Indeed. I have had to replace my studio headphones multiple times because I broke them that way. My earbuds are great for travel - much smaller and easy to walk around with.

What are the vulnerabilities?

My nontechnical hobby circle is all about the insta, sadly. Facebook, too. It’s an uphill battle full of people that expect you have them: They look at you funny if you don’t have one. It’s as if you said you don’t have email.

Thank you for such a detailed and helpful reply!

Wait, he actually did something good?

Be careful, you might get pulled over for doing kph instead of mph in the US.

Holy shit, well done!

For those unaware, it’s an adaptation of Deus Ex’s intro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zStn70Ot4r0

Bonus humorous edit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmOCsiZgAbg

Even today I see many bemoaning the GDPR’s “onerous” obligations. Data just isn’t seen like the nuclear waste it is, sadly.

Goebbels would be proud.

I imagine they will inevitably enshittify since the buyout but they seem to be good still for now.

The nice thing is I get to download the files so I’m not fucked when it happens.

I’ll be honest, I was not gonna be surprised if he had done that.

Well said.

https://web.archive.org/web/20160314132836/http://www.opnsense.com/

This was the website that pfsense maintainers made as soon as OPNsense was announced. They sniped the name, derided the project and only ended up handing over the domain after they were legally compelled to.

One person affiliated with Netgate in particular can be seen around forums and social media and has serious axes to grind. He’s… not pleasant.

Add to that Netgate’s practices (IIRC secret proprietary blob required to build pfsense, double-check that fact / unremovable installation tracking) and the picture painted is one of petulance and anger.

[edit] oh yeah, and this gem! https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/03/buffer-overruns-license-violations-and-bad-code-freebsd-13s-close-call/

Second OPNsense. pfSense also is maintained by some pretty shitty individuals.

I’ve not heard of that before. That’s insane.