A rather geeky/technical weblog, est. 2001, by Bramus
Simplistic strength estimation gives bad advice. Without checking for common patterns, the practice of encouraging numbers and symbols means encouraging passwords that might only be slightly harder for a computer to crack, and yet frustratingly harder for a human to remember. zxcvbn, named after a crappy password, is a JavaScript password strength estimation library. Use …
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In a world of WebGL, WebRTC and other fancy web APIs that start with “Web”, requestAutocomplete is rather unglamorous. However, it’s a superhero in beige clothing. A tiny, boring API that can stick a stake through the heart of the web payments time-vampire. requestAutocomplete – take my money, not my time →
position:sticky; polyfillCSS position: sticky; is really in its infancy in terms of browser support. In stock browsers, it is currently only available in iOS 6. In Chrome it is locked behind a chrome://flags setting. Fixed-sticky is a polyfill to enabling this in browsers that don’t support it yet. position: sticky; is one very handy addition to …
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// Save a file in the FileSystem. function saveFile(filename, content) { filesystem.root.getFile(filename, {create: true}, function(fileEntry) { fileEntry.createWriter(function(fileWriter) { fileWriter.onwriteend = function(e) { // Update the file browser. listFiles(); // Clean out the form field. filenameInput.value = ”; contentTextArea.value = ”; // Show a saved message. messageBox.innerHTML = ‘File saved!’; }; fileWriter.onerror = function(e) { console.log(‘Write …
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alpha_auth_check itself is a fairly simple function. It does a few strstr’s and strcmp’s against some pointers in the http_request_t structure, then calls check_login, which actually does the authentication check. It is the final strcmp however, which proves to be the most compelling: This is performing a strcmp between the string pointer at offset 0xD0 …
TogetherJS is a free, open source JavaScript library by Mozilla that adds collaboration features and tools to your website. By adding TogetherJS to your site, your users can help each other out on a website in real time! TogetherJS → Introducing TogetherJS → Yes, that looks familiar indeed as it’s the rebranded version of the …
Loop is the first mobile wallet to let you securely store all your cards in your phone and let you pay at more than 90% of retailers. Wirelessly perform a virtual swipe through the card slot and boom: you’ve just paid using your phone. Too bad they don’t ship outside the US or I’d back …