I heard somewhere that Microsoft was blocking access to the kernel for third party developers like CrowdStrike and EA because of what CrowdStrike did. Have they reversed course?
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Personal privacy is a passion of mine.
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Recant@beehaw.orgto Linux Gaming@lemmy.ml•Battlefield 1 will now include EA's kernel-level anti-cheat, making the game unplayable on Linux7·2 years ago
If you buy one used that is how you can get around giving Google money.
From a security standpoint it might give you a temporary benefit since all of Google’s tracking IDs will be associated with the original owner. On a new phone I figure it’s associated with you immediately.
I will act through engagement.
When you use escalatory language you just just make the Nazis justify their actions by the response they receive.
In another tense moment in American history, the Civil rights movement of the 1960s, MLK was successful due to not being militant. Peaceful action and the strong overreaction of those against civil rights elicited sympathy in those not involved.
The fuck the high road mentality is what likely motivated the shooter and got us into this mess.
There is no reason to escalate what is already a tense political situation.
Recant@beehaw.orgto Politics@beehaw.org•Live Election Updates: Trump Rushed Off Stage at Rally After What Sounded Like Shots15·2 years agoIt is possible the shooter was outside the perimeter. Based on the videos I have seen on CBS, and here: https://www.survivethenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/1720916992_Potential-Trump-Shooter-Reportedly-Found-Dead-on-Shed-Roof-VIDEO-1024x576.jpg
The shooter appeared to be on a roof far away from the stands.
Edit: Confirmed that the shooter was outside the perimeter setup by secret service https://www.cbsnews.com/news/possible-shots-fired-at-trump-rally-in-butler-pennsylvania/
Recant@beehaw.orgOPto Free and Open Source Software@beehaw.org•Signal under fire for storing encryption keys in plaintext1·2 years agoBut can you trust that a user will pick a difficult to break password? They likely will pick something simple to remember but that is not a good password.
The we are just back to essentially having a plaintext password because if the attacker has a good dictionary, it will be easy to crack.
Recant@beehaw.orgOPto Finance@beehaw.org•Car prices are cooling, but should you buy new or used? Here are pros and cons.6·2 years agoTrue, but at least in America bikes alone are not a great option.
Over 60 million (1 in 5) Americans live in rural areas. These places don’t have public transportation or are so spread out that bikes are not practical.
https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2017/08/rural-america.html
Recant@beehaw.orgOPto Food and Cooking@beehaw.org•[Resource] The 35 Healthiest Foods to Eat Every Day7·2 years agoThat’s what I thought. I didn’t know if certain food supply chains were more exposed to PFAS than others.
The introduction of PFAS into food via containers is something I have been on the look out. That is is why I always use glass containers for food at home.
Recant@beehaw.orgOPto Food and Cooking@beehaw.org•[Resource] The 35 Healthiest Foods to Eat Every Day4·2 years agoI am curious what foods are low in PFAS.
Do you have a good source?
Recant@beehaw.orgOPto Technology@beehaw.org•Why are US states, school districts banning smartphones in schools?10·2 years agoWell I don’t think that is the case. Parents and teachers are observing students not paying attention.
I would think if an educator can teach a full lesson, while also ensuring that students retain the information, when the student is watching YouTube, endlessly scrolling reddit or lemmy, or on Instagram this wouldn’t be an issue.
The problem is that students aren’t retaining the knowledge being provided to them.
Recant@beehaw.orgto Privacy@lemmy.ml•Privacy on Cars. How to stop data collection and transmission?2·2 years agoFor my truck, I ended up looking in the owners manual and found a fuse that is for the modem. I removed it and the vehicle functions without issue.
I know it works because when I brought it to the dealership to get serviced they said they couldn’t connect to it via their online service app. They also asked if I had tried to connect to it via the company app on my phone. I just told them I never needed to.
Just to be sure I verified they didn’t reinstall the fuse and they had not.
Recant@beehaw.orgOPto Free and Open Source Software@beehaw.org•Signal under fire for storing encryption keys in plaintext5·2 years agoFixed it! Thank you.
Recant@beehaw.orgOPto Free and Open Source Software@beehaw.org•Signal under fire for storing encryption keys in plaintext1·2 years agoThanks for the heads up on the broken link! I fixed it.
Recant@beehaw.orgto AskBeehaw@beehaw.org•Anyone Else Noticing Increasingly Conservative Commentary from Outside Instances?English4·2 years agoAs the original poster for the ladybird post, I never expected the conversation to get so far off track from “this open source project receiving funding and thus have a better chance of success”
Yet here we are
Recant@beehaw.orgOPto Free and Open Source Software@beehaw.org•Ladybird web browser now funded by GitHub co-founder, promises ‘no code’ from rivalsEnglish3·2 years agoThat’s your opinion on what is and isn’t a great analogy.
Hopefully the maintainers of the project will be more considerate in the future.
Recant@beehaw.orgOPto Technology@beehaw.org•Australia to build Top Secret cloud in AWS for defence usersEnglish1·2 years agoYes that metadata can exist but can’t that be obscured if AWS isn’t connected to directly?
I think some of the technical details of how the ASD intends to ensure data protection/confidentiality/integrity are omitted for national security reasons.
Recant@beehaw.orgOPto Free and Open Source Software@beehaw.org•Ladybird web browser now funded by GitHub co-founder, promises ‘no code’ from rivalsEnglish14·2 years agoThe Autobahn is a very well engineered German highway system. It is well known but was also was constructed during Nazi Germany.
While it was built by evil people, it still is a fantastic highway system that is used today.
Recant@beehaw.orgOPto Free and Open Source Software@beehaw.org•Ladybird web browser now funded by GitHub co-founder, promises ‘no code’ from rivalsEnglish14·2 years agoGreat analogy and perspective.
Recant@beehaw.orgOPto Free and Open Source Software@beehaw.org•Ladybird web browser now funded by GitHub co-founder, promises ‘no code’ from rivalsEnglish30·2 years agoThe piece was definitely slanted.
Was what the devs did great? No. Does the whole project need to be outcast/abandoned due to what language they use? No. There needs to be nuance with these issues. Open source does not owe individuals anything and that is why it is provided without warranty. On the flip side, individuals can choose not to use it.
We should be promoting open source software and not have infighting when open source software doesn’t have much mass market appeal to begin with.
Burning anything is never clean. I have heard the “it burns clean” so many times.
From what I read in the article, its true that natural gas burns with fewer CO2 emissions than coal or oil. However, over a 20 year timeframe natural gas production, distribution, and consumption produces more methane than than either oil or coal. Since methane is a more powerful greenhouse gas, the increased emission of it, surpasses any benefit from fewer CO2 emissions.