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octavn | 3 months ago | on: Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (Nov 2025)

A webcam & microphone JS tester library that you can put in front of your WebRTC or MediaRecorder web app to diagnose any possible issues (the presence of getUserMedia, secure context, required devices, policies blocking device access, supported resolutions, etc.). It also primes your users’ OS/browser permissions before they get to the real app.

https://github.com/addpipe/webcam-tester

Live demo @ https://addpipe.com/webcam-tester/

octavn | 10 months ago | on: Show HN: I made a web-based, free alternative to Screen Studio

System audio (i.e. Zoom calls) can be captured only on Chromium browsers on Windows and ChromeOS when sharing the entire screen; tab audio has wider OS support; Safari and Firefox do not support system or tab audio capture https://addpipe.com/docs/recording-client/screen-recording/#...

The MDN support table does not differentiate in this regard. (le: it actually does if you click to see the implementation notes)

octavn | 5 years ago | on: Firebug

I remember the tool. Saved me many times during my heavy Flash development years!

octavn | 7 years ago | on: Doctor tells patient he doesn't have long to live through video screen

1st world problem

I used to live in Romania where hospitals are full of deadly bacteria, doctors are corrupt, nurses are corrupt. There's a shortage of equipment, vaccines, cancer treatment, important medicine, you name it. There is no place in the country to treat a seriously burned man, they all die. Obviously, lifespan here is shorter than in the US by about 4-5 years.

octavn | 7 years ago | on: The Bare Minimum You Should Do to Protect Your Family's Data

Revolut allows you to generate "virtual" credit cards which are just disposable credit card numbers linked to your account. You can spun one for every major online service you use (Netflix, Amazon, etc.) in case it gets hacked or for any transaction you're making on a less trusted site.

octavn | 8 years ago | on: How GDPR Will Change The Way You Develop

No you don't.

AS per the GDPR I see no possible solution for the “reasonable measure to verify the identity of a data subject” against an IPv4 IP and thus to reliably act on IPv4 related data subject access/deletion requests.

Also per the GDPR, providing data to the wrong person could “affect the rights and freedoms of others” in which case you shouldn’t provide the data.

octavn | 8 years ago | on: How GDPR Will Change The Way You Develop

I wouldn’t worry about individuals requesting access or deletion of the Apache logs concerning a certain IP as I see no possible solution for the “reasonable measure to verify the identity of a data subject” against an IPv4 IP and, as per the GDPR, providing data to the wrong person could “affect the rights and freedoms of others” in which case you shouldn’t provide the data.

octavn | 8 years ago | on: How GDPR Will Change The Way You Develop

>Saving ip adresses in log files can be fully complaint IF you only use them for legal reasons (sue an attacker, ...), have severe access restrictions on the files, delete them as fast as possible and get consent from the user prior to saving the logs.

You do not need consent for saving the IP, user agent and URL (including GET values) in Apache logs because, as someone said above, you have a "legitimate interest to combat fraud and maintain information security".

Legitimate interest and consent are only 2 of the 6 legal bases under which you can collect and store (process) personal data. Art. 6 contains all 6 https://gdpr-info.eu/art-6-gdpr/ .

octavn | 9 years ago | on: Show HN: Chrome extension for less confusing Digital Ocean menus

I actually did open a ticket.

Their support suggested I post on their UserVoice ( http://do.co/uservoice ) which I did and sent them the links. They've then passed the links "along to our control panel team so that they are aware".

I work in a similar software company and I know how much time it takes from an idea coming through to support > product managers > UI > implementation > QA > rolling out to production so I just built the extension myself.

octavn | 12 years ago | on: Apple Says New OS X ‘Mavericks’ Will Be Offered for Free

This is part of a bigger company wide strategy to offer software updates for free for their products, a strategy they pioneered with iOs.

There's also a huge difference in what each update adds when compared to 8.1 . Where 8.1 tries to fix all the initial issues with W8 (missing start button anyone?), Maverick adds serious new features (1+ hour of battery, compressed RAM).

The free iWork suite is a direct attack to MSFT Office. Giving it away for free will pay long term in decreasing market share for Office. Office H&O is $220. Buy a Mac/iPhone/iPad and you get that for free.

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