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Why do you think they say that? Because they really want to help you? You believe that crap if you want, I'll do my own research. SOMEONE has to write it, otherwise where does it c…

It's a real conspiracy. Simple as that. Google proved they could beat spam around year 2000, but now suddenly they are now letting messages through with headers that a toddler coul…

My password manager works just like this! It just monitors shared folders and keeps everything in a compressed/32k encoded XML file that you can open with a text editor. It's 1 fil…

I believe the most popular password managers have been cracked already, that is why I did a LOT of research and built my own. It was not easy, but it was fun, and if anyone wants t…

This is a huge problem. How do we reliably be sure we are entering credentials in the right place? I am thinking we need to look at a bunch of different factors, but what?

I wrote my own with ridiculous Argon2 requirements (Takes 18 secs to open) combined with PKDF hybrid hashing system. (not chained) and strong AES256 CBC implementation with proper …

> Cox is far from alone in blowing off Rightscorp's notices, so it isn't clear why the Atlanta-based provider was chosen as the test case Not only has Cox has been the most vocal a…

Just for the record, if you want a new IP usually all you have to do is change the MAC address of your router and you'll get a new one.

You mean a super cookie? Not only would this violate tracking laws in some areas, but who would ever want to use such a thing?

I would think the courts would recognize a difference between advertising to the end user for the purpose of purchase/consumption, and advertising to 3rd parties as part of a compa…

+1 I'm confused as to why so many people are saying that FreeBSD doesn't autocomplete when it always has. Also want to add that csh comes stock with historical auto completion whic…

I doubt it's intentional. Most common validation regexs that your average web dev would use tend to reject the + character.

> Currently, POS counterfeit fraud is largely absorbed by card issuers. It's a lie. Why do you think so many stores ask to see ID? From what I've seen, the accepting merchant accou…

It's not even in the form of transaction fees. Fraudulent charges are withdrawn from the retailers. Even if it has already posted to the bank account, they will take it back. The C…

> He wrote nothing about whether he requires oxygen to live, but I'll wager with you he needs it. So you think understanding bitcoin applications is obvious as breathing oxygen? So…

> I think he very clearly understands all the applications. Really? And what are you basing that opinion off of exactly? The only applications he mentions in his post relate to tax…

I don't understand- how they are lying exactly? Don't they explicitly ask you if you want to backup your recovery key to the cloud? Is it really that hard to read prompts and chang…

> the police can get you online the way they usually get you -- by having an undercover police agent pretend to be the seller. Except this method doesn't work online because they c…

This was a painful read. He says he "doesn't want to be educated about bitcoin" because "he's heard all the arguments", while at the same time claiming it's a "terrible currency (o…

Your communications can still be tapped, your location can still be tracked through cell towers, and remote malware can still turn your phone into a persistent bug. I don't think t…

Assuming your are using SSL, what exactly is the attack vector for getting a "foothold into your javascript execution" besides hacking Coinbase itself? Also, any attacker who gains…

It looks like they are basing OneGet off of NuGet - their package manager for Visual Studio. It does handle dependencies and is actually quite good compared to other package manage…

They are using the same syntax as NuGet- the Visual Studio package manager console.

Thanks. Yes, I somewhat agree with your clarification. And to further your point, it appears this guy ( https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/2k38ta/my_wallet_w... ) just got h…

Siphoning bitcoin transactions is not trivial. Transactions need to be signed by the holder of the private key to the inputs. A MITM attacker still does not have access to any keys…