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dodgerdan··on Learnings from 5 years of tech startup code audits
https://www.howmanydayssinceajwtalgnonevuln.com/
dodgerdan··on UST Stablecoin Loses Dollar Peg
The definition of Web 3. Wash trading is the backbone of this entire thing.
dodgerdan··on Sentry.io outage
I’ve used them for a number of years, never so much as a blip. Looks like they’re doing a good job managing this outage. They’re also super transparent with their bugs in their change logs. I recommend and love Sentry.
dodgerdan··on Pilots pulled in opposite directions in Air France landing scare
Not a pilot but I assume the co-pilot was doing the wrong thing here?
dodgerdan··on Rocket Mortgage to trim 8% of workforce as home-loan market shrinks
Rocket Mortgage has a pretty modern stack, and they make good use of third party API’s to aid their processing. There’s an entire fintech ecosystem that are providers for mortgage providers like Rocket Mortgage that could be impacted if this turns into a trend.
dodgerdan··on Speedcam Anywhere – catch speeding drivers from your smartphone
What percentage of American communities do you think the police force or council would do either of those things on the basis of a request? In Oakland it took years after multiple fatalities at crosswalks for there to be enforcement and road works.
dodgerdan··on NLAW anti-tank launcher unboxing and instructions video
It can be recycled… into Molotov cocktails!
dodgerdan··on Why I love Formula 1 (and why you might like it too)
Formula 1 is one of the worst offenders of Sportswashing, the practice of dictators and human rights abusers to use their money to buy good will in the sports world.

And not just in Russia & Saudi Arabia, F1 is hosted by lot’s of other dictators, human rights abusers countries. Just like FIFA:

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/feb/25/uefa-and-fi...

dodgerdan··on Native Matrix VoIP with Element Call
Will E2EE be on by default?
dodgerdan··on Simple passwordless authentication for web projects
If emails can be intercepted most password based sites with an email based Forgot Password flow are vulnerable.
dodgerdan··on Simple passwordless authentication for web projects
A 6 digit code is ok for 2FA. It’s not good enough for single factor auth like this. There’s not enough entropy & it could be brute forced.
dodgerdan··on Brain doesn't slow down until your 60s – later than we thought
The US is a gerontocracy, and the results of this are outwardly visible.
dodgerdan··on Notes apps are where ideas go to die, and that’s good
Joplin has changed my life. I now keep notes on everything and frequently reorganize and edit them.

I’ve no idea what the author is suggesting as an alternative, not making notes?

dodgerdan··on An update on AirTag and unwanted tracking
VW are also in that price range. I think I paid $850…
dodgerdan··on An update on AirTag and unwanted tracking
Technology can be used for good and bad. If Apple AirTags disappeared tomorrow Tile and GPS trackers would still exist, but Apple have highlighted legitimate use cases to hundreds of thousands of people like me for theses devices (I use mine for my luggage and my dog).
dodgerdan··on Apple's privacy push cost Meta $10B
Users of iPhones are many many times more valuable to advertisers than Android users.
dodgerdan··on Starlink adds another 100Gbps connection to the SeattleIX
I believe the first and most crucial step was Brad asking his wife if she was ok with it.
dodgerdan··on Elsevier embeds a hash in the PDF metadata that is unique for each download
Probably a uid rather than a hash. And the token has corresponding metadata like ip, account number, date/time etc.
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