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  • Xanza@lemm.eetoPrivacy Guides@lemmy.one•[Louis Rossmann] The best way to get back privacyEnglish
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    4 days ago

    Love Rossman and his analogies. lol

    If you agree with Louis but don’t know how to setup something as complicated as pfBlocker-NG, you can try other DNS (DoH/3) based adblocking which IMO is just as effective;

    Light + TIF                     https://sky.rethinkdns.com/1:AAkACAQA
Normal + TIF                https://sky.rethinkdns.com/1:AAkACAgA
Pro + TIF                 https://sky.rethinkdns.com/1:AAoACBAA
Pro plus + TIF               https://sky.rethinkdns.com/1:AAoACAgA
Ultimate + TIF              https://sky.rethinkdns.com/1:gAgACABA

Light + TIF                 https://dns.dnswarden.com/00000000000000000000048  
Normal + TIF                 https://dns.dnswarden.com/00000000000000000000028  
Pro + TIF                 https://dns.dnswarden.com/00000000000000000000018  
Pro plus + TIF               https://dns.dnswarden.com/0000000000000000000000o  
Ultimate + TIF              https://dns.dnswarden.com/0000000000000000000000804  

Light                https://freedns.controld.com/x-hagezi-light
Normal                https://freedns.controld.com/x-hagezi-normal
Pro                https://freedns.controld.com/x-hagezi-pro  
Pro plus                https://freedns.controld.com/x-hagezi-proplus  
Ultimate                https://freedns.controld.com/x-hagezi-ultimate
TIF                https://freedns.controld.com/x-hagezi-tif

    Not sure how to use dnscrypt-proxy to set up DoH/3 resolution? Check out the only software I’ve ever recommended anyone ever pay for: YogaDNS

    Swapping DoH/3 providers is as simple as adding them, and setting a routing rule. Hell, your router may even be DoH/3 compatible and you’ll be able to set this network wide.

    Test it out.

  • Xanza@lemm.eetoTechnology@lemmy.world•Network Security Issues in RedNote.English
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    10 days ago

    I’m skeptical. Citizen Lab is great, but just because they didn’t reply doesn’t mean these issues weren’t worked on or fixed. They tested 8.59.2 and the current US version is 8.59.5 with the current Chinese version being 8.70.6.

    There’s been dozens of updates since the test, so it’s hard say if these test are even valid anymore. Additionally;

    Network attackers can read users’ file a contents on the Android versions of the application available for download on RedNote’s website and on the Mi Store, but not in the version downloaded from the Google Play Store or the iOS version.

    The major security issue isn’t even possible as long as you get them directly from the Play Store.

  • Xanza@lemm.eetoTechnology@lemmy.world•Microsoft gives up on users experiencing problems updating their Windows 11 machines. Now recommends a "manual correction"English
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    12 days ago

    There was absolutely no reason to bring up that you were coding longer than I was alive

    So since you’ve clearly forgotten, let’s go back in time.

    1. I said Windows should be rewritten from scratch because it has a poor foundation.
    2. You said you should never rewrite large software!
    3. I tell you that I’ve been a developer for decades, and that’s not really true, it’s just the authors opinion, and is entirely predicated on a mistaken supposition.
    4. You get defensive and slap your age down on the table like it’s a big ol’ dick as if you could never be wrong because you’re 60 years old.
    5. I said that I didn’t say that I was older than you. In fact I didn’t mention age at all. I said that the likelyhood of me having been a professional developer for longer than you have been alive is high and you took that to mean as me saying “haha, I’m older so I’m right!”
    6. You misrepresented something your own source said, as something I said, and said it was wrong–which is fucking hilarious to me.
    7. You continue to take everything as a personal attack against you.
    8. Now all of a sudden unless you work for Microsoft you don’t have the ability to have a professional opinion about the subject matter–you posting Spolsky’s word as the word of God despite him having worked for Microsoft for like 4 years over 2 decades ago. lol

    I specifically referenced Gnu tools, window managers, etc. What is wrong with you?

    This is exactly what you wrote;

    I use Linux. There are frequent bugs that require me to type in a command manually to work around.

    I mean Jesus Christ my guy.

  • Xanza@lemm.eetoTechnology@lemmy.world•Microsoft gives up on users experiencing problems updating their Windows 11 machines. Now recommends a "manual correction"English
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    12 days ago

    My age isn’t important to the argument.

