Xatolos
@Xatolos@reddthat.com
- Comment on Israel’s IDF Bans Android Phones—iPhones Now ‘Mandatory’ 14 hours ago:
If you’re in cyber security, then I pity your employer. You openly admitted you don’t know the main difference between cyber security and social engineering, this is the very basics of security.
Two, you need to learn to read the whole article, again, basics of cyber security. If you can’t read an entire article this basic, then how is anyone supposed to expect you to understand how to read a CVE report?
“The new step follows earlier efforts to harden mobile use across the force, including training and internal drills designed to raise officers’ awareness of social-engineering tactics. In recent years, the IDF even staged scenarios mimicking Hezbollah-linked “honeypots” to stress-test units’ digital discipline.”
You read the first two paragraphs, which aligned with your confirmation bias, and ignored the further details that explained that it’s due to the push against social engineering, which doesn’t help your confirmation bias.
- Comment on What retro handhelds are the best value? 14 hours ago:
For a little more (ebay showed between 100-150) you could get a used “new 3ds” which is quite good. Easily plays 3DS games, as well as all the older games using the TWiLight Menu app.
- Comment on Israel’s IDF Bans Android Phones—iPhones Now ‘Mandatory’ 14 hours ago:
Good, good. You’re learning basic reading. Now continue read the rest of it.
Also, since you have no understanding of cyber security, here is Chatgpt to help explain the difference between it and social engineering. I even got it to explain it to a child’s level so it won’t have any scary big words to frighten you:
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Cybersecurity is like locking the doors and windows of your house so strangers can’t sneak in and take your toys or mess with your stuff. It uses tools like passwords, codes, and special locks on computers to keep everything safe.
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Social engineering is when a trickster doesn’t try to break the lock but instead pretends to be your friend or someone you trust, so you open the door for them. For example, they might say, “I’m your teacher, give me your homework password,” even though they’re not really your teacher.
The difference: Cybersecurity is about building strong locks, while social engineering is about tricking people into opening the door themselves.
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- Comment on Israel’s IDF Bans Android Phones—iPhones Now ‘Mandatory’ 15 hours ago:
Ah yes, the old “reading is hard so I ignore the facts”. A classic.
Maybe you could ask Apple Intelligence to explain it to you, and what’s the difference between computer security and social engineering.
- Comment on Israel’s IDF Bans Android Phones—iPhones Now ‘Mandatory’ 15 hours ago:
Pot meet kettle. You two would make a great team.
- Comment on Israel’s IDF Bans Android Phones—iPhones Now ‘Mandatory’ 15 hours ago:
Your comment is embarrassing you.
Read the actual article, not the second hand one linked:
Military intelligence has also exposed repeated “honeypot” schemes in which operatives posed as women online to lure personnel into installing malware, most notably in Operation HeartBreaker. Analysts noted that such campaigns sought access to contacts, photos, and real-time location data on soldiers’ devices.
The new step follows earlier efforts to harden mobile use across the force, including training and internal drills designed to raise officers’ awareness of social-engineering tactics. In recent years, the IDF even staged scenarios mimicking Hezbollah-linked “honeypots” to stress-test units’ digital discipline.It’s not due to security, it’s due to social engineering. The user will always be the weakest link.
The real article is linked in this second hand one. archive.is/Y7iCJ>>
- Comment on Apple has REMOVED the ICEBlock app from the App Store due to “objectionable content.” 1 month ago:
Just calling them out. A lot of the things they’ve said are either incorrect or contradicts other parts they’ve said. I called out the easier parts but then there are the more subtle parts that I didn’t bother with yet.
They are following the usual “Oh, I’m huge into A and an expert, but B really is better and we all have to agree. Trust me bro”.
- Comment on Apple has REMOVED the ICEBlock app from the App Store due to “objectionable content.” 1 month ago:
I’ll just back up what I said with real links and not “trust me bro”.
www.apple.com/legal/privacy/…/apple-advertising/ Apple collects in real time info about you like “Your name, address, age, gender… your approximate location (when turned on, kinda needed for many functions so pretty much everyone does)” I could go on. support.apple.com/en-us/111754 Apple explaining that yeah, they give the Chinese government full access to Chinese iCloud users. You know who actually cared about their users privacy and didn’t do that, preventing them from selling in China? Google. play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.duckduc… Book ad tracking on Android from all apps. Notice that it’s on the Play Store? Where is the equal to it on Apple’s App Store? support.google.com/a/answer/14328489?hl=en Gooe built in CSE.
Just because I was able to call you out and prove you wrong, doesn’t mean I’m a shill. The fact you just doubled down on your mis-information does out you as the shill though.
- Comment on Apple has REMOVED the ICEBlock app from the App Store due to “objectionable content.” 1 month ago:
You do know that Apple privately scrapes every piece of data you put on their phones right? Go read the privacy and ad policies. Apple also gives access to a lot of their users private information (China has full access to its users iCloud), will remove apps like this (while Google still allows apps that block ad trackers like DuckDuckGo that block Google own trackers). And Google supports CSE.
We get it from your post, your a huge and blind Apple fan that wants to do anything you can to confuse others into believing falsely like you that Apple is somehow a great company and product. But the truth is, Apple doesn’t care about your privacy, lies to your face about it, and makes you less secure and your information less private as these situations show. And if you were in cybersecurity, you’d know this.
- Comment on Google's plan to restrict sideloading on Android has a potential escape hatch for users 2 months ago:
Then why aren’t they already doing that by blocking DuckDuckGo?
