I came across something like that in a proprietary "epub" format. Not because of formatting/styling but because of crossreferencing and footnotes it stored every word in a database with its position.

Yep, decrypt ... export elsewhere to csv txt json ... encrypt

While true I don't get why this is long known and also news at the same time.

For Signal Backup tools for example this isn't a bug but a feature and the only way to make long term archival of chats possible.

I do think we need multiple tactics:

• Local (national) surplus energy stored also locally (home battery, chargings cars, powering local industry from renewables at moments it isn't needed elsewhere), so all kinds of buffers. To also use it within the same country at other moments.

• Diversify solar wind and thermal etc

• Exchange cross-borders despite geopolitical risc. Countries with more sun hours or more steady wind or abundant geothermal sources or more hydro ... could export their surplus or capacity but also import.

For solar: if storage exceeds need, the daytime countries at any moment should power the nighttime countries, but only to balance local smart grids I think?

Same experience

Oh , that's cute this spammer thinks there must be an [email protected] etc

Only other downside I could think if is when my catch all cant be used to send a mail or reply.

So I do use them a lot for suppliers en services, but for registering initially and password reset. But I can't use it to contact support by mail.

Mostly I rely on forms or self service portals when I need it as a customer.

Or its just miniturisation in contexts without a separate phone (aka IoT)?

"Supersims are popping up in shared rental scooters, fleet tracking devices, and digital billboards."

I donate regurlay to:

• OSMand
• Signal
• Bitwarden

Which happen to be myself. And the datacenter facility owner.

How would that be leaking, home hosters aside?

Yep, that would be the ip adres of my €5 a month VPS somewhere in an german datacenter.

Ouch ... I hope I smell them from a mile away ... and change course.

As a #2 person, when my level-of-current-knowledge hits a ceiling and I ask for technical advice in forums or lemmy or even social media, it often comes from a #1 person.

Assuming its specialized knowledge few other #2 have.

Half the time I get an answer (about what and how) AND background explanation (giving context and WHY).

But half the other time a #1 doesnt realize easy things for them are hard for me. When they are miles ahead their answer assumes I have a host of other skills already in place. But I dont know what I don't know so I dont ask for them.

But ... every answer from a helpfull stranger is appreciated. Just bridging knowledge is hard.