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   Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 23-Dec-2025 01:48:54 JST Paul Cantrell

   • Jared White

   Re @jaredwhite’s post: https://indieweb.social/@jaredwhite/115764214310973928

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 23-Dec-2025 01:50:39 JST Paul Cantrell

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     (Vector graphics are in the original thread if anybody wants them)

     https://hachyderm.io/@inthehands/115500214272846920

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 23-Dec-2025 01:55:52 JST Paul Cantrell

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     • Alison Wilder

     @alisynthesis Yay! May it serve you well (and puzzle a neighbor or two).

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     Alison Wilder (alisynthesis@io.waxandleather.com)'s status on Tuesday, 23-Dec-2025 01:55:54 JST Alison Wilder

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     @inthehands this will be up in my yard in Keene, NH. Friggin' love it.

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     Jeff Miller (orange hatband) (jmeowmeow@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 23-Dec-2025 02:09:35 JST Jeff Miller (orange hatband)

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     @inthehands That declaration of working beliefs about household infotech security could use a complementary set of working principles from orgs providing household devices and services.

     "At this organization, we believe customer information is..."

     I had cause to think about this because the extended family purchased an shared digital picture frame to which family members could add pictures, hosted by the service or linked from a participant's personal photo hosting account.

     After some careful reading of the terms, I created an account and shared a few photos. It looked like the company had thought about it (Information We Collect / How We Use Your Information) but it seemed to be a business model operating with some obvious risks related to privacy and abuse.

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 23-Dec-2025 08:06:28 JST Paul Cantrell

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     • Jared White
     • Amoshias
     • David Cantrell 🏏

     @DrHyde @Amoshias @jaredwhite
     This is the correct answer.

     (And from somebody with the same name as my dad! Yay! Hi!!)

     Using a global passphrase template with per-site variations leaves one wide open to a variety of brute-force attacks.

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     David Cantrell 🏏 (drhyde@fosstodon.org)'s status on Tuesday, 23-Dec-2025 08:06:29 JST David Cantrell 🏏

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     • Jared White
     • Amoshias

     @Amoshias @inthehands @jaredwhite however, you should have different credentials for every service, and no-one can remember which passphrase was used for which of 300 different services. Therefore you should use a password manager, and at that point you might as well use random passwords for everything except the password manager itself.

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     Amoshias (amoshias@esq.social)'s status on Tuesday, 23-Dec-2025 08:06:33 JST Amoshias

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     • Jared White

     @inthehands @jaredwhite passwords should NOT be random. they should be secure.

     Humans are the flaw in the system. random passwords aren't usable by humans and will fail more frequently than passwords with "less entropy" but are more usable.

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     cibyr (cibyr@omg.wtf.sh)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Jan-2026 10:15:57 JST cibyr

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     • Jared White

     @inthehands @jaredwhite thank you for this :) I got it made as a fridge magnet

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Jan-2026 10:16:10 JST Paul Cantrell

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     • Jared White
     • cibyr

     @cibyr @jaredwhite

     Magnificent!!

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     Brewster Kahle (brewsterkahle@mastodon.archive.org)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Jan-2026 11:59:19 JST Brewster Kahle

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     • Jared White
     • cibyr

     @cibyr @inthehands @jaredwhite

     yes, y,y,y,y
     but "the Drivetrain should be airgapped" ?

     what am I missing?

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Jan-2026 11:59:19 JST Paul Cantrell

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     • Brewster Kahle
     • Jared White
     • cibyr

     @brewsterkahle @cibyr @jaredwhite
     The drivetrain [of a vehicle] should be airgapped [(i.e. physically separated) from the Internet]

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Jan-2026 12:31:25 JST Paul Cantrell

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     • Brewster Kahle
     • Jared White
     • ShawnT 🔧🐀
     • cibyr

     @phaysis @brewsterkahle @cibyr @jaredwhite
     I’m a CATBUS if I’m allowed to have my way

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     ShawnT 🔧🐀 (phaysis@mastodon.coffee)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Jan-2026 12:31:27 JST ShawnT 🔧🐀

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     • Brewster Kahle
     • Jared White
     • cibyr

     @brewsterkahle
     Are you a CANBUS or a CAN'TBUS?

     @cibyr @inthehands @jaredwhite

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Jan-2026 12:49:26 JST Paul Cantrell

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     • Jared White
     • Jeff Atwood

     @codinghorror @jaredwhite
     Please enjoy!

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     Jeff Atwood (codinghorror@infosec.exchange)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Jan-2026 12:49:27 JST Jeff Atwood

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     • Jared White

     @inthehands @jaredwhite order placed

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Jan-2026 22:20:25 JST Paul Cantrell

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     • aburka 🫣
     • Jared White
     • Marcos Dione
     • stilescrisis

     @mdione @stilescrisis @jaredwhite @aburka

     https://hachyderm.io/@inthehands/115845912002954719

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     Marcos Dione (mdione@en.osm.town)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Jan-2026 22:20:28 JST Marcos Dione

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     • aburka 🫣
     • Jared White
     • stilescrisis

     @stilescrisis oh, this means the car/moto/bike does not have any connection to the internet? I'm having problems parsing this one...

     @inthehands @jaredwhite @aburka

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     stilescrisis (stilescrisis@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Jan-2026 22:20:33 JST stilescrisis

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     • aburka 🫣
     • Jared White

     @inthehands @jaredwhite @aburka If your drivetrain has a literal airgap it's gonna be hard to make the wheels go

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     Jeff Atwood (codinghorror@infosec.exchange)'s status on Sunday, 18-Jan-2026 11:59:32 JST Jeff Atwood

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     • Jared White

     @inthehands @jaredwhite the enjoyment has officially begun

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     Jeff Atwood (codinghorror@infosec.exchange)'s status on Sunday, 18-Jan-2026 11:59:33 JST Jeff Atwood

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     • Jared White

     @inthehands @jaredwhite oh, believe me, I definitely will

     Paul Cantrell repeated this.
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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 18-Jan-2026 12:02:05 JST Paul Cantrell

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     • Jared White
     • Jeff Atwood

     @codinghorror @jaredwhite
     Lookin’ sharp

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 18-Jan-2026 12:57:25 JST Paul Cantrell

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     • Punnamaraju Vinayaka Tejas

     @PVTejas

     https://hachyderm.io/@inthehands/115764906632230948

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     Punnamaraju Vinayaka Tejas (pvtejas@mstdn.social)'s status on Sunday, 18-Jan-2026 12:57:26 JST Punnamaraju Vinayaka Tejas

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     • Andres
     • Jared White
     • Jeff Atwood

     @Andres4NY @codinghorror @inthehands @jaredwhite I think it refers to some company (Mercedes, I believe) locking a higher performance mode behind a paywall

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     Andres (andres4ny@social.ridetrans.it)'s status on Sunday, 18-Jan-2026 12:57:27 JST Andres

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     • Jared White
     • Jeff Atwood

     @codinghorror @inthehands @jaredwhite Is that a car drive train? As someone without a car, I'm imagining my chain, cog, and internal gear hub as the ultimate air-gapping. 😀