IHawkMike
@IHawkMike@lemmy.world
- Comment on How does secure boot in computers work, and how is the default Windows Secure Boot different from the Secure Boot of an alternate OS (such as Linux)? 12 hours ago:
This is a good answer.
To add, for Linux kernels, the maintainer use a shim EFI package with the distro’s keys (e.g., Canonical’s keys for Ubuntu) which loads the maintainer-signed kernel. And Microsoft signs the shim to keep the chain intact.
- Comment on Isn't it possible to frame almost any opinion as a question? 3 days ago:
I’m Ron Burgundy?
- Comment on How would you stop evil maid attack by non-state adversaries? 3 weeks ago:
As another poster mentioned, QubesOS with anti evil maid will work, but that’s the defense against state actors too and is overkill for this threat model.
BitLocker or any FDE using SecureBoot and PCR 7 will be sufficient for this (with Linux you also need PCRs 8+9 to protect against grub and initramfs attacks). Even if they can replace something in the boot chain with something trusted, it’ll change PCR 7 and you’d be prompted to unlock with a recovery key (don’t blindly enter it without verifying the boot chain and knowing why you’re being prompted).
With Secure Boot alone, the malicious bootloader would still need to be trusted (something like BlackLotus).
Also make sure you have a strong BIOS password and disable boot from USB, PXE, and anything else that isn’t the specific EFI bootloader used by your OS(es).
- Comment on Ordering coffee in the USA triggers me 5 weeks ago:
most of those drinks are specifically designed with the ice in mind
Citation Needed
- Comment on Me at CES today 1 month ago:
Probably the 9950x3d. And we’ve known for a while now that the cache would only be on one CCD.
- Comment on We need a new Amazon 2 months ago:
An SSO-like payment system with tracking and revocation is a great idea and would be amazing for us consumers. I’m just not holding my breath waiting for the corpos to implement it.
While nowhere near perfect (far from it, really), as long as the sites you are shopping on are PCI-compliant (most should be), you don’t have to worry too much about a compromised site leaking your payment details for use elsewhere.
Basically just use a password manager and don’t worry about saving credit card (NOT debit card) details in the site as long as they aren’t extra-sketchy.
- Comment on We need a new Amazon 2 months ago:
Same here. Sometimes the same/next day shipping can help in an emergency, but otherwise it’s local if possible, or direct from the vendor if not.
Amazon’s shipping has declined and everyone else’s has caught up to the point it’s not much of a difference anymore.
- Comment on Checkmate 2 months ago:
We still do.
- Comment on How many Nintendo Switches do I need for a family of gamers? 3 months ago:
This was an amazing and informative answer. Thank you.
- Comment on Responsible Adults 3 months ago:
I drink my whiskey straight from the Klein bottle.
- Comment on It's just taken me 55 minutes to watch a 35 minute episode on Plex because of crashes 3 months ago:
Holy shit, I remember being excited for 2.4 because of iptables. That was over twenty years ago.
- Comment on Mr. T turned 72 four days ago. You might not remember him, but he was the guy who starred in the greatest music video of all time. 3 months ago:
He’s definitely on the jazz!
- Comment on Curves 3 months ago:
I don’t think I got them all.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 months ago:
Yeah, this is FSKAX over 3 years. I have a lot of my portfolio in it and it does well. It’s up 24% over that period.
- Comment on No longer dating 4 months ago:
My wife doesn’t like it when I introduce her as my ex-girlfriend.
- Comment on ps2 graphics 4 months ago:
It only happens twice a year though.
- Comment on How exactly does one eat 1500 calories a day? 6 months ago:
Yeah that sounds about right.
- Comment on How exactly does one eat 1500 calories a day? 6 months ago:
There’s no way you need to somehow eat more to lose weight. Are you sure you’re counting your calories correctly? Using an app? Tracking everything, especially drinks like sodas and alcohol?
- Comment on ochem periodic table 6 months ago:
Still missing a few but it’s the best I found in 30 seconds.
- Comment on Is cloudflare breaking the internet or fixing it? 8 months ago:
FYI, making you the product is only a tiny part of their stated reasoning:
- Comment on Wilburrrr 8 months ago:
- Comment on Usernames in the Fedivers 😫 8 months ago:
And what’s wrong with asking that? Plenty of email platforms let you change your primary SMTP address and/or add/remove aliases.
It’s a legitimate question. And it could be that the lack of ability to change it has a perfectly logical answer. It still wouldn’t invalidate the question.
- Comment on The future is here 8 months ago:
Do you even know what an electrolyte is?!
- Comment on Life uh uh uh... finds a way. 8 months ago:
And conversely, when we lose weight the vast majority is exhaled as CO2, not excreted as liquid or solid waste.
- Comment on "Hacked" Instagram 9 months ago:
Most likely it was a password stuffing attack. If they used the same password on multiple sites, there is a good chance one of those other sites was compromised and the attackers took the compromised credentials and tried them on other sites like Instagram. It could have been something more advanced like a stolen cookie, but usually the simplest explanation is most likely.
Always use a different password for each service, enable MFA where possible, and use a password vault like Bitwarden.
- Comment on The one your friend, Dick, borrows 9 months ago:
- Comment on Do you guys actually move aroung your ascended gear to play your alts? 9 months ago:
Only rarely. Have been off for about a year but would mostly spend a lot of time going for legendary. Still means sticking to an armor class (light for me). But with enough fractal runs you end up with enough to split for the others (I play all nine).
- Comment on Horrible!! 9 months ago:
While I can’t speak from experience, I would imagine this isn’t terribly uncommon for black people in America at least (and other people of color).
There’s still a lot of systemic racism over here, so unfortunately sometimes you have to mask who you are just to approach being treated the same as white people.
- Comment on Llamas with Hats: Epilogue Kickstarter 10 months ago:
Its about time. My stomach was making the rumblies.
