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| Comment | Post #294596 |
You could probably accomplish this by creating a program that does nothing except display a tray icon until it exits.
There are many programs on OS X that display tray icons, so you can probably use their example (I don't know exactly how to do it). Seems like one way could be a Python program... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #294632 | Initial revision | — | 12 months ago |
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A: Is there a functional benefit to 4k screens? Yes, but the screen has to be physically larger, and 4k is probably overkill. 96 dpi is considered adequate for digital media, outside of artistic or graphics design work. With a 24" monitor running at 1920p, you already get about 92 dpi. Switching to 24" 3840p monitor with 2x DPI scaling w... (more) |
— | 12 months ago |
| Edit | Post #294631 | Initial revision | — | 12 months ago |
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Is there a functional benefit to 4k screens? Is there a functional benefit to using a 4k computer monitor over a 2k one, or is it just a luxury (ie. looks nicer etc). (more) |
— | 12 months ago |
| Comment | Post #294024 |
It could be on each client machine, or at the network/router (similar to pihole). I'd prefer a network level solution, so that any device that connects to this LAN is automatically filtered without additional configuration. (more) |
— | about 1 year ago |
| Comment | Post #294024 |
From scratch.
I've heard of pihole but never tried, since it seemed more flexible to do ublock on client side.
If pihole happens to have a telemetry servers list, then that would probably be good enough for me. DPI is probably a complex thing, and I'm not necessarily looking to do it for it... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Edit | Post #294024 | Initial revision | — | over 1 year ago |
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How do I firewall all telemetry? How can I block all network requests that look like telemetry at the network level? I realize that "looks like telemetry" is a nebulous definition - it would probably involve a lot of custom logic. I am willing to maintain my own rulesets, so long as I have a generic starting point. I don't wa... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Edit | Post #292623 |
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— | almost 2 years ago |
| Suggested Edit | Post #292623 |
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helpful | almost 2 years ago |
| Edit | Post #292728 | Initial revision | — | almost 2 years ago |
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A: Delete "dosdevices" folder created by WINE from Windows Sorry, I don't know the answer to "remove this in Windows", and this is too long for a comment. The root cause is that Linux gives the user more power in working with files, and Windows is less permissive. In Linux, you can put pretty much anything in filenames other than `/`. In Windows, many... (more) |
— | almost 2 years ago |
| Edit | Post #292645 | Initial revision | — | almost 2 years ago |
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A: Why don't motherboards support the highest RAM Speeds? With overclocking, it's probably just the standard caveats: It might damage your hardware (although this seems unlikely for merely changing memory speeds) Your software might become unstable (BSODs and crashes out of nowhere) Not every unit is equal, so you might have to keep returning pr... (more) |
— | almost 2 years ago |
| Comment | Post #292575 |
Well, there are lots of file synchronization programs. Syncthing is only one of them. It seems straightforward that any of those can sync passwords if the database is a file. (more) |
— | almost 2 years ago |
| Comment | Post #292575 |
In my case, there is actually very little benefit from TOTP. I mostly use it because the service providers force me to, so I want to make the security-convenience trade off all the way to the convenience side. In that case, it's actually good if the password manager can be the OTP provider. Excep... (more) |
— | about 2 years ago |
| Comment | Post #292567 |
Thank you for this pointer!
It sounds like the QR code you get is usually like `otpauth://totp/MyApp:[email protected]?secret=JBSWY3DPEHPK3PXP&issuer=MyApp&algorithm=SHA256`. So it contains all the other crucial pieces like which hash algorithm as well.
