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SheeEttin

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SheeEttin ,

Depends. What are you planning on using a VPN for?

SheeEttin ,

If you're in the position that the NSA is in your system trying to bypass SELinux, you have much bigger problems.

Besides, in that case, having it disabled is going to make it easier for them anyway.

SheeEttin ,

Overkill and overpriced. If you're on Windows, bitlocker is enough. If you're on Linux, LUKS is enough.

I've used Apricorn drives at previous jobs. They're cool and very much fit for purpose, but I'd have a hard time justifying the significant price premium when software is nearly as good, free, and works with any drive.

(Hypothetically) How terrible would Privacy be if using dial-up internet in modern day?

I was born in 2002 and wasn't really much exposed to the internet until 2012. I saw my older brother and sister watching YouTube on my Dad's laptop in 2007 with a (presumably ethernet) cable, but I'm sure they weren't using dial-up, and I think most people had abandoned it by that time....

SheeEttin ,

It wouldn't be significantly different from any other access method.

SheeEttin ,

yet

alvaro , to Self Hosted - Self-hosting your services.

I have a disk for local backups (that is the only purpose of that disk). I was wondering what would make it last longer:

  • Keep it mounted to my server permanently (current solution)
  • Keep it unmounted most of the time, mount it when I'm going to do a backup (either daily or every 3 days, I don't mind changing that) and unmounting after the backup is done.

What would be the best strategy?

cc @selfhost @selfhosted

SheeEttin ,

Mounting or unmounting a filesystem won't make a difference for drive longevity.

If you want to keep your backups secure, you want to keep them offline, so if you get ransomware it doesn't encrypt your backup too. (Or if you just mistype a command and target the wrong device, folder, etc.)

But drive motor starts and stops are when the most failures occur. So the ultimate question isn't how to make a drive last longer, it's how you plan to handle it when the failure inevitably occurs.

How to constructively protest against AI voice transcription at work?

As a medical doctor I extensively use digital voice recorders to document my work. My secretary does the transcription. As a cost saving measure the process is soon intended to be replaced by AI-powered transcription, trained on each doctor's voice. As I understand it the model created is not being stored locally and I have no...

SheeEttin ,

What, exactly, are your privacy concerns about this?

SheeEttin ,

Sounds like a weak argument. They're not going to be inclined to operate a local ML system just for one or two people.

I would see if you can get a quote for locally-hosted transcription software you can run on your own, like Dragon Medical. Maybe reach out to your IT department to see if they already have a working relationship with Nuance for that software. If they're willing to get you started, you can probably just use that for dictation and nobody will notice or care.

SheeEttin ,

How confident do you need to be? I don't think I've seen any convincing evidence of any firmware spying in PC components.

Well, except the NSA's Clipper chip, but I don't think that really ever got implemented.

SheeEttin ,

Yes, and? They are not sending your PHI to Microsoft.

Or, if they use Microsoft cloud services like 365 or Azure, where they are sending PHI to Microsoft, Microsoft agrees to follow local healthcare information protection law. In the US, as a business associate, they are a covered entity under HIPAA and must maintain compliance to protect your information.

Where to put reverse proxy?

I currently have my reverse proxy on my NAS. That means I forward all of my 443 HTTPS traffic to my NAS. I am using OpnSense for my router, and there are several options for reverse proxies on that. Everything works the way it is now, but I do wonder if it would be "better" if I moved all of the reverse proxy stuff to my router....

SheeEttin ,

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

SheeEttin ,

This doesn't have anything to do with patient data and everything to do with pharmaceutical companies abusing care platforms.

SheeEttin ,

Seems like a bit of a reach to go from knowing which appliances you use and when, to identity theft and harassment by your landlord.

Besides, I feel like even if your landlord was able to get this info (in the US, utilities are surprisingly protective of account access), they'd be able to do much more just by virtue of having physical access to the property.

The burglary or home invasion angles I can see, but it actually working out like that seems extremely unlikely.

SheeEttin ,

You ever seen a phone at 0%?

SheeEttin ,

Never heard of that one. This one is trustworthy: https://haveibeenpwned.com/

How Do I Avoid Giving Home Address to Bank?

I've heard of things like iPostal and Traveling Mailbox. Do these services allow you to register with bank, DMV, IRS, Voting, etc? How do they work? Would a normal P.O box using its physical address from USPS work? I've tried researching it and haven't gotten clear answers....

SheeEttin ,

Those info sites aren't built from bank records. They're built from public records databases like voters, property, taxes, legal cases, and government actions, including stuff like just showing up to the city council to complain.

You could conceivably open an account in another country where they're very private about banking info, but it wouldn't help your case, and it would probably be a huge hassle for your day to day life.

SheeEttin ,

Discovering what? A very popular satirical news site?

SheeEttin ,

Yes, especially in the UK, since they're a surveillance state.

There are some things that will always get flagged on any platform. This, drugs, and connections to sanctioned countries, for example. I've heard of people in the US having their Venmo accounts suspended because they put "Havana" in the transaction description. Havana is a local dance club.

SheeEttin ,

This depends on how the decompressor is implemented. It's certainly possible to do it all in memory.

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    SheeEttin ,

    You can control who sees it by how and where you post it. If you don't want people to see it, just don't put it on the Internet at all. Even sites with fine-grained privacy controls can have flaws that result in information leaks.

    The Irish government wants to pass a law that could see you or your loved ones jailed for possession of memes, cartoons or any content that could be deemed "hateful".

    The Bill includes no definition of hate and is wide open to abuse by bad actors. Defend free speech – say no to this legislation, and any legislation of is kind... Anywhere!...

    SheeEttin ,

    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4nj2xzrz83o

    I'm getting doxxed by a troll

    I got doxxed by a troll on a forum , the troll posted my real full name and school including my grade level , pics of a Facebook account which the troll thinks it's me but isn't because I don't have any mainstream socials. The troll keeps pasting my name and pics from the Facebook profile everywhere on the forum, what do I do...

    SheeEttin ,

    Also consider filing a police report for harassment. I don't expect anything will happen from that alone, but it starts a paper trail.

    SheeEttin ,

    I'm not familiar with how Avahi works, but I assume it uses broadcast packets. Do you actually have routing between two networks, or is it just a wireless bridge? Do broadcast packets transit the bridge? Have you taken a packet capture from both sides?

    SheeEttin ,

    I use Boost and I like it. But I gave the dev the few bucks for ad-free.

    If there's a malicious ad, report it to the dev. I'm pretty sure they can ban it.

    I have an issue with how SIM cards are handled in most countries

    Almost all countries require official authentication to activate a SIM card. This seems to me as a huge privacy problem, if the country can track sim cards across cell towers and connect them to a person. It seems like a dystopian system, that we litterely can not hide from our governments without turning off our smartphones....

    SheeEttin ,

    This. It's about crime. You couldn't sign up for landline service without providing the same info as any other utility, and it was tied to an address. I'm fine with cell service being traceable, with a warrant or court order (and not a secret rubber-stamp FISA court, a real one).

    SheeEttin ,

    The problem is not that it's regurgitating. The problem is that it was trained on NYT articles and other data in violation of copyright law. Regurgitation is just evidence of that.

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