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And driving the price up for the consumer for the anti-consumer tech licencing fees.
Re:How I Program with LLMs on Tuesday January 07, 2025 @11:11AM (#42623956)
This example illustrates one of the risks of using LLMs without subject expertise though. I just tested this with claude and got that exact same validation method back. Using string comparison is dangerous from a security perspective [1], so this is essentially unsafe validation, and there was no warning in the response about this.

1. https://sqreen.github.io/DevelopersSecurityBestPractices/tim...

Re:Implementing Natural Conversational Agents with Elixir on Friday April 19, 2024 @10:48AM (#40087536)
I'm guessing you mean that you would recommend it. You say you can't.
CRYSTALS-Kyber is the algorithm recommended by NIST^1. Generally, in cryptography, most platforms will use the same algorithms as these are the most reviewed ones.

1. https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2022/07/nist-announces...

> But the link with the key in the URL hash is public.

Only if is shared publicly. The fragment (part of the URL after the hash) is not sent back to the server by browsers. It can also be coupled with a password which can be sent over a second channel when one is more concerned about the communication channel being compromised, than convenience.

Disclaimer: I work on Proton Drive

Re:Proton Drive, Secure cloud storage and file sharing on Thursday September 22, 2022 @05:26PM (#32944840)
It's not on the road map, which is quite busy right now, but I'll bring it up. We don't have document editing at all yet.
Re:Proton Drive, Secure cloud storage and file sharing on Thursday September 22, 2022 @08:32AM (#32937955)
Proton Drive is now GA, from the same company as Proton Mail. End to end encrypted file storage. Disclaimer: part of the team that built it.
Re:How Parking Destroys Cities on Friday June 11, 2021 @07:11AM (#27471725)
Free parking is also quite expensive, although it's hard to see.

It increases the costs of private properties when it's part of the property, and public parking increases government expenditures. It also consumes lots of otherwise very valuable space.

That's without factoring in the increased costs on social structures from the extra drivers on the road when there is more parking space.

Well, at least less of these heavily polluting cars is the best thing that can happen for public health. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S13522...
There's nothing like cars to lower quality of life. They are noisy, require huge areas to be paved over, thus removing prime property in cities from more useful purposes. Particulate matter emissions from the engines, but also from brake and tire wear are unhealthy[1][2]. We don't let kids play outside anymore because we are afraid they will be hit by drivers. We kill animals after they hurt one person, yet we fear to cross a street anywhere for fear of being hit by someone recklessly driving a few tons at speed and defend the right to drive as though it were primordial. And really, who finds a street lined with parked cars and stuffed with traffic inching forward esthetic. A few cars are hugely useful to grant mobility to the few people who cannot get around otherwise, provide emergency services, and move bulky goods. I'm not saying plumbers shouldn't be able to arrive with their truck full of tools, just that the overabundance of cars really lowers the quality of life of the vast majority of people.

1. https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/bitstream/J... 2. https://cfpub.epa.gov/si/si_public_file_download.cfm?p_downl...