borZ0 the t1r3D b3aR

he’s a b3aR… whos t1r3D…

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Cake day: August 25th, 2023
  • borZ0 the t1r3D b3aR@lemmy.worldtoPrivacy@lemmy.ml•Number of email accounts for financials
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    1 year ago

    Sure. It can be “less” secure from a procedural perspective because it increases the complexity of the user accessing their info. The more difficult/complicated it is for the user, the more likely of user mistakes exposing their accounts in one way or another. Obviously there are password apps that allow for seamless login (some of those can also be problematic), which alleviates the complexity, but then you have multiple email accounts to manage on some level for the various services and websites you use.

    End of day, if it works, it works, but it’s important to pay attention to your user experience while also taking in to account the various tools (strong pass, mfa, etc) when setting yourself up. If you get annoyed that you have too many emails to manage, you might be more likely to not log out, or not use mfa, etc.

    edit wasn’t trying to say it was WAY more insecure to use separate emails, just that it probably wasn’t necessary if you have different pass and use mfa. Sometimes ‘more, better’ isn’t ‘more-better’.

  • borZ0 the t1r3D b3aR@lemmy.worldtoPrivacy@lemmy.ml•Number of email accounts for financials
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    1 year ago

    They’d only have all account info if the passwords were also the same and you didn’t avail yourself of 2fa/mfa. It’s better to have different strong passwords/long passphrases and use mfa. Separate email accounts become their own vectors for account hacking, not to mention that any personal security scheme you have that becomes too complicated with multiple accounts to juggle is it’s own security problem.

  • borZ0 the t1r3D b3aR@lemmy.worldtobriar@lemmy.ml•Do you use Briar on a daily basis?
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    2 years ago

    I’m not currently using it daily because I don’t have anyone I’m connected with that I’m not already connected with in other ways. I have gotten some friends and family to try it as a way of getting ahead of an emergency situation where communication might be spotty.

    I wonder if Briar could be used in a geo-caching/scavenger hunt/walking tour type game, where Briar nodes are set up with Bluetooth broadcasting and players could physically travel to the locations to learn something about the area or pick up a ‘flag’ (like photos or something) and possibly even have a forum set up where players could leave selfies or their own photos. That would be a lot of fun.

  • borZ0 the t1r3D b3aR@lemmy.worldtobriar@lemmy.ml•What are some uses for Briar?
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    2 years ago

    I believe you’re correct there. A smaller group could also connect via Bluetooth. My understanding of the functionality, as far as a rural or remote community goes, is that everyone joins together in the app and as people create content via chat/forum/blog, the app connects and updates that information as people get close enough in proximity to connect individually with each other via wifi or Bluetooth. So if person A comes in from their farm and sits down at the cafe and they belong to a group(s) with person B who’s already there, person B ends up sharing all the updated data in the app with person A who can then contribute their own information that anyone in the cafe that’s connected will get and then be able to update those they come in contact with. …at least I think that’s how it works.

  • borZ0 the t1r3D b3aR@lemmy.worldtoPrivacy@lemmy.ml•Please, do not use Brave.
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    2 years ago

    Vivaldi tab management is pretty great. Vivaldi is designed for power users that always have a ton of tabs open. There are a bunch of other features as well that I use regularly, but I could see that it might be a bit of a learning curve for those that just want to install a browser and immediately know where everything is. There has been more than a few times that I discovered yet another efficiency using Vivaldi and felt like I was getting more from it. Definitely a browser for someone willing to spend time configuring it for their use case. Keyboard shortcuts ftw!