themechanic
Re:Apple and a Hacker's Future
on Monday October 05, 2026 @11:02AM (#49965776)
The thing is that many of these people think they know what they are doing and do not think about security, only how awesome LLMs and AI make their experience until something bad happens.
Even though this was a valid critical bug [1], you need to enable screen sharing and allow connections to and from port 5900 on your router for a remote person to be able to exploit this.
Any security conscious person would probably be using a VPN (Wireguard or Tailscale) to prevent something like this, in the first place.
> almost every time it’s to click “OK” on a stupid prompt that I’ve long since stopped taking seriously.
The line above tells you how seriously this person takes security prompts.
Re:A Classic Extension Reborn: Tree Style Tab
on Thursday December 07, 2017 @01:50PM (#15872828)
For those using OSX, increase the height to 40px
Re:Ask HN: How can a CS undergrad gain real-world skills?
on Tuesday January 06, 2015 @11:23PM (#8848886)
Checkout the issues list of the open-source projects that you care about on Github, pick the ones that interest you and submit pull-requests for them. You mentioned rust, you can join the #rust channel on irc.mozilla.org when you get stuck, you'll find very helpful people there.
Re:Spidermonkey has passed V8 on Octane performance
on Monday October 27, 2014 @10:32PM (#8519263)
Kudos to all involved in making this happen.
Re:Firefox OS Shows Continued Global Growth
on Thursday October 09, 2014 @12:09PM (#8433252)
Most of the 3rd world lives with dumb phones that work well for the tasks they are designed to perform which are to make calls and send text messages. The device in question is not able to perform any of the above named tasks without running into problems. This would frustrate anyone no matter where they live
Re:Startup School acceptances are out
on Friday September 19, 2014 @11:49PM (#8343627)
same here.
Re:Popcorn Time – Watch torrent movies instantly
on Tuesday March 11, 2014 @12:28PM (#7380297)
The video is not available in certain countries. In countries where it is available outside the United States and Canada, it costs close to 2x the price.
Re:Introducing WhiteHat Aviator – A Safer Web Browser
on Monday October 21, 2013 @12:52PM (#6586711)
My thoughts exactly. Why haven't they made the source public.
Re:Byte Me: Why you need to be *very* careful when choosing co-founders
on Friday July 08, 2011 @02:27PM (#2743536)
Sorry, Joshua :)
Re:Watches Are Rediscovered by the Cellphone Generation
on Friday July 08, 2011 @02:25PM (#2743531)
ie 3 piece suit?
Re:Byte Me: Why you need to be *very* careful when choosing co-founders
on Thursday July 07, 2011 @02:37PM (#2739710)
josh, can you elaborate please?
Re:Ask HN: Have you lost your passion for Mozilla Firefox?
on Wednesday May 25, 2011 @07:10PM (#2585927)
can you please elaborate on what made you switch?
Re:Ask HN: Have you lost your passion for Mozilla Firefox?
on Wednesday May 25, 2011 @07:08PM (#2585920)
what makes you keep using it? What do you like and what do you hate?
Re:Ask HN: Have you lost your passion for Mozilla Firefox?
on Wednesday May 25, 2011 @07:07PM (#2585917)
What made you switch?
Ask HN: Have you lost your passion for Mozilla Firefox?
I have been using Firefox since the early days but over time, there are some parts of it that I have grown to hate. I really hate their printing support on Linux and Mac. Firebug is a great tool but I feel it is beginning to suck compared to Chrome's developer tools. Have any of you noticed any other longstanding bugs with Firefox? Also, do you think Mozilla is still in line with its core...