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  • Dave - Post. Color. Gear. https://twitter.com/PostColorGear   •   Oct 14
    I know it's unethical. But I almost applaud people that do stuff like this...because...it shows the flaws in the system. Not knowing "computer stuff" in 2021 isn't cute anymore lol In reality, states and companies need to HIGHLY invest in good coders, cybersecurity staff, etc.
    Aaron Parecki
    It's not even unethical when it's using the appropriate channels to disclose a massive design flaw in their website. There's responsible ways to report problems like this. https://www.hackerone.com/vulnerability-management/what-responsible-disclosure-policy-and-why-you-need-one
    Portland, Oregon, USA • 52°F
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    Thu, Oct 14, 2021 1:10pm -07:00
  • Andy Baio https://twitter.com/waxpancake   •   Oct 14
    but they "decoded the HTML" in a "multi-step process," Aaron
    Aaron Parecki
    It's true, I don't have a one-button way to view source on this computer.
    Portland, Oregon, USA • 52°F
    3 likes 1 reply
    Thu, Oct 14, 2021 12:54pm -07:00
  • Ben Werdmuller https://twitter.com/benwerd   •   Oct 14
    AI-based copywriting platforms can never replace human writers. Tell me why I'm wrong.
    Aaron Parecki
    AI-based copywriting platforms will soon displace the vast majority of human writers. It's impossible to refute this looming business truthβ€”no matter how skilled or excellent your writing abilities, the competition will always improve and drive down your revenue.

    (tweet via AI)
    Portland, Oregon, USA • 51°F
    1 like
    Thu, Oct 14, 2021 11:37am -07:00
  • Lillian Karabaic https://twitter.com/anomalily   •   Oct 14
    I'd love to be able to run that πŸ’• Maybe I should hire someone and let them take a massive commission (like 50%), because I literally do not have the time. But we have such an engaged audience with high pageviews and in a good target demo.
    Aaron Parecki
    @ethicaladsio @ericholscher new niche to get in to?
    Portland, Oregon, USA • 51°F
    1 reply
    Thu, Oct 14, 2021 10:49am -07:00
  • Rick Turoczy https://twitter.com/turoczy   •   Oct 13
    Please transport me to your utopia where this isn't a thing
    Aaron Parecki
    One word: Enterprise
    Portland, Oregon • 45°F
    2 likes
    Tue, Oct 12, 2021 10:33pm -07:00
  • Rick Turoczy https://twitter.com/turoczy   •   Oct 13
    I don't mean to be overly salty about this, but I get this a lot. A lot a lot. And apparently a lot a lot today.…

    I'm sorry, but I don't know of many talented developers who are just casually sitting around waiting to build your startup idea for you. Especially for free.
    Aaron Parecki
    Is this still a thing? I thought we had moved past this ages ago
    Portland, Oregon • 45°F
    2 likes 5 replies
    Tue, Oct 12, 2021 10:28pm -07:00
  • Troy Howard https://twitter.com/thoward37   •   Oct 11
    Stupid Idea Sunday: ML-based recipe generator.

    You put in what ingredients you have on-hand and it will generate a new recipe for you. Not a search/match against a DB of recipes, but an entirely new one.

    Then start a YouTube channel where I make the weirdest recipes for promo.
    Aaron Parecki
    please do this
    Portland, Oregon, USA • 48°F
    Sun, Oct 10, 2021 7:56pm -07:00
  • Elaine Wong https://twitter.com/elthenerd   •   Oct 11
    The cat is really digging @aaronpk new audio setup.
    Aaron Parecki
    aww what a good cat
    Portland, Oregon, USA • 54°F
    Sun, Oct 10, 2021 5:19pm -07:00
  • Roberto Blake πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ‡΅πŸ‡¦πŸ—½Creative Entrepreneur https://twitter.com/robertoblake   •   Oct 9
    What are you struggling with the most as content creator right now?
    Aaron Parecki
    Making time to write scripts/outlines
    Portland, Oregon • 60°F
    1 like
    Sat, Oct 9, 2021 1:24pm -07:00
  • PhotoJoseph https://twitter.com/photojoseph   •   Oct 9
    Let’s plan a youtuber get together there
    Aaron Parecki
    oh my gosh yes, I am so there
    Portland, Oregon, USA • 48°F
    1 like
    Sat, Oct 9, 2021 9:09am -07:00
  • Ben Werdmüller https://werd.io/profile/benwerd   •   Oct 9
    Cursed thought: what if I built a new community platform, written in Node or Go, that could import data from Known and which supported ActivityPub and web3 natively.
    Aaron Parecki
    Don't buy in to the web3 hype!

