How to Efficiently Choose the Right Database for Your Applications
9 by gesaint | 2 comments on Hacker News.
Sunday, February 28, 2021
Saturday, February 27, 2021
New top story on Hacker News: Shopify employees accessed customer databases without authorization
Shopify employees accessed customer databases without authorization
35 by synunlimited | 8 comments on Hacker News.
Got this email from Fangamer about Shopify earlier today. ---- Dear Fangamer customer, Shopify, the company whose software runs the Fangamer store (and more than a million others online), has informed us that an internal security event it has been investigating since late last year included Fangamer customer data. Information regarding customer financial accounts and payment cards was not affected, but we are writing to make you aware of the situation. According to Shopify, certain members of its support team used their Shopify credentials to obtain archived customer data from several hundred stores without authorization. The team members accessed data associated with order fulfillment — names, addresses, email addresses, cart contents, and phone numbers — but did not access or acquire any financial-account or payment-card information. We are extremely frustrated and sorry to be sending you this email; Fangamer's internal development team takes data security extremely seriously. Data not in Fangamer's Shopify store — including Kickstarter backer information, account information and passwords, and email addresses used to sign up for our newsletter — was not accessed, and the store continues to operate as normal. Fangamer Japan, which operates as a separate store, was also not affected. Shopify has terminated the employees who did this and eliminated the vulnerabilities that made it possible. Shopify has also reported that it will be providing any other relevant information to us as its investigation continues, and we'll pass along any new material details. If you have any questions, though, please contact us at orders@fangamer.com. Thank you, Fangamer
35 by synunlimited | 8 comments on Hacker News.
Got this email from Fangamer about Shopify earlier today. ---- Dear Fangamer customer, Shopify, the company whose software runs the Fangamer store (and more than a million others online), has informed us that an internal security event it has been investigating since late last year included Fangamer customer data. Information regarding customer financial accounts and payment cards was not affected, but we are writing to make you aware of the situation. According to Shopify, certain members of its support team used their Shopify credentials to obtain archived customer data from several hundred stores without authorization. The team members accessed data associated with order fulfillment — names, addresses, email addresses, cart contents, and phone numbers — but did not access or acquire any financial-account or payment-card information. We are extremely frustrated and sorry to be sending you this email; Fangamer's internal development team takes data security extremely seriously. Data not in Fangamer's Shopify store — including Kickstarter backer information, account information and passwords, and email addresses used to sign up for our newsletter — was not accessed, and the store continues to operate as normal. Fangamer Japan, which operates as a separate store, was also not affected. Shopify has terminated the employees who did this and eliminated the vulnerabilities that made it possible. Shopify has also reported that it will be providing any other relevant information to us as its investigation continues, and we'll pass along any new material details. If you have any questions, though, please contact us at orders@fangamer.com. Thank you, Fangamer
Friday, February 26, 2021
Thursday, February 25, 2021
New top story on Hacker News: Why can't you get the data used to create the Consumer Price Index (CPI)?
Why can't you get the data used to create the Consumer Price Index (CPI)?
17 by ErikAugust | 5 comments on Hacker News.
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) measures inflation and, in the words of the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, "directly affects hundreds of millions of Americans". I would have guessed the data used to construct the CPI would be open to everyone. But no, it appears to be unavailable and it is instead a black box due to rules of confidentiality. What is strange is, it appears much of the data is publicly available data. For example, 8% comes from e-commerce sites, the USPS public website, etc. If you browse through the categories, you can also see that almost all the data could be collected from public sources - APIs, websites, etc. So, does anyone know why this data cannot be obtained? Reference: https://ift.tt/3dLe4eu
17 by ErikAugust | 5 comments on Hacker News.
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) measures inflation and, in the words of the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, "directly affects hundreds of millions of Americans". I would have guessed the data used to construct the CPI would be open to everyone. But no, it appears to be unavailable and it is instead a black box due to rules of confidentiality. What is strange is, it appears much of the data is publicly available data. For example, 8% comes from e-commerce sites, the USPS public website, etc. If you browse through the categories, you can also see that almost all the data could be collected from public sources - APIs, websites, etc. So, does anyone know why this data cannot be obtained? Reference: https://ift.tt/3dLe4eu
Wednesday, February 24, 2021
Tuesday, February 23, 2021
Monday, February 22, 2021
Sunday, February 21, 2021
Saturday, February 20, 2021
New top story on Hacker News: Logging into Gmail on Chrome links my Google Account to the browser
Logging into Gmail on Chrome links my Google Account to the browser
17 by princevegeta89 | 19 comments on Hacker News.
This annoying UX issue has been existing for a few years now; why does Google do nothing about it? I know they're mining data from Google Accounts and get more value if I am logged in. However the UX aspect of it seems to be horrendous. Two scenarios that bother me: - I link my account to Chrome. If I unlink my account, and simply login to Gmail in the future, it automatically links the account back to Chrome - I link my account X to Chrome. Later, I sign into another account Y. When I am done with Y, I logout from my Gmail which has "Y", this automatically signs me out of X, and instantly unlinks X. Such an annoying UX. Is it time to say goodbye to Chrome in favor of Brave, Vivaldi, etc. ?
17 by princevegeta89 | 19 comments on Hacker News.
This annoying UX issue has been existing for a few years now; why does Google do nothing about it? I know they're mining data from Google Accounts and get more value if I am logged in. However the UX aspect of it seems to be horrendous. Two scenarios that bother me: - I link my account to Chrome. If I unlink my account, and simply login to Gmail in the future, it automatically links the account back to Chrome - I link my account X to Chrome. Later, I sign into another account Y. When I am done with Y, I logout from my Gmail which has "Y", this automatically signs me out of X, and instantly unlinks X. Such an annoying UX. Is it time to say goodbye to Chrome in favor of Brave, Vivaldi, etc. ?
Friday, February 19, 2021
Thursday, February 18, 2021
New top story on Hacker News: Electricity over $900/MWh in most of Western US now
Electricity over $900/MWh in most of Western US now
34 by everybodyknows | 13 comments on Hacker News.
34 by everybodyknows | 13 comments on Hacker News.
Wednesday, February 17, 2021
Tuesday, February 16, 2021
Monday, February 15, 2021
New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: ustaxes.org – open-source tax filing webapp
Show HN: ustaxes.org – open-source tax filing webapp
7 by aidangrimshaw | 2 comments on Hacker News.
7 by aidangrimshaw | 2 comments on Hacker News.
New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: What are the best websites that the Anglosphere doesn't know about?
Ask HN: What are the best websites that the Anglosphere doesn't know about?
49 by remolacha | 2 comments on Hacker News.
What unique or high-quality content only exists outside the English-speaking web? Is there a Chinese equivalent to Hacker News? A Hindi StackOverflow? I would love to broaden my horizons :)
49 by remolacha | 2 comments on Hacker News.
What unique or high-quality content only exists outside the English-speaking web? Is there a Chinese equivalent to Hacker News? A Hindi StackOverflow? I would love to broaden my horizons :)
Sunday, February 14, 2021
Saturday, February 13, 2021
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