“App developers can encrypt these messages when they’re stored (in transit they’re protected by TLS) but the associated metadata – the app receiving the notification, the time stamp, and network details – is not encrypted.”
Another quote from the article: “The data that is required to ‘turn on any push notification service’ is quite invasive and can unexpectedly reveal/track your location/store your movement with a third-party marketing company or one of the app stores, which is merely a court order or subpoena away from potentially exposing those personal details.”
I see Google and Apple really embracing passkeys lately and I’m trying to understand the hype, but it can be challenging. I also see that Bitwarden and 1Password are embracing them too. As far as I can tell, passkeys are just key pairs that behave like FIDO2 tokens (e.g. my yubikey) but are backed up to some cloud and usable...
This post featured on hackernews argues that users should be aware that this makes your google account only as secure as your weakest device security and thus isn’t ideal for the average user: lauren.vortex.com/…/dont-use-google-passkeys-now
VAUGHAN, Ont. - Two young boys and a woman were taken to hospital with minor injuries after a car crashed into the fence of daycare in Vaughan, Ont., on Wednesday.York Regional Police said a car being driven by a man in his 80s lost control in a parking lot on Wednesday morning and hit the fence of the daycare, where children...
"The tentative opening date of the much-delayed Eglinton Crosstown Light Rail Transit (LRT) line will be revealed by the end of the summer, the head of Metrolinx announced Thursday....
Toronto’s Economic and Community Development Committee has passed a time-limited pilot program to city council that will allow the public consumption of alcohol in 22 parks into the fall....
It's easy to discover communities on my instance via the dedicated page in the hamburger menu. But let's say I want to follow a community on another instance, such as !lemmy . I might have found its name mentioned in a post or comment. When I click on the provided link, I'm thrown on that instances web page, from which I of...
You can sub to it, but it's complicated. (Instead of accessing that community via it's remote host instance, you currently have to access it via your own home instance (for example by searching for it there). Maybe this could be made easier if lemmy would automatically replace links to other instances with the equivalent internal links.
Bricks placed in Vancouver to help pedestrians safely use a crosswalk (dailyhive.com)
Investigators seek push notification metadata in 130 cases (go.theregister.com)
“App developers can encrypt these messages when they’re stored (in transit they’re protected by TLS) but the associated metadata – the app receiving the notification, the time stamp, and network details – is not encrypted.”
What Linux options exist for passkeys?
I see Google and Apple really embracing passkeys lately and I’m trying to understand the hype, but it can be challenging. I also see that Bitwarden and 1Password are embracing them too. As far as I can tell, passkeys are just key pairs that behave like FIDO2 tokens (e.g. my yubikey) but are backed up to some cloud and usable...
[article] Two boys, adult sent to hospital with minor injures after car crashes daycare fence (www.thestar.com)
VAUGHAN, Ont. - Two young boys and a woman were taken to hospital with minor injuries after a car crashed into the fence of daycare in Vaughan, Ont., on Wednesday.York Regional Police said a car being driven by a man in his 80s lost control in a parking lot on Wednesday morning and hit the fence of the daycare, where children...
Toronto is about to get a new type of intersection unlike any it's seen before (www.blogto.com)
Early signs suggest fall COVID-19 wave starting in Canada — before updated boosters are available (www.cbc.ca)
Single Toronto speed camera has raked in a staggering $3.3 million in just 16 months (www.blogto.com)
People in Ontario just can't stop crashing their cars into buildings (www.blogto.com)
Opening date of Eglinton Crosstown LRT to be announced by end of summer: Metrolinx CEO (www.cp24.com)
"The tentative opening date of the much-delayed Eglinton Crosstown Light Rail Transit (LRT) line will be revealed by the end of the summer, the head of Metrolinx announced Thursday....
22 Toronto parks approved in pilot program allowing alcohol consumption. (toronto.citynews.ca)
Toronto’s Economic and Community Development Committee has passed a time-limited pilot program to city council that will allow the public consumption of alcohol in 22 parks into the fall....
Following remote communities is hard.
It's easy to discover communities on my instance via the dedicated page in the hamburger menu. But let's say I want to follow a community on another instance, such as !lemmy . I might have found its name mentioned in a post or comment. When I click on the provided link, I'm thrown on that instances web page, from which I of...