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FortiDude··on A large collection of fraudulent web stores
A database of businesses already exists.

Businesses usually have domain names just like they have physical addresses.

If the database were to include the domain names we could make automatic checks to give the user more assurances.

Your reply is mind boggling and totally foreign to the topic.

FortiDude··on A large collection of fraudulent web stores
I'm not saying that you need to be a company to have your own domain. I'm saying that if your domain represents a company there should be some way to automatically check that against a database of registered businesses
FortiDude··on A large collection of fraudulent web stores
I mean, if you sell stuff on the internet I should be able to make sure you're an actual reachable entity with legal responsibility.

Now, it they made it into a standard that could be included into the browser's UI...

FortiDude··on A large collection of fraudulent web stores
To me it's very simple: nation states should have their own layer that uses the national registry for companies to verify a domain.

When you register a business you also provide your official domains and so the validity of the website is checked against the validity of the business.

FortiDude··on Classic 50mm “Normal” Lens
My brain sees in 4:3 40mm, 50mm on 3:2 cameras feels too crammed
FortiDude··on Games Worth Continuing to Develop (Part 6)
Some games could become immortal just like chess or go or poker are today, if only they were open sourced...

This concept of continued developement is incredibly intriguing to me

FortiDude··on Signal says it won’t compromise on encryption
The state wouldn't fear civil uprising if it made its citizens' lives half decent
FortiDude··on Caravaggio Was the Other Michelangelo of the Renaissance
There are so many artists as impressive as the canonically "great" ones with life stories just as thrilling.

I suggest anyone interested to just pick a book or biography about some reinassance artist you've never heard about and you'll be surprised of how much great stuff goes under the radar in mainstream culture

FortiDude··on Disabling the Intel Management Engine
The management engine is a privacy nightmare.

It's incredibly useful for companies and organizations, especially when lending computers to their employees, but why the hell would this tech be put inside consumer devices? It just sits there as an exposed attack surface without the user even having the tools to maybe make something out of it.

FortiDude··on Photopea: A free Photoshop alternative making millions
Photopea should be GIMP's permanent embarrassment.

I can't believe running a webapp offline written by a single person is more viable than a native program developed by a vast amount of contributors over decades.

FortiDude··on Available Today: Windows Dev Kit 2023 a.k.a. Project Volterra
Damn, is that my new Linux ARM home PC? hehe
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