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Privacy@lemmy.ml: An open source two factor auth app that syncs keys between devices?

Isn't the value of two factor auth that it requires a physical device (your phone or computer) with the auth key to authenticate you? Then why don't many two factor auth apps seem to support syncing? If it's fine to do so, are there any open source cross platform apps that sync keys?

solrize ,

It's considered bad form to do what you're asking but most 2fa apps have a backup restore scheme now. Is that enough?

solrize ,

A physical token only authenticates itself as "something you have" if there's no way to extract the key from it. In practice non-hardcore deployments usually have a backup procedure but in principle, if you want multiple tokens, they should have separate keys. What you're asking in simplest form involves storing the key on a server where it can potentially spill in a server breach or the like. If the key protects something very valuable, that can be dangerous. If it's for your old Reddit account, you might decide to do it anyway.

solrize ,

It's hard to understand the purpose of this. The difficulty of the project (i.e. complexity of the web) is the real problem that needs solving. We don't need another fork of the browser-verse. We need a fork of the web itself.

solrize ,

How are they going to produce these patches if microsoft is no longer releasing them?

solrize ,

First there were glassholes. Now we'll have earworms?

solrize ,

Do I want to know what opensea is?

Private WiFi camera for out of town viewing. Live view only. No storage.

Is there a WiFi camera with an app for viewing when away from home, that has decent privacy? Plug and play would be nice. Limited time to do major setup as in 2 hours tops. Cost is fine nothing into 4 digits. Recording not neccesary. No storage is needed. Simple live viewing is all.

solrize ,

It always seems simplest to do this stuff with raspberry pi cameras or cheap webcams, and wired networks if feasible. Then use ffmpeg and icecast to stream through a VPS. Anything made as a consumer product is likely a shambles of crap software and security holes.

solrize ,

If you have enough upload bandwidth I guess you don't need the vps.

solrize ,

It's a trade off between video quality and bandwidth but you can set the ffmpeg parameters to the bandwidth you want, more or less. If you have 2mbits up you can do ok. Motion detection can help if it's for security and not much is happening most of the time.

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    solrize ,

    I've never heard of this guy but I'm not very attentive to streamer drama. Is this significant beyond there now being N+1 known bozos in the world instead of N?

    solrize ,

    Who is he? What does he stream about? Is he really a doctor?

    Looking for recommendations for homebrew security system cameras

    A friend of mine is helping me with setting up a Linux-based homebrew security system set up. He's currently using Wyze cameras, but they are faulty and have ads on them, so I'd like to find something more open-source/closed system that I can control completely. Any recommendations or pointers in the right direction would be...

    solrize ,

    Raspberry pi cameras aren't that bad a deal.

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    Nobody remembers diceware?

    solrize ,

    If it's from a memorable phrase, then the phrase has a lot of redundancy and it's hard to estimate the actual entropy. Generating a random phrase and writing it on a slip of paper works for me. Keep the paper in your pocket and refer to it when you need to, instead of trying to memorize it. Once you've typed it into the computer a few times, you remember it automatically. At that point you can swallow the paper or use your favorite alternate secure disposal method ;).

    solrize ,

    Do you want something that also has CDN like Cloudflare? Bunny.net is good, but way more expensive than a cheap VPS if you use a lot of traffic.

    solrize ,

    I had heard of AI girlfriends so I guess AI boyfriends makes sense too. Question: what happens if you fix up two AI's with each other?

    solrize ,

    You might not remember that the original Macintosh had 128KB. That's KB with a K.

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    Named after astronomer Vera C. Rubin (1928-2016), I guess.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vera_Rubin

    There is also an observatory under construction in Chile named after her.

    solrize ,

    Do you mean it downloads all the posts whether you read them or not? Is that basically running your own instance?

    solrize ,

    Yeah I don't see mention in the article of (so far) any observable reaction from the US pharma industry. It's maybe reasonable as conjecture but not something we can claim as a fact.

    Robotic 'Third Thumb' Makes Tasks Possible With One Hand; Can Be A Game Changer For The Disabled (www.ibtimes.co.uk)

    This controllable prosthetic, the Third Thumb, attaches to the right hand, granting wearers the ability to perform a slew of one-handed tasks such as grasping objects, opening bottles, sorting cards, and even peeling a banana.

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    "Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya..."

    solrize ,

    Plain text or org mode file.

    solrize ,

    Almost all of those have Internet. And they're generally expensive and/or only available cartier locked.

    Reddit-like content aggregator that focuses on moderation transparency and user empowerment. (www.speakbits.com)

    SpeakBits is a place where people can freely express their thoughts and ideas without fear, bias, or censorship. Our vision is to create an online haven where users can engage in meaningful discussions, exchange diverse perspectives, and build connections with like-minded individuals.

    solrize ,

    Good luck with that!

    solrize ,

    "With four parameters I can fit an elephant, and with five I can make him wiggle his trunk" -- John von Neumann.

    solrize ,

    I don't mind the crazy answers as long as they're attributed. "You can use glue to stop cheese from sliding off your pizza" - bad. "According to fucksmith on reddit [link to post], you can use glue...". That isn't so great either but it's a lot better. There is also a matter of the basic decency of giving credit for brilliant ideas like that.

