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original_idea··on Malware can turn off webcam LED and record video, demonstrated on ThinkPad X230
Why do you think your employer gives you their own computer?
original_idea··on Astronomers puzzled by little red galaxies that seem impossibly dense
archive.ps or whatever the domain is now.
original_idea··on Twilio confirms data breach after hackers leak 33M Authy user phone numbers
Yeah, no. You don't need to use Authy.
original_idea··on Twilio confirms data breach after hackers leak 33M Authy user phone numbers
Authy uses a standardized QR code to seed your TOTP. This isn't true.
original_idea··on Twilio confirms data breach after hackers leak 33M Authy user phone numbers
Yeah, its not surprising what a bunch of layoffs will do. The Authy people have been gone for a while.
original_idea··on Paper and bamboo straws contain PFAS chemicals more often than plastic straws do
But do they go up turtle noses?
original_idea··on Coinbase stock lost over 75% value
"hacking is not cracking"....

if you're going to be pedantic, at least add something to the conversation.

original_idea··on Nearly a third of TV ads play to empty rooms
hahahahahahahahahhahahahahaha gasp hahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahah
original_idea··on Footage of Australian Raven Attacking a Wing Drone in Canberra, Australia
Crowspiracy?
original_idea··on Footage of Australian Raven Attacking a Wing Drone in Canberra, Australia
So... Murder?
original_idea··on Without Flash the current web tech stack might look different
Horrible performance on the iPhone/iPad. Killed the battery. And security risks.
original_idea··on MusicBrainz: an open music encyclopedia
mappable.com uses this to allow users to build a hierarchical artist/album/song voronoi exploration tool.
original_idea··on Google HTML/CSS Style Guide – Omit Optional Tags
This is going to wreck havoc on XPATH selectors across the world.
original_idea··on NIST declares the age of SMS-based 2-factor authentication over
How about PKI secure data networks like... idk, the Internet?! Google and Apple already provide these mechanisms. Couple it with Authy's REST API and you're 1) secure and 2) in business.
original_idea··on NIST declares the age of SMS-based 2-factor authentication over
Wouldn't PUSH notifications over the Google and Cloud networks resolve this? I know Google Prompt and Authy do this already because of SMS. Authy posted this a couple weeks ago: https://www.authy.com/blog/security-of-sms-for-2fa-what-are-...
original_idea··on 85 percent of Facebook video is watched without sound
85% of all videos I watch are without sound. BECAUSE I'M LISTENING TO SOMETHING ELSE!
original_idea··on Twilio S-1
How so? I was at Signal and they seemed to have a pretty good 2FA model.
original_idea··on Employment, construction, and the cost of San Francisco apartments
Using a logarithmic scale seems kinda silly. It really detracts from my innate visual ability to understand the topic.
original_idea··on Congress is clueless about tech because it killed its tutor
"agency" is the key word there. Individuals aside. bureaucrats tend to kill anything/everything.
original_idea··on Tipping Is Coming to Uber
Just don't tip? I never do with Lyft.
original_idea··on Congress is clueless about tech because it killed its tutor
No one should trust a government agency to be an 'expert' on tech. Moving on.
original_idea··on Have I Been Pwned? Data breach master list with API
The problem with the +suffix approach is that any spammer worth a salt is going to strip anything between + and @

Great for organization, but horrible as a SPAM preventer.

original_idea··on Have I Been Pwned? Data breach master list with API
Thanks Adobe.
original_idea··on Autodesk announces 925 layoffs
Every four years they seem to do this. No surprise here.
original_idea··on The FBI Says It Can't Find Hackers to Hire Because They All Smoke Pot
sigh I know this article is a repost but I remember going through the FBI online application process years ago and quitting at that question.