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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@dbeato said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Telegram Zero Day Vulnerability
https://securelist.com/zero-day-vulnerability-in-telegram/83800/
Patched prior to release of article. Telegram accepted the security researchers data and fixed the application.
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@dbeato said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
http://www.zdnet.com/article/skype-cannot-fix-security-bug-without-a-massive-code-rewrite/
Hahahaha and that is atotally different answer from a different company..
WTF, who cares about security.
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@dbeato said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
http://www.zdnet.com/article/skype-cannot-fix-security-bug-without-a-massive-code-rewrite/
At least the System account doesn't have network share access (typically).
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http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2018/02/ubuntu-18-04-minimal-install-option
Should've removed Amazon web app too.
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@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2018/02/ubuntu-data-collection-opt-out
This is probably one of the least invasive data collection templates I've seen.
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@nashbrydges said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2018/02/ubuntu-data-collection-opt-out
This is probably one of the least invasive data collection templates I've seen.
That's the beauty of open source, make it too painful or intrusive and people will fork you and remove it.
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@nashbrydges said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2018/02/ubuntu-data-collection-opt-out
This is probably one of the least invasive data collection templates I've seen.
That's the beauty of open source, make it too painful or intrusive and people will fork you and remove it.
Talked about getting forked over.
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@nerdydad said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@nashbrydges said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2018/02/ubuntu-data-collection-opt-out
This is probably one of the least invasive data collection templates I've seen.
That's the beauty of open source, make it too painful or intrusive and people will fork you and remove it.
Talked about getting forked over.
Indeed.
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So this is like Steam hw survey for Ubuntu?
Seems like it is less data thanpopularity-contestgets from a system. -
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Update for Pi-Hole is available
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@danp said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Update for Pi-Hole is available
and for anyone that never looked, just run
pihole -up -
This sounds concerning, I don't know if they'll be able to stop at "Just hardware"
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@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
https://venturebeat.com/2018/02/14/apple-confirms-homepod-leaves-white-rings-on-wood-surfaces/
And then apple tries to claim that all speakers with silicone bases would do the same... Face it, your new product fucks up people's nice furniture. Own your mistake and fix it.
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Samsung makes 30 TB 2.5" drive
https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2018/2/20/17031256/worlds-largest-ssd-drive-samsung-30-terabyte-pm1643Now the NSA can keep all the information they want in their new DCs.
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@dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Samsung makes 30 TB 2.5" drive
https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2018/2/20/17031256/worlds-largest-ssd-drive-samsung-30-terabyte-pm1643Now the NSA can keep all the information they want in their new DCs.
Damn!!