    I didn’t bring up your age to make an argument about it. I simply pointed out that I’ve likely been developing software longer than you’ve been alive and to my credit this statement is almost always true, especially given that very few in their 60s would use a federated social platform, it’s a reasonable assumption. You’re the one who made it about age–and you keep doing so in your replies.

    I noticed now that I posted my age you didn’t respond with yours.

    Why do you feel entitled to know my age?

    You can’t get past personal attacks.

    You’re the one fixating on age, and you clearly misread my initial post. You’re counter-arguing against the source you provided, misrepresenting and misunderstanding what your own source said. You’re only arguing against those points because you mistakenly thought I had made them. So, I responded in kind. In typical boomer fashion, you entered this thread dismissive of others, framed everything around your age as if it automatically makes you right, and now blame others for your misunderstandings. Truly a sight to see.

    It’s objectively true that building on a poor foundation is a bad idea and it’s also objectively true that sometimes if the foundation is bad enough it’s easier to simply rebuild the whole damn thing from scratch than to attempt to patch bad code. As I said, I’ve been a developer for decades. I’m a subject matter expert here. Just because I don’t work for Microsoft doesn’t mean my critique of their monolithic software is invalid.

    Unless you work at Microsoft on the code, you have absolutely no basis for your claim that the entire code base should be thrown out.

    It’s an opinion backed by decades of expertise with the product. I’ve not only used every single version of Windows extensively, but I also write software for Windows. That’s not experience you can casually dismiss. I don’t need to work at Microsoft to recognize that its poorly designed from the ground up and that each new version builds on a flawed foundation.

    I use Linux. There are frequent bugs that require me to type in a command manually to work around. It would be insane to claim that all of Linux (I’m also referring to all the gnu tools, window managers etc) should be thrown out and start fresh.

    Calling your operating system “Linux”–when Linux is just the kernel and not the OS–doesn’t really help your argument here.

    Moreover, the various Linux distributions have a strong foundation around the linux kernel. Windows does not. I don’t understand how anyone could seriously argue otherwise.

  • Xanza@lemm.eetoSelfhosted@lemmy.world•How do you all handle security and monitoring for your publicly accessible services?English
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    12 days ago

    The entire point of selfhost is to host private services not available to the public. By literal definition, that’s allowing only local traffic to connect to your services. It’s infinitely more secure. A VPN allows you to extend those services over the clearnet to authorized devices via virtualized networks. You don’t have to worry about messing with inbound/outbound ports, or worrying about software failure or misconfigurations accidentally exposing you to the clearnet. You don’t have to worry about DDoS, or abuse. Being attacked? Bring down your VPN and that completely shuts down your issue. Your network is completely unreachable by anyone but a local host.

    There’s simply no room for an argument. VPN is objectively better in all possible situations.

  • Xanza@lemm.eetoTechnology@lemmy.world•Microsoft gives up on users experiencing problems updating their Windows 11 machines. Now recommends a "manual correction"English
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    12 days ago

    Stating the fact that I’ve been in development for longer than most people I converse with have been alive isn’t attacking anyone. If you feel attacked by someone because they have a difference of opinion, then you need to go outside.

    You don’t even know who Joel is.

    I know who Spolsky is. I just don’t have an overabundant need to blow smoke up his ass like his word is that of Gods.

    Joel addressed your argument that the code is misread throughout the entire essay.

    Go get your reading glasses and go back to reread my previous post. It’s not my argument that code is misread. I was literally directly quoting him. So if Joel says it, it’s the word of God to you, but you misinterpret something I’m saying (which he’s actually saying) and now all of a sudden you have an issue with it?

    That’s pretty telling that maybe your reverence for Joel is getting in the way of your brains thinky-thinky party.

  • Xanza@lemm.eetoSelfhosted@lemmy.world•How do you all handle security and monitoring for your publicly accessible services?English
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    12 days ago

    You may say that’s a good practice to separate things

    You’re missing the point. VPN isn’t about separating anything… I’m not even sure what you mean by that. VPN is the accepted practice here. Unquestionably. You create private services, and for security you only expose them to the least amount of people possible. You authenticate via VPN connections. You only have to maintain a single database of users to access any number of services, even tens of thousands.

    OP is specifically talking about hosting local content that they want to protect. VPN is the solution here.