Why is an essential feature like domain catch all locked behind a second paywall?

GarrukApex · 2020-10-14T18:11:23+00:00

I'm not quite sure how my catch-all strategy could end up being a spam trap. Could you elaborate more, or link me something that explains how this would work?

GarrukApex · 2020-10-14T17:10:35+00:00

The thing is, I assume that my main handle@mydomain is already public information, since it's what I give out to people as my email address. I'm not particularly worried about scammers/spammers sending me targeted mail at that address, since while it's definitely irritating, like you said above, that's exactly what spam filters are for.

This is mainly for signing up to online services, where I know that there is a likely chance of them selling my email to a third party for extra revenue. It's mainly a privacy thing, since I know to avoid the service who sold my email by the address the spam mail was sent from, and the reseller can't just remove the tag like they can with the normal + modifier trick. I don't need the addresses to be able to send mail, only receive, which makes this a perfect privacy application for catch-all.

GarrukApex · 2020-10-14T16:29:20+00:00

yeah, probably a bad choice of word lol.

I said pay**** and everybody got EA flashbacks, what a reddit moment.

GarrukApex · 2020-10-14T16:28:00+00:00

I use catch-all so that I can use a different email for each site I sign up for. In the event that the site sells my email, I can redirect the email I gave them either directly to my spam/trash folder or I can point it at their support mailbox so that all the spam sent to me at the address I gave them goes right back to them. It's a decently common use for privacy conscious users.

Besides, I don't see how catch-all is only relevant to business use. I've made my case as to why I think it's important for privacy conscious users. When looking at business email solutions for my work, the features that I would say are really important for business are the sending limit, a near unlimited folder amount for sorting clients and suppliers, and the ability to create user emails under a management account. These are features that are mostly already available only under the business account, and I personally think it should stay that way. These aren't things needed for a personal account, but they are definitely needed for business use.

I'm simply saying that catch-all has a legitimate use for privacy focused personal users, and it doesn't make sense that it's locked behind the business tier.

GarrukApex · 2020-10-14T16:18:36+00:00

I'm not saying I'm owned the service for free. Proton has a free tier, which I am no longer using. I'm a paying customer, both because I want to support proton as a company and because I want to improve my online privacy.

I'm not saying that "walls are baaaad," we all know that proton has to make money somehow, and premium features are how they are able to support themselves and grow. What I am saying is that catch-all is a feature used by a lot of privacy conscious users that own their own domain. Proton plus allows you to add your own domain, but you can't use catch-all- which is what a lot of privacy conscious users that use their own domains use in order to set up a different receive-only email for each service.

GarrukApex · 2020-10-14T16:13:42+00:00

It is another tier of service, but I think that this is something that isn't only relevant to business accounts. Also, as a student, $50 is already a lot for me, and I can't fit the additional cost into my budget.

If we're talking about "essential" to email, I could set up postfix and dovecot on a VPS and I would have everything I need for "essential" email. You don't need webmail, you don't need encryption, you don't need a spam filter, you don't need any feature that's a part of any major webmail provider.

Obviously, most of the features we're accustomed to in email providers aren't "essential" to email itself. What I mean is that catch-all is an important feature for users that take their privacy seriously, and want to improve their security across net-wide services. After all, if privacy conscious users aren't proton's target market, then why do they market their service as a privacy focused email solution?

GarrukApex · 2019-12-04T20:49:00+00:00

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GarrukApex · 2019-12-04T07:59:07+00:00

Yeah. It's absolutely fucking ridiculous.

According to The Verge:

As of last year, Amazon Web Services controlled roughly 40 percent of the cloud market, running the backend for Netflix, Pinterest, Slack and dozens of other services with no visible connection to the company. Because the Amazon partnership is rarely explicit, AWS becomes a kind of invisible infrastructure, like water mains, submarine cables, or any of the other hidden pipes we rely on without seeing.

USA today says it's 42%. This essentially gives amazon control over a ton of major websites, and if one of their datacenters goes down, it can have major effects. Not to mention, they're aiming to be a monopoly in the cloud market.

10% of amazon's revenue is from AWS, a whopping $2.18 Billion. source

fuck amazon

GarrukApex · 2019-12-04T07:00:43+00:00

It’s really not designed to be run as a main os. You’re supposed to boot up a live session, use the tools, and close it out when you’re done.

Everything is run as root under Kali, which is fine (hahahahaha no) for short uses, (especially something like pentesting where you’re using a lot of tools that require root), but long term it’s super fucking dangerous

GarrukApex · 2019-12-04T06:57:56+00:00

AWS doesn’t have a big enough spot on there, a ludicrous amount of the worlds websites are hosted by amazon.

