Recent content by uc50ic4more

Somewhere on the other side of the world there are people doubled over laughing at this, high-fiving their team. EVERYONE thinks *they're* the ones who see through the propaganda and the manipulation; the others are the stupid ones falling for "it", whatever "it" is.

You ain't kidding: https://hannahmontana.sourceforge.net/

I thought there was an old John Wayne quote; something to the effect of "I know money can't buy happiness; but I'd rather cry in a Mercedes".

I always do when I can; and if possible I try to make sure someone is watching me when I do it; preferably kids: I'd like to normalize the idea. Sometimes I organize neighbourhood cleanups, too, which are supported by our local Neighbourhood Watch program. Same deal: I make sure we'll all in...

Tracking or no tracking, I would expect that any self-respecting criminal would choose an older vehicle anyhow, like an early '70s Charger, for example. Who wants to be a criminal in a Honda Accord? Are we rolling up to our gangland meeting in our Prius?!

AI's reach is about as sophisticated now as a "horseless carriage" and its associated manufacturing was 100 years ago. More and more and more and more will be built to accommodate more and more and more demand. This is just the tiny tip of the iceberg; it's still awkward and cumbersome and...

There were a few expose pieces up here north of the border on this garbage; now at least the CBC is no longer playing along: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/cbc-kars4kids-ads-pulled-9.7204937

Oh, I wish that was even reasonably effective with some legacy applications. Even NVIDIA cards needed x11 to run properly up until just about a year or two ago. I still have to use it on Debian Stable for Zoom. And RealVNC, if I am not mistaken. My screen capture app needs x11. I feel like we're...

LOTS of applications, though, still need X11 sessions. Usually apps not native to either Gnome or KDE. I don't know about Brave. EDIT: I don't hear "Fedora" and "Stable" used together a lot!

My first and best guess is that someone correctly has your username and password. 2FA is saving the day, here.

I would expect "quite a bit"; given that this is a major, major part of their business model, which they, and others like them, do not keep a secret.

Looks like these innovations'd require some getting used to; from a tactile perspective like when wiggling that mouse cursor and even usage perspectives simply trying to retain the litany of AI-augmented features. I'd appreciate the Android interoperability, too, and think this could be very...

Agreed: Like local-only OS exploits, if someone has your ID, your SIM, is inside your house or business, you have massive problems and data is only among them.

I am not sure there are many of these brute force attacks that target an individual's credentials; guessing them over and over hoping that one strikes gold. Most are when a hacker, via some type of malicious software they were able to place on an enormous number of unsuspecting machines, directs...

Quoted and emphasized just so everyone can read it twice. The nominal inconvenience of an additional layer of security is nothing compared to what you'll go through when your bank account is drained because someone guessed (EDIT: or bought) your password.