taumhn

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by taumhn 8y ago
AFAIK it's mostly in the US that using cards don't always require PINs. Here in Canada I have to enter my PIN whether it's my credit or debit card, for every purchase at a CC terminal. The only exception is if I'm using
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by taumhn 11y ago
If I understand correctly, what's described in the article indeed uses a collision attack. The "trusted app" is one the hacker manufactures himself.
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by taumhn 11y ago
If you're paranoid enough to think someone you don't trust can have physical access to your Mac, it is possible to prevent this by setting up firmware password though. See https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204
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by taumhn 12y ago
That's a pretty boring way of preventing someone from using the API. You could easily swizzle the _popoversDisabled method and get away with it. I remember trying to use a private API on Mac OS X and having my app receive a SIGKILL pro
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by taumhn 12y ago
I'm actually rather happy with the Apple philosophy of not opening APIs early and supporting them as long as possible when they've been made public, rather than having to check my app against 6 levels of API stability... thank you
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by taumhn 12y ago
Not to mention bandwidth which can in some cases be pretty expensive.
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by taumhn 12y ago
I'm pretty sure they definitely don't count, as DOF is a ratio of focusing distance IIRC. Also the DOF would be far more shallow with a DSLR and a fast lens in the same conditions (close focus).
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by taumhn 12y ago
There are a number of other drafting sites running around. The current stance of WOTC seems to be that sites that don't let you play but only let you simulate drafts or help you in deckbuilding are ok...
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by taumhn 13y ago
> Objective-C is from 1983, do you? It's not exactly new The dot-syntax for accessing object properties is much more recent though (2009?).