Brian Burton

@brian_burton
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Dad, Scouter, tech tinkerer, commuter cyclist, walker.

Can occasionally be coaxed into expressing opinions on most tech, but especially security, privacy and large scale IT/network infrastructure.

Wants everyone to be happy, except bigots.

Profile pic: head and shoulder shot of a middle aged white man with fairly closely cropped, slightly receding hair, wearing a polo shirt. It's Brian.

Banner: a pile of small frogs in grass that's taller than them.

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Show threadBrian BurtonFeb 26
@neil I guess it doesn't match your request perfectly because it's not "just" an individually encrypted file it's a type of virtual filesystem, but the result is individually encrypted files and I think the user experience works in the same spirit as you described.
Brian BurtonFeb 26
@neil I like gocryptfs for this kind of thing. You create an encrypted folder, then mount it in its unencrypted form in another folder. Encryption is seamless once mounted, and backups work fine, even block based delta backups, because the encrypted files are just files.
Show threadBrian BurtonJan 26
@anon_opin it's a good point. After all, I can re-grow my body, but not my head.
Show threadBrian BurtonJan 26
@lydiaconwell I nearly had Picard swearing in that last post, but actually he'd still keep his cool, wouldn't he...
Show threadBrian BurtonJan 26
@lydiaconwell you could, but imagine the occasional solar wind whistling across the top like breath over a bottle, or maybe a warp-speed version of having one window of your car rolled down. Maybe they just don't do it because the noise is too annoying. Picard (at the top of his voice): "I SAID MAKE IT SO! WILL SOMEBODY CLOSE THE ROOF!"
Show threadBrian BurtonJan 25
P=V²/R for a standard 125mW resistor gives you a suitable resistor (about 5k ohms at 24V). Connect everything else as normal, but stick the resistor between the positive wire and the positive battery terminal for a couple of minutes to pre-charge the capacitors then remove it and connect the positive wire to the battery as normal. Hey presto, no spark. 2/2.
Brian BurtonJan 25
I've just replaced the batteries in three old #UPS boxes. While looking for the instructions or some sort of guide I came across several video tutorials all with the same key sequence missing: when you reconnect the wires, you get The Spark. None of them show it or tell you how you avoid it. It's not a big problem but it makes me jump every time. There's a solution. 1/2.
Show threadBrian BurtonJan 15
@robertklep @Workshopshed @andy_warb I have had my Reolink cameras for about a year, so I can't speak for their longevity but I'm happy with the cameras themselves. No cloud needed, all the standards I need are supported.
Show threadBrian BurtonJan 6
@_hic_haec_hoc @neil @benc seconding gocryptfs. It works well and fits the way my brain works.
Show threadBrian BurtonDec 22
@anon_opin unless the kids are comparing him to Fungus, not Humphrey...