Comment on: Just a PSA that Yik yak is back, my nostalgia is loving it
IOS only eh?
Good luck with that...
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04 Oct 2021 09:51
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Comment on: Tailscale · Best VPN Service for Secure Networks
Indeed, never pay for a VPN in order to "protect your privacy".
Hey chief, passing all of your traffic to a datacenter - think that flags you in some way when you're in countries like China, Turkey, or Iran? Nah, they probably have NO idea why you're sending so many bytes to DigitalOcean or M247 or the MANY others.
Think that a state-level actor can't compromise hardware in these large datacenters?
The few that don't willingly hand over the keys, without the specific hosts's permission that is? I'm sure that Amazon AWS is WAY more worried about the couple hundred bucks that they get from Tailscale than they are about the billions that they get from the us gov't, for instance.
There are other ways ad hosts track you, from cookies, to the favicon exploit, to other durable identifiers that don't give a solitary fuck about your IP - even in passing.
VPN's aren't magic 'hacker shields' either no matter how much your favorite podcast host shills them as such. Your traffic to any even REMOTELY competently set up service (often even if the CEO's stepson Jeff set it up!) is already encrypted. At BEST, they might get what site you're trying to access. Using a decent encrypted DNS server (there's a bunch of ways to do this), they don't even get that.
The best use case for them is keeping your ISP from shutting your service off for torrenting (learn to nntp) the latest Marvel movie. This is about the extent that your ISP cares about your traffic. Depending on the ISP, they might not even give this many fucks. Everything else is just security theater. If it makes you feel better, that's great, I guess.
I mean, that, and the intended purpose of tunneling into a secure network to access resources that you wish not expose to the general internet.
Think before you do. If a claim sounds too good to be true - it probably is.
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15 Aug 2021 00:56
u/IGotAGoodUsername
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Comment on: Tailscale · Best VPN Service for Secure Networks
People that use VPN's are very gullible.
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14 Aug 2021 03:52
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Comment on: PSA: Scalpers are hoarding TPM2.0 modules (of course they are), don't pay $100 for one
Most AMD Ryzen motherboards should have the option to enable "AMD fTPM". This is a slightly less secure "software" based TPM, instead of a physical module - but it should still allow for an upgrade to windows 11 when the time comes, if you want to.
It also allows for BitLocker encryption.
Intel has one too, ~~but I can't for the life of me think of what it's called in most intel bios'es.~~ look for a setting labelled PTT.
Once it's enabled...

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28 Jun 2021 07:09
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Comment on: President Donald Trump has joined YouTube competitor Rumble
I love how wikipedia can't help themselves. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumble_(website)#Donald_Trump
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26 Jun 2021 23:23
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Wyze announces Buds Pro with ANC, then teases an even cheaper set
6 0 comments 12 May 2021 14:53 u/IGotAGoodUsername (..) in g/technologyComment on: Any good alternatives to Ubiquiti?
I've got some of the same concerns.
Problem for me is that I also heavily use the Protect line as well.
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08 Apr 2021 17:54
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Comment on: Any good alternatives to Ubiquiti?
Not that I've found yet.
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08 Apr 2021 16:47
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Comment on: Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger slams site's leftist bias and claims 'neutrality' is gone
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21 Feb 2021 17:10
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Comment on: Parler.com returns online
Works for me on Opera VPN
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15 Feb 2021 20:22
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A new widespread malware attack targets Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and Yandex users
17 2 comments 12 Dec 2020 15:34 u/IGotAGoodUsername (..) in g/technologyMajor Credit Cards Stop Allowing Cards To Be Used On Pornhub; Porn Site Outraged
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05 Aug 2020 16:06
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Comment on: Turns out half the internet has a Single-Point-of-Failure called “Cloudflare”
[Web view](https://www.sslshopper.com/ssl-checker.html#hostname=ruqqus.com)
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21 Jul 2020 17:07
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Comment on: Google accused of manipulation to track users
Seems like they work [on AT&T](https://www.amazon.com/Nokia-3310-3G-Unlocked-T-Mobile/dp/B075FL4H89).
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16 Jul 2020 18:45
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