So even if the site is crappy and doe... (more) |
— | about 2 years ago |
| Edit | Post #292565 | Initial revision | — | about 2 years ago |
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Synchronize OTP across multiple devices A lot of sites these days use OTP. I'm not very familiar with this, but you normally install an app like Google Authenticator on your phone. The app serves an OTP code on demand which you enter along with your user/pass into the website's login form. For something like this, I really dislike u... (more) |
— | about 2 years ago |
| Edit | Post #292550 | Initial revision | — | about 2 years ago |
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How to change default comment char for INI in VS Code? When I set a file's language as "INI" in VS Code, and use the "comment" command, it uses `;` as the comment character. Is there a way to make it use `#` instead? (more) |
— | about 2 years ago |
| Edit | Post #292396 | Initial revision | — | about 2 years ago |
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A: Native Folder Synchronization on Android Nothing prevents it, and many services do it. For example, Nextcloud's client can synchronize folders. Some reasons that could be making it less common are: Phones are sometimes thought of a device where bandwidth is cheaper than storage, and you can assume connectivity almost all the time. ... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #292314 | Initial revision | — | about 2 years ago |
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What smart TVs are easy to install custom OSes on? It seems like many smart TVs use firmware/OS based on Linux or Android. I would guess that by now somebody must have tried putting their own software (mainstream Linux distro or custom OS) on one of these, with the goal of having more control over the device, disabling spyware/data collection "fe... (more) |
— | about 2 years ago |
| Edit | Post #292313 | Initial revision | — | about 2 years ago |
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A: Turning a Samsung smart screen into a dumb computer monitor I can't post a full answer since I never owned this model. But this might be helpful until someone else does. From https://www.displayspecifications.com/en/model/87792ead I found that the OS for this is Tizen. Tizen is apparently largely FOSS and based on Linux. This made me think that the sol... (more) |
— | about 2 years ago |
| Comment | Post #292284 |
Also, Andreas - I find that these days when electronics from major brands go on sale, it's because after going to market the company discovered that customers really hate it and are absolutely refusing to buy at the MSRP. Usually, even at the discounted price, it's still not worth it, but the sel... (more) |
— | about 2 years ago |
| Comment | Post #292284 |
>As the question is essential about downgrading, it sounded as selling it might raise enough founds to buy a downgrade, but if it was on sale, the second hand price might also be lower.
Many people, presumably including OP, would consider it an upgrade to remove unnecessary, obtrusive malware ... (more) |
— | about 2 years ago |
| Comment | Post #292284 |
Funny, when you ask people about finding dumb TVs ([here](https://proposals.codidact.com/posts/291031) or elsewhere), the common response is to buy a smart TV and don't connect it to the internet and/or ignore the smart features. But from this question, it sounds like it's not always that simple ... (more) |
— | about 2 years ago |
| Edit | Post #292301 | Initial revision | — | about 2 years ago |
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A: Is it safe to simply insert more disks into my motherboard? It should be safe. You might have to do a little troubleshooting for the first boot with the new drive. The risks that I can see are: When your motherboard detects that a new drive is added, it might change the boot order, and attempt to boot from a drive that doesn't have an OS. To f... (more) |
— | about 2 years ago |
| Comment | Post #292254 |
Yes, if I leave it wide open, then of course I don't get the message. It will be difficult for me to figure out by trial and error which measures specifically cause the issue, especially because they may not be independent. That's why I'm asking in the hopes that someone actually knows the mechan... (more) |
— | about 2 years ago |
| Edit | Post #292256 |
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| Edit | Post #292256 | Initial revision | — | about 2 years ago |
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Cloudflare Captcha - which tests are actually important? It seems like Cloudflare Captcha (which appears to be using Google reCaptcha) shows two types of challenge: One where it's a single image broken up into tiles, and one where every tile comes from a separate image. The single image usually gives an option to skip it. From this, I assume that th... (more) |
— | about 2 years ago |
| Edit | Post #292255 | Initial revision | — | about 2 years ago |
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A: Reddit: How to get around "whoa there, pardner!" It is possible to view these with an third party archive, like archive.ph. It does take a while for the page to be archived if nobody has done so yet. (more) |
— | about 2 years ago |
| Edit | Post #292254 | Initial revision | — | about 2 years ago |
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Reddit: How to get around "whoa there, pardner!" For the last year or so, when I go to `old.reddit.com` I get the "whoa there, pardner" message with some garbage about scripts. `reddit.com` says "You've been blocked by network security.". I do use a bunch of common online security/privacy measures and it is almost certainly the source of the... (more) |
— | about 2 years ago |
| Comment | Post #292104 |
That's fair. Google has a lot of products with complex functionality, and they often change them. So this seems like a tough one. Maybe you'll get lucky and someone who has encountered the same issue before can tell you. But it seems hard to *find out* what the solution is. (more) |
— | about 2 years ago |
| Comment | Post #292104 |
Doesn't Google provide some kind of support for G-Suite? Have you tried asking them? (more) |
— | about 2 years ago |
| Edit | Post #292095 |
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| Edit | Post #292095 | Initial revision | — | about 2 years ago |
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A: Understanding OAuth(2) security: what's a realistic threat model? I don't believe this addresses the question at all, because the question is asking about threat to the user. I personally suspect that adopting 3rd party authentication is often not driven by threat to the user, but threat to the operator. I am posting this since the OP said he'd prefer it as an ... (more) |
— | about 2 years ago |
| Comment | Post #291318 |
This question focuses on threat to the user, which seems apt on a site called Power **Users**.
But I think what drives 3rd party auth adoption is not the threat to the user, but threat to the operator. After outsourcing the auth to another entity, and making it obvious through branded login pa... (more) |
— | about 2 years ago |