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DevNullDevice··on Ask HN: 1Password Alternatives
I've also use Keepass[0] for what feels like nearly a decade at this point. I use google Drive or just very dumb shuffling of files to get the database where I need it.

I keep feeling like I should upgrade to something with better native support... but it's worked for me so long and still fits my workflow.

[0]https://keepass.info/

DevNullDevice··on AWS price reduction for data transfers out to the internet
For Direct Connect, they still charge for egress.
DevNullDevice··on Signal CEO Hacks Cellebrite iPhone Hacking Device Used by Cops
> I was recently out for a walk when I saw a small package fall off a truck ahead of me. As I got closer, the dull enterprise typeface slowly came into focus: Cellebrite.

While I'm skeptical of the method of acquisition, would be interesting if they actually got the hardware and could publish details.

Update : other news outlets reporting with more details, but not confirmation [0]

[0] https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2021/04/in-ep...

DevNullDevice··on Secret Huawei enterprise router snoop 'backdoor' was Telnet service
I long for the day when security is the default state. I wonder if legislation could help address the never ending stream of things like this.
DevNullDevice··on Introducing Amazon 4-star
How bizarre. I wonder how heavily the micro-tasked and bot-driven fake-reviews will factor into (now) literal product placement?
DevNullDevice··on Why I'm leaving Micro.blog
Again, I haven't heard of this place before, but from the article, it appears like they offer that through control of domain names?

Certainly there's an argument about the manually-curated feed, but don't know if that's what you're talking about?

DevNullDevice··on Why I'm leaving Micro.blog
I've never heard of micro.blog before now, but after reading the article, I'm still not sure what the "problem" is.

I read three major points: Ownership, curation, and diversity. As the latter two, I feel, require hands-on experience, I'll focus on the first.

For Ownership, the author / OP appear to suggest that content ownership is about where the content is hosted. From the article (again, never heard of the service before now), it seems that preserving redirects and letting you create whatever URIs you want, and therefore move / control content, would suffice. Am I just missing something?

DevNullDevice··on Meltdown and Spectre
Meltdown doesn't _directly_ allow modification of code. However, a guest VM could run userspace code that accesses ring 0 / kernel memory of the hypervisor / physical machine.

This would mean that security certificates, passwords, etc of the hypervisor could be exposed, which could then allow compromise.

DevNullDevice··on Flex your computing power!
I have a bunch of unused CPU time on my virtualization cluster. I wonder how the power delta for full-utilization would work with the pay...