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markovbot··on Cloudflare-sync – Tool for using Cloudflare as a dynamic DNS provider
Is this documented somewhere? Are there other endpoints available by default under /cdn-cgi/? I looked around a bit but couldn't find any official documentation of this.
markovbot··on Show HN: IOU – Split shared expenses
Wow, this looks great. Self-hostable but with an easy to use public instance, no app and a decent UI.

A few things I would really like to see added seem to already be in discussion, such as an "add to homescreen" option (https://github.com/xMartin/grouptabs/issues/146, https://github.com/xMartin/grouptabs/pull/143) and a delete option (https://github.com/xMartin/grouptabs/issues/152).

I look forward to playing with!

markovbot··on FCC closes telemarketing loophole used by scammers
I believe this discussion referral to a theoretical world after STIR/SHAKEN has been implemented globally
markovbot··on Lawsuit filed against GitHub in wake of Capital One data breach
Try explaining that to the lawyer who filed this.
markovbot··on Hong Kong protests: 'I'm in Australia but I feel censored by Chinese students'
Maybe this is well known but I didn't understand why you would suggest wearing Winnie the Pooh merch. A quick search lead me to this article, linking here I'm case it is of interest to others:

https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-china-blog-40627855

markovbot··on Show HN: Generate a fake app to replace any addictive app
This is a static site that tricks users into using it, then after several uses disables functionality and demands a "donation" to cover server costs, but the person asking how much the server actually costs is being a jerk?
markovbot··on The Banana Trick and Other Acts of Self-Checkout Thievery (2018)
That's not the same thing. Those services cost extra. If you go to the store and take home the things yourself, you're avoiding paying the extra fee for those services
markovbot··on GitHub banned all Iranian users. Our accounts are restricted. Please support us
GitLab.com is hosted in the US. The GitLab on prem software can be hosted wherever the hell you want
markovbot··on GitHub banned all Iranian users. Our accounts are restricted. Please support us
For now. There is absolutely no reason to suspect that won't change in the future.
markovbot··on Amateur radio digital communications 44.0.0.0/8 partial sell-off
Seems like that site is down. Here's the archive.org link for those interested:

https://web.archive.org/web/20190719150143/https://www.ampr....

markovbot··on MITM on HTTPS traffic in Kazakhstan
and that would have to be baked into the CA certificate, not specified when the CA is trusted. I dont want my browser to ask the CA what it's allowed to do, i want to tell it what it's allowed to do
markovbot··on ICE Is Paying Millions to Surveillance Company to Spy on People’s Communications
"onion site" or "onion service" is probably preferred, "a site on the tor network" would also probably work.
markovbot··on ICE Is Paying Millions to Surveillance Company to Spy on People’s Communications
Can we at least not call it "dark-web" on HN? I get that media morons are trying to come up with a way to make tor sound more scary, but that's a meaningless term that IMO we should not use here.
markovbot··on What’s this xfinitywifi network and why do I keep connecting? (2016)
Yep! Last I checked (which admittedly was a while ago), 00:00:00:00:00:01 was valid for xfinitywifi
markovbot··on Chase did a bad thing, so we did a good thing
So the "downside" is that they might ask for your help causing more problems for Chase in the future? I didn't click the link but now I'm going to go sign up!
markovbot··on Powerless investors vote overwhelmingly to oust Mark Zuckerberg as chairman
Are you proposing that Facebook employees didn't choose to work for Facebook? Or what?
markovbot··on Show HN: Switch from Medium to your own blog
Interesting, I was going to ask the opposite. Was LinkedIn ever really a darling? I thought it was dark patterns, stealing contact lists and sending spam since day 1.

Also, for the record, yes, someone actually loathes LinkedIn. They are a spam factory

markovbot··on Show HN: Reddigram – A familiar looking client for Reddit
Any plans to release the source?
markovbot··on Over 25k Linksys routers vulnerable to sensitive information disclosure flaw
You may be lucky enough to have avoided learning about the shitshow that is consumer grade "routers". They seem to constantly be trying to come up with stupid shit they can do. Many of the "high end" of the spectrum of garbage have things like OpenVPN servers and samba shares off the included USB port.

They are all hot garbage and should not be used.

markovbot··on Stack Overflow lets Facebook track users across their sites
It's kind of terrifying how one sided it is. The only browser that matters for standard setting, the one used by the vast majority of users, is built for and by one of the largest advertising and data collection firm.
markovbot··on A free XMPP server powered with green energy
Are you going to elaborate in the specific nature of your issues or leave some bait like that? Riot.im should be trivially installable on most Linux systems, including the raspberry pi.
markovbot··on On the Trail of the RoboCall King
I have a t-mobile line and a Google voice number, I don't give out the T-Mobile number so 100% of legitimate calls come through Google Voice, but 100% of spam calls come through T-Mobile. Also I'm not sure when you're saying they added this magical filtering but I've tested spoofing calls to myself and other T-Mobile phones within the last few months and it works fine.
markovbot··on United Nations Expert Arrested in Tunisia for Using an RTL-SDR
I'm not aware of an RTL-SDR that posses anything other than a passive/monitor mode
markovbot··on Who to Sue When a Robot Loses Your Fortune
Which is a problem we should not just accept, but do something about.
markovbot··on Reverse Engineering a Xinjiang Police Mass Surveillance App
What is the warning...?
markovbot··on Google Is Eating Our Mail
Captcha solving services are cheap
markovbot··on US Uber drivers plan 12-hour shutdown over pay and conditions
Ubers business model is structured in mistreating their workers. Their workers are demanding better treatment. Uber has no right to continuing operating as they have been.

This is not about making the math work for Uber, it's about treating humans with the slightest bit of humanity.

If the math doesn't work, they shouldn't be in business.

markovbot··on Show HN: I Built Darwin Mail as a Google Inbox Replacement
Should probably mention that next you your statement about privacy. I would consider an email service that has Google analytics on it not terribly private
markovbot··on Portal Cloud Announces Subspace, an OpenSaaS WireGuard VPN Server GUI
This "blog post" looks like a couple of tweets, and the code is the same 2 commits (one which added all of the code and a precompiled binary) and one of which adds a license as subspacecloud had 3 months ago.

There are three open pull requests which seem like theyve been completely ignored. Admittedly, one of them says WIP so it's probably reasonable to not merge that.

In the "issues" tab, users are trying to fix issues themselves and getting ignored.

All of the code is attributed to a user (not an organization) named "subspacecloud".

This feels like it's supposed to be a company doing a product announcement, but the actual code seems like a weekend project that has since been neglected. The lack of an actual author is also pretty sketchy

markovbot··on How to Track Your Kids (and Other People's Kids) with the TicTocTrack Watch
What frustrates me is that the people built, marketed and sold this thing will likely face zero consequences, or at best maybe some minor monetary loss. There's literally no reason not to keep doing this.
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