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Comment · 3 months ago
I hated paper until I found a decent pen (frixion erasable, mediocre) and paper (Lemome grid notebook, very good). It's still harder than typing, but I've found nothing better for thinking through challenging problems.
Comment · 5 months ago
"Absolutely shouldn't" is silly.

- Browser vulnerabilities are non-trivial.

- Mullvad browser's proxy feature only works if you're connected at the OS level, which helps mitigate browser level exploits.

Compared to any other off the shelf solution, Mullvad browser provides a good balance of usability & privacy.

Compared to something like you're describing, I agree it's worse.

Comment · 1 year ago
Dedicated stormwater infrastructure separate from sewage pipes solves the problem. You can also build tanks to hold overflow.
Comment · 3 years ago
My bad, sorry about that.
Comment · 3 years ago
This is a valid approach, but it might lead to a more complicated setup compared to the alternative approach shown in the article (example.com/5678).
Comment · 3 years ago
If you enter google.com in your browser and login, unless you misspelled the domain and that didn't get flagged by anything, you'll be fine. If a relative that doesn't know much about tech gets a text/email asking them to login to their bank but the site linked is b4nk0f4m3r1c4.com, that phishing site could replay the entered credentials into the real site to login.
Comment · 3 years ago
I agree that U2F/webauthn/FIDO2 is superior (in terms of security and in most cases convenience) in basically every way. This is an alternative approach that is less secure than webauthn but a bit more secure than regular number matching or enter this code 2fa.
Comment · 3 years ago
That's a really good post, interesting read. This is similar in some ways but I don't see how their approach protects the user from more advanced attacks (an attacker could still swap the captcha).
Comment · 3 years ago
Yes, it is. This system is primarily meant to counter phishing attacks that use similar domains. I should have clarified that in the post.
Comment · 3 years ago
This is the first blog post I've put on HN. Feedback is appreciated.

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