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aunlead | 1 year ago | on: Ask HN: Are you unable to find employment?

> This essentially erases their culture and robs the children of any freedom of identity. From single-digit ages they are being forced (under threat of discipline) to provide economic security for their parents. That is sickening.

What are you referring to here? Care to share some sources?

aunlead | 3 years ago | on: Attacker with access to XML config can trigger keepass.exe to obtain passwords

> They're complaining that an evil maid attack can turn off `AppPolicy.Current.ExportNoKey` and set it up to export the document silently.

If an evil maid has access to make such a change, wouldn't it be easier to just replace keepass.exe with custom version? The source is already available. Just call this function after successful login - ignoring XML configuration, "KeePass Essentials" version, etc.

aunlead | 3 years ago | on: Cheat sheet for if I'm gone

I'm banking on the emergency access feature [1] of Bitwarden (available in self-hosted version too [2]).

The "how it works" section has more information [3] but it essentially boils down to trusted individuals requesting access - which can be manually approved by account holder or they are automatically granted access after a pre-defined wait time.

Bitwarden (paid version) also claims this - "If your premium features are cancelled or lapses due to failed payment method, your trusted emergency contacts will still be able to request and obtain access to your Vault. You will, however, not be able to add new or edit existing trusted emergency contacts."

[1] - https://bitwarden.com/help/emergency-access/ [2] - https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden/wiki/ [3] - https://bitwarden.com/help/emergency-access/#how-it-works

aunlead | 3 years ago | on: Ask HN: What game do you wish existed?

Because of this I find myself gravitate towards sports games like Fifa. Easy to get right back-in on offline career mode. I just stay away from FUT (Fifa Ultimate Team)

aunlead | 4 years ago | on: Amazon Sidewalk

The FAQ says you can disable it -

If I disable Amazon Sidewalk, will my Sidewalk Bridges still work?

Yes. All of your Sidewalk Bridges will continue to have their original functionality even if you decide to disable Amazon Sidewalk. However, disabling means missing out on Sidewalk’s connectivity and location related benefits. You also will no longer contribute your internet bandwidth to support community extended coverage benefits such as locating pets and valuables with Sidewalk-enabled devices.

Edit: Formatting

aunlead | 5 years ago | on: Bitwarden releases “emergency access” feature

The pandemic has made me (re)evaluate how my family can get to my finances and online services. Such solutions can solve issues related to bank/trading account access and key documents but what about subscription services? All my subscription services from Netflix/Plex (less important) to VPN/Blackblaze (more important) are tied to my credit cards, which upon my untimely demise will be deactivated. My family will surely get locked out if I don't leave clear instructions on each of the services and how they can access them, etc. Then there is a technical aspect of taking over these service.

I'm curious on how others have planned around this?

edit: typo

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