henfredemars

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[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 13 points 1 day ago

It’s weird when someone calls me and it’s actually a live one.

[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 9 points 1 day ago

That’s because they’re obviously people and deserve to be treated with respect just like everyone else, right?

Right?

[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 2 points 1 day ago

I believe gasoline is indeed heavily subsidized. I always thought that was a strange choice.

I was in Norway a few days ago and I was impressed how pretty much all the vehicles I saw were EVs and that the bus system appeared to be relatively efficient.

[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 17 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Try Whisky! It uses Wine and has conversion for the Apple graphics layer. It runs some games you can’t get running otherwise.

[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 1 points 1 day ago

It actually gives me hope that there’s a chance we’re going to do something about it.

[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 9 points 2 days ago

2nd: almost every low-end laptop I used has a module that can be pulled off of the main board to remove wireless features.

[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 4 points 2 days ago

Very nice article! Sadly, I’m not smart enough to summarize. I can only leave my recommendation.

[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 17 points 2 days ago (4 children)

I believe prices will increase dramatically long before we actually run out. Any non-critical usage of plastics and petroleum products will be phased out for economic forces if nothing else.

[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Infection vector arrears to be USB drives. We have known this to be a risk to such networks for some time. Nevertheless, interesting read.

[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 2 points 5 days ago

It’s like when you have a simple blog that for some bizarre reason is a single page JavaScript web app.

[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 9 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Sorry, it was me. I flew out right before the hurricane and brought the weather.

[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 9 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

My heart goes out to the workers trying to make the best of really terrible administrative decisions on the part of their leadership.

The business has lost trust in their brand.

 

This article goes into more detail about how these new measures will actually work compared to the blog post earlier this year from Google. Namely:

  1. Enabling the OEM unlocking setting will no longer prevent FRP from activating.
  2. Bypassing the setup wizard will no longer deactivate FRP. FRP restrictions will apply until you verify ownership of the device by signing in.
  3. Adding a new Google account is blocked.
  4. Setting a lock screen PIN or password is blocked.
  5. Installing new apps is blocked.
 
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Adding 16 KB Page Size to Android (android-developers.googleblog.com)
 

In this post, we’ve discussed the technical details of how we are restructuring memory in Android to get faster, more performant devices. Android 15 and AOSP work with 16 KB pages, and devices can now implement 16 KB pages as a development option.

 

I have a large DVD collection containing lots of niche titles that don’t appear to be on any public tracker. I would like to share my love of these films with the world.

I have access to a server that’s online 24/7 with a symmetric link and no data cap. My plan is to use a docker container with a web transmission instance to seed all of my material through a VPN provider (for my own safety). My server was last rebooted 200 days ago; I intend to rack lots of uptime seeding with my server. I have technical skills and I can ensure I’ll have an open port to accept connections.

Questions: what steps should I take to protect myself in seeding these DVDs? Is there a guide or some recommendations you can provide to get the best quality out of the many hours I’m going to spend ripping? Is it possible to trace the DVD reader that made the rip? Are the cool kids still uploading torrents or is there a better technology I should be using?

Overall, I have plenty of content to share, but I don’t want to put myself at risk when I do.

 

Article refrains from drawing conclusions, instead presenting the data. Android is doing better at moving users to newer versions, but the overwhelming majority of users don't have the current Android OS version nor the previous version, combined.

 

Bullet points stolen from the linked article:

  • Code suggests the satellite connectivity feature on Pixel devices could be called “Pixel Satellite SOS.”
  • We’ve also found a clue suggesting that the feature will be offered for free for two years, which would match Apple’s current offer on the iPhone 14 and 15 series.
 

I want to share this post because I was disappointed to see this popular smartphone cracking tool works very well across Android versions and devices while iPhone enjoys relative security.

The graphic also shows premium devices specifically are vulnerable to their tools, so one cannot argue that the problem is funding or cheap devices getting owned because of dumb changes by the vendor -- premium devices fare not much better. Even Google controlling the hardware and the software of their Pixel line remains vulnerable to data extraction while the latest iPhone versions aren’t.

To me, this sounds like the state of Android physical security might be inferior. Why? What can be done to fix this? Perhaps is it because Android is more popular globally so they get more work targeting Android?

It could also be coincidental that at the time the documents leaked, the iPhone stuff was being finished up and there is actually not that much difference if you have an attacker who has lots of time and money.

EDIT: Removed wrong information. EDIT: Added more material for discussion.

 

After Linux reduced LTS releases from 6 years to 2, Google has committed to supporting its forks for 4 years.

 

AI-generated Summary:

A new leak suggests the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 4, featuring an Adreno 830 GPU, will support frame interpolation, allowing games like Genshin Impact to run at 1080p 120 FPS. Frame interpolation, similar to Nvidia's DLSS and AMD's FSR, increases framerates by adding artificial frames but can cause input lag and visual artifacts. This feature might also be available on older Snapdragon models via firmware updates, potentially enabling AAA PC/console games on Android.

My take:

Fascinating that this feature could be supported on mobile, but I'm personally not convinced that there are many mobile gamers pushing the hardware. Most mobile gamers are very casual, and even Apple has trouble getting consumers to take AAA games on mobile seriously.

 

Google Earth is almost not usable in Firefox. I’d like to ask for suggestions from the community because I really don’t want to use Google Chrome where it works great. I’m on Linux Mint, an Ubuntu derivative.

 

Points taken from article:

  • Android 15 is adding a built-in mechanism to protect your device from “juice jacking” attacks.
  • Charging will be allowed when lockdown mode is enabled in Android 15, but USB data access will not.
  • Juice jacking is a largely theoretical problem you don’t really need to worry about, but it’s still nice that Android will protect you against it.
 

AI Summary:

Google Messages will support texting 911 via RCS starting this winter, offering features like location sharing and read receipts. This upgrade improves emergency texting which is already supported by over half of US dispatch centers. Google collaborates with RapidSOS for enhanced responder info. This announcement precedes Apple's expected RCS support in iOS 18, aiming to broaden RCS adoption.

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