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2024-11-08 07:33:36 GMT

Fun look at physical pen testing:
"Turns out she didn’t need to do any breaking in at all.
She rode the elevator up to the reception floor without needing a security badge, found the office suite door propped open, walked past a security guard sitting at a desk and straight into a conference room."
https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/29/interview_with_a_social_engineering/

2024-11-07 18:12:40 GMT

Slack now allows you to change the default font, which means I no longer need to look at the ridiculous ligatures Lato does for various letter combinations.
https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/181020/2024/slackfont.png

2024-11-07 00:16:11 GMT

404 Media shines the light on VoteRef, a database of (most) registered voters in America along with their addresses, voting history and political affiliation. Terrifyingly easy to go from name to specifics.
https://www.404media.co/voted-in-america-this-site-doxed-you/

2024-11-06 17:09:07 GMT

The ranked choice voting rounds for the San Francisco mayoral election such a great representation of how it works. I love that you can feel empowered to vote for an unlikely candidate without “throwing” your vote away.
https://sfelections.org/results/20241105/final/round-pages/mayor_short-rounds-en.html

2024-11-02 14:27:53 GMT

"This is a confirmation that your Hulu subscription will be canceled"
Baseball season truly is over. Got hit with one month of the latest Hulu rate hike to watch the World Series but my initial cost calculations proved pretty good. Will have to see what it’s like next season.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/08/so-tired-disney-hulu-espn-prices-increase-by-up-to-25-percent-in-october/ https://zacwe.st/2024/02/24/monthly-costs-to.html

2024-11-01 20:22:46 GMT

How Dormant Domains Can Be Weaponized During Events[…]:
"CSC researched election-themed domain registrations from January 2023 to September 2024 and observed 59,000 unique domain names that were not owned by the candidates, political parties, or voting organizations."
Just in registration fees alone this feels absurd; to what end is this being done?
https://circleid.com/posts/how-dormant-domains-can-be-weaponized-during-events

2024-11-01 13:55:35 GMT

One of my favorite Guy Gavriel Kay novels is on sale today for $1.99, The Lions of al-Rassan. It’ll make you cry at the end.
https://www.ereaderiq.com/dp/B00851M70C/

2024-10-29 22:58:46 GMT

botsin.space shutting down highlights one of the biggest weaknesses of the Fediverse: lack of true portability. That’s a lot of history that’s going to be lost, and probably scores of bots that won’t be updated to point to a new destination.
https://muffinlabs.com/posts/2024/10/29/10-29-rip-botsin-space/

2024-10-26 14:15:03 GMT

Ashes of Man (Sun Eater #5) by Christopher Ruocchio ★★★★☆: This series has not shied away from killing off major characters, to say the least, but off-screen at the end was a bit weak; the common failing with this series is the endings feeling like brief sudden pauses. Still captivating world-building acti... zacwe.st https://zacwe.st/2024/10/26/ashes-of-man.html

2024-10-25 15:59:32 GMT

Beautiful ad campaign from Mullvad:
"At Mullvad VPN, we have a very clear position on marketing. We have a strong policy against paying for reviews, a total ban on working with affiliate marketing, and we never pay influencers."
https://www.mullvad.net/en/blog/2024/10/24/advertising-that-targets-everyone/

2024-10-23 23:06:04 GMT

Pocket Casts has a cool unintended side effect of how it syncs to devices. As it replays my history of subscribing and unsubscribing the list of Podcasts temporarily flashes things I haven’t listened to in years and the various manual reordering I’ve done. Blast from the past.