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myron cope posted:Isn't Dropbox "hosted somewhere"? Lastpass has a page here https://lastpass.com/whylastpass_technology.php with a bunch of info about it But you don't really have access to the hosted files and have no idea how secure they are. KeePass+Dropbox is much better IMO
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Nokiaman posted:But you don't really have access to the hosted files and have no idea how secure they are. LastPass uses locally encrypted files, so even if someone were to crack into the server, they couldn't get your data. Anyway, using Dropbox if you want account security? 
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SymmetryrtemmyS posted:LastPass uses locally encrypted files, so even if someone were to crack into the server, they couldn't get your data. Well, LastPass says they encrypt locally with a key they don't have. If you're paranoid enough, that's not a great guarantee. Granted, you can use the non-binary extension and audit the javascript yourself, but that's only useful for the web browser on the desktop and only good for that version of the extension. In a completely objective sense, you can more strongly guarantee your password security by encrypting your own passwords, printing them out in their encrypted form, and carrying them around with you. There's a continuum between best security and convenience, and for my money LastPass sets right in the sweet spot of that continuum and is why I've been using them for years. edit: oh, I also forgot they released the source for the CLI tool. So a compromise might be to nerd out and only use that. Thermopyle fucked around with this message at 17:31 on Feb 9, 2015 |
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Feb 9, 2015 17:29
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SymmetryrtemmyS posted:Anyway, using Dropbox if you want account security? Whatever floats your boat I guess. I'd trust them more. I can also easily delete the file whenever I want 
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Any suggestions for multiple desktops on Windows 7? I've been using Desktops but it doesn't support multiple browser instances (or at least, not with Chrome) plus apparently it stopped being supported ages ago.
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SymmetryrtemmyS posted:LastPass uses locally encrypted files, so even if someone were to crack into the server, they couldn't get your data. Well, Dropbox is only used for transporting the encrypted database. There are plenty of options in the database creation tool itself to satisfy all tinfoil hat wearing people: 
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Something I use is puush It is like Microsoft's snip it tool, only much better,. You can make keyboard shortcuts to select a portion of the screen or the whole screen. But it also automatically uploads the image to the puush server and it also saves the image locally. Its free. but you do need to make an account. Or do you guys know of a better tool?
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Feb 11, 2015 10:30
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I use Greenshot for taking screengrabs.
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Inspector_666 posted:I use Greenshot for taking screengrabs. Yeah, I went through a bunch of these tools and I eventually settled on this. I'm not sure if its because it was legitimately better for my needs, or I just got tired of evaluating options...
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Riders of Brohan posted:Can anyone recommend a program to download the audio off of a youtube clip? I've looked into a few programs, but the ones I'm seeing have issues with spyware, or low audio quality. A bit late to this one. Had to get on my PC to remember what it was called and I forgot. There's a ton of programs like this, most cost money or are full of spyware. It took a lot of sifting through bs on google but I really like freemake videodownloader. It's inuitive and easy to use with lots of options http://www.freemake.com/free_video_downloader/
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Fart of Presto posted:Well, Dropbox is only used for transporting the encrypted database. There are plenty of options in the database creation tool itself to satisfy all tinfoil hat wearing people: I found KeePass kind of clunky to use so I went with LastPass. Inspector_666 posted:I use Greenshot for taking screengrabs. Sadly, looks like the downloads for this are broken right now 
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I'm looking for an alarm clock application that can switch audio devices before the alarm goes off. Does this exist? If not, is there any other way of accomplishing this? EDIT: After some searching I found this thing: http://www.daveamenta.com/2011-05/programmatically-or-command-line-change-the-default-sound-playback-device-in-windows-7/ (works fine in Windows 8.1) Then I made Task Scheduler run that a few seconds before the alarm goes off. I guess it works, but I'd be happy if there was a less cumbersome way Kevin Bacon fucked around with this message at 18:47 on Feb 22, 2015 |
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Feb 22, 2015 18:14
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Kevin Bacon posted:I'm looking for an alarm clock application that can switch audio devices before the alarm goes off. Does this exist? If not, is there any other way of accomplishing this? I don't know how, but I think Tasker is your best shot.
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So a friend of mine (not my GF) is running Win 8.1. To quote her "I take nine meds in the morning, four in the evening and eleven at night" - the why is a bit complicated and not relevant. Annnyway, she's looking for a *freeware* application for 8.1 that can be an alarm clock and remind her to take her meds at the appropriate times. Me being a friendly goon, I offered to post here and see if anybody had any ideas.
