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CPAhem

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About CPAhem

Crypto geek

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    Comment #43121078

    Not only insurance companies, but many others. Airlines do it too. One dark pattern I experienced during Covid was that the airline call system was automatically set to hang up aft…

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    Comment #41804285

    We use Syncdocs ( https://syncdocs.com ) to do end-to-end Google Drive encryption. The keys stay on the client. It is secure, but means the files are only decryptable on the client…

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    Comment #41084804

    It is a pity it does not apply in Australia. They search 40,000 devices a year there, and consfiscate your device if you refuse.

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    Many of the technical and science stuff is still pretty good. Not like it used to be, but it's a recurring theme, when the Internet expanded, UseNet also became rubbish, "infested …

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    You can use Rsync to copy everything from Google Drive as a cron job. If you want copies of your Google Docs and Sheets you'll need something like SyncDocs to download and convert …

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    Comment #31774661

    And while they've got your device, in Australia, the government can legally install rootkits on your phone or laptop without informing you.

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    Comment #31602560

    OK, I will so in future. I tried to summarize the article in the title. Will follow the guidelines from now on.

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    Comment #31150311

    There are quite a few clients for Linux, I use Syncdocs https://www.syncdocs.com/ as it has built in encryption. Non I've seen do a proper job of mounting as a drive, NFS or SMB wo…

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    Comment #31009589

    Ah world.std.com, the first ever ISP.

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    Comment #31007250

    The Mullvad app is huge ~100MB which is odd for what it needs to do.

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    Comment #31007241

    Unless it happens on the backend - which is what the article appears to say. I'm on Linux with Syncdocs for syncing Google Drive so will wait and see how it handles things.

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    Comment #30927477

    Yes, it's odd, that a driver which should be small enough to fit in kernel memory comes in such a package (for Windows at least) that is a few hundred mega-bytes.

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    Comment #30816489

    A review of Phantos OS from 2009 https://www.theregister.com/2009/02/03/phantom_russian_os/

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    Comment #30666708

    For those who have the ability to do so, please make an Archive of all the Vanced Versions before the download links are taken down https://mirror.codebucket.de/vanced/

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    Comment #30066002

    Syncdocs is also an easy end-to-end encryption/sync app for Google Drive https://syncdocs.com

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