Notices by Hattie Cat (hattiecat@quitter.no), page 4
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Hattie Cat (hattiecat@quitter.no)'s status on Thursday, 11-Jan-2018 03:31:41 EST Hattie Cat
Only problem with using DNScrypt/OpenNIC is that sometimes servers disappear so every 6-12 months or so DNS stops working and you have to remember how to download the latest servers list and point the DNScrypt client to a new one. -
Tek dba Tek (tek@freeradical.zone)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Jan-2018 18:50:14 EST Tek dba Tek
9th circuit affirms that it's legal to write a web scraper to download data that you have permission to access, even if the website's terms of service says you can't:
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Hattie Cat (hattiecat@quitter.no)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Jan-2018 04:57:15 EST Hattie Cat
@thatbrickster Doing this with a colleague's code. Makes the program easier to read, document, change and test. Found 5 bugs in the process - well worth the effort. -
Hattie Cat (hattiecat@quitter.no)'s status on Tuesday, 09-Jan-2018 17:24:09 EST Hattie Cat
Taking a break from tech for the New Year, reading Romer's 'A History of Ancient Egypt'. Very well written, with sensitive, delightful descriptions. Strenuously avoids Victorian interpretations: sees ancient people as like ourselves, rather than as 'savages'. https://quitter.no/attachment/1611704 -
Hattie Cat (hattiecat@quitter.no)'s status on Thursday, 04-Jan-2018 17:20:19 EST Hattie Cat
If you were wondering how seriously Microsoft takes security... https://quitter.no/attachment/1603839 -
Hattie Cat (hattiecat@quitter.no)'s status on Thursday, 04-Jan-2018 16:17:05 EST Hattie Cat
How to enable First-party isolation in Firefox - may break authentication with some sites though so use plugin to switch on/off. https://www.ghacks.net/2017/11/22/how-to-enable-first-party-isolation-in-firefox/ -
elomatreb :blobpats: (elomatreb@glitch.social)'s status on Thursday, 04-Jan-2018 07:52:25 EST elomatreb :blobpats:
Cold infosec take of the day is "I am so smart I think running untrusted code is bad", on the javascript-based website twitter dot com
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Hattie Cat (hattiecat@quitter.no)'s status on Thursday, 04-Jan-2018 16:13:06 EST Hattie Cat
Racoon - download APKs from Google Play from Linux PC. http://raccoon.onyxbits.de/ In conversation from quitter.no permalink -
Hattie Cat (hattiecat@quitter.no)'s status on Thursday, 04-Jan-2018 15:53:16 EST Hattie Cat
Rejoice! My fileserver (Intel Atom D510/Fedora), family laptop (Core 2 Duo/Ubuntu) and fleet of Raspberry Pis unaffected by Meltdown/Spectre. My MacMini, on the other hand... In conversation from quitter.no permalink -
Hattie Cat (hattiecat@quitter.no)'s status on Wednesday, 03-Jan-2018 17:22:09 EST Hattie Cat
Statement from ARM. 'Practice good security hygiene' - these days that's increasingly looking like 'don't connect your computer to the Internet'... https://quitter.no/attachment/1602746 In conversation from quitter.no permalink -
Hattie Cat (hattiecat@quitter.no)'s status on Wednesday, 03-Jan-2018 17:21:21 EST Hattie Cat
@bob Odd, I'll try on another machine. In conversation from quitter.no permalink -
Hattie Cat (hattiecat@quitter.no)'s status on Wednesday, 03-Jan-2018 17:14:45 EST Hattie Cat
@bob 'Article not available' (following link on Orfox) - bad URL, poor support for browser or article withdrawn? In conversation from quitter.no permalink -
Hattie Cat (hattiecat@quitter.no)'s status on Wednesday, 03-Jan-2018 17:11:38 EST Hattie Cat
Murdered man is Japanese. National news NHK does not mention 't' word, just has press conference footage of police saying a potential link with terrorism being investigated (well, obviously all possibilities are looked