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TheQuantumPhysicist

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TheQuantumPhysicist 33 points 3 years ago

First they established a new standard for extensions that makes it harder for adblockers to work in chrome, that's manifest v3.

And now they want establish cryptographic verification of the environment so that you can't have a custom environment in your browser, like having adblockers. Similar to how DRM works.

As long as average Joe uses chrome, we're doomed.

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TheQuantumPhysicist 23 points 3 years ago

One just has to wonder... how evil can Google become?!

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TheQuantumPhysicist 16 points 3 years ago

I don't know why some moron downvoted you, but the answer is maybe. For reference, I have always bypassed SSH firewall blocking by sneaking SSH packets within https.

The only way this won't be possible is if the government enforces installing a certificate to use the internet, so that they can do a man-in-the-middle-attack. I heard this is already being done in Afghanistan.

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TheQuantumPhysicist 13 points 3 years ago

What's wrong with empress? I really don't follow this stuff much.

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TheQuantumPhysicist 12 points 3 years ago

Here's a crazy idea...

Why not use another Vaultwarden account? :D

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TheQuantumPhysicist 6 points 3 years ago

Ever tried using typenum numerals in Rust? 😅

Try it and see the errors with something like typenum::U500.

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TheQuantumPhysicist 6 points 3 years ago

The Linux community doesn't understand what "just works" really means.

Whether windows or mac, I plug my machine to the docking station, and it just works.

With Linux, every day a different problem. Out of the blue, screens just stop working. Resolutions change. Every restart different behavior. Zero consistency.

I'm not 17 anymore... I don't have the time to keep tweaking. I need to be productive.

So what do I do? I SSH to a Linux machine whose desktop environment I don't wanna see, and code remotely. Most productive setting.

You asked. Here's the answer.

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TheQuantumPhysicist 6 points 3 years ago

That's an overkill and doesn't give any extra security. Multiple accounts is more reasonable.

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TheQuantumPhysicist 4 points 3 years ago

I don't even use Microsoft Office anymore after the last Medusa bug in msdt that compromised computers without opening the virus files. LibreOffice ftw. I miss nothing. Much safer.

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TheQuantumPhysicist 3 points 3 years ago
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TheQuantumPhysicist 3 points 3 years ago

Calling Syncthing perfect is an understatement.

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TheQuantumPhysicist 2 points 3 years ago

This is the first time I ever hear of Usenet... read a little... but honestly sounds freakishly scary... torrents are anyway filled with malware... and now we have to trust a centralized source for files?

Do clients that use Usenet verify public torrent file hashes? How is security handled such that I know the files aren't infected compared to whatever the same torrent offers?

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TheQuantumPhysicist 2 points 3 years ago

It's all about the economics. Is your time more valuable than that wasted by the ads?

If you're watching YouTube 10 minutes a day, then it doesn't make sense for you. Cost/benefit analysis should be done.

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TheQuantumPhysicist 1 point 3 years ago

Movies and audio are very rarely infected, almost never. That depends on bugged software, so that you can be relatively safe of.

Executables... well... no anti virus can protect you in reality from dumb double-clicks. This is because viruses are trained against anti virus software until they can't be recognized. There are mathematically an infinite number of patterns to run a program to trick all kinds of anti viruses. So in reality you can't be safe. Once that's done by an expert virus creator, the best you have to protect you is a behavioral detection of viruses, which may or may not work.

So, don't rely on anti viruses. They barely protect you from script kiddies and legacy viruses.

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TheQuantumPhysicist 1 point 3 years ago

All files open OK for me on libre office so far.

Also there's office online, btw, for emergencies.

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TheQuantumPhysicist 1 point 3 years ago

It's still a proposal. Nothing concrete yet. But from the looks of it, you can't play such games since it's cryptographically verified.

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TheQuantumPhysicist 1 point 3 years ago

Test

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TheQuantumPhysicist 1 point 3 years ago
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TheQuantumPhysicist 1 point 3 years ago
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TheQuantumPhysicist 1 point 3 years ago
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