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richij

311 karma · joined May 21, 2010

[ my public key: https://keybase.io/richi; my proof: https://keybase.io/richi/sigs/SkAiY_DL_X6Wsx4CosdRx9iXMlahvQMEjYqD88140U8 ]
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richij··on SpaceX designed an orbital Vera Rubin. Radiation comes next
Uh, you do know SJVN worked for NASA, right?
richij··on "Oopsies " FreeBSD Devs Say There's Still GPL in the Kernel
FreeBSD thought it had scrubbed all GPL code, but a few kernel leftovers remained.
richij··on TEE.fail: Breaking TEEs via DDR5 Memory Bus Interposition
something-something I have a bridge to sell you something
richij··on TEE.fail: Breaking TEEs via DDR5 Memory Bus Interposition
tl;dr: A rogue device plugged into a "trusted" motherboard makes it untrusted.

As the saying goes, "It rather involved being on the other side of this airtight hatchway."

Sigh.

richij··on We caught companies making it harder to delete your personal data online
/me laughs in legitimate-interest
richij··on We caught companies making it harder to delete your personal data online
Steve is in GDPR land, according to his profile page.
richij··on We caught companies making it harder to delete your personal data online
Not theft, AFAICS: Creative Commons licensed, with correct attribution given.
richij··on Firefox is dead to me – and I'm not the only one who is fed up
And Thunderbird is dead to me
richij··on Spain is about to face the challenge of a "black start"
bless you for your correct use of the C-word.
richij··on Treasury's OCC Says Hackers Had Access to 150k Emails
In other words, the threat actors had access to the breached network during the 22-ish months before they were discovered.
richij··on Eucleak: Side-Channel Attack on the Yubikey 5 Series [pdf]
DUPE of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41434500
richij··on He secretly changed this freeway sign, helped millions of drivers [video]
Or just read the same publication's web page: https://www.thedrive.com/news/how-an-artist-helped-millions-...
richij··on Collection of Dark Patterns and Unethical Design
Fun website, but most of these really don't cross the line from "aggressive marketing" into "dark pattern." If the site reps are listening, why not let me browse the worst offenders first?
richij··on Cisco Secure Email Gateway Arbitrary File Write Vulnerability
tl;dr: Send an email message with a carefully crafted file attachment. Triggers a parsing bug (presumably a buffer overflow). Attacker could cause several bad things, including adding a root user. Yikes.
richij··on Winamp is not going open source. Here's what it is doing – and why
Troll detected.
richij··on Dropbox Sign (formerly HelloSign) data breach
[dupe] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40233746

(this item was first, but the other has more traction)

richij··on Google to delete records from Incognito tracking
No, it does not.
richij··on PyPI Suspends New User and Project Creation in Wake of Malware Campaign
This one gained more traction: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39856756
richij··on Fake: It's only a matter of time until disinformation leads to calamity
Do you?

Because I'd guess the true figure would be a bit higher than 75%. Have a think about that.

richij··on Fingerprints can be recreated from the sounds made when you swipe a screen
AFAICS, it wasn't the journalist's fault. It was the Swiss PR spokesman. While the company concerned made a mild followup statement implying the journalist misunderstood because of a translation error, both parties spoke Swiss German as a native language.

tl;dr: It was Fortinet's fault and they tried to cover it up: https://securityboulevard.com/2024/02/toothbrush-ddos-botnet...

richij··on Microsoft says Russian state-sponsored hackers spied on its executives
Dupe: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39061800
richij··on Microsoft Says It Was Hacked by Russian State-Sponsored Group
Dupe: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39061800
richij··on Beeper users say Apple is now blocking their Macs from using iMessage
DUPE: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39005187
richij··on An experimental Android WebView Media Integrity API early next year
It absolutely does not. The ability to craft a realistic phishing login page is unaffected by Google's proposed MI API.
richij··on Auto Execs Are Coming Clean: EVs Aren't Working
Accelerating the switch to NACS on the car side won't work. The unspoken part of "automakers standardize on NACS" is the update to the Superchargers themselves. The signaling is basically CCS, not the legacy Tesla protocol.
richij··on Google Chrome's new "IP Protection" will hide users' IP addresses
DUPE (of later popular item): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37985630
richij··on Google to test its IP Protection feature starting with Chrome 119
DUPE: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37985630
richij··on Google Chrome to soon get a new 'IP protection' feature: Here's what it does
DUPE: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37985630
richij··on Critical SolarWinds RCE Bugs Enable Unauthorized Network Takeover
DUPE: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37957495
richij··on Clever malvertising attack uses Punycode to look like KeePass's official website
DUPE: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37938866
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