ProtonMail. I've been quite happy with the mail and calendar apps so far as well, and they're always improving. The thing I miss most once in a while is Google's mail search. I've grown accustomed to Google's search over the years, so it's a bit of an adjustment for me. It's a small price to pay, and it's not a deal breaker by any means.
I was affected by this migration. Yes, it was really nice to have access to Google GSuite for all these years without having to pay anything, but I was still not happy with the way Google handled this. All I used Google for was standard Gmail services with a custom domain, which I don't think is much to ask for. But when they tried to start charging $6/month for the services that I could get for free with Gmail, I bailed.
This was a wake-up call for me that I don't need to have all my mail/calendar/files with Google anymore. I'm now paying a little more for that (still far less than what Google was going to charge), but in the grand scheme of things it's a small price to pay for some additional privacy. I think Google really shot themselves in the foot with this situation.
I haven't personally noticed that. But I have seen many dark patterns throughout their UI that tries to trick you into turning Prime on again if you aren't careful. Could that be what happened to you possibly?
Yes, the option to point at your own custom server is right under settings in the app. One field to update and you're good. Even the command line utilities work with your own private server.
I recommend you look at bitwarden_rs: https://github.com/dani-garcia...
It's very lightweight server and perfect for smaller, private deployments. You still use the official Bitwarden client apps with it though.
They also disable TLS certificate validation by default throughout their code in FortiSIEM: https://packetstormsecurity.co...
Even after being notified, they still won't make a permanent fix. They expect both new and existing customers to follow a workaround guide... Which I'm sure most won't do
And you can't replace single keys from what I understand (unless that's changed). You can only replace the whole keyboard. However, since the keyboard is riveted to the upper half of the casing, the whole thing needs to be replaced leading to a multi-hundred dollar repair.
Is it worth buying a Raspberry Pi and enclosure solely to act as the always-on node for Syncthing? Before I buy one, does it run well on a Zero, or does it require a 3B+?
I have one setup for that purpose and it works quite well. It also acts as my pxeboot server, UPS monitor, and CUPS print server. Never had any issues at all other than a memory card failing once.
Also, since it has local network discovery, synchronizing locally doesn't touch the internet so it's very fast and efficient.
But how well does Syncthing work if both devices aren't turned on at the same time?
If you only have two devices, then they won't be able to exchange any data with one another. Ideally you have a third node that can sync the data from the other two devices as they come on/off. You can easily run this on a Raspberry Pi.
And what's the recommended way to copy Syncthing's 56-character friend codes across machines? Some IM network?
Devices have QR codes that you can scan, at least from the mobile app. You can also set certain nodes to be "discovery" nodes so that devices you have can learn about other nodes in your nodes list.
I hope more people see past Apple's sleight of hand here. They design their devices in such a way that makes it very difficult (or impossible) to repair, and it's usually just cheaper to replace it out of warranty since they charge exorbitant prices to due so and don't authorize third-party repair. E-waste is a real thing, but they completely ignore this because "green electricity" is easier to get a headline for and doesn't affect their bottom line.
The issues with KeePass generally is synchronization of your password database. You can put it into a USB stick and it gets out of sync, or you can put it up in the cloud, but then it's sort of our of your control..
I use KeePass for my password database and then Syncthing to sync it on all my devices. It's light enough to work on a Raspberry Pi, so it's easy to setup a Syncthing cluster. Resilio (previously known as Bittorent Sync) works too, but I've never tried it personally.
The result is an Open Source password manager, with a database that's synchronized between all my devices and in my control.
It's not just high school programming that's like this (at least where I'm from). This is happening in post-secondary education.
I took Java EE - "Enterprise Edition" quite recently. We learned how to make enterprise grade web applications... Web forms with database back-ends.
Now, I have a decent programming background (C, shell scripts, and php mostly). Lets just say I can't remember the first thing on how to reproduce anything that was taught in that class. It was all copying and pasting code blobs and lots of "s/oldword/newword", even for our midterm and final exams. Unfortunately they try to make those classes as easy as possible for everyone, but nobody truly learns anything. And fucks over the people who actually would like to learn something. The Java 101 class I took before taught me at least 100x more.
For reference, I have to get my diploma in order to continue working with the current employer I'm with. While there are some things I do learn from these classes, the majority of it I already know.
It depends on the card really.
I was "upgraded" to an HP 6000 at work (ugh, don't ask). We had a discrete graphics card in an earlier model, but then due to warranty, were all upgraded to the newer model. We lost the graphics card because supposedly the 6000's onboard graphics had enough power to run Win7.
One 22 inch was hooked through DVI while one was hooked through VGA. The VGA looked like total crap - washed out, blurry, totally noticeable. I promptly grabbed the video card back and dropped it in - problem gone. That was a simple 1GB ATI 5450.
I later tried the 512MB model of the SAME card (different brand). When I hooked it up, I immediately noticed the same quality picture as the onboard graphics through the VGA. Sure, I could have used and HDMI -> DVI adapter for the HDMI port, but didn't have an adapter handy.
How about ripping HDDVD movies for format shifting?
But hey! You can go out and buy the BLU-RAY version.. It's ONLY $20, don't be cheap........
I can't believe Viacom is starving from piracy so much too! Giving their head executive a $50M raise (from $~35M) and all. He must be needing to put food on his table.
The corps aren't worried about the pirates... They're worried about the normal Joe Schmoes who want to take that DVD and put it on their iPhone. Why sell 1 copy when you can force the same person (who doesn't want to break ANY laws) to buy 5 copies?
You don't think Google or Microsoft can make notaries?
The idea is to get a proof of concept out there, and a decent implementation of it I might add (I'm running it at work, home, and school). We just need to get the major browser vendors onboard (MS, Google, Apple), and then get it rolling.
The beauty of it is that the current https infrastructure doesn't need to change. If a certificate is signed, and it checks out at both the client and notary level, it's valid. Same goes for self-signed certificates.
According to these guys, there is already a convergence notary fork in the works using Google's help.
http://security.stackexchange.com/questions/6778/how-does-convergence-ca-replacement-prevent-its-notaries-from-being-mitmd-as-w
... And if you lose your domain?
Always draw your curves, then plot your reading.
