WhyJiffie
@WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on What is the difference between a managed switch and an unmanaged switch? 1 week ago:
Your basic home or business user only needs an unmanaged switch, good enough.
I always say vlans are useful in any environments
- Comment on Even if you develop the worst type of dementia imaginable, please find a way to always remember the events of 11/13/25. 2 weeks ago:
what’s RoW?
- Comment on Want to play the latest multiplayer games? Just go into your bios settings or upgrade your PC if it doesn't have TPM chip. 2 weeks ago:
I think there’s some linux command to query the installed keys, but here I have only found the command for listing all the installed mok keys: wiki.archlinux.org/title/…/Secure_Boot
- Comment on Want to play the latest multiplayer games? Just go into your bios settings or upgrade your PC if it doesn't have TPM chip. 2 weeks ago:
I can boot into Windows through the BIOS using only the MS-signed bootloader instead of GRUB or any chain loader, and Windows itself considers Secure Boot to be enabled successfully.
I assume that’s because your motherboard still has the microsoft keys installed besides the MOK keys, and it verified the bootloader with that. thats why it accepts the ms signed bootloader. as I know not all motherboards allow removing it, and there are a few buggy ones that get hard bricked if you do that.
- Comment on Want to play the latest multiplayer games? Just go into your bios settings or upgrade your PC if it doesn't have TPM chip. 2 weeks ago:
Microsoft provides SB shims for some linux distributions, so it wouldn’t mean locking out all linux players.
- Comment on Want to play the latest multiplayer games? Just go into your bios settings or upgrade your PC if it doesn't have TPM chip. 2 weeks ago:
right, you can look at it that way too. but what the consumers see (and feel) is that the game tells what kind of software you can have, even when that is not related to the game. and that’s what’s not usual.
this is less obvious on windows, because it’s not that common to be modified by users in a way that matters here, as the checks are kind of loose, but on android it’s quite different, and windows is likely to get the same treatment, which is the reason why valve is pouring so much money into linux
- Comment on Want to play the latest multiplayer games? Just go into your bios settings or upgrade your PC if it doesn't have TPM chip. 2 weeks ago:
these games only accept the secure boot setup where the root key is that of microsoft’s. that means that you either need windows with a pre-approved configuration in some regards (notable difference: any foss kernel drivers are nono because they won’t ever be signed) or a linux system for which microsoft gives a secureboot shim with whatever further restrictions.
the consequences are more obvious if you look at android as an example. It’s not called secure boot there, but android verified boot, and the turning off of it is called “bootloader unlocking”. very few phones support installing your own signing keys so you can’t take advantage of it with a bloatless android distribution. but even on phones that do, there are many apps that require a locked bootloader with the factory keys, including banking apps, nfc payment apps, government apps (including those that are required to access the online government account), entertainment apps with strict DRM, …
- Comment on Want to play the latest multiplayer games? Just go into your bios settings or upgrade your PC if it doesn't have TPM chip. 2 weeks ago:
its like you are intentionally trying to misunderstand what they are saying, good work at it. Obviously, they didn’t deem SB and TPM unusual, but the types of software (entertainment industry products) demanding it while the software of the security industry does not.
but it’s not a pointless requirement or some grand conspiracy to make people buy new hardware.
consumers won’t benefit from this functionality, but many industries will in the foreseeable future
- Comment on Want to play the latest multiplayer games? Just go into your bios settings or upgrade your PC if it doesn't have TPM chip. 2 weeks ago:
start going down the technical path with Linux to extend the life further.
linux won’t fix this kind of shit, because this is about an arbitrary limitation of wanting to lock the owner out of the system. these malware companies won’t ever recognize a free linux setup as “verified”
- Comment on Want to play the latest multiplayer games? Just go into your bios settings or upgrade your PC if it doesn't have TPM chip. 2 weeks ago:
TPM is enterprise functionality, useless for most consumers.
Secure Boot is not enough for these malware. They want SB rooted in MS keys. You using a Machine Owner Key? Too bad, go away! they say
- Comment on Want to play the latest multiplayer games? Just go into your bios settings or upgrade your PC if it doesn't have TPM chip. 2 weeks ago:
who said they do?
