“A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.” - D Adams
ACLU in the 70s: the nazis have a right to march in Skokie because freedom of speech is inviolate.
ACLU now: the nazis have a right to march in Skokie because they make some important points on Jewish power.
Dead serious, this is why the surface duo was correct. Two separate screens with the smallest possible gap between them. Its way easier to engineer a hinge than it is a foldable screen.
This story shows how hilariously broken online identity verification is from all relevant angles.
1. Your SSN, DOB, address history, etc. are sitting in countless data breaches and data-broker dumps. They’re cheap and widely available to basically anyone who looks.
2. KYC/AML mostly just checks that the data exists and matches a real person. It doesn’t confirm the person signing up is actually the real person behind that identity.
Result: Amanda Smith spent three nights in jail and now faces up to six years in prison over a $1,000 CashApp scam account opened with her SSN and DOB. It wasn't necessarily opened by her, and the phone, IP, device, address, and other details don’t match.
The funniest (and yes, saddest) part is CashApp wouldn't give her information about the account because she can’t prove she’s the owner. Her personal info was good enough to open the account, but not good enough to access it in the future, apparently. To be clear, CashApp is likely just following the law here.
Anyway, we need to burn it all down and start fresh.
@SarAllyce I think it’s also a generational thing. I know people that will spend so much time optimizing before they have any actual experience themselves. Sometimes you gotta just start and learn for yourself.
@ReaperCapital Guys at my new company “…and we do happy hour at the bar across the street on Fridays”
Friday afternoon, with coworkers?! Gtfoh. That’s what Thursday is for.
@neontaster This happened to Amazon pricing maybe 7-10 years ago. People just stopped price, checking major retailers because Amazon had always been the cheapest. But it was no longer true on many things.
This 100% explains how I play golf (albeit at a much lower level than he plays goalie). If it becomes too social or casual
I start playing like shit. If it’s super serious, also shit. If I can turn my brain off? Throwing darts.
New: the DHS officials who tried to search the man who wiped his GrapheneOS phone lied. They pushed him about having child abuse images. Documents reveal that was a pretext; he wasn't suspected of this at all. He's a Stop Cop City activist https://t.co/zrsME3rBux