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seanieb

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About seanieb

Working on computer security & encryption stuff. https://conic.al

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    Comment #48758475

    GitHub Copilot costs have ballooned in recent week, what once took $100 requires $300. I like using Claude with VS Code through Copilot and I feel it’s given me much better code, t…

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    Comment #48716972

    It's always amazed me that a tech company will pay $300,000+ for a good engineer, because talent is so hard hard to find... meanwhile their recruiter operates unsupported, has a ve…

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    Comment #48369421

    Would Taiwan, Ireland, Israel and maybe others be higher on that list?

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    Comment #48341627

    Sorry I don’t understand. Can you outline why trade would indicate that there isn’t a shortage of chemical fertilizer that would impact crops not yet harvested in developing countr…

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    Comment #48340400

    There’s probably going to be a famine or famines due to lack of, and expense, of fertilizer resulting in less food for the developing world.

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    Comment #48219332

    Your company getting hacked because of random plugins for emerging or dysfunctional ecosystems that don’t have enterprise management solutions yet is worth it to avoid friction?

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    Comment #48169289

    > This is not to defend Microsoft But you are defending MS, conflating a bunch of things, mainly full disk encryption and cloud backups. There's a big difference between Apples clo…

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    Comment #48169152

    At what point will Security professionals start turning down roles that involve “securing” MS Products? I’m already at this point. Securing Microsoft products is busy work while wa…

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    Comment #48149754

    Not low quality if it works!

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    Comment #47872411

    The issue is only an issue if your phone is physically taken, then unlocked and the message notifications extracted from a iOS cache database. Todays update by Apple fixes issue fo…

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    Comment #47872394

    Oh please, Telegram being mentioned positively during a discussion of security, privacy or state surveillance? Telegram is a security nightmare, it’s not e2ee no mater what BS thei…

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    Comment #47814234

    This comment is based on one of my commits. The round-trip through Int is exactly what makes it safe.Int(value) will return nil (and be rejected) for anything that isn't a valid in…

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    Comment #47811865

    Thank you!

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    Comment #47809811

    Correct. This is a classic security vs convenience tradeoff. I mention that trade off on the landing page, PanicLock vs Shutdown > Use shutdown when you can, PanicLock when you can…

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    Comment #47808844

    That's good feedback. I just added it to the readme: > "PanicLock fills a gap macOS leaves open: there is no built-in way to instantly disable Touch ID when it matters. Biometrics …

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    Comment #47808616

    I wrote this after the case of a Washington Post reporter, Hannah Natanson, was compelled to unlock her computer with her fingerprint. This resulted in access to her Desktop Signal…

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    Show HN: PanicLock – Close your MacBook lid disable TouchID –> password unlock

    I wrote this after the case of a Washington Post reporter, Hannah Natanson, was compelled to unlock her computer with her fingerprint. This resulted in access to her Desktop Signal…

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    Comment #47338017

    Congrats to to the Wiz team. Wiz is amazing. But, ugh, joining Google will result in less competition and all that entails. Not great for customers. It's a pity going public isn't …

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    Comment #47306175

    Never realized that this wasn’t a common expression in the US till now. > “(Ireland, informal, UK, dialect) To come to understand; twig, cotton on.”

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    Comment #47198062

    Fantastic. And it's from the Norwegian Consumer Council!

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