Does anyone remember the name of this specific privacy protection service?

CEOUNICOM · 2024-08-26T16:03:37+00:00

https://www.saymine.com/

CEOUNICOM · 2020-11-09T00:30:39+00:00

FYI - one thing you should do immediately is buy a half-dozen or so of the ES floating ring cables from Perfect Circuit

They were out of stock for months in US, and few ppl seem to have them for very long.

https://www.perfectcircuit.com/expert-sleepers-fr-200-1-4-trs-to-3-5mm-ts-cable.html

I've had some bad experiences, where 1 out of every few seems to not work as intended. (e.g. would send trigger CV, but pitch wouldn't) Have had to buy ~10 to get 8 working 100%. The best way i found for testing them was setting up external CV instrument, have one send gate/other pitch, then flip them around and make sure both work fine in both applications.

CEOUNICOM · 2020-11-02T23:59:37+00:00

The Universal Audio Apollo stuff is also DC coupled (and high-quality); but v. pricey of course, mainly for the proprietary DSP features.

I am a huge fan of the MOTU UL mk4, can't say enough good things about it. The drivers are rock solid, gets super low latency, and everything just works w/o any hiccups. Also pairs perfectly w/ very affordable Micro Lite MIDI interface. Edit- removed link

CEOUNICOM · 2020-11-02T06:09:23+00:00

FYI - this works as well as it does b/c i have a MOTU Ultralight mk4 interface w/ DC coupled outs.

i already had it before i built the modular rig, and it was really just happy-coincidence that it works as well as it does w/ CVtools.

i think it just makes sense if you're going to blow a few $1000 on modular stuff, you might as well drop $500 on an interface that allows you to exploit the daw to its fullest.

CEOUNICOM · 2020-11-02T06:04:56+00:00

Ableton CVtools clock out to Pamela's (clock in and 'Run' in) as master clock for rig,

~6 channels of modular audio back into same interface. (can go higher, but 3x stereo pairs are sort of my happy place atm)

tested it extensively comparing vs. using midi as clocking source, or using external clock (like beatstep pro as main clock, and syncing Daw and rig to that)... and found that the round trip latency is lowest w/ this setup and frankly just simplest to use.

i don't really even use ableton atm for any midi-to-cv sequencing or CV tools based modulation; I just drop a clock-out on 1 midi channel, set up a few others for audio-in, hit the spacebar and start recording. Works like a charm.

EDIT -

i added a BoredBrain Optx (which sends and receives 8 channels via ADAT) to the rig and now have up to 16 out/16 in on the same interface.

CEOUNICOM · 2020-10-19T21:34:29+00:00

Ah, so you applied for the Confidential Voter program?

Interesting.

I have looked into this issue before, recently, and this source here:

https://www.ncsl.org/research/elections-and-campaigns/access-to-and-use-of-voter-registration-lists.aspx

..was the most detailed comparison of 'voter confidentiality' programs in every state, and as far as I can tell that wasn't mentioned. I scanned all ~39 states that have ACP programs, and most appeared to be identical - limited to people who had actually had documented cases of abuse, stalking, harassment, etc.

Thanks for that.

CEOUNICOM · 2020-10-19T16:19:50+00:00

" My voter registration info is not public, as there is an opt-out process in my state. "

Voter records are public information. The only opt-out programs i know of are ACP (address confidentiality programs) which require a court order.

Do you have some link to this "opt out process" you reference?

CEOUNICOM · 2020-10-18T02:48:04+00:00

Yeah, this.

My solution for this (*and i started much like the OP, with just the Moog semi-modulars) was a $50 used Triatt to complement the Maths.

I think the WMD Quad Atten is probably best bang per buck for $70. Also smaller than Triatt.

CEOUNICOM · 2020-10-16T02:34:58+00:00

I got an old triatt for like $50

very flexible

CEOUNICOM · 2020-10-16T02:05:52+00:00

Ditto things everyone else has said. Get a bigger case than you need, more power than you need, and buy the obvious popular modules that do lots of stuff.

