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Are App Store apps more secure than from DMG on the internet? (sh.itjust.works)
 

Any devs here? I'm wondering if an app is more secure / has more restrictions if installed through the App Store as opposed to a DMG you download on the internet. I'm mostly concerned with filesystem permissions: the app is RetroArch and it is available on both the iOS and macOS App Store. Is it safer and more private if it's from the App Store? I know Apple's filesystem security policy is around specific folders in Home (Desktop, Downloads, etc.) but do App Store apps get random access to "unprotected" folders in the user's Home folder? Thanks!

PPSSPP multiplayer questions in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Thank you. Are there any security concerns with LAN ad hoc playing? Will PPSSPP try to establish any internet connection that's not LAN?

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PPSSPP multiplayer questions (sh.itjust.works)
 

Is anyone familiar with PPSSPP multiplayer? I see there are two options, ad hoc and online and have a few questions. I read that online multiplayer is really just tricks around ad hoc mode, and it requires port opening on the router to work. Does that mean that it won't even work if I'm on cellular data?

If I'm playing with someone on the same WiFi in ad hoc mode, both on Android phones, will it work as is or are there also ports to open? I don't even know what kind of firewall Android sets up. Thanks for your answers, just want to play with friends.

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What is the appeal of Monster Hunter games? (sh.itjust.works)
 

While researching good PSP games to play I found many posts about Monster Hunter Freedom Unite and other Monster Hunter games. They are beloved by the community but after doing some reading/watching it's not clear to me what the appeal is. I would appreciate if someone could tell what the goal is and what you love about the game. Apparently they are very long games (I think I read 100 hours or something along those lines) which is really great if I can get into a single game for that long. Thank you!

COD Mobile permissions question in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

I think other games do that within their own available storage, no need to ask for anything outside. Have you installed it recently, does it still ask for storage permissions?

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COD Mobile permissions question (sh.itjust.works)
 

Anyone playing COD: Mobile on Android? I was wondering whether you still need to grant storage permissions to play the game at all. I'm hoping that this is because of supporting older Android SDKs and not needed any more. Thanks for your help.

Awesome audio plugins for Reaper that work on Linux in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Thank you, I didn't know about it before! Gonna try it out with some patches I found.

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Awesome audio plugins for Reaper that work on Linux (sh.itjust.works)
 

I found this gem and wanted to share it with you. Reaper being available for Linux is a pretty great thing but generally I didn't find many audio plugins being made available for Linux, especially plugins that try to recreate vintage hardware.

Anyway, here's a project that has a lot of those being written directly for Reaper using its DSP language and I can confirm they work on Linux.

https://github.com/TukanStudios/TUKAN_STUDIOS_PLUGINS

The dev has a YT channel where he shares progress: https://www.youtube.com/@johnmatthews8435

Happy music making!

Do you have security concerns with cheap mechanical keyboards in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Thanks for your answer! In a busy city, would you only used wired connection to it? Bluetooth is encrypted and probably fine too. Any thoughts on the included 2.4GHz dongle?

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Do you have security concerns with cheap mechanical keyboards (sh.itjust.works)
 

Yo everyone! I have questions about using cheap and generic mechanical keyboards. For example the Royal Kludge RK61 which has wired, Bluetooth and 2.4GHz connections. My host will be Linux machines. Do you see any security issues with using keyboards like that or were there any incidents of such devices being malicious?

Another concern might be the 2.4GHz USB that's included. Assuming it's not doing anything malicious is the connection encrypted or would you always instead use wired or Bluetooth? Thanks for any answers!

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Does the power brick matter when charging USB-C devices? (sh.itjust.works)
 

Yo everyone. I'm trying to understand how USB power works with batteries, hopefully this is the correct community to ask. We have so many different devices that can be charged with USB-C, yet all the power bricks and power banks have different voltage, amps, watts. Can I use any USB-C brick or power bank with any device and battery and it must intelligently never draw over the limits of the power source?

I thought that USB-C is made for this yet I can read reports that people damaged their Nintendo Switch because of a power brick. How careful do we have to be when charging our phones, tablets, laptops, gaming devices? What exactly to look out for when deciding what to plug in where? Thank you very much for any replies.