This post lists some general- and special-purpose blockchains nowadays available with a short description in one sentence. Readers can have a quick understanding of what a blockchain network is built for and what uniqueness that blockchain has. I also give links to beginner friendly resources as learn materials. General purpose blockchains Blockchains for general purpose
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Tag: Privacy
Quick method to sniff the data left on a Linux VM in the public cloud
Posted onVM disks in public cloud may be shared by customers. This is privacy problem. Is there a quick method to sniff the data left on a Linux VM? One possible method: # dd if=/dev/xvda bs=1M | strings -n 100 > strings.txt Using the dd and strings which are pervasive on Linux systems.
How to remove cookies for a certain site in Chrome?
Posted onHow to remove cookies for a specific site/domain in Chrome? I just want to delete the cookies by one site, not the whole cookies stored by my browser. In Chrome’s settings (open chrome://settings/ in the URL bar): Search for “cookie” and you will find “Privacy” -> “Content Settings”. Click the button “Content Settings”. In the
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How to force Chrome on iPhone refresh pages and invalidate the caches
Posted onI find Chrome on my iPhone caches pages/css/js files. That makes browsing faster. However, under some situation, I’d like to force it refresh the pages/css/js and give me the latest one. How to force Chrome on iPhone refresh pages and invalidate the caches? The only method as far as I can find is to clear
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Free VPNs for iPhone Users: OpenVPN + Ovpn Spider
Posted onVPNs are useful for testing viewing webpages from a remote location or visiting blocked websites. In this post, I will introduce a method for finding and using free VPNs on iPhone. Note that the VPNs are free and the providers are not identified. Hence, only use this method for visiting public webpages or keeping visiting
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