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TNW2019 Daily: Don’t be a stranger

Mar22
by on March 22, 2019 at 3:19 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Events, Insider


TNW Conference is only 48 days away, and that means we’re about to launch some really cool things. In the countdown to TNW2019, we’ll announce the full schedule, the festival terrain map, and an amazing giveaway – just to name a few. You obviously read my TNW2019 Daily religiously, but it’s not the only way to stay up to date on everything that’s happening. That’s why today’s TNW Conference highlight is about how to get the latest news. Please @ me I know this makes me the worst millennial ever, but I only understood the value of Twitter over the…

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GitLab now automatically warns against merging API keys into your codebase

Mar22
by on March 22, 2019 at 3:06 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Design & Dev


GitLab, the hugely popular devops platform, today announced the introduction of secrets detection with version 11.9 of the service. This means that should someone inadvertently include an API key or secret in a commit to a shared repository, the service will warn the user. From a security perspective, this is a huge advantage. API secrets are supposed to be that – secret. If they fall into the wrong hands, an attacker could use them to gain third party services at the developer’s expense. AWS keys, for example, can be weaponized to spin up hundreds of hugely expensive instances, which can…

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GitLab now automatically warns against merging API keys into your codebase

Mar22
by on March 22, 2019 at 3:06 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Design & Dev


GitLab, the hugely popular devops platform, today announced the introduction of secrets detection with version 11.9 of the service. This means that should someone inadvertently include an API key or secret in a commit to a shared repository, the service will warn the user. From a security perspective, this is a huge advantage. API secrets are supposed to be that – secret. If they fall into the wrong hands, an attacker could use them to gain third party services at the developer’s expense. AWS keys, for example, can be weaponized to spin up hundreds of hugely expensive instances, which can…

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A quick guide to understanding blockchain smart contracts

Mar22
by on March 22, 2019 at 2:50 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Hard Fork, Insider


Welcome to Hard Fork Basics, a collection of tips, tricks, guides, and advice to keep you up to date in the cryptocurrency and blockchain world. ‘Smart contracts’ is a term that gets thrown about quite often in the blockchain world, but there seems to be some confusion about what they are – and how they work. Some context The term was first coined by Nick Szabo, a prominent computer scientist, and cryptographer, who first proposed the idea in the 1990s. Szabo realized that decentralized ledger technology could be leveraged for smart contracts, which could be converted into computer code, stored, and…

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A quick guide to understanding blockchain smart contracts

Mar22
by on March 22, 2019 at 2:50 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Hard Fork, Insider


Welcome to Hard Fork Basics, a collection of tips, tricks, guides, and advice to keep you up to date in the cryptocurrency and blockchain world. ‘Smart contracts’ is a term that gets thrown about quite often in the blockchain world, but there seems to be some confusion about what they are – and how they work. Some context The term was first coined by Nick Szabo, a prominent computer scientist, and cryptographer, who first proposed the idea in the 1990s. Szabo realized that decentralized ledger technology could be leveraged for smart contracts, which could be converted into computer code, stored, and…

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