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viking@infosec.pubto
Technology@beehaw.org•Inside the Underground Trade of ‘Flipper Zero’ Tech to Break into Cars
122·1 year agoPaywalled, anyone got an archived link?
viking@infosec.pubto
World News@beehaw.org•Poland still seeking compensation from Germany for World War II | dpa international
6·2 years agoIs it that time of the year again? Those claims are popping up whenever the governing party needs to distract from some internal issues. Been a steady occurrence for the last 20 years at the very least.
viking@infosec.pubto
Technology@beehaw.org•Facebook Deletes Internal Employee Criticism of New Board Member Dana White [404 Media]
18·2 years agoI thought the “get back to free speech” crap just meant they ditch the fact checker, now that the orange overlord is back in charge of clown county. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/meta-facebook-instagram-fact-checking-mark-zuckerberg/
viking@infosec.pubto
Technology@beehaw.org•Hackers breach Andrew Tate's online university, leak data on 800,000 users
5·2 years agoAccording to the article, that so called university is teaching about healthy living, exercise, and how to make and handle money. On a surface level, that sounds pretty alright.
Up until now when I researched the guy, I had no idea who he was and what ideals he represents. So I could see how unsuspecting people sign up for that stuff without any ill intent.
viking@infosec.pubto
Technology@beehaw.org•Google AI chatbot responds with a threatening message: "Human … Please die."
8·2 years agoYeah that “AI” was probably quoting some edgelord from reddit.
viking@infosec.pubto
Self Hosted - Self-hosting your services.@lemmy.ml•[Seeking] something to replace chat with self in WhatsApp/Telegram
2·2 years agoI don’t think so, no.
viking@infosec.pubto
Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•Favorite underrated / unrecognized TV show? I'll go first.
4·2 years agoFrom is underrated? I didn’t know that, been watching it religiously.
An older favorite of mine was The 4400 (the reboot is absolute dogshit though). Unfortunately they cancelled it after 4 seasons, but the original authors published 2 books afterwards to finish the storyline.
Other series I enjoy that aren’t on most people’s radar (primarily for being British, mostly crime):
- Vigil (crime series dealing with an investigation on board of a nuclear submarine, 2 seasons, closed storyline).
- Unforgotten (crime, every season starts with an old body being discovered and then showing all people affected by the loss of said person over time until they eventually get closure. Highly empathic actors and excellent character development, season 6 currently being filmed).
- Death in Paradise (iconic light entertainment crime series playing on a remote Caribbean island where changing inspectors from England with various degrees of clumsiness are being sent to solve murders. Every episode is usually a closed case. Season 14 to start end of year).
viking@infosec.pubto
Self Hosted - Self-hosting your services.@lemmy.ml•[Seeking] something to replace chat with self in WhatsApp/Telegram
4·2 years agoHow about pushbullet? It’s not self-hosted though, but syncs nicely between different phones and browser plugin. File transfer etc. works well, the search is rudimentary.
Honestly I’m not sure about offline support though, I haven’t really been in a situation where I wanted to take a note/message myself without internet connection.
viking@infosec.pubto
Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•What are some downsides to immortality that most don't think of?
13·2 years agoWith no atmosphere and the sun going nova, there’s a chance of the rock getting obliterated. With a nice boost you might fly off to another planet eventually. Might not be inhabited or even inhabitable, but hey.
151 including bots, and 551 communities (I usually browse by /all and just block everything I don’t care about, mostly anime, gaming, regional politics and sports).
That sounds a bit like “The Prince in Waiting” by John Christopher (more famous for “The Tripods”), it’s a trilogy also set in the distant future after a nuclear war, where all machines have been outlawed and humans exist alongside dwarfs and mutants. Over the course of the trilogy, the protagonists (living in fairly alright areas) venture deeper into more and more radiated areas and encounter grotesque stuff.
viking@infosec.pubto
Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•What's your favorite quick, tasty, and healthy meal?
2·2 years agoSome local market, they are quite large. Think they are from Malaysia.
viking@infosec.pubto
Technology@lemmy.ml•Neo-Nazis head to encrypted SimpleX Chat app, bail on Telegram
31·2 years agoSounds more like you never dealt with them. I’m German, we still got plenty of ideologically challenged individuals in country, and they are not stupid.
No idea what a glowie is, but those trump worshiping clowns you got in the US aren’t the people I’m worried about. Over here there is no discernible education gap between left and right wing.
viking@infosec.pubto
Technology@lemmy.ml•Google removes Kaspersky's antivirus software from Play Store
7·2 years agoThere’s an app called Cheq, which is a means for foreigners to buy stuff in India using their QR payment system, that’s normally restricted for citizens only.
Follow the link on https://cheq.money to the correct version for your phone, there are a bunch of other apps and service providers piggybacking off of the name.
They’ll charge you a sign-on fee of 999 Rupees (about 10 bucks), I’d suggest you use a virtual credit card from wise.com or something for that. I inherently distrust random online shops in third world countries. Once you’ve done that, they ask for your location to perform an in-person ID verification to make sure you actually live in India.
That’s the point where you choose a random location out in the sticks. Say Lemru town in Chhattisgarh State or something - you might try a few until you find something where they show you a local account manager but no physical shop to perform the activation. That part is key.
Contact the account manager via whatsapp (can be registered with your regular phone number, the service is aimed at tourists and foreign residents alike). Normally they are supposed to come visit you, but they can’t be bothered to drive 3h to see you, especially if you press it a bit and call it urgent. Eventually they’ll just ask to send a passport copy directly to them, and they’ll activate it remotely.
You can then use a VPN to set your play store (should work for Apple store as well) country to India, enter a random address there, select “UPI” as payment method, and open the Cheq app when prompted. After a couple hours you’ll get an email that your play store country has been changed, and from then on you can use Cheq to buy stuff for cheap. Top up the balance with virtual cards whenever needed, you can’t use non-indian credit cards directly in google play. You can however buy gift cards on amazon.in with them, have the code send to yourself and redeem it, that works without problems.
viking@infosec.pubto
Technology@lemmy.ml•Google removes Kaspersky's antivirus software from Play Store
21·2 years agoYeah but that doesn’t mean they need to enforce US laws in other jurisdictions where it means fuck all.
viking@infosec.pubto
Technology@lemmy.ml•Google removes Kaspersky's antivirus software from Play Store
3·2 years agoPrices are less than 10% of what they are in the US.
viking@infosec.pubto
Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•What's your favorite quick, tasty, and healthy meal?
5·2 years agoEnjoy! It’s really good stuff, hope you like it!
viking@infosec.pubto
Technology@lemmy.ml•Neo-Nazis head to encrypted SimpleX Chat app, bail on Telegram
172·2 years agoI doubt that’s the real reason. There are enough smart people on top who could set up and run a self-hosted solution.
It’s easy to attribute nazis with a lack of intelligence due to their stupid and narrow minded beliefs, but we should never underestimate them.
I’d wager that the average fascist is just as much a “follower” as the average antifa sympathizer.
On top of that: Setting up and hosting a platform exposes the system to a single point of failure, whereas using existing third party infrastructure means that they have a “legit” operation as well, so the risk of a total shutdown is probably lower. Plus, there is a higher chance external security researchers/auditors will investigate the platform and point out vulnerabilities.

Yeah they can fuck right off with that.