Ericlaw

Ericlaw, 21 days ago to random

Number three in the series: "Attacks so stupid they couldn't possibly work. But they do, and better than anything else."

https://textslashplain.com/2024/05/21/attack-techniques-remote-control-software/

molly0xfff, 21 days ago to ai

back in my day we called this spyware

#AI #privacy #Microsoft

Ericlaw, 1 month ago to random

If you're a manager taking your required courses and click over to read a suggested PDF but are blocked by this screen, simply copy the URL over to a new tab.

bagder, 1 month ago to random

How many authors have their contributions in #curl product source code? How many have had their previous work completely removed. Over time.

The first #curl release with code present authored by 200 persons was done in 2015-04-22. In that release, we had already removed all traces of contributions from 20 authors.

In the latest release, 604 authors' code is still present. 171 authors' work have been replaced.

Ericlaw, 2 months ago to random

H/2 Connection Coalescing

Migueldeicaza, 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to random

Benedict has written previously on regulators doing software design. Good follow up today:

Ericlaw, 4 months ago to random

Tip: Microsoft Defender for Endpoint's Web Content Filtering has an option to block traffic to newly-registered domains.

Vaporize a category of spear-phishers in their tracks.

Ericlaw, 6 months ago to random

Defensive Techniques: Blocking (or neutering) Application Protocol Handlers:
https://textslashplain.com/2023/12/07/defense-techniques-blocking-protocol-handlers/

dotproto, 6 months ago to random

@slightlyoff, do you know of any good books or papers on building large scale platforms? I want to expand my thinking on what the web and browser extensions are/could be/should become. I want to read about reflections on major choices made, how participants felt about the options, and how the decision played out. I want to see examinations of a platforms evolution and now the engineering, marketing, community, and other teams interactions contributed to success or failure

Ericlaw, 6 months ago to random

tl;dr: "Chrome plans to disable third-party cookies for 1% of users from Q1 2024 to facilitate testing, and then ramp up to 100% of users from Q3 2024"
https://developer.chrome.com/blog/cookie-countdown-2023oct/

Ericlaw, 7 months ago to random

Troubleshooting Guide for Browser Crashes
https://textslashplain.com/2023/11/09/troubleshooting-edge-or-chrome-browser-crashes/

Ericlaw, 7 months ago to random

Tip: Browser APIs like ServiceWorker can allow sites to continue to load even when "blocked" by network-level security software.

https://textslashplain.com/2023/10/17/serviceworkers-vs-network-filtering/

Ericlaw, 8 months ago to random

Trying to keep your DNA secret is going to make trying to keep your password secret look simple.

Popehat, 9 months ago to random

https://youtu.be/aiVkyD1yzJg

jberi, 1 year ago to random

Anyone close to the WebExtensions standard, specificall Native Messaging? I'm wondering if it's moving forward or not. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/Native_messaging

Ericlaw, 1 year ago to random

In Defense of new TLDs
https://textslashplain.com/2023/05/13/new-tlds-not-bad-actually/