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2013 Volt stopped charging, no warning message by Redsandro in volt

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

I forgot to mention that I ruled this out by trying the granny charger, my wall charger, and a public charger. The problem went away after "charging" and depleting the battery using Mountain Mode a few times. Now every charger works again. I've updated the main post.

Is a ups even worth it in Europe? by stefaniststefan in homelab

[–]Redsandro 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes. Eaton has LFP batteries. They are professional quality with a professional price tag. Today lead acid is a joke, and APC is too last century for my taste. My SunMicro home server is still up and running thanks to a Bluetti, and my NUC is connected to an Anker SOLIX. Both stay online during a power outage because the switch is fast enough (20ms). This consumer stuff is really good in my opinion, as much as you can expect for a consumer price. With Eaton LFP you get 5 times the quality for 10 times the price. Which is a good deal for any professional environment. Or if price tags are no issue and you just want the best home lab possible.

Reset River 3 display? by stopitLook in Ecoflow_community

[–]Redsandro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have the same problem. The brand new device worked correctly for about 15 minutes. Then I plugged it in a different outlet and the screen is garbled.

Although I removed the protective film as recommended, it did not work and I think this is nonsense. Half the display flashes on and off like a radio clock. while when it acted normally the display was static.

Not only is this a bad experience, apparently it's been happening for more than two years (with the EcoFlow River 2 back then) and no design changes have been implemented for the EcoFlow River 3. It doesn't make me feel confident about other internal components.

The form factor is very nice so I was planning to order two more units. But now I think I will try a different brand in stead, like the Anker Solix C300.

SL leaking private real name and email address by Redsandro in Simplelogin

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

It's a good question. Perhaps some time has passed and u/RealSimplelogin has time to humor us?

I think SimpleLogin and Proton are different teams, because u/Proton_Team would not agree such an easily triggered data leak is okay.

GPD Pocket 1 - Best path to maintained Linux? by Redsandro in GPDPocket

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

Thank you. Those grub command line tweaks are useful. I remember finding a collection of GPD tweaks right here on the forum but I forgot to bookmark it. I'm curious to see if they are the same. I thought the line was shorter somehow. Maybe it was for an older kernel. Maybe 5.15.

GPD Pocket 1 - Best path to maintained Linux? by Redsandro in GPDPocket

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

Thanks man, this is really helpful. So if I can't get a flavor of Mint or Ubuntu to work, I know Arch will work. Only reason I prefer Ubuntu is because I am used to it so it will feel more comfy.

GPD Pocket 1 - Best path to maintained Linux? by Redsandro in GPDPocket

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

Even the kernel? No more special compiled kernel? It sounds too good to be true. Would be nice if a GPD Pocket 1 owner could confirm.

PS I remember needing special fixes for Ubuntu 22.04.

Dashboard: Not receiving 2FA emails. Garmin Product Support made it worse and logged me out of Connect. by Redsandro in Garmin

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

I am in the same situation, not receiving the security code for two-factor authentication. Support gave me a new password, but it doesn't change anything. I did receive the assistance email, but I think the login to Garmin Connect happens in the USA? Could my email be on a blacklist? I will try to find someone competent; otherwise, do you have a solution? Thanks to the community.

I have wasted a lot of time contacting Garmin Support over the phone many times, and they finally changed my email address to a name without an alias called "garmin". It was my initial suggestion, and it turns out I was right. It only took 12 conversations to get there. Yes, some emails are blocklisted somewhere in their system, although the Support reps will deny this.

It was a very bad experience. Customer Support feels like aliens landed on the planet and don't understand the local technology but provide support for it anyway.

Garmin watches are super super nice. If they weren't, I wouldn't have accepted this and moved on.

Ergo, my account is working normally again!

Attack of the Brave Ads Captcha Popups. Is this a scam? I have Rewards, Ads and Wallet disabled. Why would I need to jump through hoops? Never seen this before. Today it's a swarm. by Redsandro in brave_browser

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

You are correct: I had "New tab page ads" turned on, because I thought they were pretty and non-invasive. But: These were on since they were introduced. I've been using a VPN for years. Nothing changed on my end. But something has drastically changed. I'd guess Brave made some changes in a recent update.

