#unencrypted.

[practicalsolutions]

Some things never change.

CyberAIDS, a virus for Apple II from 1988. Extortion ware is nowadays more known as ransom ware.

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[morninkim]

As a show of good faith toward the remaining Decepticons at the beginning of a new, united Cybertron, newly appointed Senators Bumblebee and Soundwave allowed Shatter and Dropkick to enlist into Autobot City's Defense Team.

These two turned out to be... not the best choices.

The city may have fallen to Insurgent Decepticon occupation had it not been for young recruits Hot Rod and Arcee's accidental interception of Shatter's communication with the fugitive Starscream.

To replace the errant Defense Team members, Springer and Blurr were reassigned from Iacon to Autobot City in their stead.

[vynnyal]

I was rewatching some old videos and this one just makes me smile. To me, rainworld is primarily a multiplayer game.

[practicalsolutions]

In case you were wondering what it looks like to get pwned as a global megacorp.

[melonymint753]

I've seen quite a few posts speculating whether Dora is Pandora and uh

The game actually just tells you. Hephaestus literally has a line about it.

"Used to be this lass Pandora who, through right mean circumstances, ended up accidentally cursing mortalkind forever more. Long story, long ago... though I still think about it now and again. Mayhap she cursed us, too..."

I'm surprised nobody posted about this yet, when iirc it was in the files since the technical test.

[error-404-fuck-not-found]

just saw the world's Take Of All Time:

"calling something 'illegal code' makes you sound like a cop."

it was a conversation about ransomware.

i work for a medical research lab. ransomware took out our servers for more than two weeks while we were working on the covid vaccine. crunch the math on how many people die of covid each day and then look me in the eye and say that hacking can't be a violent act.

[chaosciara]

sorry i can't talk right now one of my mutuals just got into new media and I'm trying to decode their hidden messages (key smashing and declarations of violent acts in the tags)

[proto-language]

eep

[lightblueminecraftorchid]

I’m like if a girl had OneHalf installed on her Master Boot Record..

[sparkerinparadise]

WE FUCKING WON TODAY LETS GOOOOO

[dinosaurcharcuterie]

A hospital wants our approval in physical letter format.

Which is fine.

That's fine.

I can do that.

Zero issues with approving or letter format here.

But they want me to send it by fax.

[bizabert]

this is an adobe hate blog

[i-am-q]

Nothing new here

[ralfmaximus]

Recall is designed to use local AI models to screenshot everything you see or do on your computer and then give you the ability to search and retrieve anything in seconds. There’s even an explorable timeline you can scroll through. Everything in Recall is designed to remain local and private on-device, so no data is used to train Microsoft’s AI models. Despite Microsoft’s promises of a secure and encrypted Recall experience, cybersecurity expert Kevin Beaumont has found that the AI-powered feature has some potential security flaws. Beaumont, who briefly worked at Microsoft in 2020, has been testing out Recall over the past week and discovered that the feature stores data in a database in plain text.

Holy cats, this is way worse than we were told.

Microsoft said that Recall stored its zillions of screenshots in an encrypted database hidden in a system folder. Turns out, they're using SQLite, a free (public domain) database to store unencrypted plain text in the user's home folder. Which is definitely NOT secure.

Further, Microsoft refers to Recall as an optional experience. But it's turned on by default, and turning it off is a chore. They buried it in a control panel setting.

They say certain URLs and websites can be blacklisted from Recall, but only if you're using Microsoft's Edge browser! But don't worry: DRM protected films & music will never get recorded. Ho ho ho.

This whole debacle feels like an Onion article but it's not.

Luckily(?) Recall is currently only available on Windows 11, but I fully expect Microsoft to try and shove this terrible thing onto unsuspecting Win10 users via Update.

Stay tuned...

