The real reason Tim Sweeney’s afraid of Linux.
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The real reason Tim Sweeney’s afraid of Linux.
Lockdown mode was released as a countermeasure specifically against Pegasus the first time it made the rounds as it disables many ways that are commonly exploited as the initial vector point - mainly attachments, links and previews in texts, as well as certain complex web browsing technologies.
I’ve had Lockdown mode on since it’s been released. I miss having 2FA code autofilled from text messages, and there’s the occasional website that’ll need to be whitelisted as it may display an emoji instead of a custom font… but aside from that, it’s barely an inconvenience.
Your telco is always going to be a weak point in a scenario like this, but better that than your phone because a hostile actor sent you a text message that embedded silent persistent spyware.
As someone who runs a popular blocklist collection, I’ve come to find that most of the MASSIVE lists are people who collate a whole bunch of lists together and then promote their “one size fits all” solution alongside their donation link. There are very few original high quality ad-blocking lists maintained (where originality is defined as a sizeable amount of unique entries not shared by other lists) and almost all don’t appear to openly discuss the magic sauce behind their lists, outside of the obvious case of user submissions.
Anyone else getting Jonas Quinn vibes from Stargate?
Turns out the answer to 30 to 50 feral hogs was to make love, not war.
100% Imagus, I can pick that spinning ball of doom from out of a lineup anytime.
ASUS still ironing out the wrinkles 20 years later…
Colonel, I’m dummy-thicc but the crack of my kneecaps keeps alerting the guards!
The inferior one was the winner after all.
…That’s right. Until the very end, Liquid thought he was the inferior one.
Yes, sir. I agree completely. It takes a well-balanced individual, such as yourself, to rule the world.
No, sir. No one knows that you were the third one… Solidus.
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Thank you. Good-bye…
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Mr President