I didn't even know I had a quora account. Never continuously registered one. Got the e-mail though. Tried to log in, had to "complete my account" before I could go on.....wtf....
I deleted my account now, tho.
Quora User Data Compromised
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I looked over privacy.com - specifically their security page[0] which reads impressively. As I looked at my "dashboard" I couldn't help but notice (according to uBlock Origin) that privacy.com , ironically, connects to facebook (.net) and google (fonts, apis, gstatic). I'm certain none of those 3rd-party connections are necessary and yet... like muscle-memory... devs continue to thoughtlessly invite tracking. [0] htt…
Haven't looked very closely, but how do you think they make money by offering virtual credit cards for free? I bet they will track all your purchases and resell them for marketing later. Fonts and other stuff from google and facebook is just a small piece of the puzzle.
They detail it on their website, but basically they keep part of the interchange fees for each transaction.
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#383Earlier quoted context omitted.
I use privacy.com and Lastpass to help with this problem. Any time there is a service I have to have a business relationship with that I don't trust to keep my info secure, I use a unique password and a unique credit card number with a tight limit. What's nice is that they tie the card to a single vendor too. For example, the water company. I know the water bill is usually $50 or less, so I set the limit to $60/mo. A…
I use keepassx, a local password manager. I don't trust centralized online password managers with browser extensions. Huge attack surface. I copy and paste usernames and passwords.
I use BitWarden, and they let you self host the service if you want. I haven't done it yet, but I'm definitely considering it. However, passwords are encrypted on your machine then uploaded, so it's a bit more secure than them managing everything on the server.
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I have the same disappointing experience with LastPass and have grown tired of it. One of these days I will do something about it!
Check out Keepass! Rather than syncing directly into a Cloud, it allows you to store a database file into any location. It supports MFA (e.g. by combining a password with a secret file, or a Yubikey). And everything is open-source. I like the model a lot, because it solves the "database ownership" issue, where your Password provider (be it LastPass, 1Password, etc) becomes in itself a weak link.
I'm a super happy user of KeePass too, and KeePass2Android is the best password management app I've ever used.
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Lastpass has been going downhill with every acquisition and had gotten to the point where autofill failed on the majority of sites and the "copy password" menu item disappeared, bringing clicks-to-login from 1 to ~10. A few weeks ago I saw bitwarden finish their third party security audit and took the opportunity to jump. Couldn't be happier. Autofill fails less, the "copy password" menu works, the mobile experience…
I use 1password regularly, tried bitwarden, found it lacking in various quality of life features & polish that 1p has, so I didn't migrate. This is kind of yikes for a password manager too: https://github.com/bitwarden/core/issues/399 But it's also pretty much the only polished open source password manager there is out there. For now I'll be sticking with 1password, but might check out bitwarden again once they have…
I found the same thing with their client apps, should have checked core to see if there weren't any there as well.
I switched over about a week ago and find it pretty solid, but it's missing alot of the quality of life features that last pass had. You can't just hit command + c whilst on a entry and have it copy the password, they haven't implemented the new ios 12 features that make password managers much better on ios.
I'm running them both right now as I'm not fully committed to the switch over, but I'll see how the features get added over time.
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Hmmm, I have been using the Keepass + Dropbox combo. Wanted to change to a more streamlined experience. The current choices of 1Password, LastPass and Dashlane didn't seem to attract me. I will give Bitwarden a try.
This is what I do too. Biggest complaint is the lack of official apps for mobile devices. I’ve used MiniKeePass in the past but am hesitant because there doesn’t seem to be much active development and I don’t see the source code anywhere. Do you access kbdx files on mobile devices? If so, what do you use?
On Android: keepassx2android offline app is pretty good.
Re: Quora User Data Compromised
#387I really started hating Quora a while back, probably 3 years ago and stopped collaborating. Most because "people" were spamming answers with marketing bs... So many answers start with "I'm Bob, CEO of MyCompany.com, I am an expert in this and that" Most Quora users are hungry for answers and flood-request you to answer their question just because the system recommends them to do so. No matter how many times you pass,…
I feel like questions like "Why is true?" have become increasingly common too.
Thats like asking: "Please confirm my opinion, I don't want to learn anything new!"
Re: Quora User Data Compromised
#388This is why I hate companies that force you to sign up to gain access to content. I do not want that relationship. Sooner or later those systems will be legacy and then maintaining them will be a pain. Bitrot will set in and sooner or later there will be a breach. One new development is that you used to be able to get your invoices mailed via snail mail. Then that disappeared and you got your invoices mailed via emai…
> This is why I hate companies that force you to sign up to gain access to content I always found Quora's use of dark patterns and baiting you in from search engines then blocking the content particularly egregious. Always made me surprised anyone held that site to such a high standing and I can only imagine it's because the advocates never knew how awful the experience was without an account. I feel Pintrest is very…
The deliberate positioning of logout at obscure locations was definitely part of it.
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Its unfortunate that privacy.com is only for US residents. Does anyone know of a similar service that's available for Europeans as well? Specifically the virtual card feature. Most of the services that I've seen to offer something like this are for EEA residents only. This seems to be a new restriction imposed by Visa/MasterCard.
Not sure about EEA only, but Revolut might work for you and it has virtual cards. Would be nice to have privacy.com more widely available.
Looks great, but they don't offer the service in my country :(
Re: Quora User Data Compromised
#390I didn't even know I had a quora account. Never continuously registered one. Got the e-mail though. Tried to log in, had to "complete my account" before I could go on.....wtf.... I deleted my account now, tho.
I knew I had an account but it was via oauth and I had to create a "real" quora account in order to delete it. The notice that they were storing contacts from other social networks was the part that pushed me over the top towards deletion.