[whateveriwant]

what about task force 141 always admiring their s/o picture before going on field or when they’re feeling lonely and missing them

Price

Because he's old (fashioned), he carries a standard 4x6in photo of you with him during his deployment

He had the picture developed ages ago – so long, in fact, you thought he'd gotten rid of it many many tours ago (he never would, of course; he even has an extra copy of the negative stowed in a shoebox in the back of your shared closet, just in case)

Every day, he makes sure your face is the first thing he sees when he wakes up, as well as the last thing he looks at before going to sleep (just like he would if he was home with you)

When he's not admiring the photo, he keeps it in the breast pocket of his tac vest directly over his heart

He's folded and unfolded it so many times that it's starting to fade and tear at the seams, showing just how loved it is all these years later

Gaz

I can see him having a locket with a tiny picture of you inside

Just a little circular gold pendant, no bigger than the pad of first finger, which he hangs around his neck right beside his dog tags

He bought a matching one for you (which you wear all the time, regardless of whether he's home or not), the only difference is yours is heart-shaped and has a picture of him inside

Most of the time, he'll keep the locket tucked safely beneath his shirt, but will pull it out and look at it on days he's feeling particularly lonely or homesick

However, sometimes (especially when he's anxious about an upcoming mission), he doesn't even look at the picture inside – just worries the surface of the pendant with his thumb, rubbing at the thin grooves that form the looped letters of your initials

Soap

Similar to Price, he carries a larger picture of you with him – his, however, is a polaroid

You bought him the vintage style camera for his birthday a few years back, and immediately upon unwrapping it, he started snapping a bunch of candid photos of you with it

Despite how unflattering you say you look in them, he thinks you're absolutely gorgeous (after all, that's why he carries multiple with him – his favorite one always on the top of the stack)

If he can get away from the guys during the mission, he often finds himself talking out loud to the photo, speaking as if you're really there listening to him

As much as he loves to study your face, his favorite part of the polaroid is your little note scrawled across the bottom: Any more chins and I'll be using your parachute as a scarf

Ghost

This might be a little controversial but I don't think he'd carry around a physical picture of you

Pictures of you on his phone? Sure. But he's not taking his unencrypted smartphone into the middle of enemy territory, you know?

Instead, I think he carries a little trinket of yours with him – something small, seemingly inconsequential, like a hair tie or one of your favorite bookmarks

You might've noticed some things gone missing here and there, but never realized that he was nabbing them for his own little keepsake

He keeps it hidden away majority of the time, but every now and then when he starts to downward spiral, he'll pull out that token as a reminder of what (or whom) he has waiting for him back home, and it gives him the strength he needs to power through

[revelboo]

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🛩️/ 🍽️🍷🥗🍸🍽️ \🚗

🛬/ 🍽️🥤 🧆 🍹🍽️ \🚛

🚁/ 🍽️🍸 🍖 🥧 🥐 🍷🍽️ \🏎️

🛫/ 🍽️🍷 🫔 🥘 🥡 🥤🍽️ \🚓

✈️/ 🍽️🍹 🍮 🫖 🍯 🍸🍽️ \🚑

🚕/ 🍽️🍷 🥣 🍲 🍛 🥤🍽️ \🛥️

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Thank you for feeding us.

Feast. Revel. Make merry. Ho-ho-ho.🥂

Thank you! I hope everyone has a great holiday however you celebrate it- I’m celebrating it with a shit post apparently

“Hey, Optimus?” Blaster calls, head lifting from his screen to find the bigger mech. “I’m picking up an unencrypted broadcast on one of the old Decepticons communications channels. It’s flagged high priority from Megatron himself.”

Unencrypted? Knowing it might be intercepted? Frowning slightly, he gestures at the bigger screen at the front of the room. “Show me.” Sees Bumblebee, Ironhide, and Jazz look up from their stations. Servos flexing at his side, as Megatron appears on the screen, Shockwave at his side, antenna folded back.

“This is a warning to all Decepticons on Earth,” Megatron says, the warlord appearing tired as a hand lifts to press his servos against his helm. “Don’t interact with the native life forms for any reason. They’re dangerous and we’re still trying to ascertain the extent.”

“Preliminary evidence suggests that interfacing might be addictive,” Shockwave grumbles, antenna flicking when Megatron glares at him.

“For the love of Primus, don’t frag the humans,” Megatron adds, deep voice dipping into an offended growl as the transmission ends.

“I’m sorry. What?” Ironhide asks, laughing as Jazz fidgets. “Wait-wait. The Cons are fragging humans? The little, squishy organics? Those humans?”

“Er, you okay, Optimus?” Bee asks as their leader just stares at the screen in mortified silence.