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6 months agoWhy, I couldn’t even get into the article before it faded into a paywall.
To get past paywalls, add “http://archive.is/” to the front of the URL.
So
becomes
“http://archive.is/http://foo.bar/baz”
It works 99%+ of the time.
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A decade ago Tom Scott was recorded for Computerphile with this hilarious an enlightening cautionary tale. Never, ever, write your own calendar code.
3·1 year agoHere’s how TOR works. It’s amazing.
https://youtu.be/QRYzre4bf7I?si=gY1e4tORIoxwuRTx
And here’s how Onion hidden services work…
https://youtu.be/lVcbq_a5N9I?si=PuJwHP0rEPKFkCBb
TOR lets journalists do their job safely from dangerous places, lets whistle-blowers report things we should know, and lets people in oppressive regimes see the rest of the Internet that their government blocks. It’s an amazing tool.
3·1 year agoJust for a bit of perspective – Scary hacks like this happen all the time in the for-profit corporate world, too. They just don’t tell us about it. It will continue to happen as technology constantly grows and evolves.
Praise to the Admins and Devs who play this constant game of whack-a-mole!
Did you hear about the jurisprudence fetishist who got off in court?
(… I’ll see myself out.)