Hacker News: acct776

New comment by acct776 in "New malware found on 30k Macs has security pros stumped"

acct776 — Sat, 20 Feb 2021 17:13:53 +0000

Modern phones, when configured correctly, are more secure than their desktop counterparts.

New comment by acct776 in "More evidence that Neanderthals were ‘absorbed’ by humans, not wiped out"

acct776 — Fri, 12 Feb 2021 23:56:08 +0000

Not for nothing, Dan, it could also be considered rude in some circles to publicly engage with a third party about a person when being addressed by that person.

Can we compromise here?

New comment by acct776 in "More evidence that Neanderthals were ‘absorbed’ by humans, not wiped out"

acct776 — Fri, 12 Feb 2021 23:43:38 +0000

Saying "seriously" meant, as a security professional, I have a very legitimate, passionate interest in social psychology - not that I wanted to poke fun at someone.

We're all here to analyze and learn from each other - or....should be.

Please don't mistake my curiosity for malice.

New comment by acct776 in "More evidence that Neanderthals were ‘absorbed’ by humans, not wiped out"

acct776 — Fri, 12 Feb 2021 14:54:49 +0000

Have reviewed them again, for what is likely the dozen'th time - no objective problems.

Could you share your subjective one?

I was being serious, dang - did you read my comment in a positive light first?

New comment by acct776 in "Australia to introduce Google, Facebook legislation to parliament next week"

acct776 — Fri, 12 Feb 2021 14:18:20 +0000

> Users have every opportunity

"But that's how I get to the website, I type it into the Google!"

New comment by acct776 in "Linux touchpad like a Mac update: Firefox gesture support live in nightly"

acct776 — Fri, 12 Feb 2021 04:49:20 +0000

The significance of the project is that there isn't much difference, and the smoothness is largely attributed to driver effort.

New comment by acct776 in "CIA University"

acct776 — Thu, 11 Feb 2021 01:50:50 +0000

Have to be in the mind of the enemy, son.

New comment by acct776 in "Illegal CFC emissions have stopped since scientists raised alarm"

acct776 — Thu, 11 Feb 2021 00:42:10 +0000

I was going to say...where do we start...

New comment by acct776 in "Preparing to Issue 200M Certificates in 24 Hours"

acct776 — Wed, 10 Feb 2021 17:02:33 +0000

> They aren't the only no-cost distributor

I couldn't name a second, which means they're probably not getting a huge %.

New comment by acct776 in "Preparing to Issue 200M Certificates in 24 Hours"

acct776 — Wed, 10 Feb 2021 17:01:36 +0000

Highly recommend reading someone's applied essentials guide on certs, and the various methods of accomplishing SSL for self-hosted stuff.

This stuff is much more complicated in isolation from the rest - full picture easiest.

New comment by acct776 in "Mozilla Welcomes the Rust Foundation"

acct776 — Wed, 10 Feb 2021 16:57:07 +0000

> If our tools require us to be perfect, maybe they're just not good tools for some goals.

> if they failed a few times, that's a pretty strong argument against C++.

Well, they're migrating (at least part of) the codebase to Rust, in a lot of places because of security. Make your own conclusion, I guess?

New comment by acct776 in "NYT reporter falsely accuses tech investor of using a slur"

acct776 — Tue, 09 Feb 2021 14:38:52 +0000

> The article takes on a subject that has been discussed a lot recently

Mostly by other navel-gazing publications echoing the same fearmongering.

This is how consent is manufactured.

New comment by acct776 in "20% of requests for Wikimedia Commons are for one image of a flower"

acct776 — Tue, 09 Feb 2021 14:32:07 +0000

Your mom might have another family in the Greater Toronto Area now, just so you are aware!

New comment by acct776 in "Someone attempted to poison water supply in Florida city during hack"

acct776 — Tue, 09 Feb 2021 09:03:35 +0000

Yeah, the IT person who is there Tuesdays and Thursdays, and helps plug unplugged mice in.

Surely they'll be capable of configuring a corporate VPN without a fat budget to have Cisco do it for them...right?

New comment by acct776 in "Accused murderer wins right to check source code of DNA testing kit"

acct776 — Tue, 09 Feb 2021 03:41:19 +0000

Clear videographic, use of a PIN that only the accused had access to, etc

New comment by acct776 in "Accused murderer wins right to check source code of DNA testing kit"

acct776 — Mon, 08 Feb 2021 22:38:23 +0000

It shouldn't be considered conspiracy theory that, technically speaking, many things in our nation are an insecure joke, including our system of voting.

New comment by acct776 in "A Woman Who Stood Between America and a Generation of ‘Thalidomide Babies’"

acct776 — Sun, 07 Feb 2021 16:23:52 +0000

How long ago was this? Not to keep pestering you, but, recently the prices of medicinal CBD flower have been halved.

New comment by acct776 in "A Woman Who Stood Between America and a Generation of ‘Thalidomide Babies’"

acct776 — Sun, 07 Feb 2021 05:08:34 +0000

Two people, chronic pain, nobody's had you try CBD edibles, or vaporizing a little CBD herb?

New comment by acct776 in "Oops: Google admits failing to wipe all Android apps with location-tracking X-Mo"

acct776 — Sun, 07 Feb 2021 01:38:41 +0000

Lineage breaks the Android security model.

I'd use GrapheneOS where possible. Consider making it possible where it's not.

New comment by acct776 in "Oops: Google admits failing to wipe all Android apps with location-tracking X-Mo"

acct776 — Sat, 06 Feb 2021 22:58:32 +0000

And run that application in a different Android profile - very valuable step.