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tjosten··on One Million Screenshots
Finding my app's website on this made me giggle :)
tjosten··on Show HN: I made it easy to create invoices
>Can you enlighten me as to how it does not comply with GDPR? I would love to make sure it does.

That is a job for a paid lawyer, specialised on data protection laws. Or, 10 seconds of Google usage: https://gdpr.eu/privacy-notice/

Also, you are using Google Fonts, which in itself is a violation of GDPR: https://www.cookieyes.com/documentation/google-fonts-and-gdp...

tjosten··on Show HN: I made it easy to create invoices
The landing page looks nice and clean. But even if I wanted to try and use your SaaS, I couldn't responsibly do so: Your privacy policy does not comply to the GDPR, and I cannot find any information about the person or company providing this service.

Also, from your Terms of Service:

>If you have any questions about these Terms of Service, please contact us at support@example.com.

This makes it look like you have just been using a pre-made template (or even software?) to launch your SaaS.

tjosten··on Show HN: Horizon – Private alternative to Imgur
Just letting you know; Dropshare is now compatible with Horizon.
tjosten··on Ask HN: What products other than Obsidian share the file over app philosophy?
Glad to see Dropshare (my app) as an example for data ownership here. :)

While we had our own cloud storage provider for a while, Dropshare was always about "bring your own storage", because I sincerely believe in the importance of "owning your data". The first supported storage provider in the app 10 years ago was SCP over SSH (basically "bring your own server").

tjosten··on Ask HN: Are there any 'Profile Page as a Service' available for developers?
Simply put, lack of time maintaining it. It was rather a weekend-hack than a polished product.
tjosten··on Ask HN: Are there any 'Profile Page as a Service' available for developers?
Funny you ask, me and other people built something like this a few years (actually 7 years…) ago. It never really got past a few hundred initial users, thus has been shut down meanwhile.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5125028

tjosten··on Tell HN: Dropshare.app also runs a web server in localhost:34344
Hi there,

Dropshare developer here.

I’d like to quickly clarify that the initial statements are untrue. The Webserver is used as communication bridge between the Share Extension and the app. It only accepts requests with a signature. It cannot delete, share or else manage any uploaded files, and has no code that could potentially cause any harm on your server (e.g. by executing things). It only accepts file urls from your local machine to be uploaded and again, only with a properly signed request.

It is unfair to compare this to the Zoom case since there is no potential vulnerability and other than you explain, there is no danger involved with someone making damage to files on your server or whatsoever.

Best, Timo

P.S.: Of course in case you think you did find indeed a vulnerability I am not aware of, please get in touch via support@getdropsha.re according to responsible disclosure.

tjosten··on Ask HN : What side project are you working on?
Dropshare

http://getdropsha.re

tjosten··on Show HN: FAQT – A lightweight, personal knowledge base
The link in the footer has just been added and wasn't there when I wrote my comment.
tjosten··on Show HN: FAQT – A lightweight, personal knowledge base
How can a website / service be operated in 2015 without any contact or legal information? How am I supposed to use this for my personal information without being able to read the privacy statements or knowing who's operating the service to what purpose?

Edit: To make the reason for my comment clear, there was no link in the footer like there is now at the time I wrote it.

tjosten··on Ask HN: Are there any startups making desktop apps?
https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/Dropshare
tjosten··on Mosh: A replacement for SSH
/sign
tjosten··on Ask HN: How to learn design as a hacker?
The best book about User Interface Design / User Experience I've read so far is Designed for Use by Lukas Mathis: http://www.amazon.com/Designed-Use-Create-Interfaces-Applica...
tjosten··on Show HN: My first iOS game released
As far as I remember, customers who used a Promotion Code to buy something from the (Mac) App store are not able to leave a review for the app.
tjosten··on Show HN: Drag & drop upload to SCP target or Amazon S3
Also, please use the "hackernews" promo code when buying the non-Mac App Store version to receive a 50% discount after the trial exceeded.
tjosten··on Ask HN: Do you care about your software being pirated?
They'll ship native support for the Sparkle framework soon, that's why they mention "automatic updates" on the website.
tjosten··on Ask HN: Do you care about your software being pirated?
On the website, they say:

  - Automatic Updates
    Publish updates to your app or game instantly in just 3 clicks.
However, I wasn't able to find any documentation about that feature, same for Crash Reporting. I've written an email, but by any chance you know anything about this?
tjosten··on Ask HN: Do you care about your software being pirated?
This looks actually pretty amazing and might be worth a shot.
tjosten··on Show HN: Create awesome wallpapers (iPhone app)
So that means you are storing all the user-generated wallpapers on your servers, or are these user-submitted ones?
tjosten··on HTML: font color=”red” becomes green
Same here.
tjosten··on Show HN: No YC interview, but here's my application
BTW: I really like the clean design.
tjosten··on Flamingo for Mac: A Modern Messaging App
Not sure if troll, but.. XMPP is Jabber.
tjosten··on Flamingo for Mac: A Modern Messaging App
You have to offer a trial at least. The app looks nice, and I would be willing to pay 10 bucks for it, but not before I tested it. So, your turn.
tjosten··on Show HN: I built this website to help people with hashtags. Hope you'll enjoy it
Putting a # in front of every word is not exactly what hashtags are meant to be for.
tjosten··on Apple’s Developer Center Is Back After Over a Week Offline
However, I'm still unable to add new devices as the page never finishes loading after clicking "Submit" - there's also some JS errors in the console, so I guess they are still far away from restoring the Provisioning Portal.

Edit: Deleted my *.apple.com cookies, then it worked.

tjosten··on Apple’s Developer Center Is Back After Over a Week Offline
Same here.
tjosten··on OVH launches 2.99€/mo dedicated servers (2G RAM, 500G disk)
You might want to consider if you want to go to OVH, because they recently had a security breach.

http://status.ovh.com/?do=details&id=5070&PHPSESSID=f988fc8b...

tjosten··on I started with Obj-C/Cocoa Touch 10 days ago
Before, I made apps using Appcelerator Titanium. Don't ask why I even started with that, Obj-C rocks!
tjosten··on Sell HN: Do you have a side project you want to sell?
I got another one: http://prtflio.eu, 1-click developer portfolio website with deep GitHub integration. Mail me: tj@mkswap.net
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