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Comment Would China do this? (Score 2) 170

If China had the ability to design an algorithm that forces our children to focus on destructive ideas, would they?

Everyone's a victim...
Group think is good, individual opinions are bad...
All non-black people are racists...
Changing your gender at a super young age will make you cool...
The American flag represents fascism...

Haven't you noticed that all of these themes correlate directly with TikTok adoption? The faster the adoption, the more prevalent these ideas?

China is preparing the future of America for an easy takeover. They'll just wait for us to tear ourselves apart and stroll right in.

Comment Re:I have some $20 bills in my (physical) wallet (Score 2) 23

All of these attack types on hardware wallets require physical access to them for the hacks to work, so I'm not sure what you're on about. I can tell you that a hardware wallet is a heck of lot safer than some raw $20 that anyone can steal and spend. Keep your tree money and don't forget to clean up after your horse on your way out.

Comment Re:A better product (Score 1) 30

Considering all the simjacking going on, this was an incredibly stupid move by Paypal. The good news is that paypal is in the minority, most sites that support 2FA use TOTP or U2F and sites that don't yet support 2FA will use one of these methods when they do. I would say that about 25% of all the sites I log into use U2F and the number is only growing.

Comment A better product (Score 1) 30

is Yubico Authenticator. It's TOTP, just like Google Auth and is fully compatible with sites that support Google Auth. The best part is, codes don't appear unless you plug your yubikey into your phone. You can even require some entries to require a yubikey touch before the code is displayed. And to save the best part for last, nothing sensitive is ever stored on your phone itself. You can even plug your yubikey in a different phone and all your codes appear.

At the end of the day, U2F is better than TOTP in any case, so you can use your yubikey for U2F enabled sites like Google and Github. But for sites that only support Google Auth, you have that covered, too. There's never been a better time to buy a yubikey, and don't even let me get started about gpg and ssh keys all done through a yubikey as well.

Comment Re:shit or get off the pot. (Score -1, Troll) 33

>>Most of us under the age of 40 have no hope of retirement, no hope of home ownership, endless student loan debt, and no chance at a healthcare system that doesnt leave them penniless and...

Wow, sounds like you've permanently justified how to be lazy for the rest of your life, good job (or not). Can you please leave the country so my tax dollars won't go towards your laziness?

Comment I pay (Score 1) 177

I pay even though all my desktops are linux and no ads would be shown anyway. I'm really paying for Google Music (comes included with youtube sub) which allows me to listen to just about anything (like Spotify) and I'm also able to upload my own mp3s and sync them across all my devices. For that, it's worth it to me.

Comment Re:Streisand Effect (Score 2) 57

Third party banks and other financial institutions have the ability to censor who you pay money to. Just because they haven't flexed yet at a ridiculous level doesn't mean that they won't or can't. Do you remember Wikileaks? Banks stopped processing payments to them because the government instructed them to. That example is just a tiny taste of what's to come.

Don't you want complete financial sovereignty or do you need a babysitter telling you what you can or cannot do with your own money?

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