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broeng commented on India orders smartphone makers to preload state-owned cyber safety app reuters.com/sustainabilit... · Posted by u/jmsflknr

mitthrowaway2 · 16 days ago

Doesn't this mean that it's not only your hospital that sees your medical records, but... everyone who would otherwise only need your name and telephone number?

Or is there some way to restrict which party gets which data?

broeng · 16 days ago

I don't think any of the national id services I've heard of stores all your data in a centralized place. Usually the national id service only provides identification to the service providers that request it. Each service provider (like, your bank, hospital, pension provider) will store their own data as they've always done, they just use the service to identify you.

broeng commented on GitLab discovers widespread NPM supply chain attack about.gitlab.com/blog/git... · Posted by u/OuterVale

wiradikusuma · 20 days ago

Does anyone know why NPM seems to be the only attractive target? Python and Java are very popular, but I haven't heard anything in those ecosystems for a while. Is it because something inherently "weak" about NPM, or simply because, like Windows or JavaScript, everyone uses it?

broeng · 20 days ago

Compared to the Java ecosystem, I think there's a couple of issues in the NPM ecosystem that makes the situation a lot worse:

1) The availability of the package post-install hook that can run any command after simply resolving and downloading a package[1].

That, combined with:

2) The culture with using version ranges for dependency resolution[2] means that any compromised package can just spread with ridiculous speed (and then use the post-install hook to compromise other packages). You also have version ranges in the Java ecosystem, but it's not the norm to use in my experience, you get new dependencies when you actively bump the dependencies you are directly using because everything depends on specific versions.

I'm no NPM expert, but that's the worst offenders from a technical perspective, in my opinion.

[1]: I'm sure it can be disabled, and it might even be now by default - I don't know. [2]: Yes, I know you can use a lock file, but it's definitely not the norm to actively consider each upgraded version when refreshing the lockfile.

broeng commented on Digital euro could drain up to 700B euros of deposits in bank run, ECB says reuters.com/business/fina... · Posted by u/thm

dinkblam · 2 months ago

for all intents and purposes the Euro is already digital. you send money to persons and companies via instant wire transfer, you pay digitally when shopping online and you pay digitally in physical stores with your card or NFC phone.

what possible benefit over what already exists and is in wide use could a "digital euro" offered by the ECB provide to any EU citizen?

broeng · 2 months ago

I haven't looked into it much, but I assume the point is that it avoids the SWIFT system.

broeng commented on WiFi signals can measure heart rate news.ucsc.edu/2025/09/pul... · Posted by u/bookofjoe

zahrc · 3 months ago

And look where that got Germany; my hometown and neighbouring towns are mostly on ADSL or rarely VDSL if you’re lucky, because the big players don’t want anything to do with the cost and legal side.

Local municipalities establish de-facto monopolies and drive prices up, because they offer slightly faster and stable lines.

There is a joint effort by local utility companies in Mecklenburg and they’re trying to make things better, but anecdotally are also challenging to deal with.

My now residence here in the UK is not really rural and for years Giganet/CityFibre/toob promised gigabit soonTM for years and the date got delayed and delayed and delayed.

broeng · 3 months ago

At least here in Denmark, they seem to have opted for installing bigger "pipes", instead of just laying down some fiber cables. Then in the future they can just push new cables through the pipes. An idea I bet they wish they had gotten the first time around.

broeng commented on Nitro: A tiny but flexible init system and process supervisor git.vuxu.org/nitro/about/... · Posted by u/todsacerdoti

MortyWaves · 4 months ago

The thing I don’t like about systemd is the inexplicable need to have multiple files for a service. Why can’t they all be declared in a single unit file?

broeng · 4 months ago

What do you mean? They can be in a single service file.

broeng commented on The History of F1 Design espn.com/espn/feature/sto... · Posted by u/anonyonoor

brightball · 4 months ago

Yea, I subscribed and used it to watch the Hungarian GP this past weekend. The driver view was really intense!

I’ve been catching up by binging a lot of content that was recommended to me. The movie Rush (2013) was great. Brawn on Hulu was a fantastic story. Currently shopping for some vintage gear from them.

Watching a little Drive to Survive on Netflix too.

broeng · 4 months ago

The Senna series from 2024 is also pretty good.

broeng commented on uBlock Origin Lite now available for Safari apps.apple.com/app/ublock... · Posted by u/Jiahang

skydhash · 4 months ago

Adblocking as links bloking can be sufficient, but sometimes you need to bring the big guns and alter the page content itself. Safari has even "Hide distracting elements" now, which can not be an extension. That cements the idea that most uBlock Origin features should be part of the browser to make it a wonderful user agent.

broeng · 4 months ago

It's been possible to use Content Blockers for Safari for a long time, which alters the page content. Firefox Focus came out about a decade ago, and can be used as one.

broeng commented on uBlock Origin Lite now available for Safari apps.apple.com/app/ublock... · Posted by u/Jiahang

Squarex · 4 months ago

For privacy aware people it can be important that an open source and well trusted extension is available.

broeng · 4 months ago

It's been possible for about a decade to use Firefox Focus as a Content Blocker for Safari. I assume it's open source, "well trusted" is of course subjective.

broeng commented on Tour de France confronts a new threat: Are cyclists using tiny motors? washingtonpost.com/world/... · Posted by u/bookofjoe

Yeul · 5 months ago

They were all doing doping. That stuff goes back to the 70s.

broeng · 5 months ago

And earlier than that, they jumped on the train.

broeng commented on EA Open Sources Command and Conquer: Red Alert, along with other games github.com/electronicarts... · Posted by u/Klaster_1

lofaszvanitt · 10 months ago

says who?

broeng · 10 months ago

anal_reactor says so.