clemailacct1 (u/clemailacct1)

clemailacct1 commented on Ask HN: Where can I genetically test myself without risking privacy? · Posted by u/technocrat8080

Davidbrcz · 3 months ago

Your doctor ?

clemailacct1 · 3 months ago

The privacy issue still exists in this scenario.

All doctors (including concierge) use 3rd party services for practically everything from blood work to imaging to application products. It’s safe to say that it’s very likely that they’ll outsource the genetic testing to a 3rd party

clemailacct1 commented on U.S. investors, Trump close in on TikTok deal with China wsj.com/tech/details-emer... · Posted by u/Mgtyalx

ElijahLynn · 3 months ago

Is this a coup by conservative government to gain control of this social network to promote it's ideologies?

first Twitter, now Tiktok, both controlled by conservative interests?

clemailacct1 · 3 months ago

Sounds like you preferred it when it was controlled by liberal interests.

clemailacct1 commented on U.S. investors, Trump close in on TikTok deal with China wsj.com/tech/details-emer... · Posted by u/Mgtyalx

amatecha · 3 months ago

What are you saying? Fediverse is bad because scary transgenders?

clemailacct1 · 3 months ago

They aren’t saying that - and you know they aren’t. They’re also correct.

Fediverse, in my actual experience, is overwhelmingly filled with hyper left leaning echo chamber content that I’m not interested in.

clemailacct1 commented on US spy chief Gabbard says UK agreed to drop 'backdoor' mandate for Apple reuters.com/sustainabilit... · Posted by u/jnord

kissaprofeetta · 4 months ago

Read: they struck some kind of secret deal or get private data using other means.

clemailacct1 · 4 months ago

Maybe yes? Maybe no? This has been an ongoing situation with the UK and demanding backdoors into US platforms - I’m not convinced them dropping it came down to “striking a secret deal”.

clemailacct1 commented on Make Firefox Private Again make-firefox-private-agai... · Posted by u/eloy

account42 · a year ago

curl | sh for THIS? Riiight, let's give that website permission to execute arbitrary code on your computer just to change a single FF preference? Really????

clemailacct1 · a year ago

I think this is a bit of a sensational take. The code being executed is all there without obfuscation.

clemailacct1 commented on WA man set up fake free WiFi at airports and on flights, police allege theguardian.com/technolog... · Posted by u/cyberlimerence

padre24 · 2 years ago

Optus should employ this guy.. or Medibank, or Latitude Finance. Lots of opportunities for him.

clemailacct1 · 2 years ago

I've been in infosec for the past 14+ years and hiring these types are pretty nuanced and complex. On one hand, you have a person who shows their ethics are questionable at best. Do you want those folks having the proverbial "keys to the kingdom"?

On the other hand - people make mistakes and learn. And these types of folks are decently effective at what they do - although I will say the fact they got caught demonstrates they're not THAT good.

I'd probably pass on this specific person for the latter reasons.

clemailacct1 commented on Write your own terminal flak.tedunangst.com/post/... · Posted by u/ingve

Instantnoodl · 2 years ago

I wrote a small terminal emulator a while ago to have a portable terminal for my terminal based game. It's very specific but I had great fun with it.

https://github.com/bigjk/crt

clemailacct1 · 2 years ago

That terminal and even the associated game look incredible!

clemailacct1 commented on Ask HN: What happened to hackerspaces? · Posted by u/pierat

sircastor · 2 years ago

Aside from community (which is incredible important), Hackerspaces are a method of tool-sharing. In the last decade, many of the popular tools that used to live exclusively at a Hackerspace can be now be found in schools, libraries, and homes: 3D Printers, lasercutters, electronics toolkits, etc. And 3 years of pandemic isolation meant that people weren't able to show up anyway.

One of my favorite spaces (though distant from where I live) - Metrix Create:Space - shut down down in 2018 in part because people didn't have as much of a reason to show up [1]

[1] https://www.capitolhillseattle.com/2018/08/tech-junkies-and-...

clemailacct1 · 2 years ago

Metrix!!! I used to live across the street from them and would go there often. Capitol Hill in Seattle is outrageously expensive.

clemailacct1 commented on The fake browser update scam gets a makeover krebsonsecurity.com/2023/... · Posted by u/feross

7moritz7 · 2 years ago

I really think Monero in particular deserves way more criticism for their practice. Bitcoin is one thing, Monero is created for and marketed towards cybercriminals, you don't need to be a communications expert to get that premise. I haven't seen it used once for any legitimate purpose. Atleast with Bitcoin and Ethereum you can get buy some legitimate things like VPNs or NFTs

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2021/06/moner...

clemailacct1 · 2 years ago

Monero was built and used for privacy purposes but it gets abused by cybercriminals for malicious purposes. Just like all cryptocurrencies and even plain paper cash.

clemailacct1 commented on Brave appears to install VPN Services without user consent ghacks.net/2023/10/18/bra... · Posted by u/mindracer

qntmfred · 2 years ago

I use Brave and I'm not super disturbed by this. The Windows Service isn't even running, it's just installed (presumably to reduce friction in the case I were to start using their VPN I wouldn't have to go through an additional installation process). Sure, it's a little bit more intrusive than is ideal for people who like to keep a close on what gets installed into Services, but at the end of the day, is there a real problem here?

clemailacct1 · 2 years ago

This is my take as well.

You have a service thats installed for one-click operations from Brave customers that want to use their VPN. The VPN service doesn't run in the background post-installation and no tunnels are established.

I see the customer experience reasoning here. Can someone explain the actual risks - I'm not seeing any.

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