dbread @dbread@qoto.org

@jonty #cloudexperience

User: you charge me when people make unauthorised requests to an S3 bucket?

AWS: yes of course

User: but

AWS: working as intended

User: but

AWS: thank you for your money

https://medium.com/@maciej.pocwierz/how-an-empty-s3-bucket-can-make-your-aws-bill-explode-934a383cb8b1

“At this point I think that #Passkey will fail in the hands of the general consumer population. Corporate interests have overruled good user experience once again.”

F*cking #Google and its de facto monopoly in the browsers market.

“Chrome simply never implemented it leading to it being removed. And it was removed because #Chrome never implemented it. As a result, if Chrome doesn’t like something in the specification they can just veto it without consequence.”

https://fy.blackhats.net.au/blog/2024-04-26-passkeys-a-shattered-dream/

How true a read, and how depressing how Google and Apple ruined a good idea.
#passkey #failure
https://fy.blackhats.net.au/blog/2024-04-26-passkeys-a-shattered-dream/

Bicycle use now exceeds car use in Paris

Link: https://english.elpais.com/lifestyle/2024-04-24/the-cycling-revolution-in-paris-continues-bicycle-use-now-exceeds-car-use.html
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40150545

Ihr wissts das eh, gell?
Eure frei verschenkten Daten sind der feuchte Traum aller Autoriären.

Und die kommen, wie mensch leider sieht, ganz schnell an die Macht.

XZ Utils Review Notes

Link: https://tukaani.org/xz-backdoor/review.html
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40044243

A friend has just suggested I turn on a humidifier and a dehumidifier to wirelessly transfer water.

#Austria faces its biggest espionage scandal in decades as the arrest of a former intelligence officer brings to light evidence of extensive Russian infiltration, lax official oversight and behavior worthy of a spy novel.

https://apnews.com/article/austria-spying-scandal-russia-ott-marsalek-wirecard-8921f3ce95b30646ee1952bf8949a43f

#russia #spying