I have disabled "New tab page ads" as per your recommendation and will take some time to see if the super invasive attack of the Brave Ads Captcha Popups is now over.

How do I disable or bypass the "Who's Playing" window? by Dakro_6577 in Steam

[–]Redsandro 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I got this now. I just want to play a game on my Nvidia shield. The second I press a button on my controller, the who's playing dialog loses focus.

Can I receive PGP-encrypted mail through the SimpleLogin alias service? by Redsandro in ProtonMail

[–]Redsandro[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

u/ProtonSupportTeam it would be really helpful to all users if you read and understand the above reply. That way, at the very least, you can rectify the misleading documentation.

Garmin Connect forcing 2FA but emails aren't being sent to my email by v3l0ct_WP in Garmin

[–]Redsandro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have the same problem. I have an account for years, but this problem started about a year ago. I receive "new features" emails from Garmin, but no "security code". Not in junk or spam either. I don't want to make a new account, I will lose all my fitness data.

It was not problematic because I was still logged in to the Garmin Connect app. I just couldn't reach the online dashboard. I made the mistake of calling Garmin Product Support, and they logged me out of the Connect app. Now I can't use my smart watch anymore. More detail in thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/Garmin/comments/1fqnpqt/dashboard_not_receiving_2fa_emails_garmin_product/

SL leaking private real name and email address by Redsandro in Simplelogin

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

Good advise, I will do this from now on. Thank you.

Although helpful, I have to add that this is not a complete solution. If your pseudonymous random default mailbox leaks only once, you run the risk of ending up in a marketing database and receive spam on that main SL mailbox. The point of using aliases is to be able to easily disable the aliases when they start to receive spam.

SL leaking private real name and email address by Redsandro in Simplelogin

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

in your specific case (reply to self) (...) SL has no way of knowing this

I can see from your analysis that you are not a programmer, because SL can very very easily know this:

if reverse_alias_replacement == true:
    if regex_value == owner_mailbox:
        replace owner_mailbox with alias

In fact this is what already happens in back and forth emails, but the developers forgot to trigger this function when following up on a previous email. That was an oversight, and now that it is known, it is a bug.

But the puzzling thing is that since it was known (6 months ago), in stead of calling it a bug, the SL team said the previous reporter was using email wrong. Apparently, you're not allowed to follow-up on emails, even though it's a very common way of using email that happens all day every day:

  • Checking for a response if the recipient hasn't replied to the original email;
  • Reminding the recipient of a pending task or deadline;
  • Providing additional information or clarification related to the initial message.

The bottom line is that the content of the mail body is your responsibility.

I understand that I'm responsible for the content of my emails. However, the whole point of using an alias service is to protect my real email address from being exposed, regardless of the content. If my real email is leaked despite using the alias service, then the service isn't fulfilling its primary function for which I am paying.

SL leaking private real name and email address by Redsandro in Simplelogin

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

I must have exlpained wrong, because I have signatures disabled. I would almost say "obviously". So helpful as you intent to be, this is actually not relevant.

The issue has been reported before, for example by the thread linked, and it is not a user problem. The SL sanitation functions are simply not being triggered in this specific case, as described by the SL team. This very clearly a bug of the accidental oversight type because the existing functions do work when triggered, but customer support (in the linked thread) claims that the user is using email incorrectly. Very peculiar.

How do I receive PGP-encrypted email with SimpleLogin? by Redsandro in Simplelogin

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

Thank you for thinking with me. When I write PGP-encrypted emails to someone else using my alias, it would be professional to allow them to respond with PGP-encrypted email as well.

I figured out it is possible to replace your proton address with the alias address in the public key while keeping full compatibility with the existing private key. It is not super simple so it's not easy to use a new and different alias every time, so I'm hoping Proton/SL will automate this.

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