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This is the part of 2FA/TOTP that many people don’t realize: Your phone isn’t receiving the 6-digit code from the server. Instead, your authenticator app acts like a specialized cryptographic calculator. 🧮🔐 It takes a shared secret key, combines it with the current time, and applies the TOTP algorithm to generate a temporary 6-digit code. At the same time, the server independently performs the same calculation using its copy of the secret key and the same time counter. Same secret + same time counter + same algorithm = same result. That’s why your authenticator app can generate the correct code without receiving it from the server. It’s a simple idea, but a brilliant application of cryptography. You can even test this yourself: add the same TOTP secret to both Google Authenticator and Microsoft Authenticator. Even if you set them up at different times, both apps can independently generate the same 6-digit code at the same time. And here’s another important point: The algorithm doesn’t need to be secret. TOTP is based on publicly known, standardized cryptographic algorithms such as HMAC. What needs to remain secret is the shared secret key. So: 🧮 Algorithm/math: Can be publicly known. 🔑 Secret key: Must remain private. Never share it. ⏱️ Time: Isn’t secret. 🔐 Security: Comes from protecting the secret key, not from hiding the algorithm. That’s a core principle of modern cryptography: A cryptographic system should remain secure even when the algorithm is publicly known. The secret is the key. #2FA #TwoFactor #Security #Cybersecurity #SecretKey #Authentication #Cryptography #Math #TOTP #OTP #AuthenticatorApp #Internet #SecurityResearch
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Markus @markus@social.row-social.de · 6d ago
Ich frage mich, warum man Google und Co. noch die offenbar alleinigen Suchergebnisse und Indexe im Internet erlaubt? #internet #google #privacy #2026 #suchergebnisse #seo #eurpope #meinemeinungfuerheute #facebook #meta #alternative #windows #linux #mac #wiralle
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Andreas Wieland @GormDeGamle@sueden.social · 5d ago
Replying to @stefanmuelller@climatejustice.social
@stefanmuelller@climatejustice.social Aus einer Meta-Perspektive zeichnet das für mich ein Bild, das darauf hinausläuft, das #internet als Ganzes in die Kontrolle finanzstarker Player (ich vermeide absichtlich den Begriff "Unternehmen") zu bringen. Auch die "Notwendigkeit" zum Bau abartig riesiger Rechenzentren für #KI zeichnet mit an diesem Bild. #Rechenzentren im #All sind sogar so aufgestellt, dass sie von der Allgemeinhait nicht einmal physisch erreichbar sind, ohne die Ressourcen dieser Player zu nutzen.
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Caschys Blog Technik und mehr [Unofficial] @stadt-bremerhaven.de@web.brid.gy · 6d ago

Bundesbank-Statistik: Kartenzahlung legt weiter zu, Echtzeit-Überweisung verdoppelt sich

