01189998819991197253
@01189998819991197253@infosec.pub
- Comment on [deleted] 18 hours ago:
I was going to be snarky, but will, instead, try to he helpful.
I’m going to ask you some questions. I don’t need the answers, but it’s important you answer them for yourself. ----
What about her cami bothers you?
Is it possible that you’re attracted to her, and her cami is bringing this feeling to the foreground?
If you didn’t know you had these feelings, they could cause irrational anxiety, which would cause the logic part of your brain to attribute a reason, which, in turn, could cause hostility towards the person that seemed to trigger the anxiety.Is it possible that you have unresolved sexual oppression (usually, but not always, from childhood)?
This could cause “excess” skin to be misinterpretted as a personal attack. - Comment on Google shuts down its Nobel-prize winning AlphaFold project as it focuses on Gemini 20 hours ago:
Not here, yet.
killedbygoogle.com - Comment on I hate Android! 4 days ago:
iOS sucks hard in a lot of ways. In a lot of the same ways android sucks, in fact. One way iOS sucks more than android, is that when I tap a button, it actually registers the tap on the first attempt, instead of completely ignoring my multiple taps (it’s completely bonkers). Memory management is iOS’s strong suit, for sure, and android has eons to learn from apple on this. All things considered, the only thing that android has on iOS is its ability to install whatever APK I want. But Google is doing everything to stop this. If/when they do, I will have run out of reasons to stay on android.
All this to say: I get you, I hear you, and I’m here with you. You’re not alone.
- Comment on A $40,000-per-Year AI School With No Teachers Is Opening in Oklahoma This August 5 days ago:
- Comment on A $40,000-per-Year AI School With No Teachers Is Opening in Oklahoma This August 5 days ago:
(They’re trying to build a prison)
They’re trying to build a prison
They’re trying to build a prison
They’re trying to build a prison
(For you and me to live in)Another prison system
Another prison system
Another prison system (for you and me) - Comment on this absolute bullshit from reddit 1 week ago:
It wants you inside of it
- Comment on Is it normal to feel like I'm being watched when there's no one there? 2 weeks ago:
That’s just your FBI Guy.
Jokes aside, I would go see a doctor.
- Comment on 3 weeks ago:
Face ID or selfie are still options, I guess. But I recommend you take it as a perma-lockout.
- Comment on 3 weeks ago:
How are the millions of bots supposed to verify themselves now? X is about to lose 95% of its activity.
- Comment on Why? 5 weeks ago:
How hard is it to implement email verification?
Securely? Very fucking difficult.
- Comment on If i were a bird, how high could I go? 1 month ago:
🤏 take a hit of this and find out, mannn
- Comment on So, has age verification really become the new normal? 2 months ago:
Hahahaha! No worries at all! Mulvad has been in my sights for a while. I keep hearing of vpns failing their users or failing society, and I keep waiting for them to fail this way, too. But you recommending them, too is helping sway me.
- Comment on So, has age verification really become the new normal? 2 months ago:
The link doesn’t work, I think. It goes to an unrelated comment, explaining why to do that, but I asked which vpns do that.
- Comment on So, has age verification really become the new normal? 2 months ago:
Any suggestions on VPNs that do that?
- Comment on Tech support for mum 2 months ago:
Me: (pours myself another whiskey and coke)
You really shouldn’t mix liquid and powder like that
- Comment on Tech support for mum 2 months ago:
Because there were no passwords in the seventies, and then, the passwords were ‘’‘iloveyou’‘’ or ‘’‘12345’‘’ for a few decades. She’s never had to remember a complex password before
- Comment on Are there any worthwhile reviews of the USA UFO/UAP files released? 2 months ago:
As far as I can tell, there are no new Epstein files in them, so, not relevant.
- Comment on Is time ~25% faster now? 2 months ago:
25%
- Comment on Bosses say AI boosts productivity – workers say they’re drowning in ‘workslop’ 3 months ago:
Output ≠ Productivity
- Comment on Apple's chips are winners, but Windows fails help it most 3 months ago:
Every year of Apple Silicon, the experience of using a Mac has gotten better. Every year of Windows 11, the experience of using a PC has gotten worse.
Ain’t that the damned truth!
- Comment on Distro for upgrading a 15 year old Mac? 3 months ago:
Intel based? If so, just pick a distro to your fancy. I’m running LMDE on my 2012 MacBook Pro, and it runs flawlessly.
