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Chat Apps, Government Ties, and Transparency – Threema by drwho in c/privacy@lemmy.ml

[-] drwho@beehaw.org 33 points 1 month ago

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Telegram founder and CEO alledges signal has backdoors, they don't provide reproduceible builds, etc. by drwho in c/privacy@lemmy.ml

[-] drwho@beehaw.org 19 points 1 month ago

Points 0 and 1: None of this is new. This goes back to 2011 or 2012.

Point 2: If someone gets hold of your phone and unlocks it (meaning, they can interact with it), they have access to your Signal messages on-board. This is why additional security measures (not using biometrics, encrypting your phone natively) are recommended. If your phone is off and someone dumps the data from it, they get encrypted data.

Scary AT&T breach leaks up to 70 million Social Security numbers to the dark web by drwho in c/privacy@lemmy.ml

[-] drwho@beehaw.org 20 points 3 months ago

I have so much "free credit monitoring" from data breaches, I could leave it to my grandkids and they'd be set for life.

I'm deGoogling. What's my new Podcast app? by drwho in c/privacy@lemmy.ml

[-] drwho@beehaw.org 27 points 3 months ago

Check out Antennapod.

Ah yes, smart lights need Tor. by drwho in c/privacy@lemmy.ml

[-] drwho@beehaw.org 31 points 5 months ago

Destination port 123/udp isn't Tor. That's NTP.

HP misreads room, awkwardly brags about its “less hated” printers by drwho in c/technology@beehaw.org

[-] drwho@beehaw.org 22 points 6 months ago

I don't think they misread the room at all. HP is pretty much at the top of the heap due to its corporate hardware installs and support contracts (which aren't going away any time soon). Their lower end stuff is all over the home office and small office markets. Their older stuff is used by much of the open source community. The number of folks who're going to switch to another manufacturer in disgust because of the tone of this marketing campaign will barely put a dent in their revenue streams for the next fiscal year, perhaps a fraction of a percentage point.

Incidentally, "we suck less than our competitors" is not a new marketing technique. It's probably the second oldest marketing technique.

Facebook parent Meta sues the FTC claiming 'unconstitutional authority' in child privacy case by drwho in c/technology@beehaw.org

[-] drwho@beehaw.org 29 points 7 months ago

Wow. That's certainly a creative take on things.

Google’s new Topics API makes users vulnerable to fingerprinting attacks by drwho in c/technology@beehaw.org

[-] drwho@beehaw.org 23 points 9 months ago

So, working as designed.

As Teens Take to E-Bikes, Parents Ask: Is This Freedom or Danger? by drwho in c/technology@beehaw.org

[-] drwho@beehaw.org 28 points 10 months ago

Parents said the same things about rollerblades, skateboards, and regular bikes.

AI-discovered drugs will be for sale sooner than you think by drwho in c/technology@beehaw.org

[-] drwho@beehaw.org 25 points 10 months ago

Drug discovery is one thing, but the trialling processes are another.

Apple now endorses Right to Repair legislation by drwho in c/technology@beehaw.org

[-] drwho@beehaw.org 30 points 10 months ago

It's Apple.

What's the catch?

1,000% increase in dark web threat actors targeting macOS by drwho in c/technology@beehaw.org

[-] drwho@beehaw.org 32 points 10 months ago

More and more, companies are giving their sysadmins and coders Macbooks rather than Wintel laptops. It's been an upward trend in last eight or nine years. I've always thought it was to head 'em off at the pass so they won't install un-remotely managed and un-monitored Linux distros on company equipment. At any rate, a lot of proprietary stuff winds up on corporate Macbooks, which means targets worth going after. As for availability of exploits for OSX, folks have been hoarding them for this kind of situation. These days, you wait for an optimum target environment before you unleash your 0-days.