Sam Schlinkert @schlink@octodon.social

Happy 2019!!

If you're cozied up with your laptop today, maybe take a read through my new "Digital Security Guide for Friends and Loved Ones"

https://write.as/sts10/digital-security-guide-for-friends-and-loved-ones

Random reminder to use a password manager if you aren't already! It'll help you stay safe online by using long, unique passwords for each service you use.

While LastPass or 1Password are great choices, I prefer KeePassXC

Official site: https://keepassxc.org/

Official quick-start guide: https://keepassxc.org/quickstart/

My getting-started guide: https://sts10.github.io/2017/06/27/keepassxc-setup-guide.html

There’s a dog on a bar stool at this bar

OK, I just pushed a sort-of working version of...

Medic
-----
A Rust CLI that checks the passwords of a KeePass database against the Have I Been Pwned password list

https://github.com/sts10/medic

Currently it queries the HIBP passwords API, but I hope to make it work completely offline (once the database finally downloads...)

blergh how do I check if a Rust String is initialized or not?

RT @AlicePoet@birdsite:

Pay attention.
Be astonished.
Tell about it.

—Mary Oliver

https://twitter.com/AlicePoet/status/1085941996504604674

tl;dr, in Rust 1.32.0, running

```
fn main() {
let x = 5;

dbg!(x);
}
```

prints:

[src/main.rs:4] x = 5

Rust 1.32 is here and has what looks like a really cool macro called `dbg`

https://blog.rust-lang.org/2019/01/17/Rust-1.32.0.html

FYI I should have referred to this as "the large list of emails/and passwords". It's not clear if the breaches themselves were recent.

From Motherboard: "The ‘Biggest EVER’ Collection of Hacked Passwords Is Not That Bad"

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/evegxw/collection-one-data-breach-password-hack-what-to-do

Also, here's a general online security guide that I wrote

https://write.as/sts10/digital-security-guide-for-friends-and-loved-ones

Hey kiddos if the large password breach[1][2] has you worried about your re-use of passwords, it may be time to start using a password manager.

While 1Password[3] and LastPass[4] are fine choices, I prefer KeePassXC

Official site: https://keepassxc.org/

Official quick-start guide: https://keepassxc.org/quickstart/

My getting-started guide: https://sts10.github.io/2017/06/27/keepassxc-setup-guide.html

[1] https://www.troyhunt.com/the-773-million-record-collection-1-data-reach/
[2] https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/01/hacked-and-dumped-online-773-million-records-with-plaintext-passwords/

[3] 1Password guide https://medium.com/@mshelton/introduction-to-password-managers-5e15baa8b26e

[4] LP guide https://medium.com/@mshelton/lastpass-for-beginners-e921f35d4114