madethemcry (u/madethemcry)

madethemcry commented on Burner Phone 101 rebeccawilliams.info/burn... · Posted by u/CharlesW

While I like the sentiment of the article, I think most people are not aware of how hostile baseband firmwares are implemented on most SoCs that phones come with. Usually the cell tower handshakes that make you trackable can't be put off, meaning the modem will run in sleep mode even when you are in airplane mode (which is kinda funny considering the dangers of air travel, right? Right?).

Are there actually smartphones without an IMEI and with a Wi-Fi card only, preferrably not a Broadcom one?

madethemcry · 11 days ago

Can you please give any sources? While it sounds plausible and interesting it's nothing more than a wild conspiracy theory without some background information.

madethemcry commented on We fell out of love with Next.js and back in love with Ruby on Rails hardcover.app/blog/part-1... · Posted by u/mike1o1

madethemcry · 4 months ago

I truly wonder what people do when they want JS full stack both frontend an backend especially with a DB involved. ORM situation looks pretty fragmented or you write pure sql. And then you still have to decide on the backend. Going raw with express? Next.js, well known, but with a questionable agenda (, Remix, Astro, TanStack, and so on. It's a mess, because you always have to recalibrate and re-evaluate what to use.

I often see myself going back to Ruby on Rails for my private stuff. It's always a pleasure. On the other side, there are so few rails people available (compared to js) that it's not viable for any professional project. It would be irresponsible to choose that stack over js and often java for the backend.

Anyone have similar feelings?

madethemcry commented on A map of torii around the world google.com/maps/d/viewer?... · Posted by u/ilamont

bigboybuglover · 6 months ago

Really cool map! I clicked this link on my phone, and now all the icons are permanently in my Google maps, without a straightforward way to "unsubscribe" from the list (can't see anything in the Lists section, on Android Mobile at least). If anyone knows how to remove these beautiful tori icons that'd be great

madethemcry · 6 months ago

I had the same experience, go to layers and there you'll find it under a new section "Explore". Select it to deactivate it.

madethemcry commented on Ask HN: How do people create those sleek looking demos for startups? · Posted by u/anandasai

madethemcry · a year ago

Hey, while being on that topic and somehow related. There seems to be kind of a default company that creates those catchy tech marketing videos, explainers etc: https://sandwich.co

Examples you may know:

  - https://sandwich.co/work/playdate/
  - https://sandwich.co/work/auth0-2/
  - https://sandwich.co/work/slack-wfh/

Posted by u/madethemcry 2 years ago

Fortinet Firewalls (FortiSIEM) – Remote unauthenticated OS command injection fortiguard.com/psirt/FG-I...

madethemcry commented on 23andMe confirms hackers stole ancestry data on 6.9M users techcrunch.com/2023/12/04... · Posted by u/helsinkiandrew

madethemcry · 2 years ago

Small world. Only yesterday I read that great comment from user adameasterling about credential stuffing in another thread [1]

> Troy Hunt is such a treasure. And for us web application developers, there is no excuse for not having protection against credential stuffing! While the best defense is likely two-factor, checking against Hunt's hashed password database is also very good and requires no extra work for users!

That user even listed 23andMe [2] as an example but it's from 60 days ago. This incident is referenced on the techcrunch article.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38521106

[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37794379

madethemcry commented on 100 Parking Tickets (2004) 100parkingtickets.com/... · Posted by u/thunderbong

madethemcry · 2 years ago

Great little story. Thanks!

NV is kind of a sentinel value to signal "not visible" and to differentiate it from actual plates isn't it? Only that it comes from external (the officer) and the systems involved are not aware of its special meaning which causes all the trouble.

Or how would you name this special value?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentinel_value

madethemcry commented on Internet-connected cars fail privacy and security tests conducted by Mozilla gizmodo.com/mozilla-new-c... · Posted by u/rntn

Waterluvian · 2 years ago

Okay so you wanna hear something absolutely horrifying?

My new CPAP machine has a 4G modem and it shares all my sleep data with the company. There’s some people at the local office who can tell precisely when I’m asleep and how asleep I am.

Could you possibly want any better data for when to rob someone?

I’ve put the thing in airplane mode and they called saying they can’t get the data needed for the first month, required for insurance purposes. Nope. My last machine had an SD card. How about you do that instead?

madethemcry · 2 years ago

I had to look it up: CPAP = continuous positive airway pressure; to treat sleep apnea disorder

I do have sleep apnea disorder but probably a mild one as I don't feel exhausted at all. Reading your comment sparked the idea that it might be a good idea to verify the severity. If there will be any CPAP machine involved I will for sure think of its privacy impact.

madethemcry commented on Display brighter-than-white color on Apple devices github.com/dtinth/superwh... · Posted by u/ash

madethemcry · 2 years ago

That's interesting. Every normal white feels pale and boring after seeing that white. I'm not writing this as a joke, everything that is supposed to be white looks like a greyish, washed out white right now.

madethemcry commented on Angular v16 blog.angular.io/angular-v... · Posted by u/Alex3917

madethemcry · 2 years ago

First standalone components to get rid of modules and now signals. There is quite some innovation happening in Angular while being a really mature framework.

I enjoy Angular as much as I love React, Vue or Svelte. It's always about picking the right tool. And when thinking of Angular it's that batteries-included framework that is godsend for big enterprises where any decision given by the outside is something you don't have to battle for.

Often I describe Angular as a hidden champion. It's loved and trusted by enterprises while they are not really talking about it. Plus they hide all the package downloads behind their own npm caching servers like Nexus or Artifcactory.

On the other side there are tons of individual engineers working with React or Vue (for good reasons) and writing blog post after blog post. Maybe that's one reason why folks think Angular is dying? I don't see any signs of that though.

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