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    HN thread is here and it's on the front page 7 hours old: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40481808

    Many mentions made that a significant part of the issue seemed to be Cloudflare IP addresses getting banned in some countries. They wanted the customer to switch to a bring-your-own-IP plan.

    Also, the discussion took place over 1 month, not 24 hours.

    I think the HN thread is reasonably informative and nuanced. CF didn't do great but it was somewhat a fog of war situation.

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    Flac for me has been about half the size of wav, at least for normal 16 bit 44 khz audio. Maybe it's worse at higher bit depth? Anyway bulk storage is pretty cheap. You could have Flac in your archive while keeping ogg or whatever on your everyday playback device.

    solrize ,

    Is it important? It was a cool program 30 years ago but it's just a playback UI right?

    solrize ,

    Even if they accept patches, contributing still sounds like a bad deal. It's free labor for some company. FOSS at minimum means the right to fork, precisely what "source available" seeks to deny.

    Leaving aside the question of winamp vs comparable programs, does anyone even care about desktop music players any more? I'm a throwback and use command line players, but I thought the cool kids these days use phones for stuff like that.

    I understand there is some technical obstacle to porting Rockbox to Android, but idk what it is and haven't tried to look into it.

    solrize ,

    You mean if you build it yourself? I guess that is something, but it is still conceivable to sneak stuff in. Look at that xzlib backdoor from a few weeks ago.

    T-Mobile's Forced Arbitration

    In an effort to increase my privacy, I decided to buy a Pixel phone second hand to use with GrapheneOS. Due to some miscommunications, the phone ended up being carrier locked with T-Mobile. GrapheneOS's own website advises against buying carrier locked phones in order to avoid the hassle of carrier unlocking it....

    solrize ,

    There are magic unlock codes and there are always people on Craigslist offering to unlock phones for a few but. But yeah, buy unlocked phones. Alternatively maybe you could have used that phone with a T-Mobile mvno sim. Idk if that works with tmo locked phones and have been wondering.

    An Important Hypothetical - What Android Apps Do You Install?? (sh.itjust.works)

    You're twelve years old on Thanksgiving at six thirty in the morning. You'll be leaving for Grandma's in about a half hour, and she's lives a three hour drive away, going in one direction. You have nothing to prepare yourself on this journey, other than a tablet running Android Eleven. Beware, the speaker is broken and there is...

    solrize ,

    Silly premise, but you have found a use for Bluetooth headphones I guess.

    Anyway I probably install Librera FD for reading epubs, then go on AO3 for suitable materials.

    solrize ,

    Download as epub then use pandoc to convert to whatever. I'm throwback enough to prefer plain text.

    solrize ,

    Wait what? And what about CP/M as a personal computer OS?

    Anyway PC's are toys. You need a mainframe framework: http://www.coboloncogs.org

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    the absolute quiet

    WANT. I didn't know that existed now. Best I've been able to do is foamies, that are better than nothing, but still let in a lot of sound. I will go look for new Bose IEM's. Thanks.

    Added: Bose QuietComfort Ultra Earbuds, I think. I'll see what I can find out. 6 hour runtime is a bit unfortunate though, not enough to get through a work day.

    Btw, a lot of the blurb about these is about music playback quality and I don't want that at all. No music, just quiet. If they are 10db quieter at speech frequencies than typical 32db NRR foamies then that is probably worth the $250 to me. The amount of productivity I lose to office chatter distraction exceeds that in like no time.

    Is there a reasonable way to replace the batteries once they crap out? Frankly I'd be fine with a wired version.

    solrize ,

    Thanks! Responded by PM.

    solrize ,

    The good news is that we can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel...

    solrize ,

    80x62 pixels, there are already other cheaper sensors in this range. FLIR is way more expensive but has much higher res.

    solrize ,

    https://www.sparkfun.com/search/results?term=flir

    Actually the flir lepton is not so high res either. Try digikey for higher res and higher priced modules.

    solrize ,

    No they are not CCD, they use microbolometers whatever those are. CCD IR sensors are for near infrared only, not the much longer thermal wavelengths.

    solrize ,

    Here's a higher res gizmo ($300+):

    https://www.cnx-software.com/2024/03/08/xtherm-ii-ts2-review-256x192-thermal-imager-android-smartphone/

    Secure portal between Internet and internal services

    I thought I was going to use Authentik for this purpose but it just seems to redirect to an otherwise Internet accessible page. I'm looking for a way to remotely access my home network at a site like remote.mywebsite.com. I have Nginx proxy forwarding with SSL working appropriately, so I need an internal service that receives...

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    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jump_server

    solrize ,

    Rexx and Prolog, hot damn. Main thing though is to not date Java programmers. They will treat you like an object. :)

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    solrize ,

    This has been Mozilla's direction for years.

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    I thought this was a specific, unpopular version. The versions people actually used are still closed. Did that change?

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    ‘My whole library is wiped out’: what it means to own movies and TV in the age of streaming services (www.theguardian.com)

    *What rights do you have to the digital movies, TV shows and music you buy online? That question was on the minds of Telstra TV Box Office customers this month after the company announced it would shut down the service in June. Customers were told that unless they moved over to another service, Fetch, they would no longer be...

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    Leopards ate my face.

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