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New startup sells coffee through SSH

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Re: New startup sells coffee through SSH

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I long for an alternate dimension where terminal-based internet like Minitel dominated . Something like hypercard implemented with 80x24 ncurses UI

Command line dominates in quick flexibility. But is awful when it comes to discoverability. Most people can't even find the turn off ads button in windows 11. And people hate that. So what hope do they have at a terminal.

Re: New startup sells coffee through SSH

#93
post #40

One safety tip: disable SSH Agent Forwarding before you connect, otherwise the remote server can theoretically reuse your private key to establish new connections to GitHub.com or prod servers (though this host is unlikely malicious). https://www.clockwork.com/insights/ssh-agent-hijacking/ (SSH Agent Hijacking)

Default is disabled.

Re: New startup sells coffee through SSH

#97
> # use the command below to order your delicious 12oz bag of Nil Blend coffee

> ssh terminal.shop

Oops, I thought I was supposed to enter it directly into the prompt on the webpage. The styling makes it look like an interactive console, I figured they included an embedded javascript SSH client for users who might not have one.

Re: New startup sells coffee through SSH

#98
post #21

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they get your ssh public key which is a unique identifier so that should be disclosed.

It's a public key. You should operate under the assumption that anyone could have it at any time.

That's kinda what I thought about emails too but ... somehow that has changed.

Re: New startup sells coffee through SSH

#99
post #83
post #76

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Well I hope they enjoy getting a lot of fake emails, because that's what's gonna happen.

Many people forget that their email is included in the public key that is presented to the ssh server by default. So, the email collection form is actually somewhat redundant. But yes, I added my share of funny email addresses to their list. Tradition is a tradition.

All of my ssh keys are chuck@hostname, which is the default output of ssh-keygen. I’ve never had a valid email in any of my ssh keys.

Re: New startup sells coffee through SSH

#100
post #43
post #25

I long for an alternate dimension where terminal-based internet like Minitel dominated . Something like hypercard implemented with 80x24 ncurses UI

I love TUI (as in text-based user interfaces) so much more than GUI. It always felt like a far more peaceful and productive environment.

As long as I have ctrl+c/v copy and pasting I'm right there with you.
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