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- Comment on Tesla loses Autopilot wrongful death case in $329 million verdict 2 days ago:
You’d have to prove that the salesman said exactly that, and without a record it’s at best a he said / she said situation.
I’d be happy to see Musk jailed though, he’s definitely taunted self driving as fully functional.
- Comment on EU age verification app to ban any Android system not licensed by Google 1 week ago:
So VPN on the router permanently set to Singapore it is.
- Comment on ‘If I switch it off, my girlfriend might think I’m cheating’: inside the rise of couples location sharing 1 week ago:
Yeah right, rather than stand your ground, lie in your partners face.
- Comment on Microsoft suddenly kills its movies and TV store on Xbox and Windows 2 weeks ago:
First time I hear about this store…
- Comment on 2 weeks ago:
I quite like it.
- Comment on I totally missed the point when PeerTube got so good 2 weeks ago:
Apparently the feature was added 5 years ago.
- Comment on YouTube's Latest Update Shows That Online Monoculture Is Dead 3 weeks ago:
SmartTube Next, installed directly on the TV. But when I’m in places where I can’t just install random apps on a TV, BubbleUPnP works nicely, as long as you use a chromium based browser. I keep Cromite around just for that, a degoogled chrome variant.
- Comment on YouTube's Latest Update Shows That Online Monoculture Is Dead 3 weeks ago:
People use the youtube app?
- Comment on Pop it in your calendars 3 weeks ago:
Never heard of it, probably never will once I forget about this post.
- Comment on Please settle a debate. A kid in the womb is better off listening to stuff like cat in the hat so it can be read to it at bedtime? Or history of the world during the womb and read it later? 3 weeks ago:
Not sure if this applies before birth.
Please demonstrate the prenatal eye contact, I dare you.
- Comment on Please settle a debate. A kid in the womb is better off listening to stuff like cat in the hat so it can be read to it at bedtime? Or history of the world during the womb and read it later? 3 weeks ago:
Heavy metal, obviously.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
Have bow and arrows ready, and they just might.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
They have been contacted and responded with aggression, so they are obviously aware that they are not alone, but want to be left alone. Free will is free will.
- Comment on Windows seemingly lost 400 million users in the past three years — official Microsoft statements show hints of a shrinking user base 4 weeks ago:
Are people really actively using tablets? I thought that was more of a hype and is now something that lies around and gets occasional use on the couch, but not really productive.
- Comment on Russian Internet users are unable to access the open Internet 5 weeks ago:
Sounds like it’s only affecting TCP and TLS, so VPN over UDP would be a quick fix.
- Comment on Facebook is asking to use Meta AI on photos in your camera roll you haven’t yet shared 5 weeks ago:
Works just fine if you put your phone in desktop mode.
- Comment on Facebook is asking to use Meta AI on photos in your camera roll you haven’t yet shared 5 weeks ago:
Facebook works perfectly fine in browser, there’s literally no need for that shit app.
- Comment on Zero-day: Bluetooth gap turns millions of headphones into listening stations 5 weeks ago:
Sounds like the attack scenario is very sophisticated and targeted, and only works within the range of Bluetooth low energy (BLE) connectivity, so 10-15 meters under best circumstances. At that point they might as well eavesdrop on my calls in person.
- Comment on Zero-day: Bluetooth gap turns millions of headphones into listening stations 5 weeks ago:
GDPR. First time opening a European website? German ones like this are particularly transparent (by law, not choice).
- Comment on Socialism is the actual teaching of Jesus 5 weeks ago:
Jesus was middle eastern. Don’t need to look further than that to find the hypocrisy.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
Nah that was Windows XP, where the hard drive was not encrypted by default, and the password was stored in a hashed file on the computer itself, freely accessible via any boot stick. Actually cracking it still took some time (below 7 characters a few minutes, 7 about 1h, 8 chars up to 24h, longer… LONG). But if it was a common word, then a dictionary attack with a long enough word list (most word lists have like 400k words or so) would get it in seconds either.
The funny thing with Windows XP was that since none of the data was encrypted, you could simply delete the password hash and set a flag in the registry and you would boot right into Windows with no password at all, and were then prompted to set a new password. That didn’t work since Windows 7 anymore.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
You can buy a hardware keystroke recorder for a few bucks. Just plug it between keyboard and computer and it logs all inputs. Once they have the boot password (and maybe a bunch of others), installing malware and exfiltrating data is pretty straightforward. Doesn’t require a lick of IT knowledge either.
Bit more challenging on a laptop without external keyboard, but there are hardware solutions as well, though they’d require tinkering with your device.
Phones are harder to gain access to. Honestly if I wanted to get into your phone, I’d probably try to set up hidden cameras in spots where you are likely to enter your PIN (bed, toilet) somewhere under the ceiling and angled straight down. I’d probably try to switch the phone off as well any chance I got (long press the start button) so that you’d be forced to boot up and enter the PIN at any given opportunity to max my chances.
Actually hacking secure boot / accessing data from encrypted drives is beyond casual hackers, unless you don’t regularly update your devices and there are some active exploits published.
But seriously, low effort password sniffing is still the biggest vulnerability out there.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
Could be beneficial for your career, but your colleagues might hate you, really depends on the company dynamics (and maybe size). If you actually like hanging out with him, don’t kiss ass and expect any kind of reward and just be yourself, personally I don’t see any harm.
- Comment on Founder of 23andMe buys back company out of bankruptcy auction 1 month ago:
Bought back by the one person who already had prior access, and bought by her own research non-profit. As far as privacy concerns go, that’s the best case scenario.
- Comment on The end of Windows 10 is approaching, so it's time to consider Linux and LibreOffice 1 month ago:
Yeah Linux is great, no doubt. I’ve been using Xubuntu since forever, never really touched Arch, but fundamentally if you know your way around one system, you’ll manage another.
Still, there are a bunch of applications that I must run under Windows, so it’s good to have the no frills version available for that.
- Comment on I Tried Pre-Ordering the Trump Phone. The Page Failed and It Charged My Credit Card the Wrong Amount 1 month ago:
Lol, did whoever set to the shop configure it in Australian dollars? 100 AUD are just about 65 USD. Given the currency fluctuation, that could just about work out.
- Comment on The end of Windows 10 is approaching, so it's time to consider Linux and LibreOffice 1 month ago:
Install the IoT version, that comes without any of the bloat and works just fine. Not even the Microsoft store is bundled in.
- Comment on How Do I Prepare My Phone for a Protest? 1 month ago:
Pointless, unless you leave the roomba running outdoors. Indoors you don’t have GPS coverage, and your phone is logged onto the same cell tower anyway. Might just leave it stationary at home, same outcome.
- Comment on 'We're done with Teams': German state hits uninstall on Microsoft 1 month ago:
Same. I’ve come to terms using it in browser mode on Edge, same for Outlook. The desktop applications are so horrific, I uninstalled both. Half the time they wouldn’t work or force log me out.
Now I literally have a standalone screen that’s showing nothing but Edge with those two tabs on, and all my productive environment is on a nice large screen where I don’t have to see the crap.
- Comment on France Moves to Classify X as an Adult Site Amid Digital ID Crackdown 1 month ago:
Liberals are genocide apologists?!