Hacker News: janniks

New comment by janniks in "1-Bit Bonsai Image 4B Image Generation for Local Devices"

janniks — Sun, 31 May 2026 16:56:04 +0000

I was expecting to see images of Bonsai trees when I clicked this

New comment by janniks in "Linux from Scratch"

janniks — Sun, 06 Oct 2024 10:45:23 +0000

Is this still the best resource? Looking for something first principles, simple, dumbed down, stripping away the unnecessary.

New comment by janniks in "Hardware microphone disconnect (2021)"

janniks — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 15:28:29 +0000

I was recently trying to figure out whether the microphone is usable when using my notebook in clamshell-mode. Turns out Apple added a privacy/safety feature to all Apple silicon-based Mac notebooks and Intel-based Mac notebooks with the Apple T2 Security Chip. It will hardware disconnect the microphone when the lid is closed, based on the lid sensors.

Pretty cool safety feature!! Even though I'm sad I can't use my mic in clamshell mode

Hardware microphone disconnect (2021)

janniks — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 15:28:29 +0000

Article URL: https://support.apple.com/guide/security/hardware-microphone-disconnect-secbbd20b00b/web

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35056379

Points: 720

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New comment by janniks in "Japanese explained to programmers"

janniks — Wed, 01 Feb 2023 09:58:37 +0000

Great stuff!! If there were a whole course in this style, I would pay good money for it!

Ask HN: How Safe Are Password Managers on Compromised Devices

janniks — Tue, 13 Sep 2022 10:50:43 +0000

I‘ve been thinking about password managers a lot lately. More specifically about what malware could do (and not do) on a compromised machine using a password managers (e.g., 1Password). I’m no operating systems expert and would love to know how far an program with or without root access could go reading the password managers data. This might differ on different host OS (Linux vs macOS vs Windows).

Let us assume a standard master-key plus master-password setup. We also assume a hosted data service by the provider (i.e, they encryptedly store everything, except master-key and master-password).

Obviously a malware could access the clipboard and thus get each password copied to the clipboard. But how far does it go? Can we access password in-memory when the vault is unlocked? etc.

Can malware access the master-key? Can malware access the master-password? How? Only via keyloggers? Can malware access all passwords when vault is unlocked? Can malware access anything in RAM? What could malware do when sniffing network connections?

Thanks for indulging me! Would be great to get some understanding from experts in OS or password managers.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32822652

Points: 6

# Comments: 1

New comment by janniks in "Ask HN: Does anybody still use bookmarking services?"

janniks — Fri, 24 Jun 2022 06:54:20 +0000

Just here to +1 Raindrop. I’m crazy happy with it. 2y after starting paying for it atm

New comment by janniks in "Show HN: Unreal Speech – Text-to-Speech API"

janniks — Sat, 11 Jun 2022 14:36:59 +0000

Would it be possible to mix multiple people/voices in a training set? Or does that confuse the AI? Could be interesting to create a real but kind of not real model. If that makes sense…

Ask HN: Safeties of Password Managers on Compromised Devices

janniks — Fri, 10 Jun 2022 10:12:25 +0000

I‘ve been thinking about password managers a lot lately. More specifically about what malware could do (and not do) on a compromised machine using a password managers (e.g., 1Password).

I’m no operating systems expert and would love to know how far an program with or without root access could go reading the password managers data. This might differ on different host OS (Linux vs macOS vs Windows).

Let us assume a standard master-key plus master-password setup. We also assume a hosted data service by the provider (i.e, they encryptedly store everything, except master-key and master-password).

Obviously a malware could access the clipboard and thus get each password copied to the clipboard. But how far does it go? Can we access password in-memory when the vault is unlocked? etc.

Thanks for indulging me! Would be great to get some understanding from experts in OS or password managers.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31692088

Points: 2

# Comments: 0