No doubt, it'd be a nightmare to try distros on bare metal without it haha
Rewatching bits and pieces of #TheRiseofSkywalker, I *STILL* don't know what everyone was complaining about. In general, I thought the sequel trilogy was fantastic. I've been a Star Wars fan all my life and that trilogy rekindled my childhood in so many ways.
While Disney's handling of #StarWars has taken a turn for the worse recently with Andor and The Acolyte, I still believe that every sequel film was better than the last.
I've been using VMs and Ventoy to test distros but it hasn't helped because there are many distros that I really like, and none of them fit 100% to my use case haha
I made mention of a tool called UniGetUI a while back, and I do enjoy what it's trying to do (make a Linux-style package management GUI for Windows) but every time I use it, it breaks winget entirely.
As such, I've started just using winget direct from PowerShell and I really like it. I've become such a fan of Linux that I'm actually enjoying using CLIs, even for basic tasks. That's a far cry from where I was when I first started thinking about trying Linux!
#Windows #Linux #CommandLine
True, but a lot of password managers now have capabilities to create and sign in with passkeys so I imagine it could be done?
Flamingo has the npub as the only thing visible by default, but the nsec is only hidden behind two clicks rather than a password.
As a Christian, I consider AndBible to be a crucial app. I still read my physical Bibles and find them to be the superior way to read the Bible, but AndBible is a phenomenal app.
It's insanely feature-rich, it's ad-free, it's open source and it's protected against persecution. No, really, it has a feature inside of it designed to help keep it hidden from hostile regimes so Christians can still read the Bible without constant fear of police looking at their phone and finding a Bible app.
It's absolutely excellent. You can't download certain translations due to copyright (which is absolutely absurd, but not their fault), but you can keep multiple translations on hand with study resources, from concordances to maps to English-Hebrew/Greek dictionaries and more.
Definitely check it out if you're a Christian!
#ChristianFaith #Bible #FOSS #freedom #FreedomToRead
Let's discuss a possible Nostr security flaw.
If you use the web version of Nostr, the easiest way to actually log in is via an extension such as Flamingo. This is recommended in the Nostr documentation. These extensions allow you passkey-like access to your account on whatever web client you choose to use (typing this from Snort at the moment).
The problem is that the extension isn't locked by any sort of PIN or passcode.
Common security advice is to never use browsers' built-in password managers because of the fact that there are different types of browser attacks that can either steal your passwords or outright steal your login cookies to gain access to accounts without having to log in with a password.
Now, in fairness, I'm guessing Nostr isn't quite as vulnerable to a token stealer attack due to how it works, but a password theft could still reveal your nsec through these extensions due to the fact that they're not locked behind anything.
Ideally, I'd love to see more password managers offer support for Nostr, since it'd be a lot nicer to just have my keys in Proton Pass so I can log in as I'd log in anywhere else, but for now, using a Nostr extension is the only real way I can use Nostr on the web. Why haven't the developers of these extensions added PIN/password capabilities of some sort?
Just some thoughts I had. If I'm wrong, please do provide the reasoning as I'd like to have greater peace of mind on this.
#asknostr #securitychain #cybersec #cryptography
Late upload but I got this in the mail today from a giveaway, I'm looking forward to diving back into the Bible with this!
#ChristianFaith #Bible #books
I'm still not sure what I want to use on my PC but Mint is a strong consideration. I've heard Manjaro is great despite the developers being lazy on some stuff outside of the distro.
In general, I hope I can settle on a distro for my main PC by next year; I can't afford to be down and out for a week every time I distro hop haha
Due to an error I was having, I switched the Aurora Store over to Obtanium and ever since then the new update has tied dark mode to whether or not I had my entire phone and dark mode. This is irritating because if you use custom themes on a Samsung, you want to keep it on light mode or else the custom theming options won't show up.
#AuroraStore #darkmode #themes
I don't disagree, but there are also plenty of wholesome hobbies men have that many western women are shallow toward.
Nice! Mint and Zorin are both great for reviving old hardware like that! It's hard to pick my preference between those two haha
Fortunately, there are entire swaths of women overseas who aren't that shallow.
I agree entirely. I've been saying that since way back when; I was a late arrival to social media, only joining Facebook in 2011 after friends at school insisted I should get it since the private school I was attending was going to shut down after that year, and at the time, better options didn't really exist.
I used to hang out on forums before that (and I still prefer forums to just about everything else), and even after I did get Facebook, I only friended people I knew in person. The whole "hundreds of friends" thing, which inexorably led to the influencer/follower thing, was always something I hated.
If you're in the US and you were using Kaspersky, make sure it didn't install this on your PC and if it did, thank our federal government for the ban. π
#cybersec #antivirus #Kaspersky
I almost never get spam calls because I'm somewhat protective of where I put my phone number, but I do occasionally get a wrong number that could also just be a scam attempt.
In general, if a number isn't in my contacts, I don't answer. If it's important, they can text me.
Yeah, I've tried that angle as well, but unfortunately, they either don't care or they're not interested in really doing anything about it. Unfortunate, but that's just the way people are these days, sadly.
I did just deactivate my Facebook about an hour ago. I figure that Messenger is still available if they need to get in touch but otherwise, it will keep me offline, save me some time, and hopefully send a message that I'm not really interested in keeping Facebook in the long run. Doubt it will do much of anything, but I guess we'll see.
My home state! I still believe it's the most beautiful place on earth, as is the entirety of Appalachia!
Nah, I'm definitely aware of how they manipulate, that's a big part of why I want to leave. Unfortunately, most of my friends/family don't care. I tell them, they don't care, usually because of ye olde "nothing to hide" argument. It's frustrating, because their apathy toward privacy and dystopian algorithms is directly impacting me, whether they think so or not.
It's why I try to use other platforms like the ones I mentioned to get them on board with alternative options. I'd only recommend Nostr to them if they're tech-savvy and show interest; otherwise, they'll go right back to the big tech slop they're comfortable with.
You might not have considered the possibilities but you really do need to think about utilizing a disappearing messages feature in an encrypted messaging app like #Signal.
https://odysee.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/disappearing-messages:5
#privacy #encryption