aka_bigred - Slashdot User

Comment Re:Bunch of FUD (Score 1) 96

by aka_bigred on Sunday June 05, 2016 @07:19PM (#52256001) Attached to: Password App Developer Overlooks Security Hole to Preserve Ads

FYI, This was actually my comment, didn't realize I hadn't signed in so was posted as "anonymous coward"

Agreed. I'm a KeePass2 user as well, so was VERY interested in this topic. Unfortunately, this slashdot story feels like unjustified smear clickbait as far as I can tell after reading the developer's side of things. It might be nice to have a clarification/update to the original post with the rest of the details, not just the sexy, incorrect TL;DR interpretation of the situation.

Comment Who's going to make an app to burn 4G data (Score 1, Interesting) 176

by aka_bigred on Friday October 09, 2015 @11:29AM (#50693327) Attached to: Verizon Boosts Price of Grandfathered Unlimited Data Plans By $20

If I had the time, I'd write an app to burn data just to piss off big red. Since I'll be paying almost double for my unlimited data, it sure seem likes I should start getting a better value for my money?

Seems like a simple app:
-->If on 4G with excellent signal and over some battery full % (user configurable)
------>Download random data and discard, just to burn bandwidth.
------>Rinse/Repeat

I've put of with a lot of BS from VZW to keep my grandfathered unlimited plan (locked bootloaders, crippled features VZW disables, etc), but jacking up the price like this really pisses me off.

Comment LG G4 (Score 3, Informative) 208

by aka_bigred on Thursday August 13, 2015 @04:07PM (#50311615) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Best Big Battery Phone?

Just bought one this week, so far really liking it. I upgraded from my bootloader-unlocked Samsung GS3 w/extended battery that I've been holding onto forever.

Submission + - Question: Best media for storing data to survive a fire (or other disaster)

Submitted by aka_bigred on Sunday April 12, 2015 @03:53PM

aka_bigred writes: Every year as I file my taxes, I replicate my most important financial data (a couple GB of data) to store an offline copy in my fire-rated home safe. This gets me thinking about what the most reliable data media would be to keep in my fire-rated home safe.

CDs/DVDs/tapes could easily melt or warp rendering them useless, so I'm very hesitant to use them. I've seen more exotic solutions that let you print your digital data to paper an optically re-import it later should you ever need it, but it seems overly cumbersome and error prone should it be damaged or fire scorched. That leaves my best options being either a classic magnetic platter drive, or some sort of solid state storage, like SD cards, USB flash drives, or a small SSD. The problem is, I can't decide which would survive better if ever exposed to extreme temperatures, or water damage should my house burn down.

Most people would just suggest to store it in "the cloud", but I'm naturally averse to doing so because that means someone else is responsible for my data and I could loose it to hackers, the entity going out of business, etc. Once it leaves my home, I no longer fully control it, which is unacceptable. My thought being "they can't hack/steal what they can't physically access."

What medium do other Slashdot users use to store their most important data (under say 5GB worth) in an at-home safe to protect it from fire?

Comment DD-WRT / Tomato client? (Score 3, Interesting) 94

by aka_bigred on Thursday December 08, 2011 @11:36AM (#38303332) Attached to: OpenDNS Releases DNS Encryption Tool

So anyone know of a client that can be run from a DD-WRT or Tomato router? I'd be up for throwing it on my home router it there's a client that I can just add right into the router.

Comment Startssl.com - gives you free basic SSL cert (Score 1) 286

by aka_bigred on Tuesday November 23, 2010 @02:36PM (#34320978) Attached to: SSL Certificates For Intranet Sites?

Startssl.com will give you a free Signed SSL certificate for use with a webserver. Good for your base host domain & 1 additional host. I've been using them for a couple years. I run my own server for fun at home and wanted to try SSL to add it to my resume, and also to secure communications, and just because I could. It wasn't too hard, and well worth it IMO. Give it a try, worst case you are out the cost - NOTHING!

First Halophile Potatoes Harvested 117

Posted by timothy on Saturday July 17, 2010 @03:36PM from the integrated-dill-is-the-next-step dept.

Razgorov Prikazka writes "A Dutch-based company from Groningen is trying to create a potato race that is able to survive in a saline environment. The first test-batch was just harvested (English translation of Dutch original) on the island Texel and seem to be in good shape. The company states that rising sea-levels will create a demand for halophile crops. I do wonder if one still has to put salt on ones potatoes when they are grown in salt water."

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