ijk64✅ @ijk64@m.futex.au

Researchers set up a sting operation by sending a new computer in for a "repair" & only disabling the audio driver so there should be no need for repair techs to access personal data.

After the computers were returned, logging was analyzed to see if the techs tried to snoop...& found snooping at least 50% of the time, especially on women's computers.

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/11/half-of-computer-repairs-result-in-snooping-of-sensitive-data-study-finds

I’m not an infosec expert or anything but I don’t think that’s right

Jupiter photographed by NASA's Juno probe this Tuesday…

Today it's Lance Leventhal's birthday. These books kick-started a whole lot of careers in computing.

OMG!! 800 #Fedizens following me now ... 😮​

Thank you all for following me here in the #Fediverse, you're just too kind!! 💙​

And things get even better, as I noticed today that there are now 101 messages in the "General" message base of the "RC-BOX" #BBS #rc2014bbs (see my profile on info how to connect) - thank you all for that as well! 💻​

So here's a little video showing off the current message list of "RC-BOX" BBS, while I was logged in a few minutes ago using my #Modular64 #Commodore64 and a #SwiftLink #WifiModem and the #StrikeTerm terminal software.

Been doing @pikuma's 6502 course and its great. Despite being a programmer for over 20 years hobby+work, I've never touched assembly outside of the TIS-100 game.
Got to the episode about displaying a color on the screen and such a fun feeling to see something happening outside the debugger.

Excited to finish more now that I'm home and not just a car passenger.

🔖 Statistical code in a high-impact medical journal

A journal started asking authors to submit code with their manuscripts. They then analysed the next 314 papers accepted

87% denied using code, even when publishing substantial statistical analysis

10% used code but refused to share it with the journal

For the few that provided code, none scored even moderately on basic quality criteria

Assel & Vickers
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6705117/

#MedMastodon
#OpenScience
#ResearchWaste
#doi:10.7326/M17-2863

I’m super excited to be speaking at #Enigma2023, where I’ll be airing the dirty laundry of the web PKI, but even more excited to hear the rest of the talks in this amazing program: https://www.usenix.org/conference/enigma2023/program
Hope to see some of you there!

The nurse asks the rabbit "What's your blood type?"

The rabbit replies "I'm probably a type-O"

#Humour #Joke #Barely

I was thinking about something when I realised I was thinking about *this* and only this.

A Modchip To Root Starlink User Terminals Through Voltage Glitching https://hackaday.com/2022/11/28/a-modchip-to-root-starlink-user-terminal-through-voltage-glitching/

I developed a tool to show you your twitter friends on #mastodon: https://www.movetodon.org/

👉 All data stays in your browser
👉 No CSV import neccesary
👉 List can be sorted by sign-up date, so that you can find new accounts fast

Excuse me, Sir, could i get an assist? credit: https://www.puddlemunch.com/ This comic is proof that tons of hacking are just social engineering. 😭

Kids today are so demanding 😩 https://www.tumblr.com/cluelesshero/702215201160822784/397-unimpressed-kids-today-are-so-demanding

If you're not familiar with the logical terms here, it's probably worthwhile reviewing this Wikipedia page before answering.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Necessity_and_sufficiency

@d0n @cwebber @liaizon @evan @Gargron @halcy @hypolite @mike

as:manuallyApprovesFollowers. It's not part of the spec but everyone supports it.

I've collected some #Mastodon 🦣 #instances to help with the #TwitterMigration focused in #inclusion, #accessibility and #minorities. They look like safe spaces for most of us. I'd appreciate the boost and new recommendations to add to the list:

🔗🇬🇧🇺🇲 https://ableism.rip/about - space to fight ableism
🔗🇬🇧🇺🇲 https://disabled.social/about - for disabled people
🔗🇬🇧🇩🇪 https://fedisabled.social/about - for all disabled people
🔗🇬🇧🇺🇲 https://neurodifferent.me/about - neurodiversity and neurominorities
🔗🇬🇧🇺🇲 https://mentalhealth.social/about - focus on mental health and help
🔗🇬🇧🇺🇲 https://iaccessibility.social/about - interest in assistive technology
🔗🇬🇧🇺🇲 https://a11y.info/about - Acessibility and digital inclusion
🔗🇬🇧🇺🇲 https://indg.club/about - by and for indigenous people from North America and worldwide. All First Nation people welcome
🔗🇬🇧🇺🇲 https://blacktwitter.io/about - history and voices for black people
🔗🇬🇧🇺🇲 https://babka.social/about - A community for Jewish people of all kinds and their allies, safe from antisemitism
🔗🇬🇧🇺🇲 https://lgbt.io/about - for LGBT+ and allies
🔗🇬🇧🇺🇲 http://queer.party/about - queer-oriented instance
🔗🇬🇧🇺🇲 https://autistics.life/about - space by autistics for autistcs
🔗🇬🇧🇺🇲 https://ehr.scot/about - Equality and Human Rights defenders, advocates and organizations
🔗🇬🇧🇺🇲 https://tech.lgbt/about - for tech workers, academics, students, and others interested in tech who are LGBTQIA+ or Allies
🔗🇧🇷🇪🇸 https://ursal.zone/about - antifascist, feminist, antiracist, anticolinialist, accesible, and trans-and-nb-inclusive, in Latin America
🔗🇧🇷🇵🇹 https://bantu.social/about - non-white portuguese speaking people
🔗🇧🇷🇵🇹 https://colorid.es/about - queer/LGBTQIAPN+ people

Please boost to reach more people!

Bird man is threatening Tim Apple and I can’t wait for a response. I hope it’s yanking the app from the store. #elonmusk #twittermigration

Person: "If scientists found an impacting asteroid, they would try to cover it up."

Me: "Last Friday, a potential impactor was identified and automatically publicly announced within 7 minutes" - https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-program-predicted-impact-of-small-asteroid-over-ontario-canada

(And @VRubinObs is being designed to be faster still.)