Comment on FBI warnings are true—fake file converters do push malware

• captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Then I suppose you’re up shit creek.

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  • Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Thanks for that deep analysis.

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• ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  It is indeed very difficult to type convert 001.jpg example.pdf and ffmpeg -i rock.mp4 rock.avi

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  • Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    convert 001.jpg example.pdf and ffmpeg -i rock.mp4 rock.avi

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    • WhatsTheHoldup@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Lol, if the point was to sarcastically respond how easy it was to type you were supposed to enter

      convert 001.jpg example.pdf

      And

      ffmpeg -i rock.mp4 rock.avi

      By putting the “and” in the commands you just caused an error lol

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    • Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      okay, now what?

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  • Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    TYPE IT WHERE!? WHAT DO I DO WITH THIS INFORMATION!? How are you so completely unaware at how non-sensical this information is?

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    • cyberwolfie@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      The terminal? Your post history suggests you are quite familiar with Linux. But I agree that those who are most prone to use random file conversion sites because they need something as PDF for work will be very confused by those instructions.

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      • Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I am familiar with Linux but I avoid it whenever possible. I dailyed it for a couple of years but I’ve unfortunately moved on to Mac due to their deep dependency on terminal. If I have a problem and go and look up support, 99% of the time the advice is to open the terminal and start running commands, which is almost never the case for Windows or Mac. Even where there’s a perfectly suitable GUI solution, they’ll send you into the terminal anyway. Linux is made by and for devs and it is and will remain that way until the mentality of it’s creators change. And I am not a dev.

        I can follow instructions. The problem is #1 I’m told “don’t type commands you don’t understand” and #2 no one ever explains what any of these commands do, so I never learn anything, and #3 the commands don’t work, and they return a generic error with zero diagnostic information, or sometimes just nothing at all happens. I don’t have time for that. I just want something that works.

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