I believe Canada is also introducing legislation to increase the amount of data on its citizens that it shares with the USA. In the current climate these moves seem crazy. But I guess only fascists and billionaires (and billionaire fascists) get to decide what happens.
There’s some IOC information here:
https://securelist.com/notepad-supply-chain-attack/118708/
And here:
https://www.rapid7.com/blog/post/tr-chrysalis-backdoor-dive-into-lotus-blossoms-toolkit/
the safe thing to do is uninstall, then download from the new (theoretically more secure) website and install the new (theoretically more secure) 8.9.1.
That won’t rescue your system if it is already compromised though. It will just prevent it from being newly compromised in this manner.
Stop encouraging it.
So does their CEO.
I’ve been using it for a while, and it feels almost indistinguishable from regular Firefox. Broken sites are not a common problem.
Windows 8 was awful. Windows 7 was better. But instead of using a nearly 20 year old version of Windows, we can use modern Linux.
I agree in principle. I know how to self-host, and I do self-host some things, but I can’t always afford the upfront investment (especially with today’s hardware costs) and I don’t always have time to keep up with the administration (because I’m a wage slave) so I end up renting some of it. I’m not the only one in this position.
I think there’s a place for rented tech services just as there’s a place for rented housing, but the problem in both cases is regulatory capture by landlords that mean we get stuck renting forever from exploiters. (And with tech there’s the surveillance too, so they’re the landlord that puts a secret camera in your bedroom.) So anyway, I’m trying to at least pick my tech landlords more carefully until I can afford a better solution, and as far as possible I try to make sure my stuff is encrypted before they see it.
I ended five subscriptions to US tech services over the weekend, and I’m working steadily down my list.
I dunno, but some encryption at least.
The answer to that is yes, dark gray still saves battery, but this is the part where most people say “but pure black saves more power because the pixels are actually turned off!” I’m going to sort of contradict my own title here, but yes, both statements in that outcry are true.
So don’t use that title, since you admit it’s false? But I guess “Black saves only a tiny bit more power than dark grey” wouldn’t get the clicks, though true, because it’s not as surprising as the falsehood.
So these guys just send plain text emails to each other saying “Hey Jeff we’re plotting to overthrow Putin. Here are the names of my co-conspirators. Wanna help?” and they don’t consider this kind of a stupid thing to do?
So they think they’ll bomb and invade Iran and knock out its government, then the people will take to the streets and greet them as liberators? Maybe with flowers? I think I’ve heard this one before somewhere.
Let them drag their feet over Windows 12. It won’t bring anything good.
And it will be called Copilot 365 12 Teams for Home.
That’s crazy talk. Just change the colours and shovel in more AI and ads. Don’t dilute your brand.
GrapheneOS is good and surprisingly simple to install.
Ah but now they’re going to be a robot company selling fewer and fewer robots instead.
The kakkiest of kakistocracies.
Until recently the Canadian government was pushing Bill C-2:
Canada’s Bill C-2 Opens the Floodgates to U.S. Surveillance (EFF)
They have now tried to tone it down a bit in Bill C-12 but there are still serious concerns:
Joint statement: Bill C-12’s introduction solves none of Bill C-2’s problems (Amnesty International)
So Canada’s government talks tough, but in actual legislation they seem oddly eager to appease the USA at the expense of Canadians.