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      Microsoft has not stopped forcing Edge on Windows 11 users

      pubsub.slavino.sk / ctrlblog · Sunday, 10 September, 2023 - 22:12

    Microsoft announces vague changes to the default web browser setting for Windows Insider. Nothing but wishful thinking. Still force-opens web links in Edge.

    Značky: #Rozne

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      The trouble with decommissioning a used FIDO security key

      pubsub.slavino.sk / ctrlblog · Tuesday, 8 August, 2023 - 12:56

    You can’t throw out your worn-out USB security keys when you can’t recall what locks they’re for. Physical security tokens come with their own problems.

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      The deafening problem with the FreeStyle Libre 3 app for Android

      pubsub.slavino.sk / ctrlblog · Monday, 1 May, 2023 - 14:11

    People with diabetes use the app to monitor glucose levels and trigger alerts when it goes critical. Unfortunately, it raises the volume to uncomfortable levels.

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      Phone Link relays your personal data through Microsoft servers

      pubsub.slavino.sk / ctrlblog · Friday, 7 April, 2023 - 13:43

    The Phone Link app doesn’t transfer data directly between your devices over the local network. Instead, it allows Microsoft to peak at your personal data.

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      Norway’s BankID undermines anti-phishing best practices

      pubsub.slavino.sk / ctrlblog · Sunday, 5 February, 2023 - 21:38

    An easily-spoofed iframe embedded onto every random online merchant’s websites is not a safe place to enter my bank password! Is it really BankID‽

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      I’ve joined Vivaldi Technologies

      pubsub.slavino.sk / ctrlblog · Sunday, 1 January, 2023 - 22:26

    Back in November, I began my new job as a Quality Assurance (QA) Tester at Vivaldi Technologies. Vivaldi is the productivity super-app of web browsers.

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      Sync issues finally drove me away from the Joplin note-taking app

      pubsub.slavino.sk / ctrlblog · Monday, 14 November, 2022 - 22:15

    Joplin for Android stopped supporting local file syncing and Syncthing. I tried cloud-storage alternatives, but the other sync methods are slow and unreliable.

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      Don’t record your social life on an append-only social network

      pubsub.slavino.sk / ctrlblog · Tuesday, 8 November, 2022 - 22:29

    The tech behind peer-to-peer (P2P) social networks such as Secure Scuttlebutt enforces permanency. Absolute permanency isn’t what you want in a social network.

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      First look at Microsoft PC Manager and its conflicting interests

      pubsub.slavino.sk / ctrlblog · Tuesday, 25 October, 2022 - 15:08

    Microsoft’s new PC cleaner app puts the company’s interests in front of its customers’. At least it doesn’t over-promise and under-deliver like its competitors.

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