mmd45
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shouldn't compaction be interactive with the user as to what context will continue to be the most relevant in the future??? what if the harness allowed for a turn to clarify the user's expected future direction of the conversation and did the consolidation based upon the addition info?
there definitely seems to be a benefit to pruning the context and keeping the signal to noise high wrt what is still to be discussed.
you are assuming i have users and this is a mail server not a website which has a very different access pattern more analogous to ssh where TOFU works beautifully.
for the use case of a single user IMAP server this is all way, way, too complicated and buys you nothing in terms of security. it's completely analogous to why we dont use CAs to validate openssh host certificates.
bad summary. it prompted you to accept the certificate upon first use and then pinned it which is far different than what you are describing in terms of security implications.
i saw a video on youtube where a guy intercepted https app traffic from an android app for a smart scale where the app used certificate pinning. there was some very automated tool for defeating the cert pinning. unfortunately i can't find the video link.
how are you renewing the LE certificate if the domain is resolving to an internal ip? this seems like a big hoop to jump through.
per apple dev forums it seems like they have a history of breaking this and then fixing it. additionally, while IMAP is broken, calendars and notes seem to work just fine so hopefully it's not deliberate.
explain how a pinned self signed cert is insecure. i don't see it. it would seem to be more secure than one signed by a public CA that's not pinned.
unfortunately none of that applies to my setup. my imap server lives in a dmz and doesn't have all that other jazz.
i'm just using a hardcoded private ip to connect to the imap server. are you saying i can get a certificate with a hostname of "*" that will match ANY ip address?
I'm using a private ip over a vpn so I don't think that workaround will work for me. I don't really want a public dns record.
:-(
hey lurking apple devs- can someone please escalate this?
Posted by
mmd45 on Wednesday September 18, 2024 @02:29PM
from the forums.developer.apple.com dept.
There is an interesting argument to be made that pre-JT xz code is probably pretty secure due to the fact that the threat actors would have already audited the code for existing exploits prior to exerting effort to subvert it.
Posted by
mmd45 on Wednesday April 03, 2024 @08:25AM
from the ask-hn dept.
Given the inevitability of easy voice cloning[1], it seems irresponsible to be using voice as a positive authentication signal.Unfortunately, major US financial institutions seem to be ramping up adoption of this technology[2].Am I missing something?[1] https://github.com/myshell-ai/OpenVoice[2] https://www.schwab.com/voice-id[3] https://www.fidelity.com/security/fidelity-myvoice/overview
thanks, that seems promising. i will look into it.
anyone have any thoughts or experience with this?
Posted by
mmd45 on Thursday May 04, 2023 @02:06PM
from the jiko.io dept.
i've never heard the term narrow banking, but after looking it up isn't that effectively what this company is attempting:
https://jiko.io/
interersting. does mercury support bill pay? can you get a cashier's check? how long do deposited checks take to become available for withdrawal?
The killer is the "The bill also prevents investing in an entity in which the IRA owner is an officer." which is generally how the checkbook IRA is structured (IRA owner is the Manager of the single member LLC that is wholly owned by the IRA).
Sec. 138314. Prohibition of Investment of IRA Assets in Entities in Which the Owner Has a
Substantial Interest.
To prevent self-dealing, under current law prohibited transaction rules, an IRA owner cannot
invest his or her IRA assets in a corporation, partnership, trust, or estate in which he or she has a
50 percent or greater interest. However, an IRA owner can invest IRA assets in a business in
which he or she owns, for example, one-third of the business while also acting as the CEO. The
bill adjusts the 50 percent threshold to 10 percent for investments that are not tradable on an
established securities market, regardless of whether the IRA owner has a direct or indirect
interest. The bill also prevents investing in an entity in which the IRA owner is an officer.
Further, the bill modifies the rule to be an IRA requirement, rather than a prohibited transaction
rule (i.e., in order to be an IRA, it must meet this requirement). This section generally takes
effect for tax years beginning after December 31, 2021, but there is a 2-year transition period for
IRAs already holding these investments
No, the LLC is the same as the plan in terms of rules against prohibited transactions. Apple thought experiment works, but if you are personally generating revenue that moves the needle on a IRA investment that would be a no-no.
They can easily stop the next Pete Thiel by capping the appreciated IRA balance which they have in fact added a provision for. I don't comprehend the scare tactic of killing the self-directed IRA.
That may be the case but they are casting a very wide net. The numbers I've seen say there are on the order of 100k-1MM self directed IRA accounts that exist. Approximately 0% of which are lucky enough to be Peter Thiel and invest in founders stock of Paypal.
Self directed IRAs are commonly used with a wholly owned single member LLC to invest IRA funds into real estate related investments such as rental properties or many other types of private investments. The new proposed tax bill seems to remove the ability of the IRA owner to manage that LLC and effectively end the use of checkbook control IRAs.