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What are some underrated Android features that users should try? in c/android

[–] node815 3 points 5 days ago

When I started first using Tasker back in around 2013 or so, I was mesmerized but what you could do with it. This was because at the time, too, I was rooted, so it really changed the possibilities with modes and so forth with Tasker. For example, NFC unlocking the phone when you tapped it to a NFC tag while the screen was OFF. That was killed by Google in Android 5 but before then, it was awesome! Tap on the tag and your phone would perform whatever task you told it do. Over the years, Google and other Android makers have slowly added different functions that Tasker was doing before them.

Since Tasker was taken over by the current Dev, it's make many leaps and bounds over what it could before and simpler now. My tasks are:

Turn volume up ALL THE WAY for specific contacts and then back to the before volumes after the call. I have an older mother which hopefully live longer than 10 more years, but closing in on 80 years young, she's going to get more fragile with her age so, my sister who lives near her, can call me in any issues pop up. (I live about 5 hours away). So, it's essential to know when she's calling me. On the same theme, when she texts me, I have it announce via TTS that she sent me a text. It's also handy for when my wife calls me!

The phone restores the volume from silent when unplugged from the power charger in the morning ONLY after 7AM. I work from home and awake around 4:30am daily and around 7 is a good time to return sounds in the home. But, it is also conditional, so if on the weekend, I don't wake up until 8am), it won't turn sound on until I unplug it. (NOTE: The tasks to raise volume for the callers will override this mode which is good!)

The phone also turns the volume off at 9pm nightly since there's no reason to have it make noise after then, all are home and pretty much it's peaceful time.

The phone also sends a signal to my August Lock to send the unlock command when it put it my back pocket by reading a NFC Tag which contains a webhook to call Home Assistant to give the unlock instruction to the door lock.

When certain apps I define are open, it keeps the screen on all the time. I use this all the time when I'm at the store and running a calculator so it's always up. A few other apps as well, but not too many.

A few others such as toggling the Private DNS server on my phone (I use dns.adguard-dns.com) on the phone to block advertisements and sometimes it doesn't work so having a widget to toggle that off and on is super nice instead of navigating to it in settings.

I used to use Wiregaurd (Now on Tailscale), but before then, I had a task which would auto connect me to the Wireguard tunnel on my home network immediately disconnected from my WiFi, this ensured that I was always 100% on my home network. Tailscale does the same thing (If you set it to be always connected to your tunnel) , but I've been playing with that for a bit over a year and have pretty much settled there for now. My wireguard Tasker Profile for anyone interested:

https://taskernet.com/shares/?user=AS35m8nTnqPjajvNWFTA0s2cuT8IdHNE46iSJeH3U9724uLffLDxxiIVTbFo1jKBcieTRlRsEw%3D%3D&id=Project%3AWireguard+Toggles

Before the lock down of Covid, I used to have a profile which I still keep on which would trigger if I was NEAR a SSID for my work to silence my phone and restore the volume if I was away from it (or if I'm connected to my car's stereo bluetooth if near the SSID). This worked flawlessly and never worried about stupid app notifications during work which would be frowned on. I occasionally go to the office and forget sometimes it's triggered. :)

One that I've worked on for the last years, so sparingly was making a Google Voice robot which would see which contact you called and then send the calls through Google Voice instead of my phone dialer. I've made it work but not all the time, so never have trusted it. (I only give my cell number to my family and very trusted friends, everyone else gets my Google Voice number).

My Voice Robot project which is stale as I've had been busy with health issues off and on and life events otherwise:

https://taskernet.com/shares/?user=AS35m8nTnqPjajvNWFTA0s2cuT8IdHNE46iSJeH3U9724uLffLDxxiIVTbFo1jKBcieTRlRsEw%3D%3D&id=Project%3AGoogle+Voice+Robot

Overall, your imagination is the limiting factor for what you can do with Tasker, the dev has also made it so you can take 100% control over the phone by making Tasker the device owner which bypasses the need for root. I haven't done it with my Pixel, but on the Samsung I had, it worked, but broke a work app so I disabled it (Requires a factory reset to enable and also disable it).

