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How do you decide when to update?

Good to know! Thanks. I notice the README file for signal-cli [1] says registration "may require solving a CAPTCHA challenge", which might involve running proprietary software. I f…

Oof, this is a problem at my workplace. Crew [1] and Connecteam [2] (workplace communication apps) both require an SMS code to sign in. Technically, you don't have to have a cell p…

Not who you replied to, but I do sometimes have problems like this, and as a result I am sometimes an hour late with no warning. It's bad, but it only happens very rarely. This als…

Not all banks require SMS. I use Chase bank and the two factors are my debit card and my PIN. I don't use any app, but instead just go to the ATM or talk to a human. Some things, l…

If this works without proprietary software, it might actually convince me to use Signal. I already have a VoIP phone number through JMP and would be happy to use it for Signal, but…

Can you elaborate? What happened to your browser history? It seems odd that browsers would even let websites cause problems like this but maybe I'm misunderstanding because I'm not…

The Free Software Foundation (FSF) calls the update system used in Windows 10 a "back door" [1], I think because it installs updates automatically. This sounds like nonsense to me,…

Even on GOG, it's usually illegal to re-sell games you bought to other people, if I understand correctly. It's a minor point since there's no technical barrier to resale, but that'…

Defense against Signal may not be total, but if you build from source (or use a reproducible build) you can check to be pretty sure you have the same software as everyone else, in …

The license seems to already require this: https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright/ Maybe I am misunderstanding the summary, but it says: "If you publicly use any adapted version o…

There is a book called "60 Years Later: Coming Through the Rye" which is (was?) banned in the United States: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_David_California Although copyright-…

Woah, I just realized (because of this comment) that I've been grouping "technique" and "technology" as a single thing in my understanding and calling it "technology"/"tech". For e…

> At that point, people shouldn't buy the product if they disagree with the conditions. I think a problem with this idea is that terms of service can be difficult to understand. Fo…

There's also the free culture movement, which generally believes all creative works should be free, not just software. There are many people who would advocate for free software an…

I think your definition of "free software" is too strict, otherwise public domain software would not be free software

Would you happen to know where the requirement that "“there is no way” you can make the radio do what the FCC doesn’t allow" comes from? I found an FCC compliance guide [1] but it'…

Another option is cryonics: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryonics It's not the same as what you suggest, but there's still hope you could regain consciousness, and this is a proce…

A connection to Microsoft's servers will also be required to download the game in the first place, so I'm not sure this is really a problem (for compliance with the bill). I think …

Does Minecraft's offline mode not work indefinitely? I'm not familiar with the official launcher but this article [1] doesn't say anything about needing to reconnect occasionally. …

I agree with most of this, but "server binary with no documentation" is an extremely good outcome compared to the status quo. People can reverse-engineer a server binary, but rever…

This would be a way better outcome than the current default. I've even seen this suggested before [1]. If game-specific logic is not public, information needed for reverse engineer…

What software do you use for the reCAPTCHA on archive.today? I use a fork of hacktcha [1] but I had to modify the software myself to get it to work conveniently [2], so I'm curious…

Suppose the following: 1. Any given system has a finite number of findable vulnerabilities. 2. All findable vulnerabilities are fixable (if not in software then with a new hardware…

Cool! Would you be willing to license this code as GPL-3.0-or-later, or some other free license? I'd like to include a JavaScript derivative of this for Haketilo (a userscript mana…