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This would be a good use case of having a trust and a last will and testament, that provides instructions to your friends how to decrypt a password container, keypass, etc... that takes FB out of the…
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You might also consider creating a video of yourself explaining what these things are, why they are important and how to access and use the data. That would also be a good opportunity to share thought…
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Exactly. Or to partially quote the 11th Doctor from Doctor Who: "...we're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
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For my own things, my accounts will just linger until the provider either goes out of business, or until account inactivity leads to deletion. Hopefully I wrote something witty or clever prior to goi…
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Article is paywalled for me. I would only add that I would be interested if they offer virtual account numbers like CitiBank does, so that online retailers get a CC specific to them and a spending cap…
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I've seen higher uptime my VM's at DigitalOcean, Linode and Vultr than AWS. Their network speeds are all faster than AWS as well. People go to AWS because of their vast API's and servi…
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I believe you need to be a on an admin account in Windows to change global file associations. In fairness though, most people are logged in as an Administrator.
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When will people be able to buy these?
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The equiv command in Microsoft Windows is "assoc". You can run it with no args to see what programs are associated with what extensions in Windows. I mention this because of a security con…
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I would like to add, if the vehicles entirely depend on their AI, then there should be at least 3 or 4 compute nodes and a voting system. Should a node fail or have false information, the other nodes…
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I expect a lot more from AI. Years ago I could play Quake III Arena and get pwned by bots. I expect modern AI to recognize every car, pedestrian and physical object. I expect it to recognize all hos…
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What is the deepest most complete diagnostics we can run on humans without them having to be dead? I would be interested in such a lab exercise even if it cost a lot.
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This was answered in the movie iRobot, based on Asimov's books. Dr. Calvin: [shocked] No, it's impossible... I've seen your programming. You're in violation of the Three Laws! V…
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I consider it worse than malicious. It's a spy device, but you pay for it and provide it paid bandwidth. I would never use one. My coworkers roommate is however and the pranks are endless.
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Don't forget internet connected cars and their cameras acting as LPR's and microphones. Then there is the microphone many folks is buying and installing in their home. A coworker already h…
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It certainly can. A few times my gums became inflamed in the last couple decades. That is when I knew to reduce the method slightly. There is a balance and it is probably a little different for eac…
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The tooth somewhat repaired, minus the enamel. There is still a divot that I must keep clean, but it is easy to clean. Bacteria is required in the gut, but AFAIK, it is not required in the mouth. I …
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Can this be used to predict homicide or even perhaps mass shootings?
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I do something similar. I wash my mouth twice a day with listerine ultra-clean, which contains 20% alcohol. I leave it in my mouth for about 2 minutes and push my teeth together to get the mouthwash…
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Disclaimer: Unpopular opinion ahead. It's taken me a lifetime to figure out the combination of vitamins, enzymes, amino acids and other compounds that I need to compensate for what I lack in a di…
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Consider using big data to figure out who is going to go off the rails next. Is this a taboo use of big data? Guns are just tools and can be replaced with equally dangerous tools. It's the ment…
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Oh I see, if you are on a shared computer, you would have to use a pw vs. an ssh key. I was not connecting the dots. Thankyou for the clarification.
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Certainly, bypassing their security controls, or the intent of the controls could cause you grief. Out of curiosity, how does using https affect 2FA?
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Disclaimer: Using the following methods could be seen as bypassing the intent of the port restrictions set by your org. I commit to github using ssh on port 443. # git remote set-url origin git…