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jackson1442

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About jackson1442

Some days, I put on my software engineer hat.

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    Comment #49060686

    "necessary only" also tends to have a malicious compliance aspect where they don't store a cookie recording your preference and show the banner on every single page until you click…

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    Comment #48574210

    My main issue with these systems is that they tend to not be able to do anything beyond what I can do myself in whatever self-service portal is available. If I'm calling, it's beca…

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    Comment #44987400

    They have not, at least in my region, it's a fun little party trick when I see a locked cart out on the sidewalk.

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    Comment #43357692

    what if someone else takes your stuff and puts it on the internet unrestricted? https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/02/meta-torrented-o...

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    Comment #43211810

    yep, it can be detected in JS and even CSS with a media query: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/@media/pref... Depends on how the dev wants to implement it, usually…

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    Comment #42760295

    [ citation needed ]

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    Comment #42333279

    A more convenient manual that frequently spouts falsehoods, sure. My favorite part is when it includes parameters in its output that are not and have never been a part of the API I…

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    Comment #42011318

    Could also make it a site rule that _all_ jobs postings should include a pay range. Shouldn't have to waste your time applying to a job that has a pay range you would never accept.…

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    Comment #40650784

    I've found that face/retina scans are usually bad UX, especially if you need to use a viewfinder or a statically positioned device. Apple's Face ID works well because it's on a mob…

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    Comment #40648550

    I doubt this will change anything in the space. iOS and macOS (through Safari) has offered password management for years at this point. This is just a more flexible version of that…

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    Comment #40648540

    It's a real input field now!

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    Comment #40648506

    The best part is GPay also included a messaging component. It was close to feature parity with Google Allo.

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    Comment #40604682

    Washington doesn’t even officially offer a RealID. Instead they have the “Enhanced ID” which functions as a passport card but does not have the security features required on a Real…

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    Comment #40528876

    I really hope the profile management system keeps tab containers working the same. It's incredibly useful to have different containers automatically generated for AWS console sessi…

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    Comment #40350510

    could use a hardware key

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    Comment #40346471

    you can get this data from a compliance export

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    Comment #40177250

    > It's up to the server whether it uses it in challenge-response or not. That's application-specific behaviour that's past the definition of passkeys themselves. Do you have a sour…

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    Comment #40177226

    You can export them- just did so by touching the context menu on the mobile app then “copy item JSON.” This includes the private key for the passkey. Here’s one I just exported: ht…

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    Comment #40008222

    Surprised mobile boarding passes haven't changed to ticketmaster-style passes that leverage the phone's NFC capabilities. Seems like that would be faster to scan at the gate and pr…

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    Comment #40004865

    This is the same behavior as SMS if you have enabled “Messages backup.” If backup is not enabled you will not have a copy of iMessages stored in iCloud (though all compatible and c…

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    Comment #39956449

    I’m curious how this works with the new ID-scanning machines that no longer require a boarding pass. Maybe there’s some level of fuzzy-matching name/sex/dob? I assume for TSA Prech…

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    Comment #39786601

    While I would love to see a more open iphone NFC chip (primarily for identification/access control system integration), I shudder to think of bank implementations of contactless pa…

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    Comment #39520017

    I've also seen them flip certain symbols so you still get to experience the full font but it's still fundamentally "broken," for example the slashes might be flipped.

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    Comment #39488425

    Highly recommend doing this - also if you think your employer is reporting data to The Work Number (highly probably if they use ADP), ask them for information on your employee prof…

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    Comment #39488393

    Name changes can be locked; I'm in an Enterprise Grid org and our display names/usernames are synced against our employee profile. We're also required to SSO every single time we l…