- Comment on Want to play the latest multiplayer games? Just go into your bios settings or upgrade your PC if it doesn't have TPM chip. 2 weeks ago:
the tpm does not add any security whatsoever for windows 11, and secure boot is being used to lock your control out of your own system. secure boot enabled with machine owner keys wouldn’t be enough either for these games
- Comment on Homebrew, de facto standard package manager for macOS, now forces Apple's $99/yr notarization bullshit for all casks. 2 weeks ago:
bad librewolf, shame on them for not paying the tax
- Comment on Why aren't people harassing marketers? 3 weeks ago:
it sounds fun but
And since this is being done to one business at a time,
how can people coordinate that?
- Comment on Do air purifiers really reduce dust much? 3 weeks ago:
valetudo
- Comment on Is re-visiting a place of trauma a good idea? Have anyone done it? 4 weeks ago:
I think it wouldn’t be a good idea to go back to china
- Comment on My friend got hacked and of course microsoft will not even try to help 4 weeks ago:
I rarely use onedrive and I’m not logged in in any client normally. a few years ago I checked some files through firefox and learned that search also searches in image content, even though I stopped using the service before AI tech became available.
- Comment on My friend got hacked and of course microsoft will not even try to help 4 weeks ago:
encrypted onedrive? what? press X to doubt. how do they do image recognition on uploaded images, then?
- Comment on My friend got hacked and of course microsoft will not even try to help 4 weeks ago:
encrypted onedrive? what? press X to doubt. how do they do image recognition on uploaded images, then?
- Comment on Nothing’s new bloatware includes Facebook services that can’t be uninstalled 5 weeks ago:
all banks I know have a problem with it in my country. one of the didn’t, but recently decided to end their good tradition referring to some unclear legal obligations
- Comment on Nothing’s new bloatware includes Facebook services that can’t be uninstalled 5 weeks ago:
root permissions, which will disqualify it from being able to run the banking app, the mandatory age verification app, and others.
- Comment on Over 47% of Stop Killing Games Signatures Have Already Been Verified 5 weeks ago:
no, it means they are halfway through the verification and for most countries they already have counted enough valid votes.
- Comment on 1 month ago:
Denmark’s metro’s are fully automated and it’s amazing.
how does its full automation make it amazing to you?
- Comment on Why do we still joke about setting up old wooden guillotines? 1 month ago:
well I don’t know how many uses it takes to wear out a decent guillotine, from my part it could be good if it can do 5 turns. no idea
- Comment on Why do we still joke about setting up old wooden guillotines? 1 month ago:
I thought they mean it for the equipment, that it does not fall apart so fast
- Comment on was this average bullying behavior? 2 months ago:
if they say you should die because you wanted to talk with them, they are not nice people. you should avoid them for your own benefit. try to find other people if you can, but I would say being alone even is better on a scale. I was in a similar situation for years. and when I thought it ended, it all came back with other people for another few years. if you are a child in school, locked together with them, mentally prepare yourself that they’ll continue bullying you even if you don’t contact them, and that most teachers won’t care. still, you should try getting help if the madness does not stop.
- Comment on If you argue for a cause like affordable housing for everyone, is it necessarily hypocritical if you also own investment properties? 2 months ago:
where did I imply it is black and white? I did not say that there are no people who reasonably want to rent, of course there are.
but I’m pretty sure that it’s not even half the people.
the problem is not that people who want to rent can’t, they have plenty of options! but that people who specifically dont want to rent, very often does not have amy other choice.
buying a house for a family comes with a lifelong loan, with all the aid possible, and buying a house as an individual or as a couple is just not possible anymore where I live. unless you have an exceptionally high salary. even just buying an empty parcel or one where there’s only a house so bad it needs to be demolished costs so much, if there’s a habitable house the bank won’t even give a loan. - Comment on If you argue for a cause like affordable housing for everyone, is it necessarily hypocritical if you also own investment properties? 2 months ago:
I know people that only want to rent, they don’t want to own.
you say this as if most people would be like that. whereas most people don’t want to travel all the time, for most that wouldn’t even be possible because of their job, most just want a place to live, and feudalists are taking advantage of (and contributing to) prohibitively expensive housing prices
- Comment on Anon is a fact checker 3 months ago:
look ma’! I’m special!
- Comment on Anon is a fact checker 3 months ago:
extra: like you always told me!