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Backstory: been toying with the idea of setting up some raspberry pi cctv cameras. originally I was going to store all footage for 31 days (complying with DPA) on a network drive but decided against that as if there was a major incident at… Continue reading Where to store pydrive secret?
I found several sandboxed and privileged processes in the memory of some apps on my phone. For several years I’ve experienced several unexplained problems with several different phones and 2 carriers. From what I can find the… Continue reading Sandboxed and privileged processes [closed]
I have a python script that connects to google drive and upload some files automatically.
The first time the application runs, it asks for a google account to use in its behalf to upload files to that drive.
However, I ha… Continue reading Question about credentials.json file
Since Android 9, there is an option in your location preferences which is called
Location Accuracy.
I know how Google determines my location over wifi and now I wonder if Location Accuracy has also the purpose of feeding n… Continue reading Google Location Accuracy datafeed
I’ve worked for a variety of technologies companies. In working for startups I’ve noticed a wide variety of opinions about whether sharing calendars is a security risk. I can imagine that it would be bad if someone learned … Continue reading What are the risks from letting users share their own calendars?
Google offers a way to connect it’s apps (like google sheets) to a sql server.
In order to do this, you need to whitelist their google apps scripts IPv4 subnets.
I don’t see how this could be secure at all. Couldn’t someone… Continue reading Is whitelisting Google Apps Scripts Actually safe?
I was recently “invited” to win a free phone on my Google calendar. At first I was concerned that my account was compromised, but i think anyone can send a calendar invite.
Is it safe for me to ignore these invites (and obv… Continue reading Are spam invites on Google calendar dangerous?
I have a piece of software that monitors C:\Folder1. It keeps it in sync with C:\Folder2. It encrypts everything in C:\Folder2.
I want to sync Folder2 to my Google Drive. But this additional encryption step is silly if they could scan my … Continue reading Is there a way to check if Google Drive is scanning folders other than the ones I have synced?
Moving from on-premises applications to cloud applications, such as G Suite, is a big step to becoming a modern enterprise. However, without proper security measures in place, the use of cloud applications can lead to unintended data leakage that may … Continue reading Securing G Suite with Bitglass
I will be storing private user’s files on S3. The files will be PDFs, possibly containing private financial information.
I’m considering letting users directly access the files on S3, without proxying all the traffic throug… Continue reading Storing user’s private files on S3 and securing access using signed URLs – good idea?