davidmitchell2

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by davidmitchell2 2y ago
While these seems to be secure... tampering with default settings always cause PITA; especially during automated upgrades. In addition, ssh port changes are all security thru obscurity.
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Google Account has been disabled because of a Python code(old.reddit.com)
90 points by davidmitchell2 4y ago|29 comments
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by davidmitchell2 4y ago
+1 for Canary!
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by davidmitchell2 4y ago
Pretty sure EU and US will not diverge so much like Russia did. Russia is also tiny market (both population, GINI, internet penetration). See EU-US Privacy Shield - courts may say but nothing practical. May be India/Middle-Eastern coun
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by davidmitchell2 4y ago
I therefore have one for facebook, slack and so on (i.e) for every major company when I login. Then one is for just browsing.
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by davidmitchell2 4y ago
Yes, I just tested it with one my accounts that has NO recovery email address/phone. ONLY U2F key. Select forgot password; the it asks Insert U2F Key. Then recovered. Yes, it may be that if one loses U2F key in Metro it is dangerous bu
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by davidmitchell2 4y ago
Lets be honest - not having cards working for a day is not the same as earthquake. Sure people will miss trains/rent etc. 1 or 2 business may go under but for 90 % people all will be fine. Heck I am sure if many shops/metro will b
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by davidmitchell2 4y ago
That is what it means by encrypted data storage. Only the user has access. If they managed to see/recover your files then it is not encrypted. (at the end, people will complain at both ends - some want convenience and do not care if co
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by davidmitchell2 4y ago
Get an account with iCloud and forward all mails as backup to iCloud
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by davidmitchell2 4y ago
Assuming they have cryptography all data is lost.
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by davidmitchell2 4y ago
You are correct but it is one in year or decade. Right... rest of the time all is good. people will opt for convenience.
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by davidmitchell2 4y ago
But as one can imagine people (99% are on Windows) do it in haste...
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by davidmitchell2 4y ago
From: https://ente.io/privacy#account-data > Data security is very important to ente, whether that is your personal information or any other data. That is why we publish our client-side browser and mobile app software an
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by davidmitchell2 4y ago
2. Instead of that use separate firefox profiles - one exclusively of Gmail. Another for casual browsing. If you clear cookies all the time then it seems like you are logging in so many times per day. This could be a warning sign of hacked
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by davidmitchell2 4y ago
Many providers do it... sadly
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by davidmitchell2 4y ago
> Because I've been warned by security conscious people never to use phone number Sadly you read only one part of the warning from security conscious people. The main part is to get U2F/FIDO key or use QR-code/authenticato
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by davidmitchell2 4y ago
> presumed that the security message was because of new IP addresses that must have been assigned. While I was initially able to log in to my accounts after replacing both the routers, o 1. Verify if your router or router software that y
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by davidmitchell2 4y ago
What is the obsession of tech companies to the word "One". Everything is these days One. Google One One Drive Apple One
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by davidmitchell2 4y ago
Really a lot. I recently installed CloudReady (equivalent of ChromeOS Flex) on a 8th Gen Dell latitude. From Gimp to running 3 different chrome browsers with different profiles. All just works.
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by davidmitchell2 4y ago
While I sincerely appreciate the user, I often find we in Linux/OSS/FOSS are complicating our lives. Anyone wanting decent batterylife please get some JasperLake or GeminiLake refresh notebooks. These are available in eBay or reta