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You can get the originating IP via mod_remoteip, or its nginx brethren. You can block those IPs in your firewall, or via the Cloudflare firewall.

Actually, with a VPN, you need to trust the VPN provider AND the site you're connecting to...

Always travel with two mobiles. Hand over the one you don't use. Don't use the one you hand over. It will carry a virus when you get it back.

All EU high-speed rail (except Finland and Russia) uses standard gauge (1435mm) Denmark to Austria definitely is all standard gauge.

Get Keepass. Put it on an USB stick

Note that the original post is from a purveyor of commercial email, he probably feels the heat from those artisanal servers. You can run your own email servers(s) as long as you kn…

The business is going to a subscription model, because blogging for ads simply doesn't pay enough anymore, it has long stopped doing so. All the big newspapers, Bloomberg, now even…

I have nothing to say about Medium, but if someone indeed can make $1K with a couple of articles about an arcane subject, then by all means do it. You will not make the money it co…

Dump Facebook. Don't be a victim.

If I would run a global infrastructure company like Cloudflare, I also would not take any sides, and leave my service open to anyone. The world is full of people who get upset abou…

In many European jurisdictions, including Austria, the losing party pays all costs of the lawsuit, including lawyers’ fees. This simple rule takes care of most frivolous suits. So …