Anyone here selfhosting Standard Notes? in c/selfhosted

[–] node815 2 points 5 days ago

I prefer the WYSIWYG get with Joplin and mostly because I'm stuck in my ways!! LOL
Nothing really wrong with it though, it's just not for me. :)

Anyone here selfhosting Standard Notes? in c/selfhosted

[–] node815 2 points 5 days ago (2 children)

To add to this, I have tried Obsidian notes which is super highly recommended by many. I also have tried self hosting Bookstack for logging my notes etc.. But every time I tried it, nothing ever matched what I could do with Joplin which was exactly as what other said, rock solid and I have yet to run into any device which can't handle the client. I will say that the launch time on the one on my machine (Arch Linux) is a bit slow, but after it's launched, it's very easy to bring up and use as needed. :)

A warning about locked devices (F you Verizon) in c/android

[–] node815 6 points 1 week ago

I have a Pixel 8a from Verizon, as someone else here said, they sometimes have crazy deals. This was a free one (through bill credits) for us. It was right after Google released that version and before 9. I quickly discovered that even with Google's beta program which you can FREELY USE and all it requires you to do is connect your phone via usb through the web and it patches your phone via Google's site to install it. I'm a beta testing type of person, so I was all in, until I discovered there was no way no how because of the bootloader.

Then, on top of that the, GraphineOS is not able to be installed with it locked as well. I haven't approached Verizon about unlocking the bootloader. I've heard some success stories on XDA I think it was about people getting theirs unlocked through them. (Probably if you get a tech who's in a good mood helps).

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I remember the time before the Internet became a thing. (self.genx)

submitted 2 weeks ago by node815 to c/genx

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We played in the streets, we rode our bicycles, came home when the street lights came on and well, you know the rest of the story. :) I was 12 when the first ever home computer invaded my home and I was hooked! It was a Tandy Radio Shack Color Computer II with a Tape drive and joystick. It was fantastic! My favorite game on there was a text adventure titled "Bedlam" in which you escape a mental institution. (https://www.figmentfly.com/bedlam/)

My first ever modem was a 300baud modem. I ran up a $200+ phone bill in long distance charges when I was able to magically find all this wonderful software for my computer. I remember being a teenager when AOL was staring to be popular and I used GENIE from General Electric for their WWW Multi user BBS. (I still remember my username, xky06729,publish (Second part was my assigned password) I also ran a few BBS's on Atari 8-bit computers and Atari ST computers. I was rockin' the 1200baud modem and remember the time when I hooked up a brand new out of the box 14,400baud modem. I was speeding along until about 45 minutes later and someone let the magic smoke come out! I was in high school when a fellow student bragged about getting online in AOL ('91-'92) and sat amazed listening to his stories. I still remember the dial up sound especially on the 56k modems with error correction.

I was in my early 20's when I first got my "Always on" internet connection from the cable company and it's never been the same! I have two grand kids which I plan on boring with my stories of the time before the Internet and how much better life was when they get a little bit older. (one's 2 and the other is 6).

Anyone else grow up playing on your home computer which hooked to the TV?

Incus 6.8 has been released in c/[email protected]

[–] node815 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I did, but it's a home machine, personal use. So, it didn't matter for me, but for family...that was another story! :) I just pulled the main boot drive, put a different one and installed it and went through the process. Then went back to the Proxmox drive after.

Incus 6.8 has been released in c/[email protected]

[–] node815 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

I'm in the same boat, I tried Incus or rather LXD a couple months back and gave up after a little while due to pressing business needing the Proxmox machine up again.

I have two main requirements which I have for my server:

It must support Home Assistant OS as a VM and a USB Dongle (Zwave) I found this as a possible solution for LXD systems: https://seanblanchfield.com/2023/05/home-assistant-os-in-lxd
It must support NFS exports so I can share my storage and data drives. I'm pretty sure since it's on Debian, I can install Cockpit and it's sharing plugin for this.

I think the thing which scared me off at the time too was the lack of GUI which I think I may have missed. This may be a solution: https://blog.simos.info/how-to-install-and-setup-the-incus-web-ui/

I was just thinking about Incus the other day so this might be a good time to look into it more!

Interesting distro to try, or to try again in c/[email protected]

[–] node815 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Sadly, it's for Haswell and higher, I'm on an older Sandy Lake CPU so could not get it to boot and then I saw in their Wiki about the requirements. Yeah, it's an old PC. (~14 yrs old and as temperamental as a teenager!) :)

Your favorite lesser known docker container? in c/selfhosted

[–] node815 4 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I use Gotify I self host it and it uses an app on my Android, super easy to set up and use. I tie in Home Assistant and a few other setups with it and it runs great.

