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    • pmonchoP
      pmoncho @Grey
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      @Grey said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

      @mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

      Dark web drugs raid leads to 179 arrests

      Police forces around the world have seized more than $6.5m (£5m) in cash and virtual currencies, as well as drugs and guns in a co-ordinated raid on dark web marketplaces.
      Some 179 people were arrested across Europe and the US, and 500kg (1,102lb) of drugs and 64 guns confiscated. It ends the "golden age" of these underground marketplaces, Europol said. "The hidden internet is no longer hidden", said Edvardas Sileris, head of Europol's cyber-crime centre. The operation, known as DisrupTor, was a joint effort between the Department of Justice and Europol. It is believed that the criminals engaged in tens of thousands of sales of illicit goods and services across the US and Europe. Drugs seized including fentanyl, oxycodone, methamphetamine, heroin, cocaine, ecstasy and MDMA.

      That's a lot of people for the amount seized. You would think there'd be more cash or actual drugs. It seems like a lot of effort for little reward.

      Pandemic affects all markets apparently.

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      • mlnewsM
        mlnews
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        Facebook shuts down 150 fake Chinese accounts

        Facebook has shut down a network of more than 150 fake profiles linked to China for "co-ordinated" interference in political discussions.
        While mainly concerned with backing China's interests, some also posted about the US presidential election. It is only the second time that Facebook has identified such fake accounts as originating in China. The network had about 130,000 followers - although very few of these were in the US. The accounts starting appearing in 2016, and most of the information was related to China's influence in the Philippines and South-East Asia. They were traced back to individuals based in Fujan province, who were beginning to pay for advertisements in Chinese yuan, Facebook said. Much of the content was in support of the Chinese state - such as promoting its interests in the disputed South China Sea.

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        • scottalanmillerS
          scottalanmiller @mlnews
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          @mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

          Facebook shuts down 150 fake Chinese accounts

          Facebook has shut down a network of more than 150 fake profiles linked to China for "co-ordinated" interference in political discussions.
          While mainly concerned with backing China's interests, some also posted about the US presidential election. It is only the second time that Facebook has identified such fake accounts as originating in China. The network had about 130,000 followers - although very few of these were in the US. The accounts starting appearing in 2016, and most of the information was related to China's influence in the Philippines and South-East Asia. They were traced back to individuals based in Fujan province, who were beginning to pay for advertisements in Chinese yuan, Facebook said. Much of the content was in support of the Chinese state - such as promoting its interests in the disputed South China Sea.

          So they weren't really Chinese? 😉

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          • black3dynamiteB
            black3dynamite
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            https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2020/09/edge-linux-missing-features
            3e03a231-3f29-4251-a339-7c76cfc80808-image.png

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            • mlnewsM
              mlnews
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              Apple App Store faces coalition of unhappy developers

              Several major developers have formed a coalition to fight Apple over its app store policies.
              The Coalition for App Fairness counts Spotify, Epic Games and Tinder owner Match Group among its founding members. It claims Apple "taxes consumers and crushes innovation", criticising what it calls anti-competitive policies. Apple, which is embroiled in legal action with some of the members, has long denied these accusations. Google, which runs the Play app store on Android, is not mentioned in the group's launch statement but is named elsewhere on its website, and accused of similar policies. The coalition has been established as an independent non-profit organisation, and is open to other developers - regardless of size - to join.

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              • mlnewsM
                mlnews
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                European Commission to challenge Apple tax bill verdict

                The European Commission plans to appeal against a ruling that Apple does not have to pay 13bn euros (£11.6bn) in back taxes to Ireland.
                The EU's General Court had ruled in July there was no evidence Apple had broken any rules on tax paid there. Ireland never disputed the arrangement but the European Commission, which brought the case, argued it enabled Apple to avoid taxes on EU revenues. The EU said paying the correct amount of tax was "a top priority". In 2016, a court ruled that Apple had indeed been given illegal tax breaks by Dublin - but this was overturned in July 2020.

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                • scottalanmillerS
                  scottalanmiller @mlnews
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                  @mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

                  European Commission to challenge Apple tax bill verdict

                  The European Commission plans to appeal against a ruling that Apple does not have to pay 13bn euros (£11.6bn) in back taxes to Ireland.
                  The EU's General Court had ruled in July there was no evidence Apple had broken any rules on tax paid there. Ireland never disputed the arrangement but the European Commission, which brought the case, argued it enabled Apple to avoid taxes on EU revenues. The EU said paying the correct amount of tax was "a top priority". In 2016, a court ruled that Apple had indeed been given illegal tax breaks by Dublin - but this was overturned in July 2020.

                  Yeah, after Ireland sued the EU for tax fraud. It turns out it was the EU, not Apple, that was scamming the system and attempting to collect undue taxes!

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                  • mlnewsM
                    mlnews
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                    NHS Covid-19 app: 12m downloads - and lots of questions

                    The government says more than 12 million people across England and Wales have downloaded the NHS Covid-19 app since its launch on 24 September.
                    The Department for Health and Social Care has emphasised that using it is voluntary. It also says the guidance the app issues about whether to self-isolate or get a test is not enforceable by law. The app itself may look simple, but it has thrown up lots of questions about how it works and what its limits are. But people have noticed that while you can log in you cannot log out, and even if you soon leave the app thinks you are still there until midnight unless you log in somewhere else. The point however of the QR scan is just to register your presence at that location rather than your proximity to someone infectious, which is registered via the Bluetooth contact-tracing feature. If the location is later identified as a virus hotspot then an alert may be sent out to anyone who scanned a QR code there - not to self-isolate, but to be on the lookout for any symptoms of the virus.

