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Re:The Buy Nothing Project on Sunday January 17, 2021 @06:53PM (#25816545)
This probably works really well during covid! /s
Re:YouTube is shutting down crowdsourced captions on Monday September 28, 2020 @10:53PM (#24623761)
They will still have captions, just not crowdsourced. The auto captions are better and better these days.
Re:Original Bessemer Investment Memos for Shopify, Twilio, LinkedIn, P... on Thursday September 10, 2020 @07:18AM (#24431163)
Are these memos redacted in some way? Would there be a separate diligence memo or is this the sort of final summary on why an investment would be made?
Re:Tell HN: Microsoft Skype Security Is Flawed on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @02:48PM (#23158023)
You would think so but feel free to try a reset / recovery at live.com and you will see that this is their standard form. That's what is so absurd -- change an email with no verification, but require next-level verification for the original owner to secure the account.
Re:Tell HN: Microsoft Skype Security Is Flawed on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @12:07PM (#23155597)
In messaging with support, they advised that the system would 'automatically' identify the account as compromised and eventually block it. This doesn't seem that likely so I will ping them again in a few hours.
Re:Tell HN: Microsoft Skype Security Is Flawed on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @11:48AM (#23155314)
That's good news. I will reach out again and try to get it blocked at least but so far they have been unwilling to do so.
Re:Tell HN: Microsoft Skype Security Is Flawed on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @11:44AM (#23155236)
Were you worried at all about the culprit using the access to figure out other accounts? My account had a balance so I assume it had some old credit card info in it or something similar.
Re:Tell HN: Microsoft Skype Security Is Flawed on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @11:32AM (#23155057)
Unfortunately it appears that the password has changed.

Tell HN: Microsoft Skype Security Is Flawed

Posted by samnwa on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @11:21AM
from the self-post dept.

I received an email today from Skype that someone had changed the email address on an old Skype account of mine. Presumably this means that they were able to gain access to a password. There was no mechanism in the email to block the action. Next, I received an email that said "Someone started a process to replace all of the security info for the Microsoft account." Again, there was no way to...

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Re:Turn a snorkeling mask into a respiratory mask for assisted ventila... on Sunday March 22, 2020 @03:18PM (#22657704)
I second this great question...lots of elderly have CPAPs
Re:Divesting AdSense might help Google stave off worse regulatory action on Friday February 07, 2020 @10:46AM (#22267048)
Considering that Adsense is 90% of revenue this makes no sense
Re:The Light Phone on Saturday January 04, 2020 @03:55PM (#21957455)
Well, yes, of course that's what they think. And so far they have been right given that they are currently back ordered and saw 10,700+ backers on Indiegogo raising $3.5MM for the thing.
Re:TurboTax’s 20-Year Fight to Stop Americans from Filing Taxes for Free on Friday October 18, 2019 @10:09AM (#21291476)
You are amazing for building and running this program. People like you are what give me hope that we can build a better government! Thanks for all you do!
Re:We are clueless about how long things should take on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @10:37AM (#21071188)
That's because developers shouldn't be making estimates in isolation. They only know what they know about themselves. People who watch developers across many projects can better understand the 'likeness' of similar projects, similar inputs (in terms of developers), and then talk to developers about the differences of a given project to come to a better estimate.
Re:WeWork considers IPO valuation of as low as $10B on Friday September 13, 2019 @11:21AM (#20962914)
They recently raised funding at $47 billion though. So it's more than "just a report".
Re:What If the Singularity Does Not Happen? (2007) [video] on Friday August 16, 2019 @09:20AM (#20714852)
Great episode of Peter Thiel and Eric Weinstein discussing this slowing of technological progress: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nM9f0W2KD5s
Re:Tumblr the Day After on Wednesday August 14, 2019 @01:08PM (#20697574)
This is really just shorthand for saying "our employees don't hate working at our company as much as the typical large company because we try to limit bureaucracy and politicking and we value / recognize good ideas and actual execution"
Re:Bernie Sanders Promises to Tell Us About Aliens If He's Elected Pre... on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @08:00PM (#20640505)
Funny to hear him parrot several stats and anecdotes brought up by Andrew Yang in his discussion with Joe Rogan just a couple weeks ago.
Re:Cybersecurity Pros Name Their Price as Hacker Attacks Swell on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @07:49PM (#20640440)
Do you still use excel sheets for security assessment or some platform?
Re:Employee happiness and business success are linked on Tuesday July 30, 2019 @08:10PM (#20570522)
It's the opposite. Business success (e.g. being able to pay people to work less hard and enjoy free lunches, etc) is linked to happiness.
Re:Cracking My Windshield and Earning $10k on the Tesla Bug Bounty Pro... on Tuesday July 16, 2019 @12:12PM (#20451367)
That was an awesome summary and a good example of the value of bug bounty programs.
Re:To Break Google’s Monopoly on Search, Make Its Index Public on Monday July 15, 2019 @11:43AM (#20441889)
It is the crown jewel because people choose Google precisely because they are understood to have the largest index. It's comparable to Verizon marketing 'the largest network,' but with many more benefits accrued to the company who is believed to have the largest search index.

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