draagon

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How does freelancing work these days? in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
[–] draagon@infosec.pub 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

What sort of job listings or openings

You shouldn't start freelancing if you dont have a client lined up or a network of potential clients. Job boards aren't great as they typically are low rate contracts of companies looking to get a discount. If you do good work your clients will spread your name for you.

without whatever employer benefits

Either price it in to the contract or get coverage through a spouse. (Depending on country) you need to cover your own health insurance, vacations, unemployment, additional self employment taxes, business expenses, and risks that you have gaps between contracts.

If you make $100k as an employee you may need another $30k in expenses, targeting 70% billable hours. $185/hour × 50 weeks × 40 hours × 70% = $130k. Numbers are examples only.

Google is already pushing Web Environment Integrity into Chromium in c/technology@lemmy.ml
[–] draagon@infosec.pub 2 points 2 years ago

PiHole can be bypassed with DNS over HTTPS, although there's ways to prevent that.

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Unit testing isn't enough. You need static typing too. (evanfarrer.blogspot.com)
So why is .ml TLD going back to Mali taking everyone by surprise? in c/fediverse@lemmy.world
[–] draagon@infosec.pub 10 points 2 years ago (5 children)

For anyone looking for alternatives, I think this list is the most up to date: https://free-for.life/#/?id=domains

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Certificate Authority Trustworthiness (alexsci.com)
 

The certificate authority (CA) system does an incredible job of solving an impossible challenge. Think about it. The CAs measure control of a domain name and then issue TLS certificates that pair cryptographic keys to those names. They do this on a global scale, often automatically. It's impossible to do this perfectly, and unfortunately, they occasionally fail.

In this post I describe the challenges the CAs face, describe a history of failures, and explain the process we use to maintain confidence in the system in spite of it all.

Reddit's Traffic is Down 3.36% Month-Over-Month, According to SimilarWeb in c/reddit@lemmy.world
[–] draagon@infosec.pub 30 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Lemmy user count for the same time period:

https://lemmy.fediverse.observer/dailystats&days=30