What's the deal with the Google ad that shows a legit URL but takes users to another? That seems like the biggest issue here and the article just rolls past it like that's totally normal.
Well damn. Thanks.
Is this a joke? I'm not clever enough to get it.
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There is no mystery over who wrote the Blue Screen of Death, despite what some may want you to believe
(devblogs.microsoft.com)
It's convenient until you want to upgrade the distro.
Hmm wasn't there some kerfuffle recently about how the kernel was going to start self-issuing CVEs en masse? Is this the result of that plan?
Well this 100% illegal art makes me happy so good job
If you can write correct C++ you'll be able to write Rust code that compiles first time. Don't stress, you're learning the good stuff.
IrfanView, now that's the good stuff
I probably wouldn't bother. I can think of two scenarios you might get spied on.
- Through your browser you've granted a website access to your webcam (Zoom etc.) and left a tab open. Maybe it could activate it when you weren't expecting?
- Someone has used a vulnerability to take control of your computer to the degree it can access your webcam directly. Desktop linux software doesn't usually have meaningful isolation between software running as the same user, so at this point they can grab all your data, passwords, take screenshots, etc. and the webcam is just the cherry on top.
I expect most people don't do (1) very often, let alone for sketchy websites, so IMO it doesn't make much difference either way.
Smart fridges are one thing but there are many innocent folk relying on internet services to do normal and important things involving sensitive data - talk to family and friends, access healthcare, attend work, do their banking, school and childcare enrolments, even insurance. Should these things be replaced by rooms full of filing cabinets? Maybe, I dunno, that's a big call. Short of substantial collapse that renders the internet unavailable, these sort of things will continue to be online and ordinary people deserve all the security they can get. If you're working in cybersecurity to help people like this, then that is totally ethical in my view.
If you're lucky maybe you can land a role with some direct permacomputing aspects - reduce hardware requirements, simplification of systems, maintaining old hardware to maximise lifespan. But just avoiding roles where you or your organisation is encouraging people to view more ads or buy more stuff would be a good start.
The web can’t be discarded by individuals
I agree, as a practical matter it's another heavyweight tech system that we can't opt out of. Striving to keep client requirements low so that we can get maximum use out of older hardware is great.
Is your comment is driven by wasteful web design or are you saying that even a lean web service design is still inherently excessive?
The latter. The web relies on a continuous path of connectivity between the client and the server to function at all. In practice it also requires cooperation on a global scale to make this useful to everybody, whether that's DNS, CAs for TLS, BGP, undersea fibre optic cables or the big services that "everybody" relies on like AWS and GitHub.
When somebody says a word like permanetworking, to me that's an invitation to think small. If you want to create something local, networking offers a lot more possibilities for action than, say, semiconductor manufacturing. Bluetooth chat, neighbourhood WiFi with local servers, long distance email via sneakernet, distributing useful data packages like maps, books and encyclopedic data so that they're stored close to the people who need them. There's so much we can do without climate-controlled datacenters.
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People like me keep buying more F-91Ws when the old ones break or get lost