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redweka··on Google Album Archive Is Shutting Down
Yet another service to add to this growing lists of products killed off by Google: https://killedbygoogle.com/
redweka··on Full Interview: Reddit CEO Steve Huffman Isn’t Backing Down
I don't think the reddit API currently includes their ads.

Reddit could choose to include the ads they sell within the API calls and say that anyone who uses the API has to display the reddit ads as well.

Maybe they could even share the ad revenue with the third party apps when someone clicks on the ads in the third party app.

They could then charge for the API calls that don't have the ads in them - e.g. the LLM that are consuming the data.

redweka··on The impact of removing jQuery on our web performance
New Zealand is launching one soon that is heavily based on the UK system. https://design-system-alpha.digital.govt.nz/
redweka··on Ask HN: iOS app for playing MP3 music collection?
You could try one of these apps

FooBar2000 - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/foobar2000/id1072807669

Cloudbeats - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/cloudbeats-offline-music/id681...

Evermusic - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/evermusic-offline-music/id8853...

Albums is good for playing local files where you mainly have full albums - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/albums-album-focused-player/id...

redweka··on Extracting WhatsApp Messages from an iOS Backup
Unfortunately I don't know of a free way to do this at the moment - it is supposedly being worked on. https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/22/22896666/whatsapp-android...

You could try looking through this posts on reddit which details a few options for this: https://www.reddit.com/r/ios/comments/qkq7f2/the_current_sta...

redweka··on Ask HN: How Do I Get Started in the Field of Cyber Security?
There is no set route. There are many former sys admins, former software developers, and many self-taught people in the industry.

Though as the list above shows there are a lot of universities offering degrees in Cyber Security.

If you were able to get a job with a pen-testing company in the UK they will pay for their employees to sit the Crest Exams.

redweka··on Ask HN: How Do I Get Started in the Field of Cyber Security?
If you are interested in studying during you own time have a look at the links and suggestions provided on this subreddit.

https://www.reddit.com/r/netsec/comments/g6r71/getting_start...

This has links to many useful resources such as books and many tools that used such as nmap, Nessus, burp suite etc.

Remember if you don’t have permission to attack something it is against the law, which is why there are the following resources that can be used:

Damn Vulnerable Web App (http://www.dvwa.co.uk/)

and https://www.hackthebox.eu/

Also check out OWASP (The Open Web Application Security Project) https://www.owasp.org/

There are quite a few universities offering cyber security courses in the UK. I have listed a few below:

https://www.abertay.ac.uk/schools/school-of-design-and-infor...

https://www.ncl.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/i190/#courseover...

https://www.kingston.ac.uk/undergraduate-course/cyber-securi...

https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/courses/undergraduate/bsc-compute...

https://www.gre.ac.uk/undergraduate-courses/ach/gf54

There are quite a few companies that have graduate schemes as well.

https://www.nccgroup.trust/uk/about-us/careers/graduates/

https://www.mwrinfosecurity.com/assets/resourceFiles/Recruit...

http://www.aonearlycareers.co.uk/graduates-9 - The application period will open again later this year for Cyber Associates.

https://www.contextis.com/en/careers

As for certifications I would say aim to get CREST certified though most of the companies above will help you get the certification. Such as the Crest Register Tester to begin with. https://www.crest-approved.org/examination/registered-tester...

redweka··on Samsung phone users get a shock: They can't delete Facebook
Have you a look at some of the Android One phones (that are fairly close to stock android) some of them have headphone jacks. Such as the Nokia 7.1 and the Motorola One.