ericatty

@ericatty@infosec.pub

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨6* months away now. If you're on 10, do you plan to upgrade? Make the jump to Linux?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m pretty sure all personal data leaks to me and my friends and family have nothing to do with personal EOL OS on personal PCs/laptops.

  My Dad, ran Windows 7 (yes, 7) until he passed last year, almost 80. We had his credit locked down, we had antivirus running, we kept the browsers up to date, and he was very good about not clicking weird links or calling fake support numbers.

  His biggest data breach (and ours too)? Was from myChart a couple years ago, he got a letter that his data was part of the big hack, yada yada yada free credit reporting - so sorry. If you don’t know, myChart is like The Main medical everything portal in the US at least for most doctors and hospital systems. So all your test results, making appointments, sending messages, requesting Rx refills, all through myChart’s website. The hospitals and doctors using MyChart can see pretty much everything in your myChart health record (some exceptions)

  So using super secure OS on your personal computer means nothing when you are part of a hundreds of millions data dump from someone hacking into that. Not having an account just means you don’t have access to your own records, they are still part of the system.

  But Yes, I was in the process of getting Dad an upgrade to a flavor of Linux that would be the closest to what he was used to. And the only reason was because browser support was coming to EOL for Windows 7. He really didn’t want to change or lose his solitaire games and he deserved a stress-free life to play his damn games like he wanted.

  THAT SAID - if businesses are using EOL OS and getting hacked - they definitely need to do whatever they need to do and protect their customer data. But EOL OS for an average person checking email, making doctor’s appointments, checking headlines, and playing solitaire while streaming music certainly doesn’t call for a need to panic.

  IF you are a power user doing sometimes sketch things (according to Apple/MS anyway) probably switch to Linux sooner than later.

  We have computers running Linux, Windows 10 (one of which was on 8.1 until a year ago), and Windows 11 in our house. The one on 11 is being tested basically, and will probably be reinstalled with Linux. But we are trying to give it a shot.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We are so cooked⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The actual city sends a fine. If you don’t clean it, they send a crew. If you don’t pay for the crew, the lien the property.

  Source: got letter from the city a week ago.

  In fairness, I’ve been dealing with a lot and there were some areas that looked like we were abandoned. I’ve been meaning to clean out the unwanted stuff so the flowers can grow. My lawn is mostly moss and clover and that’s not what they cared about.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨CISA: We didn't fire red teams, just unhired some of them⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Do you want more Anonymous? Because that’s how you get more Anonymous…

  As a business person, my first order of business is always to piss off the red teams and then cut them loose. Not these people would do anything illegal or untoward… that we’d know about.

  quite a bit /s mixed in there

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The IT Crowd: Jen has been transported⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Do you have a website recommendation that’s accurate? Or are they all pretty much the same?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The IT Crowd: Jen has been transported⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  It would have been funnier to say ‘speaks random Italian words’ for the people relying on CC

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This app requires access to your contacts⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  NOOO!!! This is the Torment Nexus of toilets… now some company is going to do this…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Paramount will be releasing "GALAXY QUEST" on 4K Ultra HD on December 3.⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I forgot this and now I’m sniffling. Such a fantastic movie.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Have you ever realized just how broken you are?⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You aren’t broken. It sounds like a broken man raised you.

  I love this. It is so true too. My father and my husband were both raised by broken men and they both rose above it. My Dad still struggles with it, but my husband has been able to forgive and move on

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Somewhere at the bottom is a Mandalorian having a very bad day⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s 5 dogs?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lemmy is the best social media⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Thank you for your service! (sounds sarcastic, is not)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Very few people realise how environmentally devastating this game is.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m told Top Golf is fun too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  If harvested while young, soybeans can be eaten in their original state as edamane. (You can just steam the beans and eat) They have to be processed for human consumption when left to fully mature.

  Edamame is extremely tasty sprinkled with a little salt, or drizzled with a little sesame oil and chili powders.