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Your adversary will gaze back
There’s a corollary to one of my favorite memes You either die in alpha; or live long enough to see yourself implement content moderation. It goes something like, ‘When you gaze into the adversary, the adversary will gaze back.’ I could quickly give a few dozen translations for this aphorism I just made up; but in opposition to my normal style of never ending rant. I’ll make an attempt to stick to a single meaning.
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But first; cut the red wire!
I don’t know who needs to read this, But warnings go BEFORE the content/instructions they’re connected to.
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Passwords Considered Harmful
Passwords, plainly, are not only bad at their intended purpose, but nearly everyone is incapable of using them correctly. That includes both developers, and users. Meanwhile they’re a constant security risk, not only because individual passwords can be broken, stolen, guessed, or given away. But also because, if you have no other data than email and password pairs you do have something worth stealing. Painting an even larger target on your back.
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Informed Consent
In news that’s surprising to no one who’d read this. OK Google Voice recordings leaked Yet, this is still breaking news. When I first read this story, I felt bad for the people who were contacted for comment by the news reporting agency who broke this story. It’s not hard to imagine that they were surprised that the device was recording their conversation, especially given that they didn’t even say the keyword.