Chrome is Safari on iOS

There is no browser choice on iOS. It’s all Safari. You can download apps that are named Chrome or Firefox, or anything else, but they are just Safari...

https://css-tricks.com/ios-browser-choice/

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#browser #ios

DeFi bug accidentally gives $90 million to users, founder begs them to return them

About $90 million has mistakenly gone out to users of Compound, a popular decentralized-finance staking protocol, and the founder is begging users to voluntarily return the tokens...

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/01/defi-protocol-compound-mistakenly-gives-away-millions-to-users.html

@DevMisc
#crypto #security #finance

Let's Encrypt old root certificate DST Root CA X3 expired

For the most people, nothing will change. But for old devices, there could be security warnings popping up.
List of broken platforms (Including the iPhone 4S)

https://letsencrypt.org/docs/dst-root-ca-x3-expiration-september-2021/

@DevMisc
#misc #ssl #security

Vulnerability in Bumble dating app reveals any user's exact location

Have you ever heard of trilateration? Well, it's patched, but not as throughly as you might think...

https://robertheaton.com/bumble-vulnerability/

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#security #bugbounty

NaNsAreNumbers

Python, an esoteric data type built entirely out of NaNs.

https://github.com/thoppe/NansAreNumbers

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#esoteric #python #meme

How competitors get you banned from Google AdMob

Google will definitively not accept your appeal.

https://www.reddit.com/r/androiddev/comments/mp9za4/how_attackers_can_delete_your_google_developer/

@DevMisc
#google #revenue #misc

Who’s Destroying My Yard? Pest Detection With Raspberry Pi

My yard is under attack. That’s why I used a Raspberry Pi, a Pi camera, and some machine learning to catch my yard’s attackers in action.

https://www.hackster.io/tjvantoll/what-s-destroying-my-yard-pest-detection-with-raspberry-pi-890c3a

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#python #ai #ml

I’m harvesting credit card numbers and passwords from your site. Here’s how.

It’s far easier than you think. Zero knowledge of cybersecurity required.

https://medium.com/hackernoon/im-harvesting-credit-card-numbers-and-passwords-from-your-site-here-s-how-9a8cb347c5b5

@DevMisc
#badpractices #dev

S.Korea broadband firm sues Netflix after traffic surge from 'Squid Game'

SK Broadband has sued Netflix to pay for costs from increased network traffic because of a surge of viewers to the U.S. firm's content, an SK spokesperson said on Friday.

https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/skorea-broadband-firm-sues-netflix-after-traffic-surge-squid-game-2021-10-01/

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#network #lawsuit #misc

Grep app

Search across a half million git repos.

https://grep.app/

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#tools #misc

BadSSL

A website where you can test your browser's behavior against expired certificates and such.

http://badssl.com

@DevMisc
#security #web #tools #ssl #misc

Don't trust time

Games, licenses and many other things depend on a good time source. But where does the time come from and should you trust it?

https://youtu.be/ylfyezRhA5s

@DevMisc
#security #time #learn

Git Internals

Learn by building your own Git.

https://www.leshenko.net/p/ugit/#

@DevMisc
#python #git #learn

Hacktoberfest 2021 is Here 🎃

The worldwide celebration of open source projects and contributions is back!

https://dev.to/devteam/hacktoberfest-2021-is-here

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#hacktoberfest #dev #event

Learn Javanoscript Reduce method with 10 examples

The reduce method applies a function to every item of an array and accumulates the result iteratively...

https://dev.to/ramgendeploy/learn-javanoscript-reduce-method-with-5-examples-128n

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#javanoscript #nodejs #tutorial

Bitcoin Mining using the MS-DOS laptop

Many devices can be used for Bitcoin mining, from ASIC or GPU cards to the Raspberry Pi...

https://dmitryelj.medium.com/bitcoin-mining-using-the-ms-dos-laptop

@DevMisc
#bitcoin #crypto #dos

Learn Web Scraping with Node.js and ScrapingAnt in 5 Minutes

Data scraping or web scraping is a form of extracting information from a website or app...

https://javanoscript.plainenglish.io/web-scraping-with-nodejs-and-javanoscript

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#tutorial #nodejs #javanoscript

CPU6502

A non cycle-accurate emulator implementing all legal 6502 opcodes, written in pure Rust.

https://github.com/BRA1L0R/cpu6502

@DevMisc
#OG #rust #emulator

React Project Architecture

How can you create project structure and architecture with React.

https://dev.to/ezranbayantemur/react-project-architecture

@DevMisc
#react #javanoscript #webdev

A Beginner’s Guide to Vim

An introduction to the command line text editor, and a few helpful tips to get you started.

https://lucymarmitchell.medium.com/a-beginners-guide-to-vim

@DevMisc
#editor #vim #tutorial

3 Things Go Needs Right Now More Than Generics

My suggestions to make Go an even better language.

https://betterprogramming.pub/three-things-go-needs-right-now-more-than-generics

@DevMisc
#golang #go