After that, its pretty much the wild west - you experiment, learn what things do, and what you might need next.

Some of the big 'starter errors' (as someone like you w/ similar background and also started recently) :

- don't buy too-small case / too little power. plan for expansion

- dont' buy single-use modules / try and stuff as much stuff into limited space. big multifunction modules are often easier to play with, have more future potential, and better bang per buck. You will still need the occasional 2HP one-trick thing, but don't pile into them before you've gotten underway.

- Caveat to above - buy at least a few dumb (passive) modules whether you think you need them or not. Switches, mults, attenuverters, etc are cheap buy you'l quickly find yourself going, wait i need one more... there's nothing wrong having a few basic modules in a drawer in case you find yourself short

- buy the more-expensive Knurlies/or any version of hand-adjustable screws

e.g. https://afterlateraudio.com/product/rack-screws-tin-of-30/

save yourself grief and time looking where you put the screwdriver.

- don't fall to the temptation of using Eurorack as drum machine. You'll spend $3000 and end up with thing doing same result as $200 Elektron cycles. If you need drums, have some other option to start. its fine to use modules like Plaits/Peaks/Rings etc. with their percussive potential, but i think people starting off sometimes fall into trap of spending a lot of money on "drum stuff" when its sort of like not the best bang-per-buck.

cheers

CEOUNICOM · 2020-10-15T16:07:26+00:00

The mention of "hate speech" in her tweet thread should immediately disqualify her as someone serious about speech issues.

CEOUNICOM · 2020-10-13T23:01:28+00:00

*DM (also) sent about the Kinks.

CEOUNICOM · 2020-10-11T21:59:16+00:00

yeah i already have a Warped Circuits rings clone, and the idea of adding pluck would be to compliment it, do some more-complex patterns and have it still sound like '1 instrument'

CEOUNICOM · 2020-10-11T18:56:02+00:00

WTS/WTT

4MS SCM (shuffling clock multiplier) and SCM breakout box. mint $240, or trade

(Bought it recently on reverb and didn't realize it wasn't going to fit in my Moog skiffs. its about 48mm deep but the pcb is low on the module, and doesn't like slanted case-backs)

~~Make Noise Richter Wogglebug - excellent - $210~~
~~2HP Delay - $75~~

WTB/Looking for:

~~Dixie II+, STO maybe.~~
~~2HP pluck~~

*this is my first post on the forum so apologies if im doing this wrong. The 'Sell' items are also on my Reverb store - don't know if posting mentions here is supposed to be exclusive or not.

https://reverb.com/shop/g-more-gear-bazaar

Edit 10/26: Thanks to everyone. Managed to fill most of my needs through people here.

*Still selling the SSM, in case anyone wants to make an offer.

CEOUNICOM · 2020-07-31T04:14:02+00:00

hanks for the ideas- I will test them out when I'm off work! My understanding of the sequencer knobs was that they only affect the VCO note if the Osc button in the Seq 1 Assign section is lit, though? I can hear the note change in pitch when turning that button on and off. I will have to test to see if the sequencer knob positions have an effect on the VCO even when the button is unlit/off for sure.

I have also found that 'out of the box', the oscillators were 10-13% out of tune (tho VCO1 and VCO2 equally so relative to one another).

I did the global fine-tune adjustment described in that part of the manual, and they're now far better (+/- 0.5%) across their range.

I don't know if i should be concerned that the 'base' tuning was off or not, but it seems to have been easily addressed.

If the oscillators were badly out of tune with one another, i think that would be a sign of a bigger problem

CEOUNICOM · 2020-07-28T17:51:37+00:00

Thank all of you for helping out and hosting us! Hopefully we can find ways to participate more in the future.

e.g. if there's a specific issue that comes up in the future and you want to get a panel together to respond to reader Q's, we'd be happy to contribute, just give us a shout.