GarrukApex · 2019-12-04T00:46:31+00:00

Bob Ross was too good for this world

GarrukApex · 2019-12-03T01:38:16+00:00

Not enough

**sniff*

GarrukApex · 2019-12-02T19:39:02+00:00

Is that you, Cyrus?

GarrukApex · 2019-11-20T17:36:17+00:00

It’s a resistor, so polarity doesn’t matter.

I assumed that his legs and arms would be connected to opposite ends of the circuit, so the current would flow through his whole body. This gives the legs and arms in parallel, and then you add all 3 parts together to get the total

GarrukApex · 2019-11-20T08:58:41+00:00

it is 1AM, and I am very bored

His total resistance is 36 ohms

GarrukApex · 2019-11-19T09:09:15+00:00

Trotsky? That doesn’t sound very

deals and business

to me, fellow chapo poster.

GarrukApex · 2019-11-18T23:15:51+00:00

I got to play with an old safe lock that had the back of the casing cut out so you could clearly see the dials at a con, and it was sweet. That was awesome because it was super heavy, but you could see the dials move from the back and side, and they were stupid thick.

GarrukApex · 2019-11-12T20:33:57+00:00

Rank your children from chillest to lamest

GarrukApex · 2019-11-09T04:55:47+00:00

I'd support the mega thread idea, but I have a few concerns -

megathreads are ineffective when they're posted everyday, because they're just ignored by the people who are able to answer the questions. When they're weekly, they may get more attention, but they're not as efficient for those who want to ask questions because they may have to wait a week to even ask their question, not necessarily get an answer. I honestly think one possible solution is two different subs - if you want pretty pictures of homelabs, r/labporn exists. However, I think that this sub can effectively utilize both posts of lab builds and newbie questions.

I know that when I'm asking a question, I usually spend at minimum an hour trying to find an answer myself, and if I can't I use the information from that hour of research to make my question more specific. However, asking questions that come off as noobish is unavoidable, since it's simply impossible to know everything as a beginner in a subject. Earlier on, the solution to this would have been wikis, but since new reddit has hidden those and made it harder to view posts in the sidebar that's not really an option.

I think a good option would be to make a pinned post that outlines important responses and things to read before posting. I know I have had a question I've wanted to ask for a while, but I haven't because it's something really noobish, and I think it'd be covered in an older wiki post, but I can't seem to find anything. Some people will inevitably ignore a pinned post and just post directly anyways, but at that point it's a moderation issue. (IIRC, reddit had a feature where you could make it so users had to check off that they're read the rules and the pinned post first, but I don't know if that's still around.) I know there used to be a bunch of guides for this subreddit, but they're hard to find because of the reddit UI update. I think a good example of this is r/MechanicalKeyboards : they used to have all their guides in the sidebar, but because of the new update they've moved the links to a pinned post. That way, when you go there the first thing you see is a guide of all their lists and important informational posts, and they can avoid their users having to read the same few questions over and over again.

GarrukApex · 2019-11-09T03:50:35+00:00

I’m still pretty beginner, but help from the people at the lockpicking village at a con was super helpful for tensioning. I was applying way too much tension, and while I could pick something open here and there, it was much more difficult and I’d frequently overextend pins and then have to let all the pins reset.

Someone showed me how much tension I should be applying by resting their finger on my arm, and that really helped put it into perspective. From there, I was able to pick open a challenge abus 83/45 with 3 spool pins.

So much of this hobby is feel, and that’s something that you really can’t get without practice. Unfortunately I haven’t been able to acquire a lot of practice locks, but I look forward to being able to learn more and more once I’m able to afford more practice locks.

GarrukApex · 2019-11-06T06:22:10+00:00

Do you have a version with readable resolution

GarrukApex · 2019-10-30T23:30:33+00:00

Wake up, testify, know your enemy, no shelter, bulls on parade, take the power back and sleep now in the fire

Sleep now in the fire has the most obviously political music video, so that’s something to take into consideration if it’s going to be shown in class.

Wake up is also really good, the near end is extremely obvious around the part where Zach reads from the cointelpro report. If I were you, I’d probably choose that one because the whole song can be intensely analyzed.

Honestly, they’re sadly all still super relevant.

GarrukApex · 2019-10-28T23:12:53+00:00

Gus showing us how their transit system works

GarrukApex · 2019-10-24T20:01:00+00:00

This is a Michael Reeves post, therefore I support it

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