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Narkov··on OWASP Data Breach Notification
There's no way OWASP don't know the difference between "the [entire] Internet" and "our website". I believe their intentions are to tone down the fear that people may have. It's gaslighting.
Narkov··on OWASP Data Breach Notification
> OWASP has already removed your information from the Internet, so no immediate action on your part is required.

What...of all organisations who should know this to be completely untrue. You cannot guarantee that breached data has been removed from the Internet.

Narkov··on Digital signs in Brookline are collecting data from your phone as you walk by
Large retailers were doing this a decade ago.

Doesn't MAC randomization used by both Apple and Android devices make this redundant?

Narkov··on How photos were transmitted by wire in the 1930s
Does survivor bias account for this? Only the best/most worthwhile videos from the "old times" are archived.

Right now, we see every piece of crap uploaded to YouTube. No doubt there's awesome video content being created today - Smarter Every Day by Destin Sandlin seems to fit - but it's surrounded by junk.

Narkov··on Apple terminates Epic Games developer account, calling it a 'threat' to iOS
Just need some context here...one of the biggest companies in the world, ever, with all the financial and legal resources available to them, and you think they aren't playing 5D chess?
Narkov··on Setting up a secondary Pi-Hole on my home network
> when pi-hole blocks the ad's DNS query, macOS will treat that as a DNS failure and use DNS Server 2 as a fallback. Resulting in the ad being shown.

My experience with OSX and Pi-Hole doesn't match your experience. There's a difference between appearing to be in a failure mode (i.e. timing out) and returning blocked (null/0.0.0.0) results.

Narkov··on Setting up a secondary Pi-Hole on my home network
A simpler solution: Deploy one Pi-Hole instance and then set clients to use Pi-Hole as the primary resolver and your ISP/router as the secondary. In the rare circumstance that the Pi-Hole device is down, you fallback and get the "normal" ISP DNS service.
Narkov··on Finance worker pays out $25M after video call call with deepfake CFO
Money transfer, or any non-revocable transaction for that matter, should require multiple sign-offs (a.k.a "two/X to sign"). Businesses have been using this for decades.

This problem isn't a technical one..it's a process issue. One person shouldn't be able to transfer $25m without multiple people authenticating and authorising.

Narkov··on Boeing withdraws bid for safety exemption for Boeing 737 MAX 7
Not necessarily disagreeing with your assessment but I guess all these things are about statistical probabilities. If the chance of this happening is small enough and the possible "worst case" outcome is tolerable, it gets a tick.
Narkov··on Google and AT&T invest in Starlink rival for satellite-to-smartphone service
> How many 5000+ constellations will there be around the planet before we run into space congestion/traffic and aesthetic problems?

I think you underestimate just how big space is.

Narkov··on I pwned half of America's fast food chains simultaneously
To be fair, it looks like it was only patched in the last 24 hours so not totally unreasonable...yet.
Narkov··on Bitwarden is down with blank screen under Linux OpenSuse
> What is free and open source by the way? Their client? What about their server they store your password? (I assume you can sync that to their server, I’m not their customer.)

You didn't even bother to click the link and educate yourself did you? The server, client and mobile app are all open source. You can even store the encrypted DB yourself on your own server.

Narkov··on Bitwarden is down with blank screen under Linux OpenSuse
> Why not use some better and entirely open solution, like pass?

Bitwarden is entirely open source?! https://github.com/bitwarden/

You aren't even locked in to using them as the data store.

Narkov··on Meta Reports Third Quarter 2023 Results
> Headcount was 66,185 as of September 30, 2023, a decrease of 24% year-over-year.

Huge for a single year.

Narkov··on California suspends Cruise's autonomous vehicle deployment
IMHO,

Accidents...manageable.

Hitting a pedestrian...still manageable.

Deliberately withholding evidence....burn them at the stake and regulate them to an inch of their corporate lives.

Narkov··on Uber migrates microservices to multi-cloud platform running Kubernetes and Mesos
Price increases are just one way you can get screwed. You can also lose out when your provider doesn't drop prices or pick up operating efficiencies that other providers have.
Narkov··on Detroit wants to be the first big American city to tax land value
^ this. In Queensland, Australia, your family home (principal place of residence) is exempt and any other property gets no land tax up to a certain personal land holding value ($600k?). Once you go over the threshold, it's a percentage of value.
Narkov··on AWS IPv4 Estate Now Worth $4.5B
Go on...what are people paying then? More or less?
Narkov··on AWS IPv4 Estate Now Worth $4.5B
A subtle detail from the article is that address prices peaked in 2021 at $60 and has steadily decreased to $35. Where does it go from here? Is this a proxy for the tech correction?
Narkov··on Knightmare: A DevOps Cautionary Tale (2014)
> How far removed from the problem do you have to be to think one hundred million dollars is not going to effect anyone?

If $10b is at risk, $100m is not a lot for an insurance policy.

Narkov··on A venture-backed startup has quietly bought more than 80 mom-and-pop shops
They don't own a business...they own a job.
Narkov··on Android 14 introduces cellular connectivity security features
> There's been a setting for users to disable 2G for forever,

I don't think this setting does what you think it does. The description under this option has a big caveat: "For emergency calls, 2G is always allowed". So even when disabled, the phone can still use 2G networks.

It sounds like this new option is to actually disable all 2G functionality.

Narkov··on A copywriter swindled victims out of $200M by pretending to be a psychic
> If you’re that stupid, you deserve to be swindled.

Absolutely not. Laws should protect the vulnerable...no matter how stupid they are.

Narkov··on Middle class homebuyers taking $7k mortgages planning to later refinance down
> Is this not quite risky for banks? Not that banks taking a risk is bad, but it seems a very long bet for them.

Not really. Mortgages are (mostly) bundled and on-sold to investors which assume the risk of default and interest rate changes. The originating bank collects are premium for the loan and moves on to the next one.

Narkov··on FedNow Is Live
You must remember, the US is very late to the "instant" payment party. This isn't a groundbreaking development.
Narkov··on Reddit Threatens to Remove Moderators from Subreddits Continuing Blackouts
So easy to say, so hard to actually do. Most HN readers wouldn't care about dropping $100 but the fact is Facebook, Reddit, Google users pay $0.
Narkov··on I’m an ER doctor. Here’s how I’m already using ChatGPT to help treat patients
In this example, it is not a diagnosis tool. It is a communication tool with "stakeholders".
Narkov··on Wall Street scooped up a third of Texas single family homes sold last year (2022)
> That the banks all put in money to build a bunch of houses and then give them away for free?

Housing supply is a massive issue in Australia. This takes investment from developers to buy bulk land, subdivide, permit, build and then sell to families. Mom and pop don't do this...developers do. We need more of it and this is what the government is trying to help.

The government is trying to "grease the wheels" of this process by supporting investment to create more housing supply. I don't particularly support the current federal government but assuming they are plotting a corporate takeover is misguided.

Narkov··on Wall Street scooped up a third of Texas single family homes sold last year (2022)
This is a misinterpretation, IMHO.

You are assuming from the attendee list that this is about these banks and super funds outright owning the housing asset whereas a more reasonable interpretation is about those organisations funding construction and financing of the assets for private ownership.

Narkov··on Update on Sharing
It's hard to go broke making a profit.
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