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DACK FAYDEN
Feb 25, 2013

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Guy Axlerod posted:

Wow that is a totally relevant fact that a security expert needs to know.

I mean, I expect dumb crap like that to be on there, but I still hate it.
Clearly we don't hire them if they don't know why it's RSA and not ARS :colbert:

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DACK FAYDEN
Feb 25, 2013

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anthonypants posted:

It's bad, its only use is to be a red flag when you see people install it or hear people talk about it.
poo poo, I probably still have it installed on my home machine out of laziness. What's a better replacement for the default "remove programs" Windows uninstaller? I only ever open it when I need to uninstall ten things at once.

edit: actually, also, why does Windows only let you uninstall one program at a time, what data collision is it trying to prevent?

DACK FAYDEN fucked around with this message at 22:05 on Sep 18, 2017

DACK FAYDEN
Feb 25, 2013

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Three-Phase posted:

5.33 are the versions that had the malware, right? I believe they released 5.32 like in June or July then 5.33 in August.
Yeah, clicking through there the link says it was 5.33 only and the current 5.33 download link is fine. August 15-September 15 if dates make it easier for you to remember.

(the free version doesn't autoupdate so I am totally fine but I'm still gonna get rid of it because where there's one breach...)

DACK FAYDEN
Feb 25, 2013

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Finally, we've found a new economic model for porn sites to replace banner ads.

DACK FAYDEN
Feb 25, 2013

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Boris Galerkin posted:

Replace? Why not buttcoins and banner ads?
I meant "replace" as in "replace as an income stream" not as in they're getting rid of banner ads. I don't have that much faith in humanity :(

DACK FAYDEN
Feb 25, 2013

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EssOEss posted:

Welcome to General Data Protection Regulation, enforced from 25 May 2018. It takes data protection up to eleven across the EU.

GDPR is far more wide-reaching than cookies but here is a decent overview of what it means for cookies:
...
I do not think it affects individual cookies but it does mean that users need to be explicitly informed about what (exactly!) their data is used for. Just "we use cookies to improve our service" does not cut it anymore.
I wonder how this will affect everyone's favorite site?

Pakled posted:

For SA




Very troubling.
(and yes that really is in SA's privacy policy which is listed under "features / articles" because of course it is :allears:)

DACK FAYDEN
Feb 25, 2013

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My mother is old and wants a physical USB password-storing-and-entering fob so she doesn't have to write things on pieces of paper. I can't keep LastPass, KeePass, 1Pass, all that crap straight. I know most of them are bad, but not which or why. Help me infosec thread you're my only competent hope.

(or just like, tell me what to google and I can make my own decision, but I figure I trust goons 100%)

DACK FAYDEN
Feb 25, 2013

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myron cope posted:

Is this part true? I've used LastPass and 1Password, would be nice to know if I shouldn't be
Yeah, given how little I vaguely remembered, the three being one good, one bad, and one annoyingly finicky but also good makes sense. Use with pride :shobon:

(might get her a book, that's a darn good idea, even if it's less lazy than plugging in a USB and letting technology do the work)

DACK FAYDEN
Feb 25, 2013

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klosterdev posted:

They're about to do it all over the nation if the Breonna Taylor decision is as slap-on-the-wrist as Louisville's locking down is for it to be
Did you guess not "no charges", but "exactly one charge, completely unrelated to the actual loving murder, to be maximally insulting"? Cause if you didn't, you should clearly have uh... *checks thread title* hacked something to have a better guess.

DACK FAYDEN
Feb 25, 2013

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Can we talk more about how "Baron Samedit" is a great goddamn name?

DACK FAYDEN
Feb 25, 2013

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CommieGIR posted:

Well, I mean, Baron Samedi (Baron Saturday to his friends) is a literal Haitian Voodoo religious icon
wow you don't say

almost like I think the name is great because it's one letter off something existing and that letter alludes to how they're doing it :allears:

DACK FAYDEN
Feb 25, 2013

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Internet Explorer posted:

Our goal is to make money, not creating problems for society
Does that fit as a thread title?

DACK FAYDEN
Feb 25, 2013

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klosterdev posted:

Does anybody actually read The Economist for reasons other than feeling/looking smart?

Source: Me in my early 20's
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KJSnd8VzQw

DACK FAYDEN
Feb 25, 2013

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CommieGIR posted:

Everyone is gonna get hacked/breached eventually. The question is what you do when that happens. Nobody should be holding that against you unless you exasperated the issue when it did eventually occur.
Exacerbated. You were likely exasperated with the issue from day one.

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DACK FAYDEN
Feb 25, 2013

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Shumagorath posted:

Some require e-mail correspondence, some have deletion mechanisms on the site proper, and others are broken relics acquired or expired. Being in Canada I also had a fourth category of “service is geo-blocked and I’m not installing a VPN just to terminate that”.
There's a California law that requires you to be able to cancel subscriptions online. I mention this because sometimes setting your account address to California (no IP work required) magically makes deletion options appear. (Doesn't work for the Canadian geoblock, sorry.)

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