Can someone explain this to me.
Webpage asks to confirm my id via either text, email or pssword. I enter my password, then have to confirm via a code sent to my email. Why fucking bother having a GD password if you're just going to use the email anyway?
Of course this is also a company that gives you the option to accept or reject cookies on every page, everytime to visit their site. Must be some elementary school running things
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She is dancing away from you now...
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Maybe only 15% of voting population, but 41% is the kind of number that doesn’t evaporate.
Confederate Nazis don’t die.
They retrench and regroup.
Presidential approval rating graph showing daily average of polls from multiple organizations since Inauguration Day. The graph features a green line labeled "Approve" (41% at Jan. 23) and a brown line labeled "Disapprove" (55% at Jan. 23), with vertical percentage scale from 40% to 60% and horizontal timeline including events: Inaug. Day, Major tariffs announced, U.S. attacks Iran, Trump policy bill passed, Shutdown begins, Maduro captured. Individual poll results are displayed as circles; larger circles denote greater weight in the average. Subtitle reads: "This is a daily average of polls conducted by dozens of different organizations since Inauguration Day. See the latest polls." Note states: "Individual poll results are shown as circles. Polls with greater weight in the average have larger circles."
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Google in Luxembourg
Google's started hiring for the Bissen Data Center - question, should we expect our energy bill to skyrocket soon?BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
If Apple Is Charging for AI-Based Personal Health Advice, Then I'm Going Wild With Trackers
https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/if-apple-is-charging-for-ai-based-personal-health-advice-then-im-going-wild-with-trackers/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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If Apple Is Charging for AI-Based Personal Health Advice, Then I'm Going Wild With Trackers
More AI chatbots are connecting with Apple Health to give medical advice. But good advice needs good data.Bridget Carey (CNET)
Apple's AI Health Plus Service Could Get Interesting. Get Your Data Ready
https://www.cnet.com/videos/apples-ai-health-service-could-get-interesting-get-your-data-ready/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Using misters to keep tomatoes alive and fruiting in AZ heat/summer. - All For Gardening
Any Arizona growers have any advice for keeping tomatoes alive and fruiting in the summer? Or at least into July. I get my tomatoes in the ground in earlyGardener (All For Gardening)
German soccer federation official wants World Cup boycott considered because of Trump (Ciarán Fahey/Associated Press)
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German soccer federation official wants World Cup boycott considered because of Trump
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FBI investigating death of Colts owner Jim Irsay (Dominick Mastrangelo/NewsNation)
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FBI investigating death of Colts owner Jim Irsay
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Trump backs down from Greenland, but how much damage has been done?
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/video/compass-points/2026/01/trump-backs-down-from-greenland-but-how-much-damage-has-been-done?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Trump backs down from Greenland, but how much damage has been done? - Compass Points
A framework for a deal, or an off-ramp? President Trump backs down after his aggressive efforts to acquire Greenland enraged and insulted allies.PBS News
Strong Norwegian reactions after Trump’s Afghanistan speech
Veterans and politicians are reacting strongly to Trump's remarks. Veteran Marius Cudrio Røed is asking Trump to apologize.BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
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Local coverage of the walkout and protests in Minnesota (which are, unsurprisingly, not getting a lot of national coverage... I believe the mass media is afraid, very afraid, of doing journalism now....)
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I've seen a few stories on national media sites, several behind a paywall, but here are 3 with no paywall:
AP News:
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Reuters:
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in reply to Smeetoo • • •Smeetoo
in reply to Nanook • • •What the fuck do I have a password for if your going to send an email anyway, might as well just use email from the start.
↯ Klaatu - Some Brave Apollo ↯
in reply to Smeetoo • • •@nanook yeah but the email and/or sms msg to phone option is to give you a 6 digit code that expires in 10 minutes to confirm your login with.
Given that an email can easily be hijacked and an SMS slightly less easy, plus baddies need to know the association to your login, adding a 10 minute window of opportunity to it all helps reduce some of your attack exposure. Lame but there it is. PassKey looks like public key shit to be exploited later once it gets seriously baddie studied.
Nanook
in reply to ↯ Klaatu - Some Brave Apollo ↯ • • •Sir Ryan Bemrose
in reply to Nanook • • •@nanook @klaatu And not everyone has a yubikey either, dude.
What I want to know is what was being "secured" with this circus of steps.
In my experience, it's usually it's a forum login or some "account" that a website like github or discord or twitter that requires YOU to be 100% cryptographically secure before you're allowed to download an image or open-source plugin or something, while they're having data breaches every five minutes because Silicon Valley doesn't play by their own rules.
I want high security on my bank account. I don't need 2FA yubikey SMS pain-in-the-ass credential fuckery on the vast majority of "accounts" that every damn website in existence wants a person to create just because they want to enable ad tracking.
Nanook
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