JohnnyCanuck

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British man Aditya Verma appears in Spanish court over plane-bomb hoax in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

The link I provided explains it. They can decrypt traffic through their own devices.

British man Aditya Verma appears in Spanish court over plane-bomb hoax in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (3 children)

From the article:

A court in Madrid heard it was assumed the message triggered alarm bells after being picked up via Gatwick's Wi-Fi network.

Public wifi without a VPN is like sex without a condom. The connection may not be encrypted (very risky) and even if it is, you are still susceptible to man-in-the-middle attacks: https://www.garlandtechnology.com/blog/how-to-monitor-encrypted-traffic-and-keep-your-network-secure

I guarantee there will be a flood of articles about this over the next few days because of what I quoted above.

It's also possible that one of his "friends" reported him or something like that.

British man Aditya Verma appears in Spanish court over plane-bomb hoax in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (10 children)

In general I agree, but there's no privacy on airport Wi-Fi. And very little at an airport in general.

I ordered a BLT with onion in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

Delivery?

Inside a global phone spy tool monitoring billions in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

~~Archive link:https://archive.is/OCYoM~~

Nevermind archive doesn't get around the paywall.

FOSS 'Ploopy' headphones in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That's true. But I guess I'm not the only one haha!

X runs ‘timeline takeover’ ad promoting anti-trans film in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Xitter, pronounced "shitter".

FOSS 'Ploopy' headphones in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Why did they use such an obscene word for this?

"Ploopy"? I would say it's weird (for headphones) and maybe non-descriptive. How is it "obscene"?

Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag sells over 34 million copies in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Great game. One of my 100%'ers and I was actually sad when it was done.

Punk in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Nice! Thanks!

Punk in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'd love to know what your prompt was

Is it just me or is it lemmy shit? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I have a lot of issues with Lemmy and more specifically how the fediverse will work with multiple copies of communities and the knee-jerk defederation. But, in terms of stability, content and quality, I feel like it has been getting better. I'm willing to give it some more time.

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Any chance of making posts link to old.reddit.com instead of www.reddit.com ? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
7 comments fedilink
 

In particular, posts to NSFW videos hosted on v.redd.it don't work on the www version. The links take you to the comments page, which blocks NSFW content, and nags you to go to the app.

old.reddit.com links just work without logging in.

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Feature suggestion - pop up confirmation before exiting app when using the Back button on Android (sh.itjust.works)
 

I end up backing out of the app a lot, especially from the search. Having the back button from the search window not exit the app and go back home is a solution for that partícular issue, but a popup to confirm backing out of the app would help in multiple situations.

I think any feature change like this should be optional though.

(I'm coming from RIF and it had this feature.)

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Anyone else dislike the comment-collapsing behaviour? (sh.itjust.works)
 

I know this behavior was requested, but the tap to collapse and long press to hide buttons are both really annoying to me.

  • If there's a link in the comment and you miss your tap, you end up collapsing the comment. Then it takes three (or 6, or 9) clicks to click a link. This is particularly common at small fonts. The old behaviour of collapsing when hitting the comment header was sufficient, and still too much IMO.

  • I usually use long press to highlight text and copy it. Maybe to bring up a menu. Having it hide a menu (the buttons) is just weird and disconcerting

Again, I know this was requested, so I tried to give it a chance, but I really dislike it, so I wanted to see how others felt. I'm recently coming from RIF btw.

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/r/CombatFootage (sh.itjust.works)
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Serious, important question about this instance. (sh.itjust.works)
 

Do you (yes you, you personally) read the name as "Shhh, it just works" or "Shit just works".

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'Dead' woman found breathing in coffin at own funeral (www.bbc.com)
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Arches National Park may have found a magic bullet for overcrowding. Could it work at other parks? (www.sltrib.com)
 

Timed entry worked great for us when we visited. We tend to try going as early in the morning as possible at most tourist spots.

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‘Bienvenido Starlink’ — [Galapagos] Ecuador welcomes commercial satellite broadband (www.rcrwireless.com)
 

Internet was terrible when I was there, hopefully this will make it a bit better. Useful for cloud backups of all the photos and videos you'll take there.

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What announcements from this weekend are you most excited about? (sh.itjust.works)
 

Between the PC Gaming Show and Xbox Games Showcase, what's got you tingling?

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'Craft gear from here': How B.C. mountain towns are growing a recreation-based manufacturing industry (www.cbc.ca)
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Can AI make older adults feel less lonely? (techcrunch.com)
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Here’s a rough estimate of how many people recent SCOTUS rulings might kill (arstechnica.com)
 

"In all, the researchers estimate that the three decisions combined could lead to around 3,000 deaths total in the coming decade if nothing else changes. The higher-end estimate, which the researchers note could be more realistic, would be nearly 6,000."

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