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CA will give DL info to a database that can be used for online age verification(latimes.com)
5 points by another_comment 5mo ago|1 comments
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by another_comment 5mo ago
First CA passes AB 1043, which requires age attestation. Now, they take the next step. "California is preparing to share with an outside organization detailed information about driver’s license holders" "The state plans to pr
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Protonvpn.com Is Down
3 points by another_comment 2y ago|0 comments
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My Identity Is Worth $5.21
12 points by another_comment 4y ago|3 comments
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by another_comment 4y ago
Excellent question. I will try that tomorrow morning and report back.
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by another_comment 4y ago
>>I’d argue that a reasonable network limitation with a minimal blast ratio is responsible. I'm the OP and I agree. Across 3 Twilio phone numbers and I maybe make 4 voice calls and 10 texts a week. I've been doing this for
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by another_comment 4y ago
I'm not running my own service. I'm using www.iptel.org, they offer a free sip account. Under the hood they use the Kamailio sip server. It is pretty darn reliable for a free service. Every few months iptel.org goes down for a
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by another_comment 4y ago
My guess is Spectrum has been rate limiting port 5060 for a while, and finally just turned it off. Nice.
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by another_comment 4y ago
>> Guess they want you to pay for their bundled phone plan instead. I think you are right. But I am waaaay to cheap for that. I'm using Twilio on some Raspberry Pi's with some software I wrote myself. For 3 phone numbers,
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by another_comment 4y ago
My call quality also seems better since I've switched on the VPN. I do not have numerical proof of this, but it sure seems like my voice calls are crystal clear now.
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Tell HN: Spectrum is blocking TCP/UDP 5060 at my home
146 points by another_comment 4y ago|89 comments
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Show HN: 2FA on a Raspberry Pi
3 points by another_comment 4y ago|0 comments
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by another_comment 4y ago
>> There is literally no other option to watch YouTube on a TV nowadays I use https://github.com/yuliskov/SmartTubeNext Smart Tube Next on a Firestick. I side loaded both the beta and release versions with adb.
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by another_comment 5y ago
Thanks, I fixed the url.
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by another_comment 5y ago
Project N95 is the National Critical Equipment Clearinghouse for personal protective equipment (PPE), COVID-19 diagnostic tests and critical equipment. Edit: stupid typo on url, sorry https://www.projectn95.org/ US based no
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by another_comment 5y ago
>> All traffic passing through Twilio is categorized as application-to-person traffic. Thanks, I didn't know that. >> If you haven't registered your brand, been assigned a trust score, and registered your specific numb
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by another_comment 5y ago
This gets rejected: "(Error: 30007) Carrier violation. Your message content was flagged as going against Verizon carrier guidelines."
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by another_comment 5y ago
This gets rejected: "(Error: 30007) Verizon Carrier violation. Your message content was flagged as going against carrier guidelines."
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by another_comment 5y ago
This does not get rejected: "(Error: 30007) Carrier violation. Your message content was flagged as going against carrier guidelines. Verizon"
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by another_comment 5y ago
>> Why are there rules about the content of text messages at all? I have no idea. What is disturbing to me is the arbitrary stuff Verizon is filtering. Seriously, what is so controversial about a Twilio error message?
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Verizon Rejecting Twilio Error Message as Violating Carrier Guidelines
18 points by another_comment 5y ago|13 comments
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SkyEcc Domain Seized by Feds(skyecc.com)
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by another_comment 6y ago
>> I think it might be time to define a new metric that more closely reflects the actual cost of living. We had different inflation stats back in the day. The US government has been slowly changing them. This guy uses the old offici
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by another_comment 6y ago
>> how exactly do you propose the CPI is manipulated One way is OER, aka Owners Equivalent Rent. Great article https://wolfstreet.com/2021/03/11/house-price-inflation-in-c... (look at that graph half w
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by another_comment 6y ago
>> Modern smartphones however, seem like walled gardens in which I have no control at all. By design, I think. >> I am locked into a single OS on my smartphone, which either spies on you or is locked down even more. Every iterat
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by another_comment 6y ago
>> If you believe Apple and Google need to give up their cash cows, it's clear that's never going to happen by convincing people to make lifestyle changes. I'm suggesting people will stop giving money to Apple/Goog
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by another_comment 6y ago
I agree that general purpose computing is endangered. And that bothers me a lot. However, if you are going to take a stand for open computing, you are going to have to make sacrifices. You will have to give up a lot of conveniences. As a
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by another_comment 6y ago
>> what would be the most secure way to keep and use a mobile phone? My opinion: there is no secure way. My initial solution: build a home phone based on a Raspberry Pi 3B+ (with touch screen). I already built this home phone for my
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by another_comment 6y ago
I'll post here on hacker news once I get a web site up and running. Look for a post from this user name (another_comment). I'll also post here in the comments of appropriate posts. Thanks for the interest.
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by another_comment 6y ago
Amen to Linux Phones. We need more choices! I got so sick of these kind of shenanigans, I built a simple, non-mobile phone with a Raspberry Pi 3B+, a Raspberry Pi 7 inch touchscreen, and a Logitech headset. It runs off Wi-Fi or Ethernet o

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