The DuckDuckGo app blocks all apps from sending to Google (and other advertisers) tracking/ad data on a system level. And it’s freely available on the Play Store (has been for years.
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.duckduc…
If they wanted to prevent apps from blocking their ad abilities, this app would never have been allowed on the Play Store.
- Comment on "Very dramatic shift" - Linus Tech Tips opens up about the channel's declining viewership 2 months ago:
How do I turn that feature on?
I keep turning off captions off, and every few days they are automatically turned back on.
- Comment on Google: 'Your $1000 phone needs our permission to install apps now'". Android users are screwed - Louis Rossmann 2 months ago:
DMA is only partly for choice.
commission.europa.eu/…/digital-services-act_en
This is also huge part of it about being able to “prevent illegal” content.
“easier reporting of illegal content” “less exposure to illegal content” “level-playing field against providers of illegal content”
This will help give paper trails for everything, and that allows for easy reporting which is the bigger part of the DMA.
- Comment on Inspiring. Innovating. 2 months ago:
Which Trump has canceled many projects of those.
- Comment on Apple Envy 2 months ago:
Never read Apple’s privacy policy, huh?
- Comment on 4chan and Kiwi Farms Sue the UK Over its Age Verification Law 2 months ago:
From what I’ve read about this lawsuit is that the UK isn’t blocking the site, they are sending them daily fines for not IDing every user. The 2 sites are arguing back that they aren’t UK companies and don’t even have any business/physical presence in the UK, so as they have nothing to do with anything of the UK then UK laws and legal threats have no meaning to them. Which I agree with here.
I think they are seeking legal lawsuits like this to help prevent any future issues (like having arrest warrants issued for them in the UK, preventing them from ever being there, or the risk of other countries arresting them and shipping them to the UK to face the fines/charges).
- Comment on Google will block sideloading of unverified Android apps starting next year 2 months ago:
Where does it say that Google is blocking all side loading?
It says they are blocking the installing of unsigned apps. This is the macOS Gatekeeper being the only option on Android. You can still download and install apps that aren’t in the Play Store. So the EU will still love this as 3rd party apps can still exist, but at the same time anything “illegal” can be reported to them immediately.
- Comment on Google will block sideloading of unverified Android apps starting next year 2 months ago:
EU: Thank you Google for complying with the DSA.
commission.europa.eu/…/digital-services-act_en
This is a a huge part of it, the whole “prevent illegal” parts.
- “easier reporting of illegal content”
- “less exposure to illegal content”
- “level-playing field against providers of illegal content”
The EU isn’t going to punish them for this, they will hold this up as the golden standard.
- Comment on Google will require developer verification for Android apps outside the Play Store 2 months ago:
No, it’s nothing like what Apple’s been doing.
Apple has been losing in court about everyone needs to give them money anytime anything makes any money on iOS, or even thinking absolutely allowing others to install anything beyond their App Store.
This is Google demanding every app that can be installed on Android must be signed by them, and the only cost is registering with them your name and address, possibly verified by government ID. (And quite possible doxxing you at the same time as they already do on the Play Store…)
These are very different, and unlike Apple, will more likely be applauded by numerous world governments in the current “anything a child can even remotely even know about” must have its users be checked to make sure they are “allowed to”.
- Comment on What’s even the appeal of Linux? 3 months ago:
How many basic users do you think build their own desktops and not just buy a pre built?
This was about how many normal people buy Windows, not how many of a very small percentage/niche buy Windows. Please don’t move the goal post mid-game.
- Comment on The average age of Disney princesses is 505y. 3 months ago:
By this logic then Sally from the Nightmare Before Christmas should also be a Disney princess since Touchstone Pictures was wholly owned by Disney.
All hail Disney Princess Sally!
- Comment on Anyone else guilty of this? 3 months ago:
And you’re lucky there is this entire Lemmy.World instance running on Linux for you to get this worked up over them about.
- Comment on Could I just create my own drive format? 3 months ago:
Everyone answered the first part, so as for connecting to other devices, that’s a part of communication protocols which doesn’t concern about what file system you use.
Bluetooth will work with others as long as you have Bluetooth connection protocols, Internet uses TCP/IP, LANs use Ethernet, etc…
- Comment on A simple sign on a fence asking the question we all ponder 3 months ago:
Some times you just have to crack open a cold one
- Comment on Begun the kernel wars have 3 months ago:
That was one hell of a leap in (il)logical thinking…
- Comment on Imagine being a billionaire, running one the most powerful, corporations in the United States, and prostrating yourself to Donald Trump in this very public and embarrassing way. 3 months ago:
Apple’s Tim Cook donated $1 million personally to Trump. Not Apple Inc, Tim Cook. And now he’s donating this as well. These are not the same.
- Comment on Another Google Pixel 6a catches fire after battery-nerfing update 3 months ago:
They already have. support.google.com/pixelphone/answer/16340779?hl=…
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- Comment on MAGA Republican Logic 8 months ago:
I already did here. Two hours before you posted this too.
- Comment on MAGA Republican Logic 8 months ago:
Really?..
Republican abortion ban: nytimes.com/…/trump-republican-anti-abortion-poli…
That took two seconds… But why stop there?
Republican drag show ban: people.com/…/anti-drag-legislation-united-states/
Republican immigration ban: reuters.com/…/trump-declare-national-emergency-bo…
Republican ban trans kids: kansasreflector.com/…/kansas-republicans-revive-g…
There are still more for the rest of them for you to take five seconds to go to Google/DuckDuckGo and search “Republican ban (subject”.
