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gerowen

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Husband, father, US Army veteran, IT specialist, school bus driver, diesel mechanic, tech, security, Linux and free software enthusiast, gamer, dog lover.

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gerowen, to Youtube
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I literally just got a Donald #Trump ad on #YouTube asking us to donate to him. A criminal billionaire who tried to stage a coups wants ME to donate to HIM. Fuck that guy and the horse he rode in on.

gerowen, to Vivaldi
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So I've discovered another neat feature of the browser; Workspaces. It allows you to stay organized without cluttering up your desktop with multiple windows, each with their own set of tabs. Basically I can have a "tech news" workspace where I have news and social media all tiled. I can also have a workspace with its own, different set of tabs. Each workspace stays running in the background and you swap between them with the workspaces button. Kinda like windows within a window.

gerowen, to Youtube
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This is why I buy DRM free MP3s/FLACs, or I buy CDs and rip them. I can play them in the background, offline, etc. with no subscription required. Subscription services like Spotify pay very little to the artists, so not only do they get a bigger cut of the money when I "buy" a piece of music, but i actually own it with no further transactions required.

Headline: #YouTube #Music is discontinuing free background playback in #Canada

Source: https://www.neowin.net/news/youtube-music-is-discontinuing-free-background-playback-in-canada/

#YouTubeMusic

gerowen, to LinusTechTips
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Luke (from #LinusTechTips) made a really good point that I hadn't considered about the new #Microsoft #Recall feature. What about public computers? How many libraries, computer labs or internet cafes are going to be absolute hotbeds for personal data compromise? You know Microsoft will have the feature enabled by default and you know that even if people disable it, they'll randomly re-enable it. What happens on public computers where everyone shares one user account? 1/

#Privacy #Security

gerowen,
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I really hate to tag an individual who probably has other things to do, but @shanselman , for my own education, as a tech enthusiast, do you know whether or how Recall will affect public machines, say in a library or internet cafe? Will there be group policy objects to forcibly disable it so a Windows update doesn't turn it back on? Will it even run in a setting where the user isn't signed into a Microsoft account? What's the best resource to see updates on this?

gerowen, to Vivaldi
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Been giving the browser another try and one of its coolest features is the ability to tile multiple tabs in a single window. This makes it easier for me to share news across multiple social networks at the same time.

gerowen, to python
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Just posted an update for my little project that downloads videos from sites like YouTube. You can check it out here:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/youtube-dl-gtk/

GossiTheDog, to random
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For those who aren’t aware, Microsoft have decided to bake essentially an infostealer into base Windows OS and enable by default.

From the Microsoft FAQ: “Note that Recall does not perform content moderation. It will not hide information such as passwords or financial account numbers."

Info is stored locally - but rather than something like Redline stealing your local browser password vault, now they can just steal the last 3 months of everything you’ve typed and viewed in one database.

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gerowen,
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@GossiTheDog I forget his name but the guy talking is actually here on Mastodon. He at least was, and I think still is an employee at Microsoft.

gerowen, to gaming
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Why fight everybody when you can make them fight each other?

A video clip where I override a Sawtooth and let it kill a couple watchers.

GossiTheDog, to random
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Microsoft's CEO has emailed the company telling everybody to prioritize security. My thoughts, which 4 people will read.
https://doublepulsar.com/breaking-down-microsofts-pivot-to-placing-cybersecurity-as-a-top-priority-734467a8db01

gerowen,
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@GossiTheDog The crazy thing is that the engineers who work on open source projects "seem" to be reasonably talented folks. Like the guy who found the back door in SSH because it took a half second longer than normal to authenticate. When it comes to Windows though it just seems like a complete clusterfuck.

gerowen, to privacy
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If you use Dropbox you should probably change your password.

Headline: Hacked! Threat Actor Accessed Passwords and Phone Numbers

Snippet: A quick analysis revealed that a threat actor had broken in to access customer information such as emails, usernames, phone numbers and hashed passwords, as well as general account settings and certain authentication information (API keys, OAuth tokens, and multi-factor authentication).

https://www.bitdefender.com/blog/hotforsecurity/dropbox-hacked-threat-actor-accessed-phone-numbers-and-passwords/

gerowen,
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@sigh_d It appears so, and as somebody who isn't a DropBox user I'm not sure if "DropBox Sign" accounts are the same as DropBox storage accounts, or if they're separate. I would assume they are the same, so if you had an account with DropBox Sign and it became compromised, that probably grants access to files stored in your DropBox account as well.

