let’s face it: the internet has become a gigantic surveillance machine, with hundreds of private companies, trying to collect as much data on the user as possible in order to “predict the market” while also using with AI to analyze […]
“to swap, or not to swap, that is the question”: definately swap Shakespeare “to encrypt, or not to encrypt” (if it contains valuable data, encrypt) “to lvm, or not to lvm” (well….) because: one fine day, the user decides to […]
Brother HL-5450DN got a network port and usb driver install script here: https://support.brother.com/g/b/downloadtop.aspx?c=eu_ot&lang=en&prod=hl5450dn_all but not even required (cups auto detects this LAN connected printer (assign it a fixed ip) lsb_release -d; # tested on Description: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) # […]
this is a quick bash hack, to set overwrite the current ip with an fixed ip or add an virtual interface for an additional fixed ip this will (brute force) OVERWRITE all mess done by network managers of various origins […]
what’s in the (Debian apt) repo concerning RSS (News) Feeds? apt search rss … then manually filtered. akregator/stable 4:20.08.3-1 amd64 RSS/Atom feed aggregator cairo-dock-rssreader-plug-in/stable 3.4.1+git20201022.a0d3415c-1 amd64 RSS Reader plug-in for Cairo-dock chromium-tt-rss-notifier/stable 0.5.2-2.1 all Chromium extension providing toolbar button for […]
Open Source is about enabling users “Amazon, Microsoft, Google” and the White House, want to help make Open Source more secure… https://www.golem.de/news/openssf-150-millionen-us-dollar-sollen-open-source-absichern-2205-165382.html https://www.golem.de/news/openssf-linux-foundation-will-security-praxis-vereinheitlichen-2008-150036.html src of src: “White House OSS Mobilization Plan” 2022: https://openssf.org/blog/2022/05/11/testimony-to-the-us-house-committee-on-science-and-technology/ 2020: “The OpenSSF is a cross-industry collaboration […]
In search for alternatives, decided to test drive “gnome boxes“, which is said, to be an easy-going gui for the libvirt qemu virtualization system. lsb_release -d; # tested on Description: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) su – root apt update # […]
how much is the phish? The phone-system but also the E-Mail system, are amongst the oldest, previous analog, now digital systems still in use today (the first E-Mail was send 1971). Unfortunately both systems – back then – were not […]
chm files are basically html files packed into an archive. unpacking them should be possible, but archmage file.chm output “Segmentation” faulted. lsb_release -a; # tested on No LSB modules are available. Description: Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster) su – root apt […]
this notebook was premium when released aprox. 2003 it still looks with those LEDs and mic and speaker mini-jacks at the front (it even has a wifi hardware switch on the front (blue LED) the screen and speakers are excellent […]
… so to ya’ll who are now using Android, iOS and all those fancy OS, no idea what we had to go through X-D (until finally GNU Linux came along).
it was one of the first mobile phones with color display but… … it also had some problems. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siemens_S25 plus: problems with charging the battery… constantly dead.
these are debian game “bundles” to check out what each bundle contains go: apt show packagename # to install su – root apt install packagename # the list: tuxmath # YES! genious action packed space invaders like defend the penguins […]
cyber is on heightened alarm levels … ya’ll know why. timeline of a successful attack on the most basic tools like: exiftool cve-2021-22204 (failed to properly validate parsed input) This was reported by a security researcher on April 7, 2021, […]
how deep fakes work: computer program analyzes facial expressions of person A in footage computer program then applies this, to make the facial expressions of person B, look like person A (it is easier for the program to generate good […]
if it’s a great SciFi show or not is up for debate. The title is great. The intro is fantastic. The cover design is great. The plot is (at least partly) pretty confusing and the show ends with an open […]
https://cve.circl.lu/cve/CVE-2019-19781 https://www.healthcare-computing.de/bsi-warnt-vor-schwachstelle-bei-vpn-produkten-von-citrix-a-964940/ https://www.cnblogs.com/lsgxeva/p/12116150.html hits healthcare hospital in Germany, causing death of (at least) 1 person https://www.businessinsider.de/politik/deutschland/hacker-legen-uniklinik-duesseldorf-lahm-staatsanwaltschaft-ermittelt-wegen-todesfall-einer-patientin/
instead of reading massively long passages of text (which can become tiresome fast) it might be nice, to have the computer read out that text? let’s do that 🙂 click play to hear picotts read above text: multiple choices there […]
a word of warning: NEVER EVER INSTALL GAMES ON “FOR WORK” MACHINES! also: NEVER run any downloaded games while being connected to a network of importance (no matter if private or business) (nobody knows what those C++ dlls are up […]
a word of warning: NEVER EVER INSTALL GAMES ON “FOR WORK” MACHINES! NEVER run any downloaded games while being connected to a network of importance (no matter if private or business) (nobody knows what those C++ dlls are up to) […]
“The Duri malware, for example, uses the Javascript blob technique. The attacks are triggered by visiting a website with the malicious code.” (this could be a well known, sincere, but hacked website) “By downloading, the malware can install itself on […]
https://www.futuretimeline.net/blog/2022/03/26-robot-peels-banana.htm
update: there is indeed a small screw missing from the angle grinder: Ersatzteilinformation: part detailed information: 1603300016 Sachnummer: 1603300016 Beschreibung: Sechskantmutter DIN-Text: M7, SW10 Preis * 1,04 €* Preisgruppe 11 * Alle Preise inkl. Mehrwertsteuer zzgl. Versandkosten Always say something […]
Update: https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-uses-ai-software-improve-its-surveillance-capabilities-2022-04-08/ https://merics.org/en/merics-briefs/china-2022-look-ahead PSS: PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT IT-SECURITY IS TIGHT! & IT WON’T BECOME “SKYNET“ Terminator Skynet AI Network: damn, those Terminator robots have good dentists! “Skynet is a fictional artificial neural network-based conscious group mind[citation needed] and artificial […]
0) for security: keep all internet connected devices as up to date as possible! “Freifunk updates its router firmware and closes a critical security vulnerability that could allow attackers to install their own firmware on the devices” (src: heise.de) Also […]
update: 2022-05: okay… maybe Mrs Baker did not “destroy” Firefox-Mozilla, but at least brought it into the financial dependency on Google-Alphabet. this means: massive amount of money for Mozilla “the deal, which ZDNet estimates is worth between $400 and $450 […]
make sure guest additions are installed (on the guest vm) it is a simple matter of the user not being in group “vboxsf” and thus denied usage of vbox filesystem service (fs) lsb_release -a; # tested on guest Description: Debian […]
the risks of all digital (no cash) payment systems & amok AI: “This happens quite often with customers of the Cashgroup banks (@DeutscheBank / @Postbank / @Commerzbank / @Comdirect) as soon as their algorithms hit your account is directly without […]
lsb_release -a; # tested under Description: Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster) su – root # create new file touch /scripts/shutdown.sh chmod +x /scripts/shutdown.sh # edit and insert orange content vim /scripts/shutdown.sh #!/bin/bash echo “=== shutdown as gracefully as possible ===” # […]
one more step for mankind IN NO WAY shall the accomplishments of the year 1969 be belittled, OR the Space Shuttle ($1.5 billion per flight), but imho what is happening NOW at NASA is a complete waste of money. NASA […]