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After Hetzner, another big German IT service provider is raising their prices. Existing customers just got this: "As a valued existing customer, you benefit from a transition perio…

Every time I see a post praising ATProto on HN I cannot shake the feeling that this might be the product of a concerted (and VC-backed) marketing effort. ATProto is "decentr-washin…

Yes, totally agreed, but the problem is that most people tend to simplify this as "let's just bother with PQ encryption, forget about signatures". I know experts can handle the nua…

Refreshing! Not wanting to be the "told you so" guy, I've been saying this for at least 2 years now: > Post-quantum authentication is no longer a problem the Web PKI ecosystem shou…

Hi, just a personal blog post. The sad story of Gandi.net is a textbook example of enshittification, which I think is interesting to talk about, because of the many expectations th…

Sorry to hear about this turn of events, but it was pretty much to be expected given the way the world is turning, and Microsoft being Microsoft. Switch to Linux if you can, and co…

Can confirm, I use mailbox.org with my own domain and can send from any *@mydomain

Author of the whine post here, feedback is very welcome. I am in no way expert on the topic of AI/LLM, and I'm happy to learn new things and correct myself. My point on the "China …

Hi, I wanted to share this because at first I found it super ridiculous that a "green, open and ethical Switzerland-hosted AI" spews so obvious CCP propaganda like that, but then I…

This ATproto astroturfing is becoming a bit ridiculous.

Forgive me this shameless ad :) with the latest performance updates, Shufflecake ( https://shufflecake.net/ ) is blazing fast (so much, in fact, that exceeds performances of LUKS/d…

I see a lot of comments recommending TrueCrypt/VeraCrypt here, which is fine, but did you know there is something even more interesting? ;) Shufflecake ( https://shufflecake.net/ )…

For fuck's sake, isn't anyone here horrified at how much information on yourself you are willingly funneling into Big Tech with this approach?

Oh, I didn't mean to imply that the "cliff" is for certain. What I'm saying is that articles like Gutmann's fail to acknowledge this possibility. Regarding the coaxial cables, you …

Given some of the comments in this thread, I would like to link this here: https://gagliardoni.net/#20250714_ludd_grandpas An abstract: > "but then WHAT is a good measure for QC pr…

Watch out, possibly similar to this patent: https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/e4/9b/4e/883a9df... (disclaimer: I am co-inventor at a previous employer, I don't get royalt…