Why should an Archive need accounts anyways? This is like a public library: you don't need to authenticate yourself to enter a public library, do you?
To enter? No. To borrow? Yes.
Internet Archive: Security breach alert
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Re: Internet Archive: Security breach alert
#252One of the many benefits of owning my own email server: - I have a catch all setup to forward all emails to specific user on mail server - able to setup adhoc email addresses for each online service (ie, iarch@example.com) - able to claim example.com in haveibeenpwned Now I get breach emails from hibp for the whole domain. Unfortunately, I was exposed in this IA breach
Great until you need to give someone an email address in real life and awkwardness ensues. Cashier: "What's your email?" Me: "walmart@somedomain.com" Cashier: "No I meant YOUR email address." Me: "Yeah walmart@somedomain.com" Cashier: "Oh do you work for Walmart???" Me: "No see I set up my email so... oh nevermind, 420BLAZEIT@GMAIL.COM"
almartway@somedomain.com
Re: Internet Archive: Security breach alert
#253One of the many benefits of owning my own email server: - I have a catch all setup to forward all emails to specific user on mail server - able to setup adhoc email addresses for each online service (ie, iarch@example.com) - able to claim example.com in haveibeenpwned Now I get breach emails from hibp for the whole domain. Unfortunately, I was exposed in this IA breach
Great until you need to give someone an email address in real life and awkwardness ensues. Cashier: "What's your email?" Me: "walmart@somedomain.com" Cashier: "No I meant YOUR email address." Me: "Yeah walmart@somedomain.com" Cashier: "Oh do you work for Walmart???" Me: "No see I set up my email so... oh nevermind, 420BLAZEIT@GMAIL.COM"
I do this. I just say "this will sound strange but my email is ..." and then spell it.
I think if you are at the level of catch-alls and your own domain(s) then you tell the cashier "no thanks!"
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#254One of the many benefits of owning my own email server: - I have a catch all setup to forward all emails to specific user on mail server - able to setup adhoc email addresses for each online service (ie, iarch@example.com) - able to claim example.com in haveibeenpwned Now I get breach emails from hibp for the whole domain. Unfortunately, I was exposed in this IA breach
You can do this easily (and for free) via Cloudflare [1]. Works great, I've been using it across several domains for quite some time. Migrated from Google. [1] https://www.cloudflare.com/en-ca/developer-platform/email-ro...
yea, but now i rely on cloudflare which is no-go for me.
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#255A pulled an old friends website down from Internet Archive. He's moved on the next stage, but I was glad I was able to put his site back up. It'll be a shame if IA goes down permanently, but we need a decentralized solution anyway. Having a single mega organization in charge of our collective heritage isn't a good idea.
It's called torrent protocol and it doesn't work, no one wants to spend money and bandwidth hosting a god forsaken movie or book that only a handful of people care about.
I've been seeding some unpopular torrents for ten years (would have done for even longer if I did not change the torrent client a decade ago). "No one" is too strong a word, as usual with these absolutist things.
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#256Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's a non profit. You're probably not choosing to work for the IA for high compensation.
The undertone was intended to be: that's an insane amount of money, something one with quadruple that amount of experience would maybe earn in a for-profit organisation, but I guess your reaction further proves it's different where you're from
The IA is located in the Inner Richmond, which is a ~ medium income area of SF. Rent alone is ~ $4K, or ~ $60K of your income before taxes.
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#257Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's a thankless job to be always begging for donations to keep something working when the Internet at large doesn't value it as much as it should. And now getting targeted like that? I wouldn't judge them if this is an official communication coming from exhausted and frustrated staff.
Just a reminder that AI tried pivoting to much more clear-cut legitimate piracy, presumably because they got bored or something, and certainly put ‘donations’ toward that effort. IA is an incredibly valuable resource, but let’s not put them on a pedestal.
heh, if they went 100% "we're operating our service from international waters and won't be taking any DMCA requests" i would donate $1000 on the spot (anonymously, of course, but entirely serious).
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#258One of the many benefits of owning my own email server: - I have a catch all setup to forward all emails to specific user on mail server - able to setup adhoc email addresses for each online service (ie, iarch@example.com) - able to claim example.com in haveibeenpwned Now I get breach emails from hibp for the whole domain. Unfortunately, I was exposed in this IA breach
Great until you need to give someone an email address in real life and awkwardness ensues. Cashier: "What's your email?" Me: "walmart@somedomain.com" Cashier: "No I meant YOUR email address." Me: "Yeah walmart@somedomain.com" Cashier: "Oh do you work for Walmart???" Me: "No see I set up my email so... oh nevermind, 420BLAZEIT@GMAIL.COM"
i have a similar setup for the past 20 years or so. I rarely get a raised eyebrow at giving X.yourcompany@mydomain.com, and if i do i state it upfront “this is for categorization” and never had to explain it again.
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#259One of the many benefits of owning my own email server: - I have a catch all setup to forward all emails to specific user on mail server - able to setup adhoc email addresses for each online service (ie, iarch@example.com) - able to claim example.com in haveibeenpwned Now I get breach emails from hibp for the whole domain. Unfortunately, I was exposed in this IA breach
In case anyone would like these benefits but doesn't want to actually run an email server: All you actually need to accomplish this is a domain name and a decent provider. Fastmail is what I use and it's been great for me.
To be even easier, you can just have Apple or Google hold your domain and provide mail.
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#260Earlier quoted context omitted.
You can do this easily (and for free) via Cloudflare [1]. Works great, I've been using it across several domains for quite some time. Migrated from Google. [1] https://www.cloudflare.com/en-ca/developer-platform/email-ro...
yea, but now i rely on cloudflare which is no-go for me.
Would you elaborate why it’s a no-go for you? Just curious for my own sake