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throwway1922

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    Comment #46836634

    Wrong point. Nothing wrong with browser based clients. Even if they build some desktop client, by the time google (or anyone) does that compatibility Microsoft will change their fo…

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    Comment #45874531

    I find that people justify their own DIY things by fearmongering about Google (etc). Risk is so low with any of the large providers.

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    Comment #45874526

    It is so rare. Often people want to self-justify their complex, painful homesetup for this kind of rare thing. If any of the cloud like Google was that bad with lost accounts then …

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    Comment #38719734

    Can some one explain how to create an user account? WTF is nsec?

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    Comment #35525334

    Are you the designer of new reddit?

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    Comment #34980132

    Do I assume you never worked in academia? It is not that any employee can just purchase things in academia (at least in 3 different countries I worked at). Most money and purchasin…

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    Ask HN: Add U2F tag/icon next to username for popular GitHub/Gitlab repo?

    Just wondering similar to STAFF tag (or blue tick from Twitter) it would be great if there was an icon added to mention that this account/organisation was using U2F security. This …

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    Comment #34810020

    Lets be honest. Usually people used to make fun of me as an ex-Indian living in the West telling that the west is doomed because of Iraq, Bush, Trump etc. Schadenfreude: it seems I…

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    Did you help family/friends deal with data/photo-storage last holiday weekend?

    Since Google photos (and Google one) became paid there were too many suggestions here in hn and Web how to do self-hosting using raspberry or cheap SBC? One year on what is your ta…

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    Comment #31609789

    A similar ruling for laptop charging port would be boon.

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    Comment #30104478

    Did you have 2FA? If yes, contact https://krebsonsecurity.com/