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bentomn

@bentomn@hachyderm.io

app, web backend lately. #GameDev has-been. enjoyed #PostgreSQL. #infosec voyeur.

he/him in Oakland, California
Cover photo shows a fountain pattern in firework powder by Cai Guo-Qiang from the movie Sky Ladder (2016)

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gamingonlinux, to random
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Here we go again Google.. getting a policy violation for "Malicious or unwanted software" for me reporting on...an NVIDIA security driver bulletin 🤦🤦

And of course, there is absolutely no way to contest it.

gabrielesvelto, to random
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Today's assessment by the ISW is really quite something. Here's three things that give you a perfect idea of how deep is the degeneration of Russia as a country:

  • Putin touted Russia's "record low" unemployment
  • Putin attempted to introduce his children [...] to set conditions for them to eventually assume high-profile and powerful roles in the Russian government
  • The Russian Supreme Court declared an organization that does not exist as "extremist"

https://understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-june-7-2024

gabrielesvelto,
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You can't make this stuff up. Sending hundreds of thousands of people to their death, or a future of crippling disability, becomes an achievement in lowering unemployment rates.

mcc, to random
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"We love you, we miss you, we hate money" https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/we-love-you-we-miss-you-we-hate-money-indie-publisher-supports-closed-studios-with-sgf-billboard

bramus, to random
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CSS
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— Great fix by @kizu 😂

#cssday

mcc, to random
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squinting at screen Wait is that… is that actually [does some checking on Google] …Well ok!

https://mastodon.well.com/@ianb/112575928248834529

dangillmor, to random
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  1. Washington Post CEO came from the Murdoch empire.

  2. He has been implicated in the (still not fully unraveled) UK "phone hacking" scandal that exemplified the sleaziness of the Murdoch empire.

  3. He told Post editor not to publish a story containing references to his alleged involvement.

  4. She published the story.

  5. She's gone.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/05/business/media/washington-post-buzbee-lewis.html

juandesant, to random
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The Joint ALMA Observatory is hiring a Systems Engineer! If you're the successful applicant, you will be collaborating with both operational and development system engineering tasks.

The alt-text of the image cointains more detail, but the full details of the application, including how to apply, can be found at https://www.comeet.com/jobs/almaobservatory/F5.001/systems-engineer--grade-15/EF.64C

Please, come and join us, or help us by forwarding this vacancy to one ore more suitable candidates!

#ALMAObservatory #FediHire #SystemsEngineering #JobVacancy

SteveBellovin, to random
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There are features, such as the ability to delay patch installation, that at least at some point Microsoft enabled for enterprise versions of Windows but not for consumers. I wonder if they’ll do the same for Recall. (As noted by others, Recall is a gift to hackers and opposing counsel, which means that any decent-sized enterprise will disable it or not run Windows. But consumers? Most won’t know and/or will think themselves safe and won’t care, and can’t switch to Linux or MacOS.)

verge, to random
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The US doesn’t make bicycles anymore — here’s how to change that https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/6/24172279/us-bicycle-ebike-tariffs-manufacturing-blumenauer-bill

cstross, to random
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New blog entry: Is Microsoft trying to commit suicide? https://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2024/06/is-microsoft-trying-to-commit-.html

zackwhittaker, to random
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NEW, by me: Cloud data giant Snowflake is at the center of a recent spate of alleged data thefts, including Ticketmaster.

Snowflake has largely blamed its customers for not using MFA (which Snowflake does not require nor enforce).

TechCrunch has this week seen hundreds of alleged Snowflake customer passwords that are available online for cybercriminals to use as part of hacking campaigns, suggesting a greater risk to customer account compromises than first known.

https://techcrunch.com/2024/06/05/snowflake-customer-passwords-found-online-infostealing-malware/

zackwhittaker, (edited )
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We've seen over 500 stolen credentials containing Snowflake customer usernames, passwords, and the login pages for the corresponding Snowflake environments.

