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Gervasio Marchand
Personal blog · g3rv4.comprogrammingsecurity
Gervasio Marchand writes g3rv4, a personal blog at g3rv4.com about programming and security. Since 2018, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 12 times, most often “Bye bye BetterSlack”. The last post was in 2023, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (4) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Gervasio Marchand's posts about BetterSlack, a Slack client add-on that Slack took down in 2018 and that later returned as Taut, and about Shamir secret sharing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 4 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Welcome to my blog. I'm Gervasio, currently working as a developer at Stack Overflow. I'm a nerd that loves doing nerdy stuff (unless it involves nerd movies)
Most-linked posts?
- Bye bye BetterSlack3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2018-08-29
- Show HN: BetterSlack – A Chrome extension to make Slack better2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2018-08-27
- /2022/04/using-shamir-secret-sharing2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-04-18
What Hacker News says?
So it lasted 3 days? https://g3rv4.com/2018/08/betterslack From that post: > I may build an Electron app that patches the Electron app… so far, that’s what makes the most sense to me. But we’ll see. Even if this was against the ToS, could it be stopped? I didn't know one Electron app could target the other.
Comment linking /2018/08/betterslack
on “Bye bye BetterSlack”Submitted Bye bye BetterSlack as a story · 839 points
HN discussionBlock extensions, user software, that interact with their site. Remember, Slack did something very similar not very long ago. Only with pushback did they relent somewhat. https://g3rv4.com/2018/08/bye-bye-betterslack
Comment linking /2018/08/bye-bye-betterslack
on “Facebook has sent a cease-and-desist letter to researchers”Submitted Show HN: BetterSlack – A Chrome extension to make Slack better as a story · 80 points
HN discussionI wish I found your app before I wrote mine [1] :) you seem to be way better versed in cryptography than I am. What's the advantage of having the main document and the keys separated? [1]: https://g3rv4.com/2022/04/using-shamir-secret-sharing
Comment linking /2022/04/using-shamir-secret-sharing
on “Assume your devices are compromised”Submitted Want a secure browser? Disable your extensions as a story · 3 points
HN discussionhere you can see how I'm using Shamir Secret Sharing, I gave clear instructions on how to use the shares and in what circumstances. based on their dynamics, I'm feeling pretty good. I know I have some people there that are tech savvy + some that will take good care of their shares and when they should send those to whom. Implementation is trivial (especially if you find a library) but maybe you can be inspired by my…
Comment linking /2022/04/a-plan-for-my-secrets
on “Assume your devices are compromised”Submitted How to migrate to Firefox if you depend on sites that don't support it as a story · 2 points
HN discussionShamir Secret Sharing could be the answer you're looking for... I'm sleeping better at night here's a quick blog post I wrote with my plan. The app is trivial to write if you find a library for your preferred language https://g3rv4.com/2022/04/a-plan-for-my-secrets
Comment linking /2022/04/a-plan-for-my-secrets
on “Assume your devices are compromised”Submitted Refined (Slack extension) shutting down as a story · 1 points
HN discussionAlso https://g3rv4.com/2022/04/using-shamir-secret-sharing which includes a link to an easy-to-use SSS tool that can output shards as QR codes.
Comment linking /2022/04/using-shamir-secret-sharing
on “The Future of the Vim Project”Taut is the Refined GitHub of Slack. It has been taken down by Slack in August [0] and is back live since September. [0]: https://g3rv4.com/2018/08/bye-bye-betterslack
Comment linking /2018/08/bye-bye-betterslack
on “Taut (FKA BetterSlack) is back”