What are your thoughts on Zen Browser becoming a lot more popular than Floorp? in c/[email protected]

[–] node815 0 points 1 month ago

I deal with an issue with Firefox where it causes my Home Assistant dashboard become non responsive if the tab is not the primary one always on screen. I think it's something with the forced snoozing of tabs. I've tried other Firefox based browsers and face the same problem. So this leaves me with.... Chromium based browsers. As a Linux user, it's either Firefox or Chromium based. With that said, I have not had the issue with the Chromium base, but because it's mostly consumed by Google, I reject it mostly.

I did find that Zen was very nice to look at, and they do have an opinionated way of setting up the tabs (I don't care about the vertical tabs). They also seem to be wanting to roll out their own extension store? In the form of "Zen Mods" but are also cross compatible with Firefox Extensions so that's good I guess. I use a rolling release (Arch) OS, so I do see a lot of updates to Zen, the devs seem to be really working on it. For now - I'm on Firefox dealing with the unusual Home Assistant thing. I've used Firefox since it was before version 1 so I'm a bit stuck in my ways. :)

I really wish that there was another browser engine there which I could use which supports the Adblocking and Bitwarden (My most important extensions). It's a bit disappointing to see that Edge, and all other browsers have adopted the Chromium base. I am hoping that with the latest judgement and order against Google to sell off the Chrome browser, sticks and if so, that the new owner(s) will strip it of some of the garbage which has been forced on the code base. (Manifest v3 comes to mind). The only Chromium based one I tolerate on my system right now is Ungoogled Chrome and Vivaldi, who has said that they are resisting the Manifest V3 as much as they can and have a somewhat decent adblocking built in using their end. Even though I have DNS level adblocking, Ublock Origin fills the gap with some of the ads which gets past my end.

There doesn't appear to be a limit to the maximum size the KDE cursor can get when you shake it. in c/[email protected]

[–] node815 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You just have to turn it off. It's an accessibility feature if you don't want it:

Share Your Stories of Accidents and Annoyances.. in c/[email protected]

[–] node815 3 points 1 month ago

Not a software one, but back when I was a teenager doing hardware modifications (or attempting to at least), I had a very valuable to me Atari 130XE computer (35 or so years ago) I wanted to solder in some extra RAM or some chip (I don't recall now) but I had problems removing the old one so I called up my friend who did electronics repair the Mainboard. It was raining that night I took it to him so I did what I thought was best. Put it in a black garbage bag to protect it. Lets just say the next morning is when I found out that Static + circuit boards is a bad thing. Never more than a valuable less for me than at that time. He was a good friend though and out of the goodness of his heart, he gave me a replacement one so I wouldn't be without. (Mind you, these were out of production and considered obsolete at the time maybe worth $40 at the time) and not yet vintage as they would be seen today where in some markets can fetch upward to a few hundred more as is.

Uses for a SBC (When You Already Have an x86 Mini-PC?) in c/selfhosted

[–] node815 3 points 1 month ago

I have an Rpi4 4gb model and run Uptime-Kuma who's sole purpose is to monitor my server and alert me if it should go down. I also have it acting as a Tailscale exit node.

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💡 Matter Lights! (self.homeassistant)

submitted 1 month ago by node815 to c/homeassistant

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Let me be clear, I'm absolutely NOT promoting this brand, company or otherwise, and I am also not receiving payment or gratis products.

I have been fighting Tuya lights for some time (Costco Feit branded color bulbs). I had picked them up at something like $5/each there in a 4 pack and overall have been happy with them. This started to change about a few months ago, it seemed that they would lose their pairing with Tuya's servers in China and would randomly and usually just when I needed them the most, become unavailable. I had placed all 4 of them in the apartment, 3 in the living room and one in the bedroom. The one where I felt it the most - the bedroom. 5 minutes before I retire for the evening, it's set to turn on the light, and then after 30 minutes, if I haven't already, turns it off. I also have the living room lights programmed to turn on during certain times of the day and off using the Simple Scheduler plugin (I highly recommend it!)

Fast forward to last week, I was sick and tired of the random connectivity issues so I went on the hunt and settled with a pack 6 Matter color bulbs and jumped at the chance. So, I bought them, and they arrived today. I can honestly tell you, that there was absolutely NO problem paring them to Home Assistant and the color control is amazingly accurate! The comfort of knowing that I shouldn't have to worry about losing my light connectivity is priceless now. :) If anyone is curious, this is the brand and so far I can say they are simply amazing!

