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infthi··on Telegram: No-SIM Signup, Auto-Delete All Chats, Topics 2.0 and more
yep, but the point is that getting a burner SIM is not always cheaper - you may have to travel to another country to arrange that
infthi··on Telegram: No-SIM Signup, Auto-Delete All Chats, Topics 2.0 and more
in many countries you cannot get a SIM card without providing an ID (or in some cases you can but you have to activate it by providing your ID information - otherwise it would be deactivated and you'll eventually lose access to your phone number)
infthi··on 3D OpenStreetMap
it does have 3d topogrsphy but you have to enable it in graphic options
infthi··on OpenStreepMap 2012 vs. 2022
There is a setting that disables autoupload. Some people may want to minimise the number of edits made from their account, and some people may not want to leave a trace of locations they've visited together with exact timestamp they've been there.
infthi··on URL is also a shell script that executes some malicious(?) code
and even worse: if you find a snippey of code online, once you read it carefully and you understand that it is safe to run - you might be lazy enough to copy it from the browser and paste it in the terminal. And it can be altered with JS before you copy it so you paste something different from what you have inspected. Of course you can use a buffer (say, a text editor) or even re-type that snippet yourself - but are you sure you'll never forget to do that?
infthi··on Israeli researchers discovered the first consensus-level attack on Ethereum
Bitcoin also adjust difficulty - but does that every two weeks or so. would it make sense to mine for a sibling for the last block before the difficulty increase while everyone else mines for a child block with increased difficulty? thus having twice the relative hashrate for 10 min every time difficulty increases.
infthi··on Starlink Maritime
Looks like they have finally caught up with ULA : )

https://www.rocketbuilder.com/start/configure went up in 2016

infthi··on Apple previews Lockdown Mode
I've had those options on multiple OnePlus phones, but they were not present on multiple Pixels. Since Pixels are usually sold as "AOSP experience with Google flavor" are lacking this feature - I am not sure if that is that feature comes from AOSP or is only present on OnePlus phones.
infthi··on How to Store an SSH Key on a Yubikey
> cannot be extracted in any way

There was (is?) a vulnerability in Google Titan keys (and some Yubico products as well) that allowed cloning of keys (having a physical access is a pre-requisite).

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25675556

infthi··on The one time North Vietnam’s MiGs attacked U.S. navy warships
also: remember that [on the photos circulating on the internet] she is already ~3 meters deeper in the water comapared to the time of the [alleged] hit. Any huge hole next to the waterline would already be underwater and thus not visible.
infthi··on Privacy Sandbox on Android
Clarification: looks like I misremembered things; apparently those controls are not present on Pixel.
infthi··on Privacy Sandbox on Android
There are controls to disable internet access on a per-app basis. Seen them in devices from at least two different vendors, one of them being Pixel - thus I believe this is a stock feature on at least Android 10+.
infthi··on How the KGB Caught America's 'Volkswagen Spy'
According to the docs in the article (a picture with his planned route), he had a visa.
infthi··on Snapdrop – AirDrop equivalent through a web browser using WebRTC
only one platform of those four does not support bluetooth. Yes, it is definitely the industry who is not interested in collaboration.
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