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Re:Unauthorized alert sent to cell phones across Brazil on Saturday June 20, 2026 @09:10PM (#48614709)
it’s common for cheap esim providers to route data etc through cheaper data exits, i imagine this is partly why.

(I recently purchased an esim and was surprised to see it exiting poland instead of the country the mobile provider (Bell) resides in)

IMO, Figure out encryption at rest or encrypted note storage / clean self hosting and you'll get a large chunk of "personal note storage" fans.
Not OP - but it's Ghost:

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they can (or could).

if this is really within your threat model i suggest treating travel to the US much like travel to any other foreign hostile nation.

there’s plenty of articles written and some probably that apply better for canadians (written from the perspective of your own security agency)

basic advice like take a burner laptop and leave sensitive information at home.

here’s the aussie one.(1)

Good luck.

(1) https://www.smartraveller.gov.au/before-you-go/staying-safe/...

Re:The ARM powered ThinkPad x13s, as a developer (2023) on Thursday March 06, 2025 @02:21PM (#43284099)
I immediately thought about how great a Linux OS would be on this laptop.

Any idea if it would work out of the box?

they would be well placed to explain their whakapapa and reasons for choosing the name, nē?
This sums it up better than I can: https://taiuru.co.nz/branding/#Consultation

| If using a Māori cultural element, it is essential that you create a cultural narrative around your brand or product including the usage, your thinking and where you gained inspiration from. In Māori culture this is called ‘whakapapa’. Everything in the Māori world has whakapapa. It is also your first line of defense if someone accuses you of cultural appropriation.

If you mean Kākāpō - yes it is!

I saw this is already a Github issue for this project - but use of a Māori bird name is considered tapu (holy or sacred) to Māori.

Hopefully that doesn't distract from the project, the developer should probably consider the implications of choosing such a name (it may look like cultural appropriation).

Kia ora!

Re:CyberChef from GCHQ: Cyber Swiss Army Knife on Thursday February 01, 2024 @04:15PM (#39221564)
From the last time;

protip: Open the JS console (F12 / inspect) and start the CyberChef challenges!

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This looks super interesting - gonna check it out.

Noho ora mai

Re:Losing my son on Thursday January 18, 2024 @02:00PM (#39046065)
I appreciate that your post is thoughtful and has good intentions, but can i suggest not telling people how they can or cannot feel, or what they should or shouldn’t do? (hah. putting myself into this basket for a second and acknowledging this comment)

emotions are complex. you can show compassion and empathy without instruction?

inshallah

The intentions of the creator of the product do seem genuine and worthy, but it's still cultural appropriation without consultation or acknowledgement of the tāonga behind the name.

Just because you disagree doesn't make it "woke".

Re:So, you want to be a darknet drug lord on Thursday March 24, 2022 @05:35PM (#30795612)
not bad for advice from 2015
Re:Why We Banned Legos (2006) on Friday February 18, 2022 @08:16PM (#30393471)
its "lego"
Re:CyberChef – The Cyber Swiss Army Knife on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @09:51PM (#29989338)
protip: Open the JS console (F12 / inspect) and start the CyberChef challenges!

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From 11 November 2020, the existing prohibitions on the sale of tobacco products and herbal smoking products to minors are extended to vaping products. https://www.health.govt.nz/our-work/regulation-health-and-di...
Public health system == we get to ban smoking if we want.

You are free to express your individual liberty wherever you currently are, please stay there.

One case = strict 3 day lockdown for the entire country
Re:Apollo 11 in Real Time on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @08:49PM (#20219930)
See also; this twitter account is tweeting Apollo missions as they happened in real time, 50 years ago:

https://twitter.com/apollo_50th

This twitter account is tweeting Apollo missions as they happened in real time, 50 years ago:

https://twitter.com/apollo_50th

Re:Ask HN: How do I make sure my kids are safe online? on Monday May 27, 2019 @08:14PM (#20026198)
Talk to them.
i'm first aid / pre-hospital rescue trained and i carry a small first aid kit in my bag at all times.

I'm going to be more useful if I take my bag, and I can have it out from under the seat in front of me and around my body in seconds.

So yeah, I'm taking my bag.

All the political parties of NZ government agreed on the ban of semi-automatic military style weapons, which should have been illegal long ago.

What 'curbing of freedom' do you see happening, exactly?

All the sites in the article were hosting illegal (in NZ) content - they were temporarily blocked till the video (of a terrorist killing innocent people) was taken down.

Nobody needs to see that.

It's not about free speech.

The sites in question are used to spread hate, racism, violence and bigotry.

Why are we tolerating this kind of media in our lives? Why are we letting people upload this?

It is not free speech. It is targeted hate.

Re:What's the best keyboard and mouse you owned? on Monday June 18, 2018 @04:42PM (#17341535)
Ducky Shine 3 TKL - (Cherry blue MX switches) w custom pbt keycaps because I'm a keyboard nerd

Logitech MX Master

Re:There are things more interesting than people on Tuesday April 24, 2018 @08:25PM (#16917834)
this is a beautiful piece of writing, thank you for sharing.
Re:Ask HN: What tasks do you automate? on Sunday July 16, 2017 @06:42PM (#14784485)
please share!
Make it security suck less. Security UX is terrible. We need people with graphic design skills to help.
Re:Deniability and Duress on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @02:52PM (#13534557)
Not sure if this was mentioned already but Kali Linux includes a patch for cryptsetup that essentially does this - provide a certain passphrase and it nukes the keyslots, effectively making the data irrecoverable.

https://www.kali.org/tutorials/emergency-self-destruction-lu... and tutorial for use at https://www.kali.org/tutorials/nuke-kali-linux-luks/

and the patch on github;

https://github.com/offensive-security/cryptsetup-nuke-keys

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