gerowen, to Steamdeck
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I don't think it comes thru in this compressed, tone mapped JPG screenshot, but #HorizonZeroDawn with HDR enabled on a #SteamDeck OLED looks and runs way better than it has any right to on a handheld device. This has got to be one of if not the best looking game I've played on the Deck yet. With the "original" graphics preset (PS4 equivalent?) and HDR enabled on a 90hz OLED display it's holding 50+ fps, looking and feeling great. Really looking forward to this, 🙂

#Gaming #PCGaming #PlayStation

gerowen,
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@marczak I'm gonna try to put my money back to build myself a more up to date gaming desktop for the living room and put ChimeraOS on it. We have a desktop in there at the moment, and although it is more powerful than the Steam Deck, the Deck nips at its heels in a lot of scenarios while drawing a fraction of the power to do it. If the Deck can't handle Forbidden West properly I'll probably just play it on the living room TV.

gerowen, to privacy
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This is why it's important to use good passwords and not plug things like your camera directly into the internet without a router or other hardware firewall in line.

VPN servers are an easy and secure device that takes minutes to set up and would solve a lot of these problems. Many routers even have one built in.

If you have a device that you need to access from the public internet there are secure ways to do so.

https://youtu.be/QPjeTSFhfP4?si=ItFWzLlDZm5W5JaH

gerowen, to privacy
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Be careful what you post online, especially if you have kids. You might think nobody would target you, but not only is that not necessarily true, it's not just about you, it's about all the other people around you, even if they're just in the background of your photo or video.

Title: What Your Photos Reveal!

https://youtu.be/VaUsJvUMUgE?si=7yFNpYxHyhYES4CM

gerowen, to kentucky
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Just captured this in eastern before clouds covered it up.

gerowen, to privacy
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The #PiVPN project has ended. For those who don't know, this project was a suite of scripts that make it easy to set up your own #VPN server.

The good news is that it's basically just a collection of scripts that draws from your system's package manager. If you're currently hosting a VPN that you used PiVPN to set up, I see no reason why you can't just keep using it like normal.

I've cloned the repo for potential future use.

Source: https://github.com/pivpn/pivpn/discussions/1829#discussion-6465928

#Privacy #Security #Cybersecurity

gerowen, to linuxmint
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Anybody know how financially stable #LinuxMint is? I am considering recommending it to people like my mom as support for #Windows 10 winds down, but looking at their sponsors page looks like they only bring in between $3k and $4k per month. That's not a lot of money for several developers to maintain an entire operating system. What happens if they lose one of the 2-3 big sponsors they have? Does the whole project cave or just stop getting timely #security updates?

#Linux

gerowen, to debian
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Today I discovered the "debsums" package for . If you want to make sure a file hasn't been modified, you can do:

debsums packagename

It will compare the checksums of your local files against the checksums provided in the MD5SUMS file within the .deb file for that package.

It does just use MD5, which is known to be broken in terms of , but it should suffice for most folks who just want to make sure something hasn't become corrupt.

darth, to random
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Is it too early in a day to release a YT video?

gerowen,
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@darth Depends on your target audience. It's 1:39 AM in the US right now so we probably won't see it here for at least another 7-8 hours, longer if we wait until after work to watch it.

darth, (edited ) to Discord
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If we disregard the native "deb" version of , which one of these is better (less issues due to container nature)?

gerowen,
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@darth I haven't tried the snap so I won't vote, but I've been using the flatpak for quite a while with no problems.

gerowen, to debian
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Anecdote: None of my systems are affected since I stick with stable. So if you use any of the services I host on my home server, we're still all good here.

Headline: warns of backdoor in XZ tools used by most distros

Quote: "PLEASE IMMEDIATELY STOP USAGE OF ANY FEDORA 41 OR FEDORA RAWHIDE INSTANCES for work or personal activity," Red Hat warned on Friday.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/red-hat-warns-of-backdoor-in-xz-tools-used-by-most-linux-distros/

gerowen, to random
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Headline: Opinion | Will the faithful actually read ’s bible?

Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/03/28/trump-bible-2024-grift/

gerowen,
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@darth I did, and I guess I should stick to less depressing content on Mastodon. It's just hard to avoid it sometimes with the folks that I live and work around being constantly political at every turn, it's hard not to feel sort of anxious about the potential fallout of our upcoming election.

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