[-] frogmint@beehaw.org 5 points 7 months ago

https://bitwarden.com/password-strength/

Test it here. Passphrases of 3 words take centuries to crack, without any numbers or capital letters. Passwords with numbers, capital letters, and symbols need ~14 characters to be that secure. If you need to memorize it, a passphrase is far superior. Add in a number, or random capitalization, or a misspelling and your security goes even higher.

[-] frogmint@beehaw.org 8 points 8 months ago

The law is freedom of speech from government persecution. Which is literally what banning Tik Tok is.

Except that's not what this bill is. It's about banning certain apps and websites which are under the control of an adversarial government. The speech is fine, but the platform moderating that speech isn't, and the 1st Amendment doesn't protect foreign entities. The Supreme Court upheld in Bluman v. Fed. Election Commission that limits on foreign entities' speech can be greater than what would be constitutional for US citizens. And this isn't even about speech, it's about the platform of that speech.

It's the government persecuting a company for being Chinese.

True, but only if "Chinese" means "operated in part by the Chinese government/CCP." This isn't about the the race or ethnicity; it's about the government.

We have similar bans in place for other constitutionally-protected activities involving other countries. Import of Russian firearms and ammo is banned despite the right to keep and bear arms.

What the law does not protect is private persecution. If you come to my house and announce you're a pedo, I can kick you out of my house for that. Just like tik tok can ban you.

You can kick them out for any reason because they dont have the right to be on your property. This article is touting that the bill is an attack on free speech as a right, but TikTok and other social media platforms are not examples of free speech. Instead, this bill is about limiting the ability of foreign powers to control the spread of information in the US, similar to how we already limit the ability of foreign powers to finance our elections.

[-] frogmint@beehaw.org 5 points 8 months ago

If TikTok is free speech then why can one get banned for speaking freely on it?

[-] frogmint@beehaw.org 6 points 8 months ago

For example, people of color tend to post fewer pictures of themselves on the internet, mostly because remaining anonymous is preferable to experiencing racism.

That is quite the bold statement. Source?

[-] frogmint@beehaw.org 19 points 8 months ago

Wait a few days

[-] frogmint@beehaw.org 6 points 8 months ago

I haven't used Waterfox but didnt realize they're independent again. Maybe I'll give it a try, but I'm liking LibreWolf.

https://www.waterfox.net/blog/a-new-chapter-for-waterfox/

Waterfox was sold to an advertising company in 2019. However, the founder took back over in 2023.

[-] frogmint@beehaw.org 11 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Read that Wikipedia page from yourself. Anti-virus is recommended by the quoted Scott Granneman for Samba servers, NFS servers, and Linux mail servers. For desktop use, Linux has a clear advantage compared to Windows.

The use of software repositories significantly reduces any threat of installation of malware

As long as you keep your packages up to date, don't install random packages found online, and don't run random scripts, desktop Linux is very secure. No one is using a zero-day to target your home office computer behind your router's firewall unless you're a high value target.

On the other hand, Windows users almost have to install software from the wider internet. Windows also doesn't have an easy way to keep everything updated. Your PDF reader could have a known vulnerability for a year before you finally update it. Add to the fact that Windows has more desktop users and is thus a bigger target for desktop-style malware, and the difference isn't even close.

Most users do not need anti-virus on Linux.

[-] frogmint@beehaw.org 5 points 8 months ago

If you're going to exercise your free speech like this, you need a dashcam (front and rear) for your own protection. You can't break any laws, not even 1mph over the speed limit. Turn signal every time. This is the way.

[-] frogmint@beehaw.org 6 points 9 months ago

They have it, it's a setting

[-] frogmint@beehaw.org 18 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I'm in the opposite situation. I started on KDE but moved to GNOME. I sometimes think about moving back to KDE but I do love the design consistency of GNOME. KDE's endless theming is great, but I only ever used the default them because I'd notice little inconsistencies otherwise. I'll probably be on KDE Plasma 6 though, because I tend to jump ship to the shiny new thing that will solve all my problems.

[-] frogmint@beehaw.org 13 points 11 months ago

"but you're such a techy computer nerd guy."

that's the reason why

[-] frogmint@beehaw.org 5 points 11 months ago

I think you're referring to an April Fools article

https://news.itsfoss.com/ubuntu-ditch-snap/

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