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Spacewolf posted:So a friend of mine (not my GF) is running Win 8.1. To quote her "I take nine meds in the morning, four in the evening and eleven at night" - the why is a bit complicated and not relevant.
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Feb 25, 2015 21:07
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Oooh, useful, I'll suggest that.
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Spacewolf posted:So a friend of mine (not my GF) is running Win 8.1. To quote her "I take nine meds in the morning, four in the evening and eleven at night" - the why is a bit complicated and not relevant. I'd recommend not using a PC-based application because what if she's not in front of her computer all the time (hey it could happen). How about something like this: http://www.mymedschedule.com/ web based with SMS/email reminders?
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Yeah, the Metro alarm app is OK if your computer is awake at the time the notifications appear, but otherwise they're gone. The built-in calendar app might be more useful, set up a recurring event at a certain time each day, set it to remind at event start, and it'll show up on the lock screen with a notification and on any other devices that can get her calendar.
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Does she not have a phone? Even a non-smartphone would probably be better for this kinda thing.
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MikeJF posted:Does she not have a phone? Even a non-smartphone would probably be better for this kinda thing. It would be worth buying a cheap android phone or even a second hand one off ebay and leaving it plugged into the charger for all these alerts than rely on Windows for something like that, in my opinion. Since it then only has to do that one thing, and you can take it anywhere and not care too much about it. Using a desktop PC as a convoluted alarm clock is certainly more than possible, but it just seems a bit weird. Also, to continue a reply to the original post, you don't necessarily need any applications for this, freeware or otherwise, since you can just use Windows' built in Task Scheduling, it's dead easy to create a basic task that'll throw up a message box. If that's too low key, I'm sure you could just get it to start a programme that plays a sound. HalloKitty fucked around with this message at 13:31 on Mar 2, 2015 |
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Spacewolf posted:So a friend of mine (not my GF) is running Win 8.1. To quote her "I take nine meds in the morning, four in the evening and eleven at night" - the why is a bit complicated and not relevant. IMO don't gently caress around with Windows when it comes to life critical things like medicating. Get her a watch with multiple alarms, like this $15 Casio. Software fails, get a dedicated machine for the job. $.02
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Mar 4, 2015 05:08
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Anything that'll tell me what's hogging all my resources and driving my CPU fans up? or is the task manager via ctrl alt delete good enough? I already have CPU temp for monitoring the temps but mine have been all over the place recently.
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Nostalgia4Dicks posted:Anything that'll tell me what's hogging all my resources and driving my CPU fans up? or is the task manager via ctrl alt delete good enough? I already have CPU temp for monitoring the temps but mine have been all over the place recently. I don't have a clue besides the fact that you may be mining buttcoins for the Russian mob. Check your power bill. 📡
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Yeah I had utorrent too like an idiot. I'm not one of those people that leave their PC on 24/7 though
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uTorrent recently included a Bitcoin miner with itself if you left auto updates on, so yeah, I imagine those two things are probably related.
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Nostalgia4Dicks posted:Anything that'll tell me what's hogging all my resources and driving my CPU fans up? or is the task manager via ctrl alt delete good enough? I already have CPU temp for monitoring the temps but mine have been all over the place recently. The built-in task manager will show you any rogue processes. Malware that attaches to existing processes needs Process Explorer or something so you can really look into what stuff is doing. If it's a miner, you should be able to see it on the processes list from the task manager, EpicScale is the actual mining application. Inspector_666 fucked around with this message at 15:04 on Mar 9, 2015 |
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Anyone know of a free "Building Plan" software? By that I mean software that lets me design simple rooms (walls, doors, etc.) and add furniture to it. We're moving to a new office and I'd like to start laying out where all our current furniture is gonna go. I'm currently using MagicPlan for iOS, but I'd rather have something that uses a mouse and keyboard.
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Ur Getting Fatter posted:Anyone know of a free "Building Plan" software? SketchUp.
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Sweet Home 3D is supposedly pretty good, too.
