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  • I have been on the other side of the equation professionally speaking.

    I think we mostly agree.

    The auditors were certainly not malicious, they can simply only see what they can observe.

    Appealing to authority without explaining the caveats is risky to do and disingenuous to people who need to take security very seriously right now.

    A potential vector or matter of concern does not mean there is a compromise. Without evidence of a hack or compromise you just have the idea that something could happen.

    The app model in general has meant that we have given up tremendous amounts of privacy and security in general for the sake of connivence.

    If I were the developer of this app I would’ve approached things from the inception with the question of “How do I get people to trust me who absolutely should not trust me?”

    That said, it is always easier to tear down than it is to build.

    If I were an at risk individual I would likely opt to use the app myself assuming I could share general location instead of specific location. In areas like LA there is likely a lot of data flowing in that would not help a malicious actor if the location is not specific.


  • When you do business with companies in certain industries not only is your software audited but your entire development process, business processes and staff are audited.

    It’s not unreasonable to question a closed source application for something like this as one version was audited, but what about the next?

    How do we know their dev process hasn’t been compromised? Or the person building app wasn’t compromised? Or that the entire thing was not compromised from the start?

    Likewise, an audit without full access to code isn’t useless, but hiding behavior from an audit and for a certain period of time would be straight forward. How do you know there is not a dormant command and control system in the app that will cause it to behave in a malicious manner after a set amount of time or after a specific push notification is received?

    I am not saying this is present, just that Audits like this are only able to catch what they can observe and the existence of an audit does not mean to blindly trust something

    Having the App be open source would be a big step towards providing the transparency needed to address these concerns users would not have to trust anyone and can confirm the builds on the app stores match what is on their Git.

    I am not pointing this out to jump on the “Don’t use this app” bandwagon. I am pointing it out to say that there are reasons to be skeptical of these sorts of things in our current political climate.

    Remember Sabu and LulzSec


  • cubism_pitta@lemmy.worldtoTechnology@lemmy.worldI want to know!
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    5 months ago

    All a matter of preference.

    I would say the most important thing to do is to pick a switch you think would be fun and then just pick the coolest looking keyboard that matches it.

    The Keychron keyboards are a great starting point; They are pretty cheap so if you are unsure you won’t be too upset if you want to later try a bigger or smaller layout.

    I can’t tell you my favorite layout unfortunately, I like 40%, 60%, full keyboards and even have a Kinesis (It helped me a lot with hand pain when I typed QWERTY. I recommend switching to DVORAK or another layout before spending so much money on a Kinesis these days)


  • cubism_pitta@lemmy.worldtoMental Health@lemmy.worldthe thoughts are back.
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    5 months ago

    DON’T IGNORE US MOTHER FUCKER!!

    Courts are slow, but they are just.

    Courts are frustrating. Hang in there, your daughter needs you and the courts will recognize that.

    Your wife didn’t report payments to her own detriment, the courts won’t move swift on that but the records will show you did your part and she did not.

    Courts are a war and not a battle. Don’t surrender due to one dishonorable win to the enemy side.




  • READ TO YOUR KIDS!!! I read to my 3 younger girls, the oldest is 11 (the rest are all school age)

    We have kept bed time routine in tact (during the school year)

    Its an opportunity to just hangout, most nights we read but some nights we run down a YouTube rabbit hole. Or the girls just fall asleep talking to me about whatever is on their minds.

    We have read since 2021

    Most of the Harry Potter books

    The Hunger Games

    Freak The Mighty

    Max The Mighty

    The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

    The Martian

    The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

    Holes

    Small Steps

    Maniac Magee

    Hoot

    Dory Fantasmagory

    Hail Mary

    Space Cat

    The Fighting Ground

    and some others I know I am missing.

    Some of my picks are obviously not kid’s books but I had a thing where as my younger kids fell asleep I would read whatever I was reading or was cool to me out loud to the remaining kids and they really loved some of them.

    That has shifted a bit and I now keep a few books in rotation.

    to all the kids I am currently reading Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. when my youngest falls asleep then I pick up Kiki’s Delivery Service when the next oldest kid falls asleep its time for The Hunger Games

    It’s a bit selfish but I found that I can keep my momentum going with the routine myself by ensuring I read things that are interesting to me. I also get the kids more excited by being genuinely excited myself to read.

    Its quite amazing to feel strong emotions about the books with my girls and everyone should try to experience that in my opinion.

    I also typically read a book exactly as written. Except in the case of The Martian. My kids preferred that I read that with a silly soundboard to lessen the language (at their request).