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A few months ago someone (journalist?) claimed authorities cracked his 30+ char strong Veracrypt (or TrueCrypt?) passphrase. His computer was turned off when apprehended. I can not locate the story.

Does anyone remember seeing this? I really want to know if there was an update to his case. I thought I saw it on HN but I can NOT for the life of me find it now anywhere. Normally I’m not one to buy into “XYZ scrubbed QWERTY from the internet”, but I absolutely can not find this story ANYWHERE now and it seems like it...

Brave aims to curb practice of websites that port scan visitors (arstechnica.com)

Starting in version 1.54, [the browser] Brave will automatically block website port scanning, a practice that a surprisingly large number of sites were found engaging in a few years ago. According to this list compiled in 2021 by a researcher who goes by the handle G666g1e, 744 websites scanned visitors’ ports, most or all...

Is it possible to protect my privacy while disabling uBlock to support some websites?

There are some websites that I feel deserve to have me disable uBlock so that they get a little support from me even if it is not much or maybe nothing, is it worth doing that risking my privacy or is what the site creators can get from me doing that so little that it is just not worth it? Or are there any other alternatives,...

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