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BLTWFJWY?psc=1

About Tuya and Tuya Local

I'm not totally abandoning Tuya itself, but the goal is to eventually be independent from their devices. Right now, I have a dehumidifier and all of my old lights and a massively long 400 light string light all connected via Tuya. The bulbs, will probably be stored as a "backup" or filed away for use in non-essential areas where connectivity is not as important.

Tuya Local is an amazing and awesome option, which completely lets you control your devices locally and I use that on the dehumidifer. I also had the old bulbs on there as well. The string lights, I tried, but it's a major process of learning what 'DP' Codes correspond to what color you want. I just left those paired to the cloud as Tuya provided the necessary mapping.

You may ask why then, if I had them on Tuya Local, why didn't I just use that to control my lights? The answer lies within the process of obtaining the local key from Tuya. If anyone who has done this knows, Tuya loves to change up their site's navigation and settings and it's seemingly random when they do. I finally got smart though and mapped out the device ID and the super secret and important "Local Key" and recorded those in Joplin. I lived with them like this for a couple of years, but I started to encounter random "crashing" of the lights if you will, where they would go offline and in spite of switching to Tuya Cloud (I have the app on my phone), they would refuse to become available, so I had to factory reset the bulbs to the ever familiar blinking lights process. What I didn't realize at the time, but I later did, when you reset the lights, the local key also resets to a new one. There was a time too, where more recently and was my final decision when within a 72 hour period, I had to reset a light three times.

Matter

It's encouraging to finally be able to use the Matter integration in Home Assistant, it's justifiably flagged as (Beta). Simply put, there is a slight delay from when you trigger the light before it turns on or reacts. This really isn't a big deal for us though. Additionally, I was able to add these to Google Home effortlessly which also makes them Wife Approved. :) The lights do not have a delay there, also, the app they want you to use experiences no delay.

Overall, for my first experience with the Matter devices, I was simply amazed at how easy it was to connect. I discovered that Home Assistant asks you to use the phone app to scan the QR code on the box (The bulb in this case) to obtain the pairing code and it seamlessly integrated it. My phone is a Pixel 8a which has Android 15 on it and before I even got to Home Assistant, it was asking me to scan the QR Code for matter setup.

**Light Quality and impressions

I will say these are pretty bright and not blindly so, but they are plenty bright. :) They have great color to them and the color temperature is awesomely simple. Ours are set to a nice 4000k.

Construction of the bulbs feel to be of decent quality. At least with Amazon, where I bought these, finding locally controlled bulbs was not too easy, and this brand (OREIN) was the only seller which sold Matter devices. If you are looking for a supported Matter light bulb, this may be what you need. :)

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If Askjeeves.com was invented today, chances are it would be a GPT Site. (self.showerthoughts)

submitted 9 months ago by node815 to c/showerthoughts

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Instead of a less than useful search engine.

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Linux 6.6.x won't boot on my System (self.linux)

submitted 1 year ago by node815 to c/linux

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I've noticed that when 6.6.1 came out and it came time to reboot after it installed, I couldn't boot into the OS anymore, it simply hangs on a black screen for about 10-15 minutes then reboots after selecting it. I'm currently on the LTS kernel which is 6.1.67-1-lts (64-bit) with no issues. I figured after updating to the latest one 6.6.6. things may be better but no. Each new kernel release, I test it with the same results.

CPU is CPU: quad core Intel Core i7-2600S (-MT MCP-) on Dell Optiplex 990 SFF PC with 16GB Ram in UEFI mode. Via either Grub or Systemd-boot. On one hand, I'm thinking that my computer's time may have finally come up once the LTS moves to 6.6.1 but, until then, and I can procure a newer system, I'd like to see if anyone else has encountered such a thing.

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Replacing Cloudflare Tunnels with Tailscale? (self.selfhosted)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by node815 to c/selfhosted

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Someone here brought up that they were able to replace Cloudflare Tunnels with Tailscale - I can't seem to find the post, as it was a comment and deeply buried in a thread I've since forgotten the title of. :)

Can anyone explain the process for doing this? I assume it's through the use of their Funnel? I have three primary services I require to be accessible through Authentik (that's one of them) via my domain name.

