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They've also started revoking previously valid tokens. I can no longer use RedReader with the API client I had created for this purpose. The only winning move now is to start imper…

If you have a decent IDE, it'll offer you the ability to swap between the "old" and newer way of doing things when you encounter code written in one of the styles. I can't say I've…

> Because Google has more resources to secure their browser They've kneecapped ad-blockers, when ad networks are perhaps one of the biggest causes of malware installs/page hijackin…

Same, my Dad ordered it for me at the time; sits on my desk :-)

Yes; many (Alpine/Debian) containers in K8s on GKE for production rail ticketing infra in the UK. There's not tons of noise being made because for the most part it all, Just Works …

> The alternative would be that each school develop their own platform for this I worked at a university which did exactly this, in the UK. It was a bespoke platform which integrat…

They already prevent advertising the sorts of foods that contribute to obesity to children, and encourage you to drink less sugary drinks by applying tax to them (though unfortunat…

> They're great for big business at scale > They are wonderful for big business I (sadly) completely disagree with this. There are still so many basic things they don't expose, and…

Has anyone had any experience of these tools, billed as "protecting" the user from e.g. phishing, but actually installing a root certificate and doing local TLS interception? This …

One of the first things I did when I was involved in the set-up of online support ticket system for a GB rail retailer was https://xkcd.com/806/ compliance. If the support request …

I'm confused, many of these examples state that they don't work in my browser (Firefox) - but the live demo works fine? Are the demos poly-filled?

I've found it to happen much more frequently than that, unfortunately. Usually it's because the modal is two DOM elements - a backdrop, that fades out the rest of the content and s…

Jeez, what a mess. Some of those issues have over 5000 events on them. I really hope that didn't send emails out to people.

I don't. YouGov's data suggests 77% of the UK populace has a negative view of the brand. Musk has destroyed its credibility.

This looks very cool, some immediate thoughts though: - "TiXL is an open source software to create realtime motion graphics" - pedantry, but software is an uncountable noun. You ca…

Barclays have always played silly games with this stuff, they used to fund a whole team whose job it was to waste time on security theatre (this was nearly ten years ago).

Plenty of UK banks that don't require this, and whose apps will also work on a rooted device. Monzo will display a warning that sets out the fact there's an increased risk, and the…

I thought this initially too, but there's a comment on https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2001758#c5 that suggests a belief it doesn't affect Firefox at all. So I don't k…

> This is consistent with photo licensing On the contrary, I would say this is increasingly unusual nowadays. There are print restrictions on e.g. iStock content, but there's no at…

This occasionally causes breakage though; because many cookie notices open up modal dialogs and disable scrolling.

> We are seeing failures for some git http operations and are investigating It's not just HTTPS, I can't push via SSH either. I'm not convinced it's just "some" operations either; …

What is the deal with Ubuntu and this version of .NET? Every since they got rid of the Microsoft packages feed, it's just been a complete mess. Ubuntu's own documentation states: >…

> Update 7 Oct 2025: Some screen readers have been found not to announce updates to the tag

I think you are correct. There were similar issues with Firefox rolling out SameSite=Lax by default, and I think those plans are now indefinitely on hold as a result of the breakag…

The ship has very much sailed now with ballot SC63, and this is the result, but I still don't think CRLs are remotely a perfect solution (nor do I think OCSP was unfixable). You ru…