The credentials relate to employees at Ticketmaster and Santander, and others. One set of exposed credentials appear to belong to a former Snowflake employee.

In a brief statement, Snowflake said: "Under Snowflake’s shared responsibility model, customers are responsible for enforcing MFA with their users."

More: https://techcrunch.com/2024/06/05/snowflake-customer-passwords-found-online-infostealing-malware/

ai6yr, to Insurance
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Homeowners associations in Colorado banning gas grills due to pressure from the insurance industry. Insurers threatening to cancel insurance for those HOAs if the grills are not banned. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HBYHVqn2aA

ai6yr,
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Per report, insurers are blaming the Marshall Fire for the changes. (which was not started by a gas grill, though).

sinbad, to random
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Whenever I renew something and realise that it's more expensive than I expected because their website pricing is all "introductory" offers. It always makes me feel bad about the purchase & the supplier, like I've been tricked into a milking cage.

This is why I like JetBrains, every time I renew it gets cheaper because the renewal discount gets bigger, like a loyalty scheme. That's the way to make customers feel OK about subscriptions.

simon, to random
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I got a good quote in this story about that dumb Zoom Idea to have "digital twins" attend meetings in your place https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/06/zoom-ceo-envisions-ai-deepfakes-attending-meetings-in-your-place/

wordshaper, to random
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The more I think about this whole Windows Recall thing the more I suspect Microsoft has utterly tanked their sales prospects in business for a decade. This isn’t just a “we have added a feature that you may not like and can turn off” but rather “we have pre-installed a comprehensive keylogger and screen recorder which you can’t remove and is one registry flip away from being enabled”

SteveBellovin, to random
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The full report is available for free at https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/27756/long-term-health-effects-of-covid-19-disability-and-function
https://press.coop/@nytimes/112564670405561367

harrymccracken, to random
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I talked to Asana CEO Dustin Moskovitz about its new AI teammates, one of the more intriguing productivity-centric uses of generative AI I’ve seen. https://www.fastcompany.com/91134681/asana-ai-teammates-dustin-moskovitz

gamingonlinux, to linux
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Tiny Glade is a gorgeous castle-doodling game that's real clever to relax with and a demo is out now https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/06/tiny-glade-is-a-gorgeous-castle-doodling-game-thats-real-clever-to-relax-with/

#IndieGame #Linux #PCGaming

annaleen, (edited ) to random
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It's me, desperately trying to look cool while losing my shit because my name is on the Powell's Books sign! Today is book release day for Stories Are Weapons and I'll be at Powells at 7pm tonight, in conversation with Dave Miller. Come say hi!!

cliophate, to ps1graphics
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Since I never really played these platforms:

What are your favourite games for , , , Sega , and machines?

Preferably games that are not rereleased on Steam or similar.

froomkin, to random
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Beware the Tory takeover of the Washington Post https://presswatchers.org/2024/06/beware-the-tory-takeover-of-the-washington-post/ NEW from me.

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.

video/mp4

GossiTheDog, (edited )
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Turns out speaking out works.

Microsoft are making significant changes to Recall, including making it specifically opt in, requiring Windows Hello face scanning to activate and use it, and actually encrypting the database.

There are obviously going to be devils in the details - potentially big ones.

Microsoft needs to commit to not trying to sneak users to enable it in the future, and it needs turning off by default in Group Policy and Intune for enterprise orgs.

https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/7/24173499/microsoft-windows-recall-response-security-concerns

GossiTheDog,
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If you want to know how Microsoft have got themselves into this giant mess with Recall, here’s what the documentation says between the lines:

you, the customer, are a simpleton who doesn’t want to be an AI genius yet. Have a caveman mode.

GossiTheDog,
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Microsoft President Brad Smith is going to be grilled by US gov next week. https://therecord.media/microsoft-reverses-course-recall-opt-in

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