- Comment on Samsung is shutting down messages — alternative to Google's messenger? 3 months ago:
I know you’re joking, but for those who don’t know: killedbygoogle.com and gcemetery.co
- Comment on Does anyone else feel like websites nowadays feels very broken compared to apps? Like you try to do transactions on the mobile site (eg: ordering food), and payments mysteriously declines... 3 months ago:
I think they mean they don’t mask their IP (as in, use their real/true IP) for payments.
- Comment on I got an ad in this community 3 months ago:
Yes, but the other half… Image
- Comment on I got an ad in this community 3 months ago:
It’s called recursive advertisement. It’s how you know it’s working.
- Comment on Iran Threatens to Attack U.S. Tech Companies Starting April 1 - Iran says it will target Apple, Google, and Microsoft, among others 3 months ago:
- Comment on Windows boss promises to heal the operating system's wounds 3 months ago:
He promised many things. Liars gonna lie.
- Comment on The US government just banned consumer routers made outside the US 4 months ago:
Friggin verge and their paywall. Here’s the text. Sorry for the poor formatting.
The US government just banned consumer routers made outside the USThe US claims foreign-made routers pose national security risks. by Sean Hollister
Mar 23, 2026, 6:47 PM EDT
is a senior editor and founding member of The Verge who covers gadgets, games, and toys. He spent 15 years editing the likes of CNET, Gizmodo, and Engadget. In December, the Federal Communications Commission banned all future drones made in foreign countries from being imported into the United States, unless or until their maker gets an exemption. Now, the FCC has done the exact same for consumer networking gear, citing “an unacceptable risk to the national security of the United States and to the safety and security of U.S. persons.”
If you already have a Wi-Fi or wired router, you can keep on using it — and companies that have already gotten FCC radio authorization for a specific foreign-made product can continue to import that product.
But since the vast majority — if not all — consumer routers are manufactured outside the United States, the vast majority of future consumer routers are now banned. By adding all foreign-made consumer routers to its Covered List, the FCC is saying it will no longer authorize their radios, which de facto bans new devices from import into the country.
Now, router makers need to A) secure a “conditional approval” that lets them keep getting new products cleared for US entry while they work to convince the government that they’ll open up manufacturing in the US, or B) make the decision to skip selling future products in the US, like dronemaker DJI already did.
Like with the foreign drone ban, the FCC has a National Security Determination that it says justifies these actions, one which claims that “Allowing routers produced abroad to dominate the U.S. market creates unacceptable economic, national security, and cybersecurity risks,” and that “routers produced abroad were directly implicated in the Volt, Flax, and Salt Typhoon cyberattacks which targeted critical American communications, energy, transportation, and water infrastructure.”
“Given the criticality of routers to the successful functioning of our nation’s economy and defense, the United States can no longer depend on foreign nations for router manufacturing,” reads another passage.
It is true that a great many router vulnerabilities have surfaced over the years, which make them a popular target for hackers and botnets. It is also true that one China-founded company, TP-Link, is dominant in the US consumer market; US authorities had previously considered a specific TP-Link ban due to that dominance and national security concerns. (TP-Link has been attempting to distance itself from China, splitting off from the Chinese entity in 2022, establishing a global headquarters in California in 2024, and suing Netgear in 2025 for suggesting that TP-Link had been infiltrated by the Chinese government.)
It is not clear how simply moving production of routers domestically would make them safer. In the Volt Typhoon hack, Chinese state-sponsored hackers primarily targeted Cisco and Netgear routers, routers designed by US companies, according to the Department of Justice. They were vulnerable because those US companies had stopped providing security updates to the specific targeted routers, which had been discontinued by those companies.
While the FCC’s Covered List makes it sound like the US is banning all “routers produced in a foreign country,” it’s defined a bit more narrowly than that. It’s specifically banning “consumer-grade routers” as defined in NIST Internal Report 8425A, which refers to ones “intended for residential use and can be installed by the customer.”
“Virtually all routers are made outside the United States, including those produced by U.S.-based companies like TP-Link, which manufactures its products in Vietnam,” reads part of a statement from TP-Link via third-party spokesperson Ricca Silverio. “It appears that the entire router industry will be impacted by the FCC’s announcement concerning new devices not previously authorized by the FCC.”
Update, March 23rd: Clarified how TP-Link has distanced itself from China, and added company statement.
- Comment on The US government just banned consumer routers made outside the US 4 months ago:
That’s just not true. Bigotry and conspiracy theories are also produced there, and I read they’re among the top exporters.
- Comment on Windows 11 is finally getting a movable taskbar 4 months ago:
the feature that literally every other OS has had since the 90’s
Macos over here all shifty eyed.