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                    • DustinB3403D
                      DustinB3403 @mlnews
                      last edited by

                      @mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

                      NHS Covid-19 app: 12m downloads - and lots of questions

                      The government says more than 12 million people across England and Wales have downloaded the NHS Covid-19 app since its launch on 24 September.
                      The Department for Health and Social Care has emphasised that using it is voluntary. It also says the guidance the app issues about whether to self-isolate or get a test is not enforceable by law. The app itself may look simple, but it has thrown up lots of questions about how it works and what its limits are. But people have noticed that while you can log in you cannot log out, and even if you soon leave the app thinks you are still there until midnight unless you log in somewhere else. The point however of the QR scan is just to register your presence at that location rather than your proximity to someone infectious, which is registered via the Bluetooth contact-tracing feature. If the location is later identified as a virus hotspot then an alert may be sent out to anyone who scanned a QR code there - not to self-isolate, but to be on the lookout for any symptoms of the virus.

                      Getting people to scan a QR code is likely going to be a bad thing in the whole scheme of trying to get this virus under control.

                      If the app simply used the Bluetooth tracking like has been discussed repeatedly, I suspect their results are going to be substantially better.

                      Think of the number of events that won't have a QR code to scan, or people who forget or say "screw it, this app requires to much personal effort"

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                      • DustinB3403D
                        DustinB3403 @scottalanmiller
                        last edited by

                        @scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

                        @mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

                        Facebook shuts down 150 fake Chinese accounts

                        Facebook has shut down a network of more than 150 fake profiles linked to China for "co-ordinated" interference in political discussions.
                        While mainly concerned with backing China's interests, some also posted about the US presidential election. It is only the second time that Facebook has identified such fake accounts as originating in China. The network had about 130,000 followers - although very few of these were in the US. The accounts starting appearing in 2016, and most of the information was related to China's influence in the Philippines and South-East Asia. They were traced back to individuals based in Fujan province, who were beginning to pay for advertisements in Chinese yuan, Facebook said. Much of the content was in support of the Chinese state - such as promoting its interests in the disputed South China Sea.

                        So they weren't really Chinese? 😉

                        No they were Russian.

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                        • DustinB3403D
                          DustinB3403 @black3dynamite
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                          @black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

                          https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2020/09/edge-linux-missing-features
                          3e03a231-3f29-4251-a339-7c76cfc80808-image.png

                          Basically, don't use Edge (anywhere, for any reason unless you hate yourself).

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                          • scottalanmillerS
                            scottalanmiller
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                            Microsoft O365 appears to be down. We've got customers in the US that can't reach them, team in Bolivia sees them as down, and here in Texas their page won't even load for login. Must be something going on.

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                            • scottalanmillerS
                              scottalanmiller
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                              Confirmed that MS is down...

                              https://downdetector.com/status/office-365/

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                              • JaredBuschJ
                                JaredBusch @scottalanmiller
                                last edited by

                                @scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

                                Microsoft O365 appears to be down. We've got customers in the US that can't reach them, team in Bolivia sees them as down, and here in Texas their page won't even load for login. Must be something going on.

                                Has been since 4pm CDT

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                                • black3dynamiteB
                                  black3dynamite @DustinB3403
                                  last edited by

                                  @DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

                                  @black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

                                  https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2020/09/edge-linux-missing-features
                                  3e03a231-3f29-4251-a339-7c76cfc80808-image.png

                                  Basically, don't use Edge (anywhere, for any reason unless you hate yourself).

                                  I've been using Edge a lot more than Chrome on Windows but I'm still an avid Firefox user.

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                                  • black3dynamiteB
                                    black3dynamite
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                                    https://cockpit-project.org/blog/cockpit-228.html

                                    cockpit-docker is deprecated in favor of cockpit-podman.
                                    cockpit-machines support reverting to and deleting VM snapshots

                                    You can set up accounts with weak passwords.

                                    Changes to remote host logins
                                    Cockpit used to try to log into remote hosts with your initial login password when “Reuse my password for remote connections” was selected during login. This option has been removed, and Cockpit does not promote password reuse across accounts anymore. Instead, Cockpit now helps with setting up SSH keys for users that want automatic and password-less login to remote hosts.

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                                    • scottalanmillerS
                                      scottalanmiller @JaredBusch
                                      last edited by

                                      @JaredBusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

                                      @scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

                                      Microsoft O365 appears to be down. We've got customers in the US that can't reach them, team in Bolivia sees them as down, and here in Texas their page won't even load for login. Must be something going on.

                                      Has been since 4pm CDT

                                      Starting to come back, but only partially.

                                      https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/28/tech/microsoft-outage/index.html

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                                      • scottalanmillerS
                                        scottalanmiller
                                        last edited by

                                        https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/28/tech/microsoft-outage/index.html

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                                        • GreyG
                                          Grey @scottalanmiller
                                          last edited by

                                          @scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

                                          Microsoft O365 appears to be down. We've got customers in the US that can't reach them, team in Bolivia sees them as down, and here in Texas their page won't even load for login. Must be something going on.

                                          It also affected Plex.

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                                          • scottalanmillerS
                                            scottalanmiller @Grey
                                            last edited by

                                            @Grey said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

                                            @scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

                                            Microsoft O365 appears to be down. We've got customers in the US that can't reach them, team in Bolivia sees them as down, and here in Texas their page won't even load for login. Must be something going on.

                                            It also affected Plex.

                                            Ah, I noticed that that was down. Apparently a broader Azure outage.

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