I understand you don't mean this in bad faith and are just trying to protect the internet from slop.
I just want to say that there is a human behind all of these articles. My intent is not to "spam," but to share what I think are the best practices for better privacy and security. I hope I am helping some people, at least.
41 or more of your 61 submissions since 4 months were self promotion.
Please don't use HN primarily for promotion. It's ok to post your own stuff part of the time, but the primary use of the site should be for curiosity.[1]
No, come on. Have you really tested all VPNs in 2026 and picked the best one? You're posting 100% AI-slop articles and the internet is already overflowing with this content.
It's obvious from most of those comparison type articles on the Internet that the author never actually used the product, and just threw something together based on other articles and sales copy. I don't know where you can find real life comparisons based on testing any more.
Noisy signals about tech literate people is still a signal. If only few experts are planting fake data about themselves, companies can cordon you off and spend more resources in deanonymizing you. By muddying the water, you are planting a target on yourself if many others aren't doing it.
Actually, noise is the opposite of signal. Data harvesting companies hate noise because strong signals are profitable. It's why Google successfully pushed for people to use their real identities online initially through Google Plus and why they also displayed such an unprecedented backlash against the AdNauseum browser extension after it came out
I always have my birthday, age, etc slightly off if possible for instance. I don’t claim to be 130 or something ridiculous. It’s all believable, near-accurate but not too near stuff for me.
Even comments on forums. I lie (in ways that don’t matter/deceive the people being talked to). I lie about my age, my family makeup, etc. when the info is relevant but doesn’t need to be specific. Example: if I’m 40, I’ll say I’m 43 (or in my mid-40’s or some other general statement) if being in that age range is what matters. If being 40 is what matters, well…I likely don’t need to comment badly enough to give that away.
Nah, Smith stands out because everybody knows it's common. Cooper is better. It's one of the 10 most common last names in the US, but it doesn't give off "super common, might be fake" vibes.
The fact that you shouldn't use your real info online is clear to many. That being said, is it better to leave the fields empty, call yourself "anon," or create an imaginary online persona with inaccurate data to throw OSINT investigators off?
This was a super interesting read, and it highlights exactly the strength of cryptocurrencies. They turn game theory in their favor, so egoistic players (I don't mean this in an offensive tone) contribute to making it stronger and safer for everyone else.
They kinda do - I'll admit honestly that the final game I played in the cryptocurrency space I played solely to profit. (It was a minor, uh, **coin that didn't have a lot of redeeming value to start with). Though it turns out the incentives remained somewhat aligned: I ended up providing the developer with some security bug fixes to make sure someone couldn't mess with the cash cow. :)
(To be clear: We were just optimizing mining; in the process of looking for ways to mine it faster, I found some security bugs and fixed them. We weren't exploiting the bugs, that crosses a line for me.)
> At MWC 2026, Motorola announced a formal partnership with the GrapheneOS Foundation and said the two groups will work on future devices engineered for GrapheneOS compatibility.
> The official announcement was careful on timing, but follow-up reporting points to the first compatible Motorola flagships arriving in 2027, not on current devices.
> If that happens, GrapheneOS stops being only a Pixel answer.
Yeah but as of the post, that hasn't happened (and it'll probably take some time even if they meet 2027 target) - there are also countless other vendors that I'm sure people would appreciate grapheneOS on (I would, for one).
It renames one of them to $hostname_conflicted, or something like that.
Keepass has a built in tool for reconciling two databases, you can use that in this scenario.
By the way, syncthing can manage conflicts by keeping one copy of the file with a specific name and date. You can also decide is one host is the source of truth.
I'm working on an anonymous Dead Man's Switch (https://alcazarsec.com/deadmanswitch). You don't need any personal information to sign up, and you can configure email messages that will be automatically sent only when you stop checking in.
This can be useful for families handling digital legacy, solo founders, journalists, and others.
I set up a Dead Man's Switch. It sends me an email with a link every day. If I click it, I acknowledge that I am alive and nothing happens. If I do not, after a grace period and more reminders, it sends an email to my wife with a password-protected file. I have listed all our accounts, passwords, assets, etc., along with instructions on what to do and whom to ask for help.
Disclaimer: I sell digital legacy products. However, I also honestly use them, and some of these tools I distribute for free and have made open-source.
I just want to say that there is a human behind all of these articles. My intent is not to "spam," but to share what I think are the best practices for better privacy and security. I hope I am helping some people, at least.