    But I'd also choose Go since you can distribute binaries that don't require someone sets up an entire dev environment to run
    Portland, Oregon • 46°F
    Sat, Oct 9, 2021 8:39am -07:00
  • Brad Fogle https://twitter.com/foglebr   •   Oct 9
    Pretty sure Gary will never go full time YouTube. I know how cushy the benefits of his day job career are. πŸ˜‰πŸ‘
    Aaron Parecki
    same tbh πŸ˜…
    Portland, Oregon • 46°F
    2 likes
    Sat, Oct 9, 2021 8:39am -07:00
  • Gary https://twitter.com/every_daydad   •   Oct 9
    Well crap, just learned about a work trip coming up next month.

    So let's make sure we synchronize calendars before doing any sort of Apple event.

    I'll have my staff call your staff.
    Aaron Parecki
    I can't believe you still have a full time job and haven't gone full time YouTube yet πŸ˜…
    Portland, Oregon • 45°F
    6 likes 3 replies
    Sat, Oct 9, 2021 6:40am -07:00
  • Gary https://twitter.com/every_daydad   •   Oct 8
    How did people remove blemishes for YouTube thumbnails before Photoshop?

    I also hate that I know how to do this πŸ˜…
    Aaron Parecki
    I mean, Photoshop had already existed for 15 years before YouTube, so... they didn't? 😁
    Portland, Oregon, USA • 59°F
    10 likes
    Fri, Oct 8, 2021 5:03pm -07:00
  • Chloe Condon https://twitter.com/ChloeCondon   •   Oct 8
    I miss being a kid afraid that Y2K will mess everything up. πŸ’»πŸ”₯

    Instead I'm over here in my 30s worried that climate change will destroy the planet and genuinely concerned if I'll ever actually get to use my 401k because the earth will be destroyed. 🌍πŸ”₯
    Aaron Parecki
    Don't worry, 2038 is just around the corner and is going to be way worse than the Y2K bugs.
    Portland, Oregon • 42°F
    5 likes
    Fri, Oct 8, 2021 7:19am -07:00
  • @goto https://twitter.com/samuelgoto   •   Oct 8
    Ah that's indeed a reasonable distinction. Still seems like solvable? Like Signal that uses a master identifier and then ephemeral (yet stable) ones?
    Aaron Parecki
    Maybe, but at the end of the day I would assume any crypto will eventually be broken, so it's a game of picking good enough algorithms to avoid correlation in a timeframe that would be a problem.
    Portland, Oregon • 46°F
    1 reply
    Thu, Oct 7, 2021 10:10pm -07:00
  • @goto https://twitter.com/samuelgoto   •   Oct 8
    Sure. I'm sure one could find a hashing function that would age well (I'm making an assumption :) but a lot of stuff breaks if one doesn't :)).
    Aaron Parecki
    But there's a big difference in relying on a specific hash function for something that won't matter a day from now (validating an ID token) vs something that can be correlated years later (hashed identifiers in logs)
    Portland, Oregon • 47°F
    3 replies
    Thu, Oct 7, 2021 9:47pm -07:00
  • @goto https://twitter.com/samuelgoto   •   Oct 8
    LMK if you run into a good formulation.

    FWIW email may be a good analogy and source of inspiration. In browser land, SHA256(user + RP)@idp.example does the trick.
    Aaron Parecki
    Relying on sha256 as the end of the story seems like a thing that also won't age well. It's only a matter of time until we see sha256 the way we see md5 today.
    Portland, Oregon • 47°F
    5 replies
    Thu, Oct 7, 2021 9:44pm -07:00
  • tim cappalli https://twitter.com/timcappalli   •   Oct 8
    That was fast @aaronpk. Welcome :)
    Aaron Parecki
    I actually thought I had already joined, but I haven't yet actually joined a meeting. It's a lot to keep up on with all the other spec work I'm in the middle of πŸ˜…
    Portland, Oregon • 47°F
    1 like
    Thu, Oct 7, 2021 9:42pm -07:00
  • Aaron Parecki https://aaronparecki.com/   •   Oct 7
    Oh yeah, that's intentional. It'd be interesting to explore what it could look like otherwise tho.
    Aaron Parecki
    I'm actually really interested in this particular problem right now since Sign In with Apple is probably the biggest example of differing IDs per RP yet the first thing the RPs want to do is resolve that back to an identifiable user.
    Portland, Oregon • 47°F
    4 replies
    Thu, Oct 7, 2021 9:32pm -07:00
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Hi, I'm Aaron Parecki, Director of Identity Standards at Okta, and co-founder of IndieWebCamp. I maintain oauth.net, write and consult about OAuth, and participate in the OAuth Working Group at the IETF. I also help people learn about video production and livestreaming. (detailed bio)

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