mcfly_c-137
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Comment · 4 months ago
Comment · 4 months ago
Saw that interview, too. Biggest red flag to me was the claim, that they would use the mandatory id-document only to initially verify your'e not a bot - then discard it and they would "not store anything". Very hard to believe.
Comment · 4 months ago
For TOTP i use ente auth[0], which i can higly recommend.
i also force most apps on iOS to ask for face id (long press on app icon to set this).
Comment · 5 months ago
Here‘s an in-depth review from 03/2025 where Kagi and Metager are compared by german IT-Sec expert Mike Kuketz and his team.
No privacy-related concerns were raised back then.
It is a german blog (sorry, couldn’t find an EN-version), and a very trustworthy source for me.
https://www.kuketz-blog.de/besser-als-google-bezahlsuchmasch...
Comment · 5 months ago
> A true hero in my life.
Same here. I‘d recommend the 2020 documentary „David Attenborough: A life on our planet“ - if you haven‘t already seen it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Attenborough%3A_A_Life_o...
Comment · 7 months ago
The monochromatic light emitted from sodium lamps is also close to the peak sensitivity of the human eye. Colours are not distinguishable, but contrast is much enhanced compared to “cooler” light sources.
*edit: but it’s the overwhelmingly larger lifespan (20-30k hrs) that led to the wide adoption as streetlights. And I guess, the same is true for the change to led today, because of less power consumption.
Comment · 9 months ago
Really interesting topic. (I’m actually somewhere in between sales and dev - doing Req. Engineering, Concepts and planning).
Personally I consider it more important to constantly narrow down any uncertainties over time, than having an initial estimate that holds. The closer it gets to any deadline, the less uncertainty I want (need) to have because the less options remain to react to changes.
And frankly, this usually not only applies to estimates but also to things that these estimates rely upon. The longer the timeline, the more room for circumstances and requirements to change.
>we don't store anything except an encrypted token to prevent s.o. from opening multiple accounts. Authorities will not be able to identify users.
The current political climate in Germany is quite the opposite: Less anonymity. More access for authorities. So why this wave of support from politics?
I really would not mind to be wrong, though.
But Elena Rossini points out a lot of things in her 3 posts that confirm my skepticism.
Link to the interviews from german tv which I'm referring to[0]. Not sure if that helps.
[0] https://www.zdfheute.de/politik/deutschland/w-social-nachric...