vividspecter
@vividspecter@aussie.zone
- Comment on Help open the source of the myGov Code Generator app 6 days ago:
I think a better approach would be:
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Support conventional TOTP codes that any other 2FA app supports
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Give passkeys first-class support (currently there is a bug where a passkey login is not counted as a real login, so you could lose your account due to inactivity if you don’t login with a password in a while)
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Similarly, allow passkey only login so there isn’t the vulnerability from SMS 2FA (or make it 2 factor with passkeys + password and/or 2FA)
I know some are wary about passkeys because they are often tied to a device, but common password managers now have great support for it (such as bitwarden and keepassXC) and you could even use a physical key instead.
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- Company handling Australia’s immigration detention playing key role in Trump’s ICE migrant crackdownwww.theguardian.com ↗Submitted 1 week ago to australia@aussie.zone | 5 comments
- Comment on The capsicum paradox: new Australian supermarket pricing a ‘massive transparency fail’ for customers 1 week ago:
But that’s really besides the point of the majority of the article, as this is largely about converting customers online orders. If I’m ordering apples online, I’d want to buy on a per-unit basis (eg. 5 apples for the kids lunchbox), I’d be pretty miffed if I ordered 800g online - expecting 5 and only getting 4 bigger ones.
The opposite case is also annoying as I’d prefer to buy potatoes by KG and don’t care how many that comes to, but when selecting per unit the actual per-KG price isn’t known until after you have ordered.
- Submitted 2 weeks ago to australia@aussie.zone | 38 comments
- Australia’s roads are full of giant cars, and everyone pays the price. What can be done?theconversation.com ↗Submitted 1 month ago to australia@aussie.zone | 63 comments
- Comment on Spiralling costs spark 'urgent' overhaul of $2.3b battery subsidy scheme 1 month ago:
You can also just discharge the battery to the grid if you have excess (or soak up more from the cheap middle of the day grid power, although presumably there are charge rate limitations).
- Comment on MegaThread: Under 16 lockout/verification/ID required 1 month ago:
Yeah, seeing that conservative hack Haidt being invoked undermines the whole premise.
- Victorian premier delivers formal apology to Australia’s First Peoples for ‘rapid and violent’ colonisationwww.theguardian.com ↗Submitted 1 month ago to australia@aussie.zone | 10 comments
- The lesson of the Cronulla riots was that the beach was not for people like me. But it’s a myth I am increasingly resisting | Sarah Malikwww.theguardian.com ↗Submitted 1 month ago to australia@aussie.zone | 6 comments
- Comment on Academics hit back after leading universities seek changes to key environmental legislation 2 months ago:
Labor made a deal with the Greens today so hopefully that means none of the Go8 requested amendments will occur. Gross behaviour in any case.
- Comment on 100 years ago today 2 months ago:
This is a bit like the opv vs fpv back and forth at the state level. Party in government thinks they can get a benefit from switching but it invariably backfires.
- 150 police visits in 20 months: Indigenous mother takes action after her boys subjected to ‘relentless’ checkswww.theguardian.com ↗Submitted 2 months ago to australia@aussie.zone | 1 comment
- Comment on Private health insurance offered little relief for my dental woes 2 months ago:
My (likely delusional) hope is that Labor are quietly working on this in the background, but haven’t worked out the details yet. But if they are, they should get on with it while they have a massive majority and the Liberal party are imploding.
- Nearly 90% of jobseekers unable to get long-term work despite millions spent on private job agencieswww.theguardian.com ↗Submitted 2 months ago to australia@aussie.zone | 9 comments
- Comment on Energy retailers to be directed to offer free power three hours a day 2 months ago:
Requires a smart meter, although they are getting rolled out to most people. My cheapskate landlord won’t address the asbestos ridden meter box so I’m stuck with a traditional meter for the moment though.
- Once Australia’s second priciest city, Melbourne has become more affordable. What happened – and will it last?www.theguardian.com ↗Submitted 3 months ago to australia@aussie.zone | 4 comments
- Comment on Sometimes defective, maybe unlawful: what can be done about Australia’s crisis-ridden welfare system? 3 months ago:
My suggestions off the top of my head:
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Abolish mutual obligations - it’s punitive, expensive, and causes significant harm to the most vulnerable while doing little to help people gain employment
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Raise the payment - there have been some very minor increases and fiddling around the edges but the payment is still well below the poverty line
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Bring back the CES - private job providers are worse than useless and have little ability or intention to help the most vulnerable.
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- Sometimes defective, maybe unlawful: what can be done about Australia’s crisis-ridden welfare system?www.theguardian.com ↗Submitted 3 months ago to australia@aussie.zone | 5 comments
- Comment on Federal class action lodged over ‘racially discriminatory’ work for the dole scheme 4 months ago:
The lawsuit covers 2015-2021 so peak Morrison years unsurprisingly, although it appears the scheme hasn’t been entirely dismantled yet.
- Federal class action lodged over ‘racially discriminatory’ work for the dole schemewww.theguardian.com ↗Submitted 4 months ago to australia@aussie.zone | 1 comment
- More than 300,000 Australians had Centrelink payments cancelled illegally, new analysis showswww.theguardian.com ↗Submitted 4 months ago to australia@aussie.zone | 1 comment
- Submitted 4 months ago to australia@aussie.zone | 15 comments
- Submitted 4 months ago to australia@aussie.zone | 1 comment
- Comment on Australia is about to get a centre for disease control. How will it tackle public health challenges? 4 months ago:
Timely, given what is happening in the US. Hopefully this is a truly independent organisation that can’t be easily compromised by the government of the day.
- Comment on ‘A fundamental part of growing up’: Why Aussie kids can’t swim any more 4 months ago:
Stannis?
- Sydney Marathon 2025: thousands turn out and records tumble in race’s debut as a major – in pictureswww.theguardian.com ↗Submitted 5 months ago to australia@aussie.zone | 0 comments
- About 3m Australians affected by unlawful Centrelink debt calculation to be eligible for up to $600 compensationwww.theguardian.com ↗Submitted 5 months ago to australia@aussie.zone | 11 comments
- Australia Post suspends parcel deliveries to US on eve of Trump’s new import tariff schemewww.theguardian.com ↗Submitted 5 months ago to australia@aussie.zone | 0 comments
- Traffic pollution contributes to more than 1,800 premature deaths per year, study estimateswww.abc.net.au ↗Submitted 5 months ago to australia@aussie.zone | 7 comments
- Submitted 5 months ago to games@lemmy.world | 1 comment