EDIT

To answer the question of why I want to leave Cloudflare Tunnels - is basically that I have several services behind it (I forgot one so make that 4 I wish to have exposed). Two password managers, Psono for my special needs daughter which finds it easier than Bitwarden and Vaultwarden for myself and my work logins. So, I can't just set up a VPN or Tailscale at work to connect my work passwords to. :) I also have Authentik and Home Assistant tunneled at present. That doesn't explain the reason why though so let me start here:

My step-daughter is learning video production and editing, we don't want to share her videos on Youtube or other sites, but would like to keep it more local to home. With that said, Cloudflare may not notice it at first, bit it's against their TOS to stream videos, not to mention their just over 100mb cap for file xfers which leads me to the next reason. Early in May of this year, we were in an auto accident, and we are frequently sending forms, accident photos and paperwork etc to the Attorneys, I want to have control of the ownership of the files and would prefer not to email them, but link them to my server, frequently, those files even zipped can be over 100mb.

I do have a private DDNS provider I have my domain CNAME pointed to so it resolves to the home IP that way, so the ultimate plan is to untie my site from Cloudflare's DNS to a offload to a VPS or two for (NS1 and NS2) With a recent issue with Oracle Cloud, I'm not motivated to use them for this basic purpose.

And just a small part of me is starting to get tin hat against the idea that Cloudflare can decrypt the data before it hits my site before it encrypts it. Just just isn't sitting well with me at the moment. I can't verify this data yet, but I like to play it safe than sorry.

EDIT 2

So, I ran a funnel test and yes it works, but still have to use the ts.net like others said, so at best, I can figure this to be a good backup service. I can't forward a CNAME to my TS DNS. I checked /r/tailscale (Duckduckgo sent me there), and about a month ago, someone asked if you could use your own domain, the answer was "not yet" but there seems to be some interest.

What I found pretty fascinating is the mobile app does work quite well on Android and is so far so good, I can at least feel better knowing that the phones are on WG full time now through Tailscale. I had issues with the official WG client and another one staying on with our phones full time, so this so far has been a good improvement.

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I tested KDE 6 a bit last night (self.kde)

submitted 1 year ago by node815 to c/[email protected]

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Let me preface this with I was reinstalling my Arch system when Linux 6.6.1 killed the computer's boot cycle. (Dell Optiplex 990 i7) system. Anyway, I needed to get this back up and running and since I couldn't even get it to boot, I did a reinstall relying on my backups and on the Linux LTS for now. I am an early adopter with software and wanted to modify my repo to use the KDE-Unstable branch. To my surprise, upon rebooting after running an update, I was looking at the shiny new KDE 6 desktop! I was thinking maybe just a newer point release.

The Good

It looks surprisingly nice! You can certainly tell that a lot of work has been put into this version.
The new Dolphin interface is looking quite awesome! Nate Graham on his site details the changes, but it looks and feels more cohesive and unified across the board.

I had a crash while browsing SDDM screens in their system settings, by canceling it and it killed it, but the reporting system for the failure seemed to be extra fluid and submitted it without much input from my end. Nice Touch!

Interestingly enough

They have done some major work on the system settings and I think this will take some training of muscle learning from KDE Plasma 5. It seems a bit more logical if you will. And the change from single click to double click by default is a huge bonus for me. The KDE version number indicated something around 5.27.11 (If I remember correctly), so it isn't quite 6 , but I expect that to change once the desktop is finalized in Feb 2024.

The Bad

It's feature incomplete, If you need to change your desktop wallpaper, the option to right click in discover on the picture to set it is no longer there.
The sound settings, and other functions listed in Nate's blog just don't exist in the build I tried, but I respect that with it being Alpha.

The Ugly

This will probably apply to Arch only, but if you update it through KDE-UNSTABLE's repo in Arch, there is no way that I could find to fully remove it and reinstall it easily even by using the sudo pacman -Syuu command. So, be forewarned.

Disclaimer

Yes, I know, this is Alpha and not meant for daily use. I never intended for it to be installed through their unstable repo, but lesson learned. :) I'm glad I was able to take a glimpse at it and I now feel confident in knowing that on my 12 yr old machine, it ran nice and fluid and smoothly. It can only get better from there!

