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baconhigh··on Unauthorized alert sent to cell phones across Brazil
it’s common for cheap esim providers to route data etc through cheaper data exits, i imagine this is partly why.

(I recently purchased an esim and was surprised to see it exiting poland instead of the country the mobile provider (Bell) resides in)

baconhigh··on Show HN: Files.md – Open-source alternative to Obsidian
IMO, Figure out encryption at rest or encrypted note storage / clean self hosting and you'll get a large chunk of "personal note storage" fans.
baconhigh··on I let AI build a tool to help me figure out what was waking me up at night
Not OP - but it's Ghost:

    <meta name="generator" content="Ghost 6.19">
baconhigh··on Ask HN: Protecting confidential information while travelling to the US
they can (or could).

if this is really within your threat model i suggest treating travel to the US much like travel to any other foreign hostile nation.

there’s plenty of articles written and some probably that apply better for canadians (written from the perspective of your own security agency)

basic advice like take a burner laptop and leave sensitive information at home.

here’s the aussie one.(1)

Good luck.

(1) https://www.smartraveller.gov.au/before-you-go/staying-safe/...

baconhigh··on The ARM powered ThinkPad x13s, as a developer (2023)
I immediately thought about how great a Linux OS would be on this laptop.

Any idea if it would work out of the box?

baconhigh··on Kākāpō – A web bundler for Nix strings with context
they would be well placed to explain their whakapapa and reasons for choosing the name, nē?
baconhigh··on Kākāpō – A web bundler for Nix strings with context
This sums it up better than I can: https://taiuru.co.nz/branding/#Consultation

| If using a Māori cultural element, it is essential that you create a cultural narrative around your brand or product including the usage, your thinking and where you gained inspiration from. In Māori culture this is called ‘whakapapa’. Everything in the Māori world has whakapapa. It is also your first line of defense if someone accuses you of cultural appropriation.

baconhigh··on Kākāpō – A web bundler for Nix strings with context
If you mean Kākāpō - yes it is!

I saw this is already a Github issue for this project - but use of a Māori bird name is considered tapu (holy or sacred) to Māori.

Hopefully that doesn't distract from the project, the developer should probably consider the implications of choosing such a name (it may look like cultural appropriation).

Kia ora!

baconhigh··on CyberChef from GCHQ: Cyber Swiss Army Knife
From the last time;

protip: Open the JS console (F12 / inspect) and start the CyberChef challenges!

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baconhigh··on Show HN: Lockbox: forward proxy for making third party API calls
This looks super interesting - gonna check it out.

Noho ora mai

baconhigh··on Losing my son
I appreciate that your post is thoughtful and has good intentions, but can i suggest not telling people how they can or cannot feel, or what they should or shouldn’t do? (hah. putting myself into this basket for a second and acknowledging this comment)

emotions are complex. you can show compassion and empathy without instruction?

inshallah

baconhigh··on Takahē: An efficient ActivityPub Server for small installs with multiple domains
The intentions of the creator of the product do seem genuine and worthy, but it's still cultural appropriation without consultation or acknowledgement of the tāonga behind the name.

Just because you disagree doesn't make it "woke".

baconhigh··on So, you want to be a darknet drug lord
not bad for advice from 2015
baconhigh··on Why We Banned Legos (2006)
its "lego"
baconhigh··on CyberChef – The Cyber Swiss Army Knife
protip: Open the JS console (F12 / inspect) and start the CyberChef challenges!

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baconhigh··on New Zealand to ban smoking for next generation in bid to outlaw habit by 2025
From 11 November 2020, the existing prohibitions on the sale of tobacco products and herbal smoking products to minors are extended to vaping products. https://www.health.govt.nz/our-work/regulation-health-and-di...
baconhigh··on New Zealand to ban smoking for next generation in bid to outlaw habit by 2025
Public health system == we get to ban smoking if we want.

You are free to express your individual liberty wherever you currently are, please stay there.

baconhigh··on New Zealand has 1 (one) community case of Covid-19 (Delta Variant)
One case = strict 3 day lockdown for the entire country
baconhigh··on Apollo 11 in Real Time
See also; this twitter account is tweeting Apollo missions as they happened in real time, 50 years ago:

https://twitter.com/apollo_50th

baconhigh··on Replay of the Apollo 11 mission in real time from 50 years ago
This twitter account is tweeting Apollo missions as they happened in real time, 50 years ago:

https://twitter.com/apollo_50th

baconhigh··on Ask HN: How do I make sure my kids are safe online?
Talk to them.
baconhigh··on Why do you grab your bag when running off a burning plane?
i'm first aid / pre-hospital rescue trained and i carry a small first aid kit in my bag at all times.

I'm going to be more useful if I take my bag, and I can have it out from under the seat in front of me and around my body in seconds.

So yeah, I'm taking my bag.

baconhigh··on ISPs in AU and NZ start censoring the internet without legal precedent
All the political parties of NZ government agreed on the ban of semi-automatic military style weapons, which should have been illegal long ago.

What 'curbing of freedom' do you see happening, exactly?

baconhigh··on ISPs in AU and NZ start censoring the internet without legal precedent
All the sites in the article were hosting illegal (in NZ) content - they were temporarily blocked till the video (of a terrorist killing innocent people) was taken down.

Nobody needs to see that.

It's not about free speech.

The sites in question are used to spread hate, racism, violence and bigotry.

Why are we tolerating this kind of media in our lives? Why are we letting people upload this?

It is not free speech. It is targeted hate.