multi step authentication flows that are customizable for each user would be kinda cool if that doesn’t exist already.
not too crazy like two factor authentication, just patterns or puzzles to arrange in different ways.
so every time someone tries to access an account, the authentication process is different every time
It opens up a page of my handwriting and it must be translated in order to unlock the computer. Even the most powerful linguist in the world couldn’t crack it.
delightfully horrifying
Bonus points: use non-qwerty keyboard for added obfuscation (but keep the qwerty key caps of course).
As I’m French, I do the contrary: international QWERTY layout on AZERTY physical keyboard. I want to switch to an ergonomic layout like ergo-l though, but it’s hard to learn.
Ok, so I happen to be the paragon of security through obscurity.
- Linux
- Sway
- Dvorak layout
- Mechanical keyboard c̄ blank keycaps
Come at me bruh
Apparently I am too…
- Linux (NixOS BTW)
- Also Sway
- Colemak
- Mechanical keyboard, but the key caps are still QWERTY.
The last 2 can be mitigated by just plugging in a different keyboard, the second one by just pulling the drive, the first doesn’t really need mitigation, but nothing a $5 wrench won’t solve.
This guy xkcds:
“My $5 wrench says you better start installing Windows.”
“Sure thing, just let me wipe the drive in the process…”
gets hit with wrench
cums “h-harder daddy~”
“well shit, now wtf do we do?”
“if you don’t give the password I’m gonna stop” 🤷♂️
“B-but I’m into orgasm denial too” 🥺
The key map tends to apply to all keyboards.
Keymap isn’t going to change automatically by plugging in a new keyboard…
Switching to Dvorak caused the gratifying result of people that would just start trying to use your keyboard without being absolutely befuddled.
My keycaps are Morse code
Absolutely perfect. I was traveling with a friend and we decided to watch a movie I had on my hard drive. Once I booted into i3 and I had to use a couple key chords to navigate, they said, “Your computer gives me anxiety.” 😂
Same person almost shit their pants when I replaced
youtu.bewithyewtu.bein a URL to get a region locked video to play. I am a bonafide hacker in their eyes.I was installing Alpine Linux on a Raspberry Pi 5 and was using the kitchen TV as a temporary monitor. My parents thought I was sending encrypted messages. I was just updating the repository list to find the quickest mirror.
It’s funny to me how some people see text scrolling by on a screen and immediately think witchcraft.
I used to do something similar when I was working in embedded systems, specifically because my superiors had no idea. I would just put our OS up to compile on repeat so one if my machines was always spitting out nonsense (but vaguely related to work).
“Sorry boss, just waiting on the new build to finish up so I can start on that.”
Used to keep a terminal sesh up that was just scrolling
topon the dev server whenever I felt like being lazy while looking productive. Took my very tech savvy boss a couple months before he finally noticed.I’m pretty sure the VP of engineering knew what I was up to, but I think he also understood that I didn’t get paid enough to be as neurotic as he was and I generally got stuff done ahead of schedule any way.
Hollywood fucked over everyone
For this reason i kinda like using pass + pass-otp as my password manager as well. I mean regardless they still need to know my master password of course, but on top of that they most likely won’t even know how to use it since it cli based.
I love sway :3
Fixed the image for you
the real fix would have been the removal of drake
Ah thanks man, could you add some left/right padding as well?
Yeah, no problem
I love this. I just wish we could use a different meme format, I am tired of seeing that dudes face.
Hero
I agree. There are so many available now.
The computing equivalent of a stick shift.
If only you could start it with a dead battery!
This is like me when I try to use my wife’s iPhone. Where are the buttons? How do I exit the app?
When in doubt, swipe up
no pedos in my memes pls
Sway is fine. I still prefer i3 because I still use many X applications.
Now for this meme specifically, sway and i3wm are actually easy to understand once you know the basic key chords. Sway in particular can also allow drag and drop to tile manually without shortcuts.
Dwm though is a nightmare for Linux beginners let alone those who never use Linux before. I3 needs a .config file, so newbies can read it and figure out the key bindings. On Dwm? It doesnt need one because the system can just run the compiled dwm executable. So if you really want to make it more secure: configure dwm to your likings => compile it => delete the source folder. Nobody will know wtf is going on, except you.
I was an i3 and sway user but I lapsed to the dark side.
I tried KDE with Krohnkite tilling extension on a new laptop and liked it way too much. It’s slowly becoming my main DE.
It’s configured with i3 shortcuts of course, so there’s that.
EXWM is probably even more obscure, although emacs users are the exact kinda people you should protect your computer from.
Or both…