For now, I'll for sure stick with deploying it in a VM for further testing. :)

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Errors almost every time (i.imgur.com)

submitted 1 year ago by node815 to c/[email protected]

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Invariably, when I try to install themes, or anything from Plasma's menu's I get the following error, If I'm lucky, I get get a few pages in, other times it's right off the bat like this time. Is this due to an overwhelming of the servers or something else?

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Costco Feit Electric Bulb Info (self.homeassistant)

submitted 1 year ago by node815 to c/homeassistant

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Prerequisites

Costco Feit Color Bulb :)
Tuya Local API Key (Online has some good resources to obtain that)
Tuya Local plugin via the HACS store.

The Seemingly impossible to find settings

I struggled with this for a good while and believe I came up with the correct settings when adding this in Tuya Local, below are my notes:

Tuya Local Settings for the bulbs:

Brightness 3
Color Temp 3
Brightness Lower Value: 23
Brightness Upper Value 255
Color Mode 2
Color 2
Minimum Color Temp in K 2700
Maximum Color Temp in K 6500
Color Temp Reverse Unchecked
Scene 1
Music Mode Available Unchecked

Using the above settings, we have near accurate color and control of the bulbs. I'm aware that some firmware may change this as I had one new bulb I put in not match the color settings until I updated it to the most current at the time I took these notes (about 6 months ago). But I think and hope that if you are struggling with getting these to work with Home Assistant, this will help!

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Why do FlatPak backround running locations persist until dismissed? (self.kde)

submitted 1 year ago by node815 to c/[email protected]

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While using KDE Wayland latest version, Flatpak apps always want to display an alert letting me know that the application is running in the background until I dismiss it. Is there a way to disable this? (Using Arch BTW)

With X11, it works without issue.

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Be honest now, how many of you all sound like your parents when you were a kid? (self.genx)

submitted 1 year ago by node815 to c/genx

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As I've gotten older, I find myself doing the old ughs and groan while getting off the couch or say things to my kids that my parents told me. I also truly appreciate the coveted chair or spot on the couch which is "Dad's Spot!"

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Lack of Security with Oracle Cloud (self.selfhosted)

submitted 1 year ago by node815 to c/selfhosted

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Let me preface this with this was a dormant account with no instances set up, and I put it into place maybe 4 or 5 years ago while getting into the Self Hosted space. I don't recall if I had MFA setup, but don't think I did as it was a test space. In fact, I forgot I even had it up until now.

So this weekend, we were out of town and I get this alert from Oracle Cloud saying that my account was locked with a password reset link/ This was set to an email I've had since 2004 and has been sold many many times on the dark web as evidenced by the amount of SPAM I get on it and as my monitoring services confirm. I figured it was a weak ploy at a fishing to get my credentials so I ignored it. Then about 3 or 4 or so minutes later, the account was unlocked with another email to confirm this. (Without my touching anything)

So, last night when I returned home, I went to Oracle ignoring the email links and used my browse's address bar. To no surprise of my own, I can't log in or reset my credentials. Somehow, the attackers were able to exploit their platform to intercept the password reset and change everything to their credentials.

It's no real loss on my end honestly, Oracle had an old canceled debit card number for re-occurring billing if I should have ever used their services anyway. It just bugs me that they allowed it to happen so easily. Having the lack of MFA, I'm sure didn't help the matter, but honestly, what gets me the most - their password reset email and the one saying it was unlocked with no links or contact information to correct the situation if this was incorrect. Further proof on my end that oracle doesn't care about anything other than the money grab.

tl:dr My lack of MFA enabled hackers to attack my formerly dormant and forgotten Oracle account, and locked me out and Oracle doesn't seem to mind.

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I miss the dark ages sometimes (self.genx)

submitted 2 years ago by node815 to c/genx

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As in no internet, cell phones or computers. Being born in '74, I was lucky enough to know what it meant to go outside, build a fort, play and mess around. Getting the exercise without knowing it. (riding a bike for example, or running to a friend's house). Drinking out of the hose on a hot summer day after running around in the heat. I swear! there's something extra tasty about that!

Then, being sick from school and laying on the couch watching Bob Barker on the Price is Right before the soaps came on. BORING!!! lol

Don't get me wrong, I'd probably be lost without all the technology we have today since it's gotten so ingrained in our lives, but I am thankful that I will probably be one of the older folks which can survive driving a manual car, reading cursive, and operating a soon to be antique store item, VCR with the VCR + capability. :)