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SymmetryrtemmyS posted:LastPass uses locally encrypted files, so even if someone were to crack into the server, they couldn't get your data. LastPass doesn't seem to have anything legally binding saying they have your data locked up PCI-style*, and between the comedy penalties you get as a corporate lawbreaker in the US and the kind of assholes you've got in the US government working against citizen computer society :pattern: it's hard to say that would be sufficient assurance if you're Seriousemph about computer security - but it's better than your cousin's password book in the third drawer on the left, and it's something that just about anyone can do to secure their accounts. I just wish actual accreditation/bond/auditing of personal computer security brokers would get worked out before some sort of identity theft-ageddon. *I am modestly upset about places that require your small and easily-pilferable cell phone (Apple.) or a thing like Authy (Humble.) instead of time-cycle codes or something if you want a second factor, for similar reasons. At least nothing mandates you use that kind of enhanced security to do business with them. Yet. Lists of one-time codes that you get from some actual banks and government agencies are not that big a deal - or at least, they're only as big a deal as securing a small physical artifact that doesn't end up on your person half your life is. KeePass (and its Mono/.NET successor KeePass2) has the advantage of not using extensions/MIME-typing/headers/magic numbers/other identifiers in database files on disk1 except for user convenience - in other words, a KeePass database can look like virtually any file2. I still want to see if you can bury it in an MP3 like you can do with images (because having MP3s in Google Drive totally wouldn't be super weird but it's more a 'see if it could be done' thing). This, along with the other security options like a particular local account GUID3 and a private key file (that can ALSO be virtually any file; it doesn't have to be PGP or anything) - and KeePass clients leave it to you to know/attackers to figure out which ones go with your file - means that even if they pick the right file in your Spideroak4 or whatever it may as well be a one time pad unless they give you the good drugs and weasel your password out while you're  . On the other hand, getting set up this way is legitimately Effortemph and you are suddenly most of the links in the security chain instead of one or two, so it's real easy to forgive someone for deciding against it.1: There is a data header (rigorous data storage is simply a good idea), but it gets encrypted with the rest of the database before commit. 2: There is a mild issue; a file that's either a corrupt database or not a database throws a different error message from the one for a failed challenge. But then obscurity is just to buy you time and set a floor for how much attacker attention/observation/endurance is needed to get to your actual security. 3: Don't actually do this; it'll end in tears when you lose all your passwords in a system pave. 4: Might be too obvious. Remember that your cloud storage is just a bag-man, so Dropbox being proven soft isn't axiomatically or maybe even situationally negative. Of course, it'll be aircraft-light obvious when that's the only thing NOT in Spideroak. dont be mean to me fucked around with this message at 15:39 on Mar 10, 2015 |
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Ur Getting Fatter posted:Anyone know of a free "Building Plan" software? When my partner and I moved in together, I used Sweethome 3D to build a floorplan and 3D rendering of the new place to make sure all of our stuff would fit, and what to get rid of/give away. It was really easy to use, and the rendering options gave us a decent idea of how things would look when it was all said and done. http://burningjustice.net/sweethome/ The renderings were done on a 2003 computer, so if you care about the rendering quality, it'd probably look a lot better on a more modern device.
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Coxswain Balls posted:When my partner and I moved in together, I used Sweethome 3D to build a floorplan and 3D rendering of the new place to make sure all of our stuff would fit, and what to get rid of/give away. It was really easy to use, and the rendering options gave us a decent idea of how things would look when it was all said and done. Thanks for all the suggestions, I actually ended up going with HomeByMe, which is pretty OK. I'll give Sweethome 3D a try and see how it compares.
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If I have a list of song titles and albums in a text file, and a my musicbee library, is there any way to try to create a playlist from said list referencing my library?
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Sir Unimaginative posted:*I am modestly upset about places that require your small and easily-pilferable cell phone (Apple.) or a thing like Authy (Humble.) instead of time-cycle codes or something if you want a second factor, for similar reasons. At least nothing mandates you use that kind of enhanced security to do business with them. Yet. I've tried Keepass. Setting it up is a huge pain. If you can show people how to achieve your suggestion without 2 posts worth of steps, I'd consider changing over.
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Is there a freeware/simple way to extract your key for Windows? I have 3 Win 7 Pro x64 systems in my house, but I have no idea which key goes with which.
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slidebite posted:Is there a freeware/simple way to extract your key for Windows? I have 3 Win 7 Pro x64 systems in my house, but I have no idea which key goes with which. Magical Jelly Bean.
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slidebite posted:Is there a freeware/simple way to extract your key for Windows? I have 3 Win 7 Pro x64 systems in my house, but I have no idea which key goes with which. use magic jellybean or this script
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Awesome. Thanks a lot guys
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I've gotten out-of-order license keys from that before (literally, transposed characters from what I recognized as my license key). Try Belarc Advisor.
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So I ran the script and Belarc and came out the same. Question though: I tested it on an older laptop and the key is not the same as on the license sticker on the bottom of the laptop. Is that normal? More curious than anything, I'm not planing on touching it.
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