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Cake day: June 17th, 2023

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  • Totally agreed, but there are pros and cons.

    File - harder to steal but once stolen hacker can bruteforce it as much as it wants. Web service - with proper rate limits (and additional IP whitelist so you can only sync on VPN/local network) - its harder to bruteforce. (But yes, you (sometimes) have also full copy locally in the local client, but …)

    If it was only for me I probably would also go with KeePass as you will not update the same db at the same time, but with with multiple users it’s getting unmanageable.

    I just got triggered as those CVEs are not that bad due to the nature that the app encrypts stuff on the client side so web server is more like shared file storage, while your answer suggested to switch to a solution that doesn’t work for a lot of people (as we already tried that).

















  • I would also vote for broken writer.

    I had multiple issues with DVD drives that could write but then it would not work on any other DVD readers or don’t work at all even on the writer drive. And other way around. They are just to damn delicate, especially those you have in your laptops.

    I would try to write the disk with slower speeds as it could improve it somehow like less vibrations or more laser burns.

    But in your case l would check if that person does have a TV or even DVD player that could read from USB, or buy them some smart set top box with jellyfin/Plex/Disney+/…