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by tdrz 3d ago
For security reasons, obviously! That way they wouldn't leak selfies because they wouldn't have any.
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by tdrz 3d ago
The issue is that there is no alternative to the "selfie" auth in case of Revolut.
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by tdrz 3d ago
This can happen with modern fintech because of greed. There's a reason they can offer such cheap services. The customer takes a risk in return. Now that risk has materialized.
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by tdrz 3d ago
> But they are verifying customers in person with account creation, this is an online bank Revolut could do the same as they do with ATMs: make a partnership with local banks for the verification step.
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by tdrz 3d ago
I have accounts with 2 other banks. They never asked for a selfie.
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by tdrz 3d ago
Here is one of the replies I got during my conversation with their agent (unsure if human or automated): "Your personal data must be held until it is permissible to erase it in accordance with the law. Rest assured, it is totally secur
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by tdrz 3d ago
I asked if my data was compromised, they said no, but how can I trust/verify this?
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by tdrz 3d ago
Other banks do not require selfies, so there are other options
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Revolut confirms customer data breach through fake government requests(techcrunch.com)
188 points by tdrz 4d ago|132 comments
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by tdrz 13d ago
Can I use it to embed PGlite in an app and distribute it like that? ie not to dependend on the host JIT/interpreter
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by tdrz 17d ago
This! I live in Western Europe and have never owned a car. I mostly travel by public transport or bike. I rent a car about once a year, but could do without that as well. Before people tell me that I am an exception: I know other people lik
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by tdrz 18d ago
I'm an OSS maintainer and to me it's not just about the review itself. Being greeted by a wall of text for every little small thing is counter-productive. I hate going through 2 pages of text for each PR. It usually shouldn't
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by tdrz 1mo ago
> Next up, at some point, ideally we get some v8-like runtimes where we can share libraries across multiple isolates! I'm probably missing your point, but aren't wasm memories achieving exactly this? Just an example from wasmti
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by tdrz 2mo ago
To me, investing is NOT just getting the best outcome possible. I simply don't agree with some companies practices and therefore I don't want to invest in them. I believe I am better off if I live in a better society overall than
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by tdrz 2mo ago
> 2. Buy inexpensive, well-diversified mutual funds such as Vanguard Target 20xx funds. I wouldn't recommend this after seeing how SpaceX was literally shoved down lots of people's throats.
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by tdrz 2mo ago
PGlite - Postgres in wasm Loads of useful things in the pipeline: multi connection support, native library, extensions and many more ideas.
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by tdrz 3mo ago
I have to admit that I don't understand how they can push for this so often! Wasn't this rejected not so long ago?
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by tdrz 3mo ago
PGlite - Postgres in WASM https://pglite.dev We're very close to 10M weekly downloads https://www.npmjs.com/package/@electric-sql/pglite Lots of ideas in the pipeline on where to take it next.
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by tdrz 3mo ago
If you get acquihired, you don't get to walk away.
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by tdrz 3mo ago
This rule needs to be expanded to include top level comments: > Commenters: please don't reply to job posts to complain about something. It's off topic here.
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by tdrz 4mo ago
I find galaxus.com (European store) far better than any other store, American or otherwise.
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by tdrz 4mo ago
You'll need to fake much more than just that. Usually the bank website will ask you to confirm the transaction by opening the banking app on your mobile phone.
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Prepopulated FS for PGlite(github.com)
1 points by tdrz 4mo ago|0 comments
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by tdrz 5mo ago
I'm very happy with my k8s setup for my small startup. I believe it would have been much harder for me to get it off the ground, manage it etc. without it.
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PostGIS for PGlite(npmjs.com)
3 points by tdrz 5mo ago|1 comments
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by tdrz 5mo ago
Hi HN, PostGIS has been one of the most requested extensions for PGlite and we've recently ported it. For now, it doesn't contain some optional libraries like json-c and GDAL, but we see a path in adding those as well. You can try
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by tdrz 6mo ago
We absolutely need more investment in renewables and proven nuclear. But it is not only about this, more high-voltage inter-connections are needed. My understanding is that there is an EU initiative on this, just can't find the source
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by tdrz 7mo ago
OK, say you build a Whatsapp clone in a week. How many Whatsapp users will switch to your app?
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by tdrz 7mo ago
One of the issues is that even if you do write documentation, some people that say they want to contribute will not search for it and directly proceed to ask the overworked maintainer to point them to the exact page of the documentation o
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by tdrz 7mo ago
https://pglite.dev I'm one of the maintainers of PGlite - PostgreSQL in WASM. We have lots of updates in the pipeline, just listing some of them: - making it easier to upgrade PostgreSQL's version - PostGIS - this is o

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