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Cake day: June 10th, 2023

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  • Ads have nothing to do with democracy; they are forced upon us and serve no other purpose than to manipulate you into buying a product. That’s text-book capitalism for you.

    Personally, as an open-source developer, I use crowd-funding to cover the expenses for the websites and software I provide. You will find no ads or tracking on my pages, and the same can be said for the majority of open-source projects.

    The problem is rarely tied to cost; usually, it’s about greed and the never-ending chase for higher profit margins.

    Mind you, I’m just a single individual with a single experience, but if I can find a way to get paid for my work without forcing people to watch the visual diarrhea, so can the giants like Google.










  • I’m a programmer, and I agree with you that the article can be a bit confusing. To put it simply, Google’s passkey feature is a type of two-factor authentication (2FA) that eliminates the need for a traditional password. Instead, you get a short code generated randomly.

    Here’s how it works: When you choose passkey as your authentication method on a website, a randomly generated password is stored in the website’s database. This password is also registered with Google’s passkey service and is used as an ID token. When you want to log in, you need to use your phone or another device that supports passkey authentication to confirm your identity, sort of like a ‘handshake.’

    This method enhances security while simplifying the login process. In theory.