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jameswestgate | 2 months ago | on: Ask HN: What tech purchase did you regret even though reviews were great?

Try setting it a bit further back away from the wrist bones that stick up so that the sensors are in constant contact with the skin, and can illuminate the blood pulses in the vessels under the skin.

jameswestgate | 2 years ago | on: Ask HN: What is the most memorable game you played?

Exploring World of Warcraft just out of beta in the Elf staring zone will always be very special to me. An mmorpg in early 2000’s was a very new and exciting thing

jameswestgate | 2 years ago | on: Websites with fake MFA: security theater?

The email is a replacement factor for the password, so this is still 1FA. This would also be an issue if email was a recovery factor for either password or MFA.

I always advise people to MFA their email accounts because that’s where all password resets are sent making it single target for many account takeovers.

jameswestgate | 2 years ago | on: Ask HN: Why is WebAuthn so slow to take off?

2 factors - something you know and something you have. The device is what you have, the pin is something you know, otherwise anyone can pick up your security key and use it

jameswestgate | 2 years ago | on: Ask HN: Why is WebAuthn so slow to take off?

Passkeys are deliberately designed to avoid the issues with Bluetooth pairing. This is why a QR code needs to be scanned - devices do not need to be paired.

jameswestgate | 2 years ago | on: Ask HN: Why is WebAuthn so slow to take off?

WebAuthn to either a a hardware key protected by a pin, or to a passkey protected by a biometric. Both definitely qualify as 2FA

jameswestgate | 5 years ago | on: Ask HN: Is it me or PWAs are pretty much dead?

If they were a better solution all apps would already be PWA’s.

jameswestgate | 5 years ago | on: Ask HN: My wife might lose the ability to speak in 3 weeks – how to prepare?

This may also be useful. Free and open source.

https://www.tobiidynavox.com/en-gb/software/web-applications...

jameswestgate | 6 years ago | on: Ask HN: What were your most impactful podcast episodes from 2019?

Ear Hustle.

jameswestgate | 17 years ago | on: Does Windows 7 have any must have features that Windows XP does not?

upgraded vista sp1 on my macbook pro to beta build 7000. Went smoothly took about 2 hrs. No driver issues etc. Taskbar is much cleaner, and the horrible aurora green/blue theme throughout Vista is replaced with OSX aqua style coloring. Very stable, more responsive. Fewer icons on the taskbar, and the gadgets dont sit awkwardly on the left. All minor improvements that add up to be what Vista should have been.

Only gripe so far is slower when coming out of hibernate ... Wont be going back to Vista ! Hooray!