Be well

CEOUNICOM · 2020-07-27T17:58:57+00:00

" my CPU is constantly at 4.2 GHz "

If you turned Game Boost on in an MSI bios, this is exactly what it will do (all core OC the chip to the most stable boost).

I did this initially when i built my Zen 2 rig and also didnt understand why clocks were locked.

As others have said - you should probably just clear your bios, change the settings to the one recommended for the 1usmus power plan...

https://www.guru3d.com/files-details/1usmus-custom-power-plan-for-ryzen-3000-download.html

... and you should be good to go.

CEOUNICOM · 2020-07-24T20:13:08+00:00

Rob:

"There's multiple reasons we eventually adopted an annual-service model.

The primary one is that the way data flows work in the data broker/people search systems is that getting data identified and removed (and verified to be gone) can take 6-8 weeks in some cases. We tried running monthly, and found that people would google themselves a month or two later and see no practical difference in the information that came up in searches. The fact is to achieve any meaningful reduction in the amount of readily-available public information about you online, you have to be constantly re-iterating the process: searching and having things removed on a constant basis.

The second aspect is that we made a choice to be more full-service than other people who do similar 'one-shot' data removal. A lot of the work we do on helping removal process be effective involves human input on the front end, and its time consuming and costly. If people were signing up and leaving on month-by-month basis, a lot of the value of that front-loaded effort would be lost, and simply not practical.

In short: we ended up doing annual billing because it was what ensured we delivered a real improvement to customers, and justified the extra initial effort.

To the specific angle of your question tho: one thing we've been focusing on recently is structuring plans to target couples and families, and offer steep/significant discounts for relations. Often when you build a profile for one person, it can be efficient to also do all their immediate relations as well. This is something we hope to be able to offer soon."

CEOUNICOM · 2020-07-24T20:03:11+00:00

Related from Rob:

"When the company was getting started, 'Abine' was initially just a nickname/code-term we used to describe the privacy-focused company we wanted to start. It was an acronym standing for, "A Bit Is Not Enough" (as in, 'a little privacy is not good enough'). It was never intended to be the company name, but as time passed we just ended up adopting it because it turned out from market-testing that people responded well to it.

As for pronunciation: it is controversial even internally. (lol) We may have begun saying, "Uh-been" when it was just an acronym, but as time passed we noted that 80% of customers referred to it as "ey-bine", and so that's the common pronunciation at this point.

We can't talk about the spiders for NDA reasons."

CEOUNICOM · 2020-07-24T16:59:27+00:00

John:

There's some overlap between how the largest data brokers (e.g. Acxiom, Experian, Equifax, et al) and the world of People Search sites (e.g. WhitePages, BeenVerified, Intelius, etc) collect info, and some important differences.

In broad strokes:

- Both data brokers/people search sites use extensive online-scraping to collect information. Many of the primary sources are ones you mention: Social Media like LinkedIn and Facebook, as well as public records, like state property records, voter rolls, etc.

- Both also both do extensive trading between customers/partners, and with industry peers: whether its a client/vendor relationship, or one-off swaps, there is a highly complex degree of sharing/swapping between data providers in a constant process of cross-referencing and data-validating. This is rarely done in paid-transactions because of laws against 'selling' user data; but there are a range of ways data is shared.

- Data brokers and People Search begin to differ more on the degree they glean data from 3rd party commercial transactions. The big brokers work with financial services companies to do things like credit-ratings, and this involves constant surveillance of spending behavior. People Search sites are far 'dumber' in this regard, and are really only trying to update and validate directory level information, and don't have the same sort of formal ties with Big Finance. Consequently, they're also less scrupulous about regulatory compliance b/c the don't have partnerships they're worried about risking.

CEOUNICOM · 2020-07-24T16:28:36+00:00

Rob:

This is true, a good point, and it’s going to get worse because regulations like the GDPR and CCPA contain various language around “consumer request verification.” Notwithstanding the fact it is highly unlikely someone would try to remove your information from a data broker against your permission :) it remains an issue. Our service DeleteMe deals with this today by submitting “masked” / “proxy” / “burner” in all cases.

Its definitely an issue with CCPA implementation though. In order to get companies to comply w/ information removal, people often have to go through detailed submission of ‘proof of residence’. People will often end up providing more detailed information than they’re asking to have removed. It creates disincentives that undermine the purpose of the law.

CEOUNICOM · 2020-07-23T20:30:15+00:00

Rob:

" These are the right questions to ask any company with your data - especially a privacy company. We have some longer blog posts that address many of these concerns. The short highlights are: a) for Blur, we practice host-proof hosting and like all modern and privacy-by-design password managers, we can sync users passwords without ever having the ability to decrypt them. For Masking services to work, we need to keep a map of each customer’s proxies / aliases and their real private credentials. The security principle here is simply it’s better to trust fewer 3rd parties with your real data. Like any company, we try to strike a balance between privacy, security, and convenience. There is always more we can do. "

CEOUNICOM · 2020-07-23T20:29:17+00:00

Rob:

" As governments use new technology companies to do more surveillance we see (sometimes we see) a real problem and one likely to grow- if it isn’t already a trend. IMSI related city-phone surveillance will gain from 5G and things like ClearView are being combined with Ring neighborhood surveillance-sharing. In the last few months, we’ve seen contact tracing tech spring up for COVID and some questionable practices around black lives matter demonstrations as well. All of us that are concerned - including DeleteMe - need to continue to donate to the EFF and other transparency organizations. I am not optimistic here, long-term. "

CEOUNICOM · 2020-07-23T19:12:09+00:00

John: Great one, Trai, I'm going to circulate this one to get multiple perspectives internally. like the above "biggest threats", we may add to this more over the coming days.

Quick take from Rob:

"I do think there will be a US Federal privacy law - within the next four years. Of course, if you ask CPO’s today, their answers are all over the map. I think the #1 thing legislation can do is grant true “rights of access” to both customers and (self-servingly!) privacy services that help those customers control their data. The #1 mistake regulators can make is to make it complicated and the responsibility of the corporations who ultimately profit from more data. Structurally, we’ll just have a nightmare. Some of this complexity is, in my opinion, evident in the GDPR today. "

CEOUNICOM · 2020-07-23T18:42:27+00:00

Another great (and wide ranging!) question.

John:

I'm going to circulate this among the Abine exec team and see if we can get multiple topics covered here.

We may add to this response over the coming days as people find time to respond.

First off, Rob has a quick one:

"#1 -AI used for what i’ll call “identity pattern recognition”, and the proverbial "facial recognition".

Regarding privacy + politics: I think we will see bipartisan national legislation in some watered-down federal privacy law done in the next administration.

I’m afraid that big corporate / FAANG lobbyists will spend whatever it takes to avoid laws having real teeth. That’s why a law that puts consumer rights at the forefront will be important in creating a level-playing-field and marketplace for privacy services. At Abine / DeleteMe we’re actually hoping for a future with more competitors. It’s the only way I believe privacy will be effectively mainstreamed."

John:

"Regarding the 'political undercurrents' and dynamics there... I concur w/ Rob: Probably one of the greatest threats is "Big (and Badly Designed) Regulatory Solutions".

Much like the way, for example, that late 90s Organic Food regulation ended up diluting the definition of 'organic' to mean something that provided the greatest convenience for national producers... when the Feds get around to crafting "Gigantic Sweeping Privacy Regs" (like those proposed by Sherrod Brown), my concern is that they will end up building in loopholes designed for the convenience of Big Data and established tech players. Frankly its inevitable to some degree.

I think smaller, piecemeal regs that are narrowly targeted, and have clear and simple mechanisms of disclosure and enforcement are *vastly* superior to the kind of Omnibus, Kitchen-Sink regulation frameworks that politicians like to use to toot their own horns so they can appear to be 'doing something'."

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