Posts by jik@federate.social
 (DIR) Post #B4GqoqvMlaAwN3gOfo by jik@federate.social
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       Cracks appear in Pacific nuclear tomb as sea levels rise https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-15/cracks-appear-in-runit-dome-amid-sea-level-rise/106423684
       
 (DIR) Post #B4U7Vmc6nFKxm8eAzI by jik@federate.social
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       #TheOnion going hard at #SamAltman.It's hard to pick, but I think this is my favorite line:"Why did you decide to devote your life to AI?I just saw so much suffering in the world that needed to be automated."#OpenAI #funny #humorhttps://theonion.com/the-onions-exclusive-interview-with-sam-altman/
       
 (DIR) Post #B4qWMevskoypg7lD5U by jik@federate.social
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       This is alarming but not surprising:https://www.forbes.com/sites/the-wiretap/2026/03/24/google-cookies-help-cops-identify-anonymous-users/TLDR If you access multiple Google accounts from the same device, and the cops know about one of the accounts and ask Google the right questions, Google will tell the cops about the other accounts.The general lesson here is one we already know: if you have any sort of account you don't want linked to you, you can't ever access it from a device or network connection you use other accounts on.Caveat usor.#infosec #OpSec #Google
       
 (DIR) Post #B4uEpjhT5QOUJtZc3s by jik@federate.social
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       This is my second "holy shit" of the day.Apparently #LinkedIn if silently collecting data on every extension you use every time you visit the site. Which it then uploads, with your identity attached to it.This is absolutely horrifying. Literally, people should go to jail over this.#infosec #privacyhttps://browsergate.eu/
       
 (DIR) Post #B4weYg9pzS4VXDI2XQ by jik@federate.social
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       This is fucking brilliant.Ref: https://www.askamanager.org/2026/04/the-aggressive-applause-the-secret-meal-access-and-other-stories-from-event-workers.html
       
 (DIR) Post #B55anra59Lz3ugBpqK by jik@federate.social
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       #Microsoft locks account that #VeraCrypt maintainer uses to sign #Windows bootloaders with no explanation or route for appeal. If they don't fix this, in a few months every Windows computer that uses VeraCrypt whole-disk encryption will stop being able to boot and all the data on it that isn't backed up elsewhere will be lost. 🤦If this doesn't convince you big tech has too much control, I don't know what will.h/t @zackwhittakerhttps://techcrunch.com/2026/04/08/veracrypt-encryption-software-windows-microsoft-lock-boot-issues/#infosec #privacy #TechIsShitDispatch
       
 (DIR) Post #B55ansGGcVjC1VvWb2 by jik@federate.social
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       If you use #VeraCrypt full-disk encryption on #Windows, then READ THE ABOVE ARTICLE and pay attention to this developing story. If it hasn't been resolved in the next month or so then you are going to want to disable VeraCrypt on your computer to avoid being permanently locked out of your own computer when the VeraCrypt bootloader signing certificates expire and the maintainer isn't able to renew them.#PSA
       
 (DIR) Post #B57rV6dp1EEWemV6iu by jik@federate.social
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       RE: https://flipboard.com/@404media/404-media-qvt3vv94z/-/a-qoIXNx-4Q-i9Qb4-DwsX5A%3Aa%3A4082434389-%2F0If you think there's any chance that law enforcement might ever be interested in the content of your Signal chats, and you don't want them to have access to them, then setting up disappearing messages is necessary but not sufficient. You also need to go into the Signal settings and either disable notifications completely or set them to show "No name or message" so the content won't be capture and preserved in the phone's notification database.#infosec #privacy #OpSec "#antifa"RT: https://flipboard.com/users/404media/statuses/qoIXNx-4Q-i9Qb4-DwsX5A:a:4082434389
       
 (DIR) Post #B66FwdPdL8g2Uv7Sd6 by jik@federate.social
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       @mcc My "WHY DOES ALL THE SOFTWARE BY COMPANIES THAT FIRED ALL MY FRIENDS ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO KEEP BREAKING" T-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my shirt.
       
 (DIR) Post #B8rtYpXT1fAIjpqP8y by jik@federate.social
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       @libreoffice Maybe instead of asking people to fill out pointless surveys, spend some time fixing the hundreds of Base bugs that have been ignored for years.
       
 (DIR) Post #B9TXmtMPlD11qxWe1o by jik@federate.social
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       @davidrevoy I mean, if your concern is the use of generative AI in Linux, then from what I've been reading, The Linux Foundation is the least of your problems; a much bigger problem is Linus Torvalds.But, as others have pointed out, it's not clear there's anywhere better to go instead of Linux. 🤷Ref: https://www.startpage.com/do/search?q=linus+generative+ai+linux