Emma_Gold_Man

Emma_Gold_Man , 1 month ago to linuxmemes in Old XKCD, still relevant

But it would not work on older non-GNU versions of tar.

GNU introduced the "--foo" style long options, and it was a long time before Unix versions began adopting them.

Emma_Gold_Man , 1 month ago to Socialism in A “Tradwife” Discovers the Anti-Feminist Lifestyle Is Miserable and Oppressive

Probably, but unsurprisingly the far-right influencer went to a right-wing mouthpiece media outlet to tell her story. OP probably doesn't want to drive traffic and advertising revenue to them.

Emma_Gold_Man , 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago) to linuxmemes in Debian Thong

Tell me you're bi without telling me you're bi

Emma_Gold_Man , 2 months ago to Technology in FCC restores net neutrality rules that ban blocking and throttling in 3-2 vote

The way this works in the server world is "95th percentile" billing. They track your bandwidth usage over the course of the month (probably in 5 minute intervals), strike off the 5% highest peaks, and your bill for the month is based on the highest usage remaining.

That's considerably more honest than charging you based solely on the highest usage you could theoretically use at any time point in a 24 hour period (which is how ISPs define the "max bandwidth") and then charging you again or cutting off your service if you use more than a certain amount they won't even put in writing.

Emma_Gold_Man , 2 months ago to Privacy in Are there no fully working map apps besides gmaps?

Depends who you need privacy from. I recall Stallman's advice about VPNs - that to avoid having your information turned over you should choose a VPN from a country whose government is no friend of your government. Depending on your threat model, I could see this being the same principle

Emma_Gold_Man , 2 months ago to Privacy in Interesting findings within a VPN app

Probably not. It looks like it's setting the fake address before reading the tunnel parameters, where the real address is stored. Probably a kludge in case the connection address is undefined so the program doesn't crash. So check whether the address is included there.

Also check the function that establishes the connection. 10.1.1.1 is not a public subnet, so unless there is a VPN device listening at the local address, the tunnel should fail to establish and throw an error, triggering the exception clause in that code. Again, you'll want to confirm that in the code.

Emma_Gold_Man , 3 months ago to Memes in Calligraphy

The money in calligraphy is usually made on wedding invitations, diplomas, "fine fining" menus, and corporate award certificates

Emma_Gold_Man , 3 months ago to Privacy in Are hardware security keys worth it? If so, which to pick?

If your usecase and threat model don't require the pinpad, Onlykey Duo is worth a look. No pin, USB A or C, and still gives you 6 slots to support any combination of Fido2, TOTP, SSH, PGP, and password storage.

Emma_Gold_Man , 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to Privacy in Are hardware security keys worth it? If so, which to pick?

Manually keying in the pin is only needed when plugging in the device. Challenges for TOTP, FIDO2, etc. are a configuration option, and are only 3 digits if enabled (press any button if disabled).

As for "excessive amount of security", security as an absolute measure isn't a great way to think about it. Use case and threat model are more apt.

For use case, I'll point out it's also a PGP and SSH device, where there is no third party server applying the first factor (something you know) and needs to apply both factors on device.

For threat model, I'll give the example of an activist who is arrested. If their e-mail provider is in the country, they can compel the provider to give them access, allowing them to reset passwords on other more secure services hosted outside the country. The police now have the second factor (something you have), but can't use it because it's locked.

Emma_Gold_Man , 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to Privacy in Are hardware security keys worth it? If so, which to pick?

https://onlykey.io/

Built in hardware pin entry means your unlock code can't be captured by a compromised machine. Emulates Yubikey if you need that, handles Fido / U2F, stores up to 12 passwords, acts as PGP and SSH key if you install the (open source) agent.

The SSH agent implementation is forked from https://trezor.io/ which is advertised more for crypyo wallet uses.

Edit: For OP's concern about losing the key, it also has the ability to export an encrypted backup that can be restored to a replacement key

Emma_Gold_Man , 3 months ago to Technology in Microsoft now permits uninstalling Edge, Bing, and OneDrive to adhere to the EU's Digital Markets Act.

They are

Emma_Gold_Man , 3 months ago to Privacy in supermarket club cards

Guess I should switch. I always get funny looks when I say my number is "Beechwood 45789"

Emma_Gold_Man , 5 months ago to Technology in It’s Surprisingly Easy to Live Without an Amazon Prime Subscription

Off topic, but as a pen lover - those are lovely! Especially enjoyed the second two from the left.

Emma_Gold_Man , 5 months ago to Privacy in How to get a private car

Sorry, but I have bad news for you. Privacy in major car brands no longer exists.

You don't say where your family member lives, but you might look into smaller regional brands that focus on cheap cars for less overdeveloped areas of the world. Be aware the tradeoff is probably in safety features.

Emma_Gold_Man , 5 months ago to Technology in Want a more private ChatGPT alternative that runs offline? Check out Jan

You don't need to run an X server on the headless server. As long as the libraries are compiled in to the client software (the GUI app), it will work. No GUI would need to be installed on the headless server, and the libraries are present in any common Linux distro already (and support would be compiled into a GUI-only app unless it was Wayland-only).

I agree that a GUI-only installer is a bad thing, but the parent was saying they didn't know how it could be done. "ssh -X" (or -Y) is how.