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by 0b0001 7y ago
I've been researching why my cities public transport isn't available in Google Maps. Turns out that the (mostly public) transport company assumes itself in competition to app vendors such as Google Maps and Citymapper; the bus com
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by 0b0001 7y ago
The university website mentions student ID cards with chip. Is that not sufficient to provide strong authentication towards a self-service portal for password reset?
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by 0b0001 7y ago
Thanks to the tremendous efforts! Whenever the GBoard is updated (on Android; the iOS version is just a subset), you can feel the progress that has been made.
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by 0b0001 7y ago
If I remember correctly, cellphones with radio receivers tell you to plug in headphones whenever you're tuning in. My guess is the headphones cables act as the antenna. [Edit: TIL AM stations seem to transmit at frequencies way smaller
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by 0b0001 7y ago
That's one of the things that need to be solved, rather than celebrated. Commuting -- no matter which transport you're using, is a waste of time and energy.
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by 0b0001 7y ago
Assuming you're in a city made for humans: You pass by the bakery. You're not hungry… but it does look delicious. You go back, look through the windows again -- and decide you are hungry! If you're in a car, you don't
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by 0b0001 7y ago
It's a difference if you make a 30 min walk, pass by a bakery in the morning and the supermarket or a restaurant in the evening. You can't have that in the car, or train.
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by 0b0001 7y ago
The "Too Good To Go" app became quite popular in Germany now. Restaurants, hotels and alike offer leftovers for a dime. You buy a voucher and collect a meal usually just after closing time. Besides, we use "to container sth.&
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by 0b0001 7y ago
I’ve used non-Google devices most of the time, now trying out an iPhone. Just did a factory reset and restore via iCloud. My fear of loosing my phone, incomplete backups and messed up restore is gone. Works. Might be possible with Google ph
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by 0b0001 7y ago
Have you tried using the Google Keyboard on Android recently? It will distinguish between several languages.
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by 0b0001 7y ago
Have a look at the Google article. I presume they do some research when claiming that keyboards aren't what a significant portion of humankind needs. But indeed not only programmers rely on keyboards.
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by 0b0001 7y ago
If you were talking about yourself only, I'd agree. But since you name humanity, one thing must be very clear: most people don't like keyboards. That's something that holds in "the developed world". Outside of the A
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by 0b0001 7y ago
The authors mention the headline attacks in a side note only. Their paper is about formal verification of the standard. That is indeed something new. Their framework finds a couple of new issues -- and also old ones, which made it to the he
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by 0b0001 7y ago
Do you know if the ancient Linux kernel on your router has any security issues? Do you receive any notification if there's ever an issue found? Is there even a centralised tracker for security issues affecting the router software? Some
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by 0b0001 7y ago
That's a different concept, though. With contactless payments, you share your payment information with the point of sales. You do not get the opportunity to check what's going on (and it will never be due to the awkward position y
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by 0b0001 7y ago
That's the case for any software that accepts any kind of input. Your browser, your PDF viewer, your messenger are just more popular, but not fundamentally different from a QR reader application.
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by 0b0001 7y ago
Now we have APIs for 2FA tokens in place. When will we get an API for password managers? That'd enable effective domain name checks and such.
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by 0b0001 7y ago
Their website is down.
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by 0b0001 7y ago
Security could be one of the reasons -- 2G is the only technology remaining with no authentication of the network, and plenty of other issues. But I agree with you.
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by 0b0001 7y ago
I'm pretty sure firefighters could get such a license in the event of emergency -- or just operate without such a license. [Edit: or you ask some technician of your local operator to bring the system up :)]
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by 0b0001 7y ago
Firefighters (or others) could set up a "no-frills" base station on their truck. These systems include a power generator, servers, and a 2G GSM base station for ranges of about 10km. They don't even require any Internet conne
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by 0b0001 7y ago
I'm sure it's somewhat hard to change the system once deployed. They could just get a cheap global tariff -- but the eagles won't swap SIM cards themselves.
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by 0b0001 7y ago
How is it cool when people steal scooters and the companies ultimately stop to offer rental scooters? Nobody will maintain the scooters just because cool and cyberpunk and viral. [Edit: do I misinterpret your post?]
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by 0b0001 7y ago
At the DB counter or online? The website never shows prices for me. The DB assistants couldn't tell me why -- yet, within the next month, the booking will be available online /only/ :-)
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by 0b0001 7y ago
Have a look at all the ancient Linux routers everywhere. They have all kinds of nasty security issues up to RCE. Linux and open source doesn't solve anything by itself. It must be brought to the customer -- without interaction. Securit
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by 0b0001 7y ago
TGV tickets are sold there, but separately - without any liability for missed connections.
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by 0b0001 7y ago
Even with the current train connections, it would be a great improvement to book a single ticket for multi-country journeys. Right now, I need a ticket for Germany, France and Spain to get to Barcelona. If any of the trains runs late and I
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by 0b0001 7y ago
Disk encryption protects you from somebody who steals your switched-off laptop. This discussion is about the permissions that applications get. Desktop Linuxes don't have such an permission system in place - "just run as root&quot
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by 0b0001 7y ago
The author doesn't really take into account that many people seek stability, not maximum profit. The article is out of scope for most who consider a house in favor of renting.
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by 0b0001 7y ago
There are other things under the hood. Things that a desktop OS can't do anymore, not today. Your password manager kWallet is, once unlocked at system start, an unencrypted file where any application can access any password. If kMail f

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