Posts by GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social
(DIR) Post #B2LSeXH7oZzmQtTTNo by GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social
2026-01-16T13:04:51Z
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You haven’t lived til you’ve seen an ultrasound doctor do this while scanning your bollocks
(DIR) Post #B2M2GVhHcwwGwEYKo4 by GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social
2026-01-16T20:54:10Z
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A story in 4 parts about banks and tech bros hyping imaginary value.
(DIR) Post #B2M2GX8cGoOfPILg36 by GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social
2026-01-16T20:57:09Z
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(DIR) Post #B2Reo2d4hJYWPsLm2i by GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social
2026-01-19T12:15:29Z
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Being sassed by my washing machine 💀
(DIR) Post #B2S9E96QFXXoeBROqm by GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social
2026-01-19T18:45:01Z
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What the hell is going on in America 💀 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cx2k7gv0znmt?post=asset%3A7718b14c-58ee-4fb5-bcdc-b665ed1d2478#post
(DIR) Post #B2T7f7Zy14u0zTxHtI by GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social
2025-10-28T10:29:18Z
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I still use Recall on my development laptop, and actually use the feature quite a lot through testing Recall... and yet, I've started to get regular engagement prompts to use it lately.To me this strongly suggests people aren't actually using it in the wild as MS are trying to juice numbers via nudge prompts.On a separate note I also got prompted to change my default browser to Edge (I use Vivaldi) and my search engine to Bing when switching on my laptop today 🤦
(DIR) Post #B2T7f8ec1IDEKB8Vlo by GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social
2026-01-19T21:27:16Z
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Microsoft are upselling security controls for Microsoft Recall, which allow orgs to limit what it records specifically - if the org pay for Microsoft Purview. I’ve had a look at how this works under the hood, it is using undocumented features in Recall. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/purview/dlp-recall-get-started
(DIR) Post #B2Th0SDDzj7zSbE2SG by GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social
2026-01-20T13:37:23Z
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By AI boom, Satya means the booming bank balance of tech execs built on a foundation of largely no value.
(DIR) Post #B2UJ38Nry7hf5guRyC by GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social
2026-01-20T20:49:14Z
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lol https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2026/q1/89The telnetd server invokes /usr/bin/login (normally running as root) passing the value of the USER environment variable received from the client as the last parameter.If the client supply a carefully crafted USER environment value being the string "-f root", and passes the telnet(1) -a or --login parameter to send this USER environment to the server, the client will be automatically logged in as root bypassing normal authentication processes.
(DIR) Post #B2W0dSBGKheu6KXNTc by GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social
2026-01-21T16:31:08Z
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C suites think GenAI is saving loads of time vs the actual workers, who don’t. https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/workplace/ceos-say-ai-is-making-work-more-efficient-employees-tell-a-different-story-6613ce9d
(DIR) Post #B2WRWtnNxcKoTyT5HM by GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social
2026-01-21T21:27:08Z
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“Jensen Huang of Nvidia has said relentless negativity around AI is hurting society and has done a lot of damage”
(DIR) Post #B2WRX25P8VVACAxaTY by GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social
2026-01-21T21:30:37Z
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(DIR) Post #B2WU4BfmiIirOPuiLg by GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social
2026-01-21T11:13:48Z
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The UK gov has today published the Joint Intelligence Committee report, presented at COBRA, called “Global biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and national security”. Findings include “every critical ecosystem is on a pathway to collapse (confidence rating HIGH)”The report is worth a read as it basically lays out how the next decade or two are going to play out. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/696e0eae719d837d69afc7de/National_security_assessment_-_global_biodiversity_loss__ecosystem_collapse_and_national_security.pdf
(DIR) Post #B2Xb8Wj7GuoQgYRrNI by GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social
2026-01-21T20:30:18Z
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Curl, one of the largest and widely used open source projects, is to stop bug bounty at the end of this month due to being overwhelmed by Generative AI slop bug bounty reports. https://github.com/curl/curl/pull/20312
(DIR) Post #B2Xb8Y5UDEIguDvEsi by GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social
2026-01-22T08:13:50Z
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Satya Nadella (who I like, btw) keeps referring to GenAI as a cognitive amplifier.. but if you’ve read things like curl’s bug bounty submissions, it isn’t amplifying cognition. People are submitting issues they don’t understand, then largely lying about it being an AI generated submission. GenAI is also a stupidity amplifier. And it’s very hard to combat stupidity when it is automated.
(DIR) Post #B2Xb8YvF6nhVUk8ZYO by GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social
2026-01-22T08:23:28Z
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Just to be clear btw - am I saying GenAI can’t ever be used for vulnerability research? No.I know some very smart people - like in the 0.1% of the industry, with decades of experience - who’ve ferreted out new vulns after spending months of work with GenAI per vuln. But.. almost everybody using these tools ain’t doing that. I don’t think it’s cognitive amplification is it’s just spraying turd at people. It’s going to have a profoundly negative impact within companies.
(DIR) Post #B2YuOPvgP8AsWZZpNA by GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social
2026-01-23T00:51:45Z
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The US has finished its exit of the UN run World Health Organisation, and also decided not to pay the $260m it owes - plunging WHO into a funding crisis that has caused them to lay off a good chunk of their staff. https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/us-set-quit-world-health-organization-2026-01-22/
(DIR) Post #B2ZnekfqXUTgyUyHHU by GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social
2026-01-23T11:56:33Z
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I was wondering when a reporter would uncover this.So BitLocker is super secure, right? Well... BitLocker recovery keys are backed up to Microsoft's Cloud - and they give them out to law enforcement on request. Using the BitLocker recovery key, you can just unlock the device without a PIN etc. https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2026/01/22/microsoft-gave-fbi-keys-to-unlock-bitlocker-encrypted-data/
(DIR) Post #B2ZnesJS8dJofMYVUG by GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social
2026-01-23T12:01:37Z
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It's not just the FBI, btw - MS accepts valid law enforcement request internationally. Also it's not just BitLocker.
(DIR) Post #B2c7Cfe026vwfMulFY by GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social
2026-01-24T15:10:22Z
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It’s ridiculously easy to disable the filming LED on smart glasses. Also, men are jerks. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr7jej2elyyo