paddlesteamer
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Comment · 1 year ago
Comment · 5 years ago
> In completely unrelated news, upcoming versions of Signal will be periodically fetching files to place in app storage. These files are never used for anything inside Signal and never interact with Signal software or data, but they look nice, and aesthetics are important in software.
I wish I could see those files in action...
Comment · 5 years ago
I wish there could be a way to see which root site set those cookies. For example I wish we could see twtracker.com supercookies are set in some iframe in twitter.com.
Comment · 6 years ago
With this, devices that use NRF52 chips are now open to investigators. I think we'll learn of more vulnerabilities of BLE devices whose shitty implementations are hidden in those SoCs. I'm more than excited about the next post about Logitech Pro G mouse.
Making things open is a good thing on society's security.
Comment · 6 years ago
Other than Signal, I also recommend Threema. It doesn't rely on mobile numbers, possible to configure to run on your private server, etc. It's just not free (as in beer). Also, it's from Switzerland, a country respects your privacy more than the USA[0].
[0]: https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/gukg5z/threema_win...
Comment · 6 years ago
I like how it ignores WEP. Don't use WEP.
Comment · 6 years ago
Since the Antifa will be designated as a terrorist organization[0], I don't suggest you guys to trust github pages, google photos, drive, etc. Tomorrow there may be a subpoena for the IP addresses who use this tool. It may not be enough proof but it'll cost you a lot of money and time. I'd be using local tools like exiftool or gimp.
[0]: https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/12671296442282475...
Comment · 6 years ago
I hate bloated OSs and unfortunately Mac OS is one of them. I know how everyone wants everything to work out of the box and I know it's very natural to want so but I cringe if I find out my OS doing something behind my back. That's why I'd never use Windows, Mac OS, Ubuntu, etc. They all violate my privacy and slow my system to do so.
I use Debian, I like Debian. When I run Wireshark I don't see unknown requests destined to debian.com. That is the definition of simplicity for me. And yes, it doesn't always work out of the box, you have to install some drivers, change configurations but it's getting better and easier. Yet, I'm a software developer so I understand and like that stuff.
> Linux was always a disaster in terms of user experience and isn't improving.
No, you can't define it as a disaster, it's not. If you're an end-user that understands nothing of computers maybe you can but otherwise it's not a disaster. It's just harder and getting easier by day.
Comment · 6 years ago
Actually , I'm pleased ebay is doing this. It wasn't a new issue but now ebay doing it, it took a lot of attention. It's like disclosing a security issue in WebSocket protocol. Now I'm sure next releases of the most browsers will fix it.
Comment · 6 years ago
Very nice! I only have one question: I see there are pull-up resistors connected to push buttons. Aren't there built-in pullups on RPi GPIOs? Maybe you can enable them and use fewer elements on the breadboard.
Comment · 6 years ago
Every time I ran across these boards, I always think of "Apollo Guidance Computer"[1] which is used on Apollo spacecrafts.
They have 16KB ram 2000MHz cpu freq so I feel like I can build a spaceship witha couple of teensies :D
[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer
Comment · 6 years ago
There is even a hearing aid using teensy board and the modified version of teensy audio library[1]!
You can see it here: https://github.com/paddlesteamer/gcrproxy. I don't know whether it works or not (maybe something has changed; it is very old code), but the idea beneath it remains. And I think it is also applicable to other cloud services, too. Cheaper (even free to some point) than having your own VPS.