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by seanieb 4d ago
You're correct. And yes, I shouldn't have said “the only reason”, I'd amend that to "one of the reasons".
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by seanieb 4d ago
The only reason TV’s are getting cheaper is the business model changed. Now your viewing data (and perhaps conversations) are part of their product offering.
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by seanieb 6d ago
I keep trying to sign up but they ban my account before I can use the service, and their support team doesn’t respond to my emails.
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by seanieb 24d ago
It’s really grating. It’s made technical analysis so tiring to read I often give up and give the output to another llm to make it readable.
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The Other Sean Byrne Doesn't Exist(conic.al)
14 points by seanieb 1mo ago|3 comments
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by seanieb 1mo ago
Does the world still require a reserve currency? Spreading risk across the Dollar, Yuan, and Euros seems more logical. While the hurdles and friction associated with foreign exchange (FX) and international transfers were significant when r
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Signal – More linked devices are on the table(signal.org)
5 points by seanieb 1mo ago|0 comments
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by seanieb 3mo ago
GitHub Copilot costs have ballooned in recent week, what once took $100 requires $300. I like using Claude with VS Code through Copilot and I feel it’s given me much better code, that I can control the quality. It’s much more transparent th
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by seanieb 3mo ago
It's always amazed me that a tech company will pay $300,000+ for a good engineer, because talent is so hard hard to find... meanwhile their recruiter operates unsupported, has a very different idea about what good looks like. Their ATS
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by seanieb 4mo ago
Would Taiwan, Ireland, Israel and maybe others be higher on that list?
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by seanieb 4mo ago
Sorry I don’t understand. Can you outline why trade would indicate that there isn’t a shortage of chemical fertilizer that would impact crops not yet harvested in developing countries?
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by seanieb 4mo ago
There’s probably going to be a famine or famines due to lack of, and expense, of fertilizer resulting in less food for the developing world.
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by seanieb 4mo ago
Your company getting hacked because of random plugins for emerging or dysfunctional ecosystems that don’t have enterprise management solutions yet is worth it to avoid friction?
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by seanieb 4mo ago
> This is not to defend Microsoft But you are defending MS, conflating a bunch of things, mainly full disk encryption and cloud backups. There's a big difference between Apples cloud backup which has documented behavior and a backdo
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by seanieb 4mo ago
At what point will Security professionals start turning down roles that involve “securing” MS Products? I’m already at this point. Securing Microsoft products is busy work while waiting to have it undercut by the next wave of MS’s insane t
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by seanieb 4mo ago
Not low quality if it works!
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by seanieb 5mo ago
The issue is only an issue if your phone is physically taken, then unlocked and the message notifications extracted from a iOS cache database. Todays update by Apple fixes issue for every app, not just Signal.
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by seanieb 5mo ago
Oh please, Telegram being mentioned positively during a discussion of security, privacy or state surveillance? Telegram is a security nightmare, it’s not e2ee no mater what BS their very very untrustworthy founder keeps spouting, it’s not d
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by seanieb 5mo ago
This comment is based on one of my commits. The round-trip through Int is exactly what makes it safe.Int(value) will return nil (and be rejected) for anything that isn't a valid integer. no ; rm -rf /, no shell. String(seconds) on
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by seanieb 5mo ago
Thank you!
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by seanieb 5mo ago
Correct. This is a classic security vs convenience tradeoff. I mention that trade off on the landing page, PanicLock vs Shutdown > Use shutdown when you can, PanicLock when you can't. Shutting down is the most secure option—but when
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by seanieb 5mo ago
That's good feedback. I just added it to the readme: > "PanicLock fills a gap macOS leaves open: there is no built-in way to instantly disable Touch ID when it matters. Biometrics are convenient day-to-day, and sometimes prefer
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by seanieb 5mo ago
I wrote this after the case of a Washington Post reporter, Hannah Natanson, was compelled to unlock her computer with her fingerprint. This resulted in access to her Desktop Signal on her computer, revealing sources and their conversations.
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Show HN: PanicLock – Close your MacBook lid disable TouchID –> password unlock(github.com)
265 points by seanieb 5mo ago|115 comments
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by seanieb 6mo ago
Congrats to to the Wiz team. Wiz is amazing. But, ugh, joining Google will result in less competition and all that entails. Not great for customers. It's a pity going public isn't worth it anymore.
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I Infected My iPhone with Russian Spyware. Here's What I Found [video](youtube.com)
5 points by seanieb 6mo ago|0 comments
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by seanieb 6mo ago
Never realized that this wasn’t a common expression in the US till now. > “(Ireland, informal, UK, dialect) To come to understand; twig, cotton on.”
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Giving iOS Lockdown Mode Another Look(conic.al)
2 points by seanieb 7mo ago|0 comments
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by seanieb 7mo ago
Fantastic. And it's from the Norwegian Consumer Council!
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by seanieb 7mo ago
> "Even if there were explanatory text, Erika, like most users, doesn’t typically read through every dialog box, and they certainly can’t be expected to remember this technical detail a year from now." Passkeys are a step in th

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