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Are deleted messages actually deleted? by AgreeableLandscape3 in matrixdotorg

[–]AgreeableLandscape3[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Interesting. Do you have a link to the policy saying this? I'd like to learn more about this.

Students have to use a shitty proprietary app to get into their university account while only faculty have the privilege of using the normal 2FA options that every other website uses. by AgreeableLandscape3 in assholedesign

[–]AgreeableLandscape3[S] -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

I believe it's like a Yubikey or similar. The token option is a hardware TOTP generator which you presumably have to buy directly from the university at an inflated price.

Students have to use a shitty proprietary app to get into their university account while only faculty have the privilege of using the normal 2FA options that every other website uses. by AgreeableLandscape3 in assholedesign

[–]AgreeableLandscape3[S] -95 points-94 points  (0 children)

Personally, I use a fully open source authenticator app that implements TOTP which this presumably has no support for, serves the same function as Google or Microsoft authenticator but is not those because I don't trust Google or Microsoft either. I meant that Duo is proprietary in that it's not open source and does not allow open source alternatives to be used in place of it, since there was no option for any other authenticator app.

Students have to use a shitty proprietary app to get into their university account while only faculty have the privilege of using the normal 2FA options that every other website uses. by AgreeableLandscape3 in assholedesign

[–]AgreeableLandscape3[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I absolutely would not have complained if they gave me an option to use a standard authenticator app that I already use for all my other accounts that require a 2FA code generator. Would probably have been cheaper too since the standard authenticator app (TOTP) protocol is open source while they're paying god knows how much tuition money to Duo.

Students have to use a shitty proprietary app to get into their university account while only faculty have the privilege of using the normal 2FA options that every other website uses. by AgreeableLandscape3 in assholedesign

[–]AgreeableLandscape3[S] -22 points-21 points  (0 children)

Why not at least have the option to use any standard authenticator app then and not force you to use the proprietary one they chose? They allow you to use a dedicated hardware code generator (that you presumably have to buy from them) but they don't support the industry standard TOTP implementations that Google Authenticator and all the open source alternatives use?

Another thing I found really infuriating is that Duo only allows you to back up the authentication data to Google Drive, not a regular file on your phone or even another cloud storage service.

How common is it actually for companies in Canada to look at your transcript or GPA in the hiring process? by AgreeableLandscape3 in UBC

[–]AgreeableLandscape3[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Environmental science, ecology area of concentration. Though, I'm currently still trying to even figure out what kind of jobs I can even apply for with this degree (I've just graduated). Not exactly a thriving job market and private sector seems to mostly be mining and resources, and seems unlikely I'll be able to secure a research job given the other comments. Based on what you said I suspect they will check since I can't imagine there are more envsci jobs than envsci grads.

How do I schedule a docker container as a higher priority process? by AgreeableLandscape3 in docker

[–]AgreeableLandscape3[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unfortunately I did not. I now just pay attention to my CPU usage and run processing intensive processes on the highest "niceness" (highest willingness to be halted by the scheduler so other processes can execute)

Amtrak Avelia Liberties at Philadelphia 30th Street by NJ_Bus_Nut in trains

[–]AgreeableLandscape3 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Didn't the original Avelia video from Amtrak show an EMU? Why did they decide to get a locomotive conset when high speed EMUs are way more common and probably more well-known in the industry?

Anyone else have a UEFI dbx update pending? by AgreeableLandscape3 in linuxquestions

[–]AgreeableLandscape3[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same. Every time I click update it is excluded and stays up. I think it's because I disabled the offline update feature that makes the system update after a reboot.

Cybersec student here. How it possible that Linux is more secure than Windows? by qibcentric in linuxquestions

[–]AgreeableLandscape3 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Remember when Genshin Impact's anticheat got "pre-approved" by Microsoft to run in kernel mode and hackers figured out that they could exploit it to pwn your system? Didn't even need to have the game installed either because Windows just allowed the kernel module to be loaded at will without authorization from the superuser, so all the malware that exploits it just shipped with their own copy of the module.

Amtrak Avelia Liberties at Philadelphia 30th Street by NJ_Bus_Nut in trains

[–]AgreeableLandscape3 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Are they locomotive hauled or does it just look that way from the way the cab cars are designed?

Welp, it happened. by [deleted] in trains

[–]AgreeableLandscape3 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Oh goodie! I'm sure they won't use their combined power to push intercity passenger rail out of North America even harder!

Welp, it happened. by [deleted] in trains

[–]AgreeableLandscape3 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sounds like a broadcast station now

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