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  • That seems to be the state of fixing the global warming problem for you.

  • The first time because the cars will be coming from the left. The second time to make sure you didn't misjudge the first time.

    If you live in a country where the traffic directions reverse, you can teach the kid the opposite thing.

    This is just a simple rule of thumb. Obviously, you don't want anything to run into you in any directions, which is a real danger in a busy intersection.

  • Don't know for sure, but if this was posted in the privacy group, probably lots. OTH, from https://www.demandsage.com/gmail-statistics/ , there are 1.8 billion active gmail users, with 121 billion emails (probably including spams) sent a day. If you are using an Android phone (3.6 billion active phones worldwide) and not using custom ROM, you most likely are using Google services.

  • By wikipedia's blackmail definition, blackmail is part of this give-us-something-in-exchange-of-something scam. Blackmailing doesn't usually include give-us-personal-info-in-exchange-of-nonexistent-giftcard kind of scam.

  • From the sound of this one, the person probably didn't even have 2FA. Someone took over the phone number, requested for password reset, and got access to the accounts.

  • Guaranteed to wake you up with stinging sensation.

  • Despite the Capitol's riot, a survey showed 1/3 of Americans thought Biden's presidency was illegitimate. The conservatives see the lawsuits as political prosecutions.

    I'd say unless the non-trump voters come out to vote in a historical number like the last election, he stands a good chance of becoming a president again. And a number of states have passed laws that would make it harder for some subsets of voters to vote.

  • And still wondering if he might actually come back.

  • We certainly wouldn't want a ruling class, do we?

  • Try 2FAS. Open-sourced. Also works on Android. Has a browser extension that allows automatic 2FA entry paired with a phone.

    OTH, if you need a Windows client, then Authy may be the way to go. Need to religiously copy the TOTP secret (when setting up) and save it somewhere else, though. Because it doesn't officially allow export, it might be a bitch to move to other authenticators.

  • If your account is that sensitive, generally no. Fastmail wouldn't escape the court order to turn over some email account' IPs either. Plus, for accounts that are not e2e encrypted, the law may just demand the contents of the account.

    If you have the state actors as enemies, you have to dial up your securities to a different category altogether.

  • I migrated to ProtonMail out of curiosity after more than a decade, but when they turned over the IP address of a fucking CLIMATE ACTIVIST to police, I decided to halt that process

    The police was able to get just the IP addresses. Hide your IPs with Tor for political activism, etc.

  • You need all you "chi" energy for those pillows.

  • I have no idea which side has better arguments for doing what they do, but this is like Mega-tech/Zuck doing this:

  • They didn't mention phishing and malware, although they didn't exclude them either.

    They mentioned:

    • credential stuffing = email/password reused. potential solutions = use unique passwords, use unique email (use aliases).
    • brute-forcing password. potential solutions = use strong random (and unique) passwords, use 2FA.
  • The governments probably stop functioning. Apocalypse ensues.

  • I of course don't know the details of your doc. But people can misrepresent such scams, by misunderstanding (like in ponzi scams - even banks invest in these), by other scams (like task scam), by coercion (you do this, and we will do this, such as giving your account back, for you), etc.

  • When you make such a profile, you'll attract tons of Sugar daddy scammers, who will either send you fake payments, or get you to commit fraud. Internet strangers don't give money out for free. Better and safer to stick with established organizations.

  • Privacy @lemmy.ml

    Even the Government Thinks It Should Stop Buying Corporate Surveillance Data