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washingupliquid

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    Comment #48140236

    Mikrotik bros in panic mode rn

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    Comment #48129152

    No need to distinguish ports when you can remove them all instead.

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    Comment #48129063

    Windows has been showing popup USB speed warnings since at least Windows XP.... so 25 years? Let's not use this cope to mislead anyone into thinking this is a unique Mac innovation…

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    Comment #48128375

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    Comment #48128230

    $150 netbooks solved this by labeling the ports "SS" or using blue USB-A inserts, but those are matters inferior PC users have to deal with.

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    Comment #48115776

    > One is security updates and bug fixes. That's where you're wrong. They're not one and the same. Debian stable often defers non-security bug fixes for up to two years by playing t…

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    Comment #48114246

    > What it's about is, newer versions change things. A newer version of OpenSSH disables GSSAPI by default when an older version had it enabled. Debian patches defaults in OpenSSH c…

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    Comment #48113027

    Maybe this is the kick in the ass Debian needs to upgrade the embarrassingly ancient dnsmasq in "stable" because while I can't think of any new features, the latest versions contai…

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    Comment #48112806

    I'm fairly certain (an earlier iteration of) that came out in Windows Vista which is nearly 20 years ago. It was called Aero Snap.

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    Comment #48112763

    It's a good thing this software isn't used in millions of devices which almost never receive updates.

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    Comment #48110867

    I have a feeling videos documenting how to disable the vehicle's modem are about to get real popular: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW4Q7NNSBME

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    Comment #48110102

    > This sort of worked when the opinionated manager was Steve Jobs. Steve indirectly had a hand in this, by emphasizing the humanities. That, unfortunately, backfired as a sort of p…

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    Comment #48109891

    > Too many developers nowadays don't know this. Guess they've never been on the phone with an elderly relative in tears because she can't figure out basic tasks on an iPad anymore …

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    Comment #48089279

    A public key is useless without the private key. Which the attacker in this unlikely scenario doesn't have. So you login the first time and they either match, or they don't. If the…

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    Comment #48089229

    Public keys go over untrusted channels. That's why they're public . I'm not confident you understand how crypto works. You do realize the entire threat model here is a house of car…

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    Comment #48088541

    I'm supposed to believe MitM with the same exact keypair is somehow possible? Private keys are never exchanged. Did everybody forget how crypto works? Yes you implicitly trust the …

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    Comment #48081382

    Didn't Steve Gibson do this like 25 years ago? AFAIK his "Shields Up" site is written in Win32 assembly.

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    Comment #48079355

    I've stopped submitting quality reports to Apple Maps because they're all met with "while we couldn't make the change you suggested, we hope you continue to waste your time reporti…