Die Deutsche Bundesbank hat frische Zahlen zum Zahlungsverhalten für das Jahr 2025 vorgelegt. Der Trend geht unaufhaltsam weiter in Richtung bargeldloser und digitaler Bezahlmethoden. Insgesamt gab... Zum Beitrag: Bundesbank-Statistik: Kartenzahlung legt weiter zu, Echtzeit-Überweisung verdoppelt sich Wo du uns folgen kannst: Facebook, Reddit, Google News, X, @caschysblog@www.threads.com Auf dem Laufenden bleiben? Fügt uns doch bei Google als bevorzugte Quelle hinzu!
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Gerard Thomas @iamgerardthomas@mastodon.social · Aug 07, 2026
When shit was cool... 199x – Netscape #internet #netscape
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AA @AAKL@infosec.exchange · Aug 06, 2026
Oh, for Pete's sake. Build your own monetized, crappy bot internet and leave the human web ALONE. "Our data shows that a lot of traffic from well-behaved bots is re-fetching pages that have not changed. Billions of requests. An enormous amount of machine effort, attached to no outcome at all. That's the signature of a web built for humans being visited by something else." Cloudflare: Building an open Agentic Internet: readable, discoverable, callable, and payable https://blog.cloudflare.com/the-agentic-internet/ #Cloudflare #bots #internet #slop
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Stefan Bohacek @stefan@stefanbohacek.online · Aug 06, 2026
Boosted by Trending Bot @trending@homestead.social
The very first website is 35 years old today, and you can still visit it at http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/TheProject.html "On August 6, 1991, the first website was introduced to the world. [It] contained information about the World Wide Web Project. It launched at the European Organization for Nuclear Research, CERN, where it was created by British computer scientist @timbl@w3c.social." Happy birthday, web! Via https://www.npr.org/2021/08/06/1025554426/a-look-back-at-the-very-first-website-ever-launched-30-years-later #TheWeb #internet #WorldWideWeb #FirstWebsite #history #OTD
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Jon S. von Tetzchner @jon@social.vivaldi.net · Aug 06, 2026
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Gryficowa @Gryficowa@mastodon.social · Aug 05, 2026
To czego mnie nauczył Internet, lepiej być dupkiem, bo jak jesteś za miły dla każdego, wtedy wpadną w spiralę antagonizowania ciebie za błahe rzeczy lub będą próbowali się dostać łapami do twojej sztuki i jak ich nie posłuchasz, będziesz diabłem #Internet #Rant #Fandom #Problem
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Martín @martindehf@rebel.ar · Aug 04, 2026
Aparentemente mastodon.social está siendo bloqueado por mi ISP, Express. Guat de fac. Con una VPN puedo acceder sin problemas. En cuanto la desactivo, pum, se queda cargando un par de minutos hasta que falla con un error de timeout. Gente de Argentina, pueden decirme si pueden ver la página y qué proveedor de Internet tienen? #mastodonsocial #argentina #isp #internet
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Richard W. Woodley 🇨🇦🌹🚴‍♂️ @the5thColumnist@ottawa.place · Aug 04, 2026
IF you are going to do #AI, this is the way to do, it using an actually verified #knowledge base not using everything any yahoo has ever said on the #Internet. Of course it is still not #intelligence just #information retrieval. "The museum says MUSEO operates within a closed language model using only museum-approved research and exhibition materials rather than searching the open internet. Staff members regularly monitor and update the system, according to the museum." https://ottawacitizen.com/news/canadian-museum-of-history-ai-chatbot
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Dr. Or M. Bialik @ombialik@mastodon.world · Aug 04, 2026
Seriously, why does a site I visited once, months ago, need to store a 50 MB+ cookie on my local machine? (I know the answers; they aren't great) People, remember to check your cookies from time to time. #Internet #Browser
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somecanuckchick @somecanuckchick@mastodon.world · Aug 03, 2026
What a time to be alive! Remember the good ol' days when things like #Livejournal, etc. were the place to be? No? Meh. #Lyvio is chronological, and an algorithm doesn’t dictate what you see. There are also no ads. How long until the app is bought by some company with other ideas? https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/new-social-media-app-to-defeat-doom-scrolling-9.7289312 #socialmedia #internet #technology #business #peoplebeforeprofits #profitsbeforepeople
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𝕂𝚞𝚋𝚒𝚔ℙ𝚒𝚡𝚎𝚕™ @kubikpixel@chaos.social · Aug 03, 2026
«Firefox Containers — Diese Browser-Erweiterung ist ein echter Geheimtipp: Webseiten abschotten, das Tracking eindämmen oder zwei Accounts gleichzeitig nutzen? Inkognito-Tabs sind dafür zu umständlich. Eine kostenlose Firefox-Erweiterung schafft Abhilfe. Wir zeigen dir, wie du sie in Minuten einrichtest und die "Container" nutzt.» Einen wirklichen Geheimtipp ist es schon länger nicht mehr aber wer nutzt es wirklich? 🦊 https://winfuture.de/faq/352 #firefox #inkognito #internet #container #tracking
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Owl Eyes Hoo @d1@autistics.life · Aug 02, 2026

Which software ecosystems have you been brave and courageous enough **to abandon completely**? Check all that apply Please boost for #Science :blob_cat_heart: #SocialMedia #Meta #Google #Microsoft #internet #web #apps #Bigtech

Facebook 99%, account still open
28.4% (793)
LinkedIn 100%, account closed/nonexistent
37.2% (1040)
Gmail 99%, account still open
36.3% (1016)
Instagram 100%, account closed/nonexistent
61.6% (1723)
LinkedIn 99%, account still open
26.3% (736)
Instagram 99%, account still open
16.8% (471)
Google App Store 100%, not even present
27.6% (773)
WhatsApp 100%, account closed/nonexistent
42.8% (1196)
Google App Store 99%, Google account still open
20.5% (572)
Facebook 100%, account closed/nonexistent
65.5% (1830)
WhatsApp 99%, account still open
12.7% (355)
Gmail 100%, account closed/nonexistent
15.9% (445)
2796 votes Poll closed
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3CatInfo.cat @3CatInfo@mastodon.social · Aug 02, 2026
█ De caçar Pikachus a guiar drons militars: què ha passat amb les dades dels jugadors de Pokémon GO ▓▒░ L'empresa va usar 30.000 milions d'imatges recollides pels usuaris per entrenar un model d'IA que ara dirigeix dro[…] https://www.3cat.cat/3catinfo/de-cacar-pikachus-a-guiar-drons-militars-que-ha-passat-amb-les-dades-dels-jugadors-de-pokemon-go/noticia/3420745/?ext=MASTODON_SOCIAL #societat #cienciaitecnologia #3catinfo #protecciodedades #internet #videojocs #intel·ligenciaartificial
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Gryficowa @Gryficowa@mastodon.social · Aug 02, 2026
Aroace: Mówi o tym co mu się nie podoba w traktowaniu postaci kodowanych jako aro/ace Fandom: Ty diable! To nie kanon, po prostu ty jesteś problemem! Tak za każdym razem... #Aroace #Fandom #Rant #Problem #Internet
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