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Gordon's Tech

Personal blog · tech.kateva.orgproductivityhardware

Gordon's Tech is a personal blog at tech.kateva.org about productivity and hardware. Since 2011, 7 different Hacker News readers have linked it 25 times, most often “The massive security hole in Google two factor authentication”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-08-23, and you can follow it by feed.

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25mentions?
7HN people?
2011–2022first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 9 in 2012

Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

HN commenters link Gordon's Tech for posts on tech security and video calls. The comments discuss app-specific passwords after a hacking account and compare WebRTC bandwidth with FaceTime.

Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.

Technical fixes, tips and findings -- all based on my personal experience. Mostly macOS and iOS.

Most-linked posts?

  1. The massive security hole in Google two factor authentication
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2011-07-21

What Hacker News says?

  1. reedlaw · 2012-08-07
    Since I've been downvoted without a response, let me elaborate on my concerns. I haven't seen the threat of application specific passwords (ASP) addressed properly. If an ASP is sniffed or somehow extracted from a device it seems like it's practically equivalent to a single-factor authentication password. I couldn't determine from Google's docs if an ASP will allow you to change a master password or not. Or if it co…

    Comment linking /2011/07/massive-security-hole-in-google-two.html

    on “How Apple and Amazon Security Flaws Led to My Epic Hacking”
  2. MaysonL · 2011-07-21

    Submitted The massive security hole in Google two factor authentication as a story · 44 points

    HN discussion
  3. MaysonL · 2016-04-06
    What's the bandwidth usage of WebRTC compared to Facetime? Facetime seems to be substantially better than Facebook Messenger or Skype. [0] [0] http://tech.kateva.org/2016/03/bandwidth-use-over-5-min-vide...

    Comment linking /2016/03/bandwidth-use-over-5-min-video-call.html

    on “Apple and WebRTC need each other”
  4. chmars · 2012-08-02

    Submitted Nexus 7 – First Impressions by a Long-Time iOS User as a story · 6 points

    HN discussion
  5. MaysonL · 2016-04-10

    Submitted Bandwidth use over 5 min video call: FaceTime as a story · 5 points

    HN discussion
  6. chmars · 2013-02-22

    Submitted Java on the Mac is malware as a story · 5 points

    HN discussion
  7. chmars · 2015-12-31

    Submitted A Google Doc I wrote in 2010 has lost its images as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  8. chrismealy · 2012-09-03

    Submitted The US iPhone scene: Options and trends as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  9. chmars · 2012-05-23

    Submitted Apple ID Hell: Apple's Identity Mismanagement as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  10. chmars · 2014-12-31

    Submitted Mac 2014 – I go into full Windows XP mode as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  11. chmars · 2014-12-30

    Submitted iTunes 12 and iPhone sync: time to treat OS X like Windows XP as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  12. chmars · 2013-05-20

    Submitted Configuring OS X and iOS for elders as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  13. chmars · 2012-09-05

    Submitted Photo gallery sharing is dead. Why? as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  14. chrismealy · 2011-12-04

    Submitted Blogger is dying more quickly than expected as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  15. chrismealy · 2011-11-01

    Submitted Former Google product manager on the trashing of Google Reader as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  16. night-rider · 2022-08-19

    Submitted Wi-Fi Calling not working? Your probably SIM-swapped as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  17. chmars · 2016-08-20

    Submitted SMS messaging to small groups: Apple's App Store comes up empty. Again as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  18. MaysonL · 2016-06-16

    Submitted You can't reclaim your email address used by another FB account as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  19. ingve · 2016-05-12

    Submitted The new and old and obsolete and confusing ways Mac OS X starts code running as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  20. davidbarker · 2015-02-08

    Submitted “There's no iOS backup feature” as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  21. chmars · 2012-09-11

    Submitted Use Mac speech recognition and language support to learn French speech as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  22. chmars · 2012-07-21

    Submitted Carbon Copy Cloner is now Commercial as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  23. MaysonL · 2012-07-05

    Submitted Google supports sharing MULTIPLE Calendars in single embedded calendar web view as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  24. chmars · 2012-06-12

    Submitted AT&T's SMS Spam: Blocking the E-Mail Route as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  25. chrismealy · 2011-11-02

    Submitted After Google Reader: Posterous, Tumblr and Zootool with Twitter on the side as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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