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by NotPractical 2y ago
Minor conveniences like this are not worth the complete erosion of privacy, in my opinion. Just go to the nearest ATM to deposit checks (who uses checks anymore, btw?) and use the site for everything else. Not everyone even has a smartphone
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by NotPractical 2y ago
> If you're not on a rolling release distro, your version is probably older. Ironic considering security is often advertised as a feature of rolling release distros. I suppose in most instances it does provide better security, but t
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by NotPractical 3y ago
I doubt that Nintendo was aware of any of that, aside from maybe the Patreon, when they decided to initiate the litigation process. The Patreon was admittedly risky, but as far as I can tell the settlement states that the emulator itself is
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Obsidian Shell Commands(github.com)
2 points by NotPractical 3y ago|0 comments
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by NotPractical 3y ago
Awesome! I'd love to see a detailed writeup on how the exploit works, if someone has the time and interest to put one together. We were incredibly lucky to get one for the Switch BootROM exploit: https://github.com/Qyri
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by NotPractical 3y ago
It seems surprising to me that they went from shipping a vulnerable WebKit with numerous public CVEs on day 1, to producing a more or less bulletproof OS?
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by NotPractical 3y ago
> Pirates will always find a way Except it's usually not pirates who find these exploits, rather curious tinkerers that want to unlock the full capabilities of the hardware that they own. The pirates / script kiddies usually co
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by NotPractical 3y ago
Wouldn't the group members at least be notified that someone joined the group? And the server would only have access to messages sent after that notification, right?
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by NotPractical 3y ago
It will solve all of our problems for good and after it's implemented across every ISP, everyone will live in an interconnected utopia without NAT and other obstacles getting in the way of direct P2P communications across any device. &
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by NotPractical 3y ago
True, but in my experience WireGuard + unencrypted file transfer protocols is faster, not to mention more flexible. But if you already have SSH set up, that's a good option for sure. I used to use SSH port forwarding extensively before
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by NotPractical 3y ago
IPv6.
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by NotPractical 3y ago
I would also wrap it in a WireGuard tunnel, especially if doing it over the Internet, unless you want your fellow hackers intercepting everything you're transferring. P.S. I love WireGuard, it's easy to set up and allows you to us
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by NotPractical 3y ago
Bluetooth is really slow, that's the main drawback. WiFi Direct is a really great technology but unfortunately it is as simple as its name implies: it's a peer-to-peer version of WiFi. It establishes a connection between two devic
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by NotPractical 3y ago
Syncthing tries to send over the LAN if it's available, and only uses Internet relay servers if it can't establish LAN connectivity. This is why it's (usually) blazing fast. Not sure why the OP thinks this is a misuse of the
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by NotPractical 3y ago
Just based on the Apple developer documentation, it appears that you're correct: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/security/notarizin... I was actually surprised not to at least see "your app mus
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by NotPractical 3y ago
The "unsigned" part isn't surprising, considering Apple would never approve it. But the installer package is far from ideal. It's typically only used when a program needs to install a privileged helper service, and I don
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by NotPractical 3y ago
TPM without PIN is the default configuration, so I'd consider it to be a big deal.
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by NotPractical 3y ago
More details about this feature (no paywall): https://www.patreon.com/posts/91026490 The Pixel 8 is Google's first phone since the Nexus 5 to support display output on a hardware level, afaik.
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GrapheneOS enables Pixel 8's hidden DisplayPort output support(github.com)
1 points by NotPractical 3y ago|2 comments
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by NotPractical 3y ago
> I am concerned about letting stimulants loose on the population. They already have been. It's not hard at all to get an Adderall prescription. Just Google "ADHD symptoms" (the main one being trouble focusing) then go to
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by NotPractical 4y ago
I imagine that (thoughtfully) moderating a site as large as HN is no easy task, and though I'm all for more transparency, I think logs like that have the potential to open a whole can of worms and add much more burden on Dan. All of a
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by NotPractical 4y ago
Anyone know how to actually examine the contents of the request? Everyone's tossing around their own theories as to what this request is for but it looks like nobody's doing any real investigation. I'm on macOS Ventura and I
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by NotPractical 4y ago
> The ideal is locally running libre software implementing open protocols
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by NotPractical 4y ago
I think it's really important to protect children from this type of content. I'm not necessarily against these kinds of blocks but I don't think they'll be effective because there will always be extremely easy ways to by
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by NotPractical 4y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34236632
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Wiretapping Google smart speakers(downrightnifty.me)
268 points by NotPractical 4y ago|24 comments
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by NotPractical 4y ago
According to GitHub: > You can use GitHub Pages to showcase some open source projects, host a blog, or even share your résumé > GitHub Pages is not intended for or allowed to be used as a free web-hosting service to run your online bu
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by NotPractical 4y ago
They are effective at first, and then you become tolerant and either need to increase your dosage for the same effect, or take a break (which can be difficult to suffer through because now you're operating at less than baseline functio
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by NotPractical 4y ago
How do you remove the desktop-switching animation on macOS? I'd like to use the virtual desktops feature but the animation is unbearably slow, and I was unable to find a way to disable it online even after extensive searching. Afaik &q
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by NotPractical 4y ago
Domains are super cheap and easy to get. Everyone should have one (especially anyone who calls themself a hacker). Ideally you would also self-host your servers, but having your own domain is the most important thing, because you can always

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