They’re not that common in residential environments. More common at businesses.

I have this bookmarked from a few years ago, back when PayPal only supported Symantec VIP: https://gist.github.com/jarbro/ca7c9d3eebba1396d53b4a7228575948. I haven’t tried it for a while, but it should still work.

If you want to self-host chat, Conduit (implementation of a Matrix server) is really nice. Much better than the official Matrix implementation (Synapse).

I had a negative experience when initially setting up my account, because of TikTok. This group of kids who called themselves “Fidelity Boyz” discovered that you could deposit a fake check and immediately withdraw the money.

So many people did this that they had to severely lock things down. For most customers, money transferred in either via check or via ACH pull (telling Fidelity to take the money from an account at another bank), was subject to a 16 business day (three weeks and one day) hold. Direct deposits (e.g. paychecks) were not affected, and ACH pushes (when you tell another bank to send the money to Fidelity) were eventually fine too.

It was a big pain. The money I transferred was in limbo for a long time, after I had already switched all my auto-pays over to Fidelity, so I had to switch them all back until the money cleared.

Now that that’s over, it’s great. I love that they reimburse ATM fees worldwide, and I’m a big fan of their basket portfolios product since it makes it so easy to rebalance a portfolio. Saves me from having to manually do a bunch of calculations, and I love that it has a fixed monthly price instead of being percentage based like roboadvisors.

I’ve got one. It’s nice. The cash is automatically invested in a money market account, which is a bit like a high yield savings account.

In case you weren’t aware, Symantec VIP is just TOTP-OATH in a fancy coat. You can extract the secret and use it with any TOTP app. I use Authenticator Pro (now called Stratum) because it’s open-source and has a watch app.

it’s hard to infiltrate telecom systems like S7

Telecom systems can be (and are) infiltrated though, which is what the FBI is warning about.

SS7 is very insecure. See this video, too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVyu7NB7W6Y

is already using TOTP.

A lot of things are moving to phishing-resistant technologies like FIDO2/WebAuthn or passkeys. All my important accounts, like my password manager, are secured using Yubikeys (one that I keep with me and one as a backup in a secure place).

which refuses to work with modern 5GHz networks.

Companies that make IoT devices do this so they can save a bit of money. It lets them use lower end, cheaper wifi chips (or left over older-generation chips that they can buy at a discount). I’m not really a hardware person but apparently 2.4Ghz wifi radios are a lot simpler than 5Ghz ones. Apparently they’re also $2-$3 cheaper which adds up when you’re producing a lot of units.

Also, the 5Ghz band differs per country. For example, some channels are authorized in the USA but not in Europe. Some companies stick to 2.4Ghz to avoid having to make anything region-specific.

This shows some really nice attention to detail.

Air fryers are closer to impingement ovens than convection (fan-forced) ovens.

I also only play games offline, and these days it’s usually on my Xbox rather than on PC, but I’ve been following this since I’m a software engineer and it’s interesting from a development perspective. Kernel-mode anti-cheat has a lot of similarities with malware/rootkits.

They usually have a coupon code for $7.99 for any footlong, which isn’t too bad.

Anti-cheat systems already have to make changes, since Microsoft have plans to significantly restrict kernel mode access after the major Crowdstrike issues earlier in the year. Kernel mode code is very invasive, difficult to get correct, and can result in major security holes or stability issues if not written correctly.

A bug in userland code may crash that one app. A bug in kernel mode code can (and often does) cause bluescreens, that people blame Microsoft for. I’m sure they’re tired of being blamed for buggy code written by other companies.

Running the anti cheat code in userland will (in theory) make it easier to run on other OSes too.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Microsoft-paves-the-way-for-Linux-gaming-success-with-plan-that-would-kill-kernel-level-anti-cheat.888345.0.html

Execution: 9/10

Apart from the fact that he was caught by sitting in a public place and getting recognized, rather than laying low and staying out of public view for a while.

Assuming it’s actually Luigi. Not sure there’s even definitive proof yet.

The fundraiser looks super sketchy and we don’t even know who is running it, so a lot of people probably don’t trust it.

So what you’re saying is that World War 3 is necessary to save the USA.

I’d be happy paying higher taxes if they went towards things that benefit the community, like universal health care, improving quality of public education, etc.

You’re right - Torx is definitely a better option. I just mentioned Pozidriv because people seem to love Phillips head so much for whatever reason, so Pozidriv seems like a logical increment from there.

I’m not sure which companies are best for this use case.