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Re: Show HN: I built an active community of trans people online

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Post by mmooss »

alt227 wrote: post #82
t4t wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I am taking security very seriously. All sensitive rows are protected by RLS, and I have gone even further by adding random noise to all location data. Locations are locked down, but in the unfortunate event of a hack what would be leaked is location within a 5 or so mile range, not exact location. If it is possible on Supabase I would like to eventually obscure emails and oauth info.

5 mile range is pretty serious, it narrows someones locations down to a single town in the entire world. Just dont store it at all and you're all good.

You'd need just a little more data to find the individual.

Re: Show HN: I built an active community of trans people online

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Post by comprambler »

comprambler wrote: post #159
quesera wrote: post #39

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Interpreting Animats' question as concern for the user population, I think it's a valid one. The new administration in the US is openly hostile, and a lot of damage could be done to peoples' lives if, say, the community was hacked and private email addresses (or other PII) was leaked. And I also agree with you -- now's the time for those of us who can afford it, to fly our ally flags as loudly and proudly as possible…

Threat model this shit. I would dead man switch the storage's Azure instance. Mayybe the whole thing. Mayybe shouldn't be on azure.

Nm assumed RLS as a MS TLA. PGsql has it as well. Comment stands, watch data residency.

Re: Show HN: I built an active community of trans people online

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Post by mmooss »

gowld wrote: post #90
t4t wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I am taking security very seriously. All sensitive rows are protected by RLS, and I have gone even further by adding random noise to all location data. Locations are locked down, but in the unfortunate event of a hack what would be leaked is location within a 5 or so mile range, not exact location. If it is possible on Supabase I would like to eventually obscure emails and oauth info.

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Interesting ... why can't I Vouch for this post?

Re: Show HN: I built an active community of trans people online

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Post by Dalewyn »

hn_throwaway_99 wrote: post #134
mmooss wrote: post #128

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Several US states now require age verification for adult content (I don't know how that is defined). A case challenging such laws is being considered by the US Supreme Court, but most experts believe the court will allow the age verification. That may mean users identifying themselves, which seems dangerous. (It should not at all be dangerous, but it is.) All you need is some phobic government official to sue or inve…

All the porn companies have handled this by simply blocking the sites in the states in question, just forcing people to use VPNs. If you ask for ID verification to see NSFW content they know hardly anyone would provide it, and at the same time it opens you up to a lot of liability in handling extremely sensitive PII. The whole thing is just moralistic BS anyway. I'm sure most kids can figure out how to use a VPN bett…

Pedantic, but the word you're looking for is proxy, not VPN.

A Virtual Private Network is a private network such as a Local Area Network created virtually on a Wide Area Network such as the internet. Tailscale, SoftEther, or Hamachi for the old boys are examples of VPN implementations.

A proxy is a server that accepts and forwards traffic from clients through it, lending its IP address to clients as the traffic origin if desired.

A proxy can exist in a private network, but it is not a requirement.

Re: Show HN: I built an active community of trans people online

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Post by mmooss »

Either HN suddenly became far more constructive and considerate, and on an inflammatory topic, or dang is doing an incredible job moderating this discussion. I'll just hazard a guess and say - thank you dang!

But dang - please don't let this off-topic comment sit at the top of the page and distract from t4t's post.

Re: Show HN: I built an active community of trans people online

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Post by mmooss »

dang wrote: post #139
mmooss wrote: post #138

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" Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith. " https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Yikes - I didn't think my comment was especially critical at all, just a kind of funny way to explore the issue. It's a sincere question. But I apparently am not imagining what it looks like. Sorry!

Re: Show HN: I built an active community of trans people online

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Post by chimeracoder »

Aromasin wrote: post #158
chimeracoder wrote: post #142

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> If you ask for ID verification to see NSFW content they know hardly anyone would provide it, and at the same time it opens you up to a lot of liability in handling extremely sensitive PII. Yes, and that is exactly why Morality in Media (the right-wing, evangelical group behind these laws) has been proposing them. Their goal is to outlaw pornography (and other "immoral" content) on the internet by making it so diffi…

This seems a little baffling to me because these evangelical groups are uniquely American. There would still exist a huge pornography industry globally, particularly within the EU, that would serve the US even if these groups achieved every goal. It's deluded to think it could be stopped.

> This seems a little baffling to me because these evangelical groups are uniquely American.

I'm referring to one of several groups that is behind a specific campaign in the US. That doesn't mean that there aren't other efforts to curtail this in other countries or globally.

As mentioned elsewhere, there's a law that's about to go into effect in the UK which is actually way broader and draconian than any that has been passed anywhere in the US. There are more in other countries too.

> There would still exist a huge pornography industry globally, particularly within the EU, that would serve the US even if these groups achieved every goal.

And yet, when Tumblr and Imgur and Reddit[0] banned pornography, no EU-based competitor emerged to take their place.

[0] Reddit's ban wasn't a total ban, but it was enough to effectively shut down many groups (which was the goal).

Re: Show HN: I built an active community of trans people online

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Post by FrustratedMonky »

Not sure if mentioned.

But add some encryption, and some way to identify bad actors.

With the recent executive orders, it might become dangerous to be trans. Yes, it has always been dangerous. But now more like 'the purge' type dangerous with roving gangs with dogs chasing trans people through the country side.

I'd think trans people would be in 'hide' mode.

Generally, I wonder if anybody not a maga brown shirt, is in 'hide' mode.

So trans people, it is no longer about 'being true to self', and now is 'i better hide to survive'.

Suddenly feeling how the 'chill' of retribution is stifling all discourse. There is real fear.

So generally, the app should be more on the 'hide'/anonymous features. How can I connect to others like me, in an environment where we are both being hunted.

Re: Show HN: I built an active community of trans people online

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Post by dang »

bun_terminator wrote: post #32
93po wrote: post #27

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dang, you have my endless gratitude for not allowing transphobia on HN

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