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35 karma · joined March 13, 2013

[ my public key: https://keybase.io/bm5k; my proof: https://keybase.io/bm5k/sigs/mFaDQ8FeP5heqhFpJgsW3OFGFOtcRTqFVLASYFZ2akM ]
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bm5k··on Homebrew now sends usage information to Google Analytics
When it's not opt-in, yes. As developers, we should know better.
bm5k··on 1Password sends your password in clear text across the loopback interface
FTA "the 1Password browser extension protects you from a more typical malware attack of pasteboard/clipboard sniffers."

Clearly, someone at agile bits has given thought to defending against a compromised machine. Therefore, I don't see how you can justify not obfuscating data sent over lo0. I also fail to see how obfuscating the data sent over lo0 would "have unpleasant side effects that risk user data in other ways."

bm5k··on Gem Updater: Update gems in your Gemfile and fetch their changelogs
> Before running your test suite and checking everything is fine, the first thing you do is probably to look for the changelogs of updated gems.

Uh, no, the first thing you do is run the test suite.

bm5k··on Wolfenstein 1-D (2011)
The first thing anyone should do when booting an OS X box for the first time is change this (IMO stupid) keyboard shortcut.
bm5k··on Jeb Bush dumps emails, addresses and social security nums of FL residents online
That’s kind of my point. The original sender compromised the info.
bm5k··on Jeb Bush dumps emails, addresses and social security nums of FL residents online
Social security numbers shouldn’t be emailed in the first place. That data was insecure from the moment the send button was clicked.

Publishing it _again_ is only marginally stupider than sending it in the first place.

bm5k··on Show HN: PSequel – a free PostgreSQL GUI Tool for Mac OS X
I'd never heard of pgcommander, thanks!
bm5k··on Show HN: All your team's contacts in one place
Other than the fact that highrise is effectively abandonware?
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