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Color me surprised. That fucking company is so evil I wouldn’t put anything pasa them
In the past, I have taken shit from "crypto" ppl for not recommending CoinBase to newbs. After I got swept up in a regulatory fishing expedition they ultimately cowered to, I knew this was a company that didnt take my privacy seriously. #[0]
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And they’re buddy buddy with ICE, right? I always see privacy violations as inevitable. Instead of being constantly guarded about personal info (easy to do sometimes, impossible others), I wonder if there is a way to make that info worthless to have in the first place, to remove the incentive somehow
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nobody 2 years ago
I had trouble getting a node to sync on Raspi (was runnning it on Umbrel). In your experience, is IO more of a bottleneck, or CPU, RAM, etc..?
"Subsequently, Coinbase harvests fingerprint data when customers log into their accounts using the required fingerprint scanning technology, accord to the suit." Fingerprints aren't directly accessible to apps on IOS or Android, are they?
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nobody 2 years ago
Ah, if RAM is critical then I will have to consider something other than a Pi. I will probably look into using a off-lease workstation or something. I come across stuff pretty regular. Considering 8GB is what would be considered minimum, Pi's max out at that level, and are nearly impossible to get, seems like that would be an easier strategy.
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nobody 2 years ago
I was during this test case of running Umbrel. I've never had any issues running it with my others either, but I have unusually high quality USB-C bricks w/high power availability. All I have right now is my little Pi 400 kit - I've had to quit recommending them for work tasks due to availability and my collection has dwindled to one over the last couple of years. Been looking at the RockChip stuff, but as is usual for SBCs, the actual support packages are pretty hit/miss.
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nobody 2 years ago
What would the advantage be? I can get a Dell thin-client and slap a 1TB SSD in it for about $100 total.
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BHN 🍁 2 years ago
They were supposed to only send a specific signal that the fingerprint was verified, not the fingerprint itself.
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FOX 2 years ago
Matt it’s almost like they’re bad actors in the space and shouldn’t be trusted.