the App Store charts after officials slam it 4 weeks ago:
Is it only available in the US App Store? I can imagine that some people who could make good use of it don’t have a US Apple ID.
- Comment on What Happens If an Asteroid Heads for Earth? 1 month ago:
Don’t look up!
- Comment on 2 months ago:
Some websites still require you to type www. explicitly.
For example, my university… Try tu-darmstadt.de and then try www.tu-darmstadt.de
I find that annoying because I’m lazy 😂
- Comment on Applying 'extreme heat' to lithium-ion batteries reportedly restores their capacity, and I think it's the sustainable tech breakthrough of 2025 3 months ago:
I hope this article is well peer-reviewed. Otherwise this reads like some LLM came up with the idea
- Comment on Perplexity’s Android App Is Infested With Security Flaws, Report Finds 3 months ago:
Move fast and leave things broken
- Comment on Apple barred from Google antitrust trial, putting $20 billion search deal on the line 4 months ago:
Users can choose it, but it isn’t the default
- Comment on Have I Been Pwned adds 284M accounts stolen by infostealer malware 5 months ago:
You could in the past (until around 1-2 years ago). I don’t know why it changed, though.