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gloriousternary

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    Comment #41257578

    Since I run my own email server, I get around some of those issues by configuring Postfix's recipient_delimiter to use . rather than +. I've never had a site treat accounts.company…

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    Comment #28840173

    I'm running it on an Oracle Cloud Free Tier server, it's nice because the 1Gb of ram they include is less than the requirement for k8s but plenty for k3s

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    Comment #28363065

    I've had decent results from Hetzner, although ymmv

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    Comment #28245782

    From my understanding S/MIME is pretty much enterprise PGP, so if you don't have your old certificates you can't access old emails that were encrypted using them

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    Comment #28108447

    > If Apple answers that the solution for privacy is for your friend to buy an iPhone, they need to be called out. People have been trying to call them out for this for quite a whil…

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    Comment #27968888

    https://kopia.io/docs/advanced/compatibility/

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    Comment #27717052

    Honestly I think Mastodon is already about as easy to use as possible. The real problem is the network effect, and the fact that the average person really just doesn't care enough …

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    Comment #27656741

    Wouldn't Briar have to be reimplemented anyway to build an iOS app? If they did it would be dual-licensed from the start so it shouldn't be an issue.

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    Comment #27647227

    I think a pretty reasonable compromise is to reserve custom implementations of potentially dangerous things like crypto for personal projects. As an end user I'd rather run softwar…

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    Comment #27557300

    I run a Matrix server with Dendrite, it was pretty easy to set up. My biggest complaint is the RAM usage, but if you don't join large rooms it's fine.

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    Comment #27526052

    I've been looking for a way to keep something like notes or a to-do list encrypted on my computer, but still edit the files quickly without having to decrypt and re-encrypt them ev…

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    Comment #27444192

    I recently started using abook as well and quite like it, the integration with neomutt is nice to have

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    Comment #27326164

    I'm not saying you're wrong, but that particular source is well known for making big claims with insufficient evidence, and it reads like it was written by a conspiracy theorist. M…

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    Comment #27321594

    With Stadia et al. your computer sends keystrokes and mouse movements to Google's servers, and the server returns a video feed that's then displayed on your screen. Today's multipl…

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    Comment #27298697

    Not an expert or anything but I'm partial to Cormorant

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    Comment #27156749

    IMO that's exactly why we need good ethics courses. If ethics isn't treated as a priority in university, it won't be treated as a priority by companies.

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    Comment #27101012

    > Or when you receive an e-mail notifying you of a message in some walled garden. In all fairness if the message contains sensitive information, I can see why an organization would…

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    Comment #26977523

    > outside of their roles as students or employees or whatever I think trade secrets count as inside you role at a company

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    Comment #26960928

    If the Wikimedia Foundation stopped development or decided they didn't like indieweb, it wouldn't affect this site; worst-case scenario, they could just move to something else. Tha…

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    Comment #26813845

    Isn't that more or less the idea behind LBRY?

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    Comment #26695006

    And then the cop helps them translate because Canadians are nice and helpful

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    Comment #26668912

    Yes. There aren't many people on there, but pretty much anyone who makes content related to Linux is, so it's worthwhile for me.

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    Comment #26628166

    On the other hand, would hackers target something that small? It seems to me like the benefits and drawbacks of open source for security would kick in around the same scale.

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    Comment #26618629

    Passports are optional while national ID card would be required and likely issued at birth. People tend to have an aversion to things that are required rather than recommended. Als…