=== ANCHOR POEM === ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────── I'll give ya a hint - encrypt the return IP address WITHIN the packet's data package repository area itself, rather than trusting your "router" to return it to sender. YOU DON'T KNOW WHO IS SENDING A PACKET that's the whole point of udp (actually udp is when it doesn't matter if it got snatched in transit. Usually used for more analog data streams like netflix or hulu prime.) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 fediverse/5913 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────── Did you know that any wifi chip can be used as both a sender and a receiver? how do you think you'd get data in and out of the device? trick is... you don't actually need a router. How fun is that! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┘ --- #2 fediverse/6061 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────── what if (hear me out) what if instead of TCP we just did a constant stream of UDP packets until the recipient said "OKAY OKAY I GET IT" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────┘ --- #3 fediverse/5977 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────── apparently you can use network sockets for inter-process communication if you just set the network to your home and the ports that are set to the defaults that people who know what software you use will know to listen on when they've hacked any single device on your network. good thing that data is with the router, right? what if there was a stop before leaving the computer? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┘ --- #4 fediverse/3351 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── privacy doesn't mean anything on the internet to me because privacy on the internet doesn't mean anything to "them" gestures vaguely, maybe winks once or twice and/or presents an emphasis face ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ --- #5 fediverse/1611 --- ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────┐ ║ @user-1040 │ ║ │ ║ well, usually in the examples I shared like tumblr posts there's a username │ ║ and picture shown. But tumblr users change their names, while on Mastodon (at │ ║ least on my client) it shows your permanent handle underneath your regular │ ║ changable name. I guess you could migrate accounts to another server if you're │ ║ being harassed in one place, but still people have a way of finding you. It's │ ║ weird kinda makes me wonder if they track you by ip address haha - did you │ ║ know that every computer attached to a router uses the same public IP address? │ ║ Then it uses either DHCP or static assigned local addresses for every computer │ ║ on the network. That's pretty neat! I wonder why we don't have workstations by │ ║ default include a router (and modem)? Seems like pretty important tech that │ ║ should be built into the chassis instead of in a small separate unit. Like, │ ║ what if you had to throw all your belongings into a van and drive to a motel │ ║ somewhere to set up your workstation in a hotel because it's hot and your ac │ ║ broke lol │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #6 fediverse/3470 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── alternatively, when you initiate an SSH session it sends you a randomized public key whose private key is the password that you need to login. By decrypting the string of text it sent you and sending it back (plus the password at the end or whatever) you can ensure secure authentication without bothering with the passwordless keys which are wayyyyyy more trouble than they're worth and lack the "something you know" authentication method. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┘ --- #7 fediverse/1810 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── some people hear words like "datastructures" and "object-oriented programming" and think they're made up terms that don't mean anything important. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #8 fediverse/3234 --- ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: ritz-is-fucking-stupid-I-guess-oh-whoops-cursing-mentioned │ │ ║ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ my understanding is that anyone with my IP address could make my heart bleed │ ║ due to a hardware vulnerability on my motherboard. Though you might have to │ ║ get past my decrepit ancient linksys EA 3500 router from 2012 first. │ ║ │ ║ unrelated, but does anyone want my IP address? I don't have any remote │ ║ backups, so if you hate me now would be a great time to show me how despised I │ ║ am. Alternatively you could try searching for anything evil to ensure that I │ ║ can be trusted. You're gonna find mostly video games and source-code that I │ ║ didn't write though. But also all my notes in directories that are │ ║ non-standard, meaning you'll have to look around a bit. I leave little notes │ ║ everywhere I go, so that I can remind myself how to do things in the │ ║ directories I revisit months later. It's so weird how sometimes the things I │ ║ wrote stop working after a while even if I didn't update my system lmao │ ║ │ ║ what is it with artists and self-immolation? "I never thought I'd actually di │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #9 fediverse/4296 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── @user-1655 why don't we just weaponize email and send json to each other that ends up parsed, interpreted, and presented on the end-user's computer using whatever client we want? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #10 fediverse/3631 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: computer-toucher-stuff │ └────────────────────────────────┘ @user-883 I have a different port for my desktop and my laptop just in-case the router forgets to check the postmarked address on the packets it receives... at least it'll know which port to send it to! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┘ --- #11 fediverse/4900 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────── if you wanna trick systems administrators just put a bunch of sleeps in your code so your computer programs don't use up all the mainframe's resources all at once [statements dreamed up by the practically deranged] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┘ --- #12 fediverse/2622 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── what kind of linux user are you if you don't even like reading terminal output? it's USEFUL and INTERESTING information! WHY ELSE WOULD THE PROGRAMMER OUTPUT IT??? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #13 fediverse/836 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────── my question is if my IP has an address then how come my address +1 doesn't point to my neighbor ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #14 fediverse/3454 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── deleting messages is pointless. it's always better to assume that they'll be screenshotted before you post. anything you say on the internet can and WILL be used against you ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┘ --- #15 fediverse/3574 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── @user-1564 I love the concept of this! Maybe if HTTP is too complex, you could try another simpler server? I don't know the complexity of the programs I use every day, but I'm sure there's one that's very simple. Even just a simple IRC style chat server that just... sends text from person A to person B depending on their username (like a glorified Router or Switch) Reminded of this video tbh...: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGfTjKwLQxY ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┘ --- #16 fediverse/3178 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: uspol-revolutions-and-stuff-or-whatever │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────┘ nothing you do on the internet will matter after the revolution. I don't care how many backups you have, there's a zero percent chance that we'll be able to figure out whose computer is whose after we've all moved around and given each other names that don't correspond to the names of our family in states that we lost. it doesn't mean the internet is useless right now, it just means that you should act as if you might not have it in the near future. also, like... every computer has a password. which basically means that it's useless unless you reflash it. pain is temporary, and it is an excellent teacher. there will be pain, but... we'll get over it. don't give up. there are brighter things in our future than what we have today. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ --- #17 fediverse/1870 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── why would I want other people using my computer? They don't know how to use my computer! They might break something or mess something up or automatically read/edit my files that are stored in standard locations through the usage of a script which automagically scans and ransomwares machines on the internet who store their files in specific standardized locations! no thank you. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #18 messages/1245 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── BRB, if you want to talk to yourselfs, I recommend opening a port in your router and exchanging HTTP packets that create messages on each other's computers. Can be done in a couple hundred lines of C code that can be 90% premade or auto-generated. Then, once it's made, you don't have to think about it again because it's so simple. It's not trying to scale, it's just... designed for a small, focused, human oriented mindset.\ ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─┘ --- #19 messages/542 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────── if you tell them not to keep your data that just means "don't keep my name on my data" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┘ --- #20 fediverse_boost/2965 --- ◀─╔═════════════════════[BOOST]═══════════════════════───────────────────────────╗ ║ ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ║ │ i will use CW for #USpol if computer people start using CW for tech computer boring linux software posting. i said what i said │ ║ ║ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ║ ╠─────────┐ ┌───────────╣ ║ similar │ chronological │ different ║ ╚═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────╝─▶ |