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Comment · 1 day ago
EDR software on the laptop controls what is and isn't allowed. It'll be disallowing USB removable storage devices etc, while still allowing standard HID (keyboard, mouse).

They can even block all but allow-list certain vendors and models, but because USB is an unauthenticated standard - an attacker can easily spoof any vendor or model. So best not to rely on that and instead block all of certain types of USB device.

Comment · 16 days ago
I'd say the majority of the reason is no engine noise, but also keep in mind EVs are heavier than ICE cars. More weight means more road noise. Regenerative braking means they have significantly less brake wear than ICE cars despite the weight, but the tyres take more stress.
Comment · 19 days ago
iPadOS specifically supports multiple users, including partitioning the total available disk space and sharing a slice to each of the accounts. Only possible for devices added in Apple Business Manager and managed in a supervised state with an MDM solution under Apple Device Enrollment (ADE) with a 'shared iPad' enrollment profile. You can even integrate Entra ID (Microsoft 365) for handling the login process on shared iPads, or use federated Managed Apple Accounts.

It's not intended for home users of course, because that could jeopardise sales in families.

Comment · 1 month ago
They didn't actually say it does that. They said it could do that. It doesn't (yet).
Comment · 1 month ago
Technically when you turn the TV on for the first time, ACR is not enabled. Ergo, not enabled by default.

Sure, to use the TV you need to go past the EULA screen. And the button right in front of you, pre-selected - is agree to all terms. And after pressing OK, you now have ACR turned on. But you did that, it wasn't on by default.

Okay I can take my soul sucking corporate hat off now.

Comment · 3 months ago
Comment · 4 months ago
HN is not the place for LLM generated advertisements
Comment · 4 months ago
It's an Atlassian Statuspage style oddity, the title is too long for a single line and it's put an ellipsis and linebreak. But the ellipsis has overwritten the end of the content on the first line. Full title shows on the home page.
Comment · 5 months ago
The entire post is clearly LLM generated. I get that a person clearly put together some thoughts, but prompting an LLM to 'turn this into a blog post' is the kind of low effort content I thought was not appropriate for HN.

At least bringing up the underlying method (restrict to contributors) has spawned the discussion about how that's probably a bad idea on the security side.

Comment · 5 months ago
Guessing the HN admins merged the post into this, which carries the comments.
Comment · 5 months ago
It's definitely a fake bait post, what they're describing isn't even possible in the way they said. The post and the OP comment replies even look LLM generated as well. They somehow have a good reason why every legitimate suggestion can't work.

The account was commenting on the satirical sysadmin subreddit yesterday, so they know what makes a engaging story.

Comment · 5 months ago
Proton Meet relies entirely on LiveKit Cloud (USA based) to run https://proton.me/meet/privacy-policy

LiveKit Cloud uses virtual compute and networking across multiple (USA based) cloud providers. DigitalOcean, Google and Oracle at minimum. They each have servers all of the world of course, but the controlling entity(s) parent companies are all based in the USA.

Latency shouldn’t be a problem, it's handled by a global CDN.

Proton including that part about geopolitical instability implies that Meet is does not fall under the USA's CLOUD Act - that would be wrong. The metadata of any Meet call could be handed to USA authorities, for example the participants date & time, source IP and useragent of each member. The call itself should be E2E encrypted.

Comment · 5 months ago
Proton Meet relies entirely on LiveKit Cloud to run https://proton.me/meet/privacy-policy which uses virtual compute and networking with DigitalOcean, Google and Oracle.
Comment · 6 months ago
I don't any signs that it's a bot, or that the comment was LLM generated. It's pretty safe to assume they made an alt to make that comment, as they didn't want to take a negative opinion towards a conservative author on their main. i.e. trying to avoid controversy.
Comment · 6 months ago
I think GP was referring to https://www.chrisbrunet.com/s/politics/archive?sort=new and https://www.theamericanconservative.com/author/christopher-b...

I didn't immediately see a red flag that would make me discount all of their work. It's clear what the author's general opinions are. They're entitled to them of course.

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