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Re:The Bluesky Dictionary on Wednesday August 06, 2025 @06:31PM (#44818621)
I very much hope that the backend uses one of the bluesky jetstream endpoints. When you only subscribe to new posts, it provides a stream of around 20mbit/s last time I checked, while the firehose was ~200mbit/s.
What happens if I don't have any active social media? Also, most people could not even produce such a list, even if they wanted to.

Would that be a permanent ban from entering the US?

Re:Thank you Google for breaking my YouTube addiction on Sunday May 18, 2025 @09:39AM (#44021354)
It is IP based, and my whole range is banned. I welcome it though, as you said it stops the Youtube time-wasting.
Re:Thank you Google for breaking my YouTube addiction on Sunday May 18, 2025 @08:28AM (#44020865)
Youtube doesn't even want me to watch videos anymore!

Every video is just this now:

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I know ;) Some people still value an explanation though.
They probably meant "whois privacy"[1] (without the space). Whois is basically a way to get information about a domain name (and many other stuff). Whois privacy just ensures that your address, name and other stuff is not public.

[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_privacy

Re:Gmail E2E is as terrible as expected on Sunday April 06, 2025 @04:46PM (#43604837)
What happens if the sender's Google account ceases to exist for whatever reason? What if Google ceases to exist?

I know that there are a lot of HIPAA "secure email" solutions that also do this, but I don't want this to become more common practice then it already is...

Downloading is a "grey-zone", but no one that I know of got in trouble for that. Uploading is not allowed, and the little seeding done while downloading a torrent is still illegal. Although getting in trouble is rare because ISPs are not allowed to give out user data to random companies.
Re:Show HN: I built a tool to detect scams on Saturday March 08, 2025 @04:07PM (#43303539)
Yes, exactly. Google seems to be calm in this regard luckily as far as i know though.

OP please revoke the key ASAP

Re:Show HN: I built a tool to detect scams on Saturday March 08, 2025 @03:58PM (#43303447)
Nice tool, however if I am correct you are calling the Google generative language API directly, your API key is exposed to the client (the browser).

If you have no spending limits, this is a very (very very very) bad idea.

Re:Ask HN: How did internet discover my subdomain? on Friday March 07, 2025 @03:02PM (#43293890)
That's concerning. I thought everyone knows that zone transfers should be generally disallowed, especially when coming from random hosts.
They were not shut down.

Confirm yourself using:

  dig +tcp @$(dig +short ns.nih.gov @a.ns.gov) www.nih.gov
This is for sure a firewall misconfiguration. If there would be malicious intent, the bad actor would for sure not just close UDP.
Re:Bitwarden Authenticator on Sunday February 23, 2025 @05:11PM (#43153697)
Or host self-host the server
Re:Bitwarden Authenticator on Sunday February 23, 2025 @05:02PM (#43153640)
> New features on the roadmap include import, syncing to Bitwarden accounts, push-based 2FA, and account recovery.

When syncing is added it would actually be something to consider.

I can understand advertisements in unpaid products (e.g gmail), but when I'm paying for a service and it shows me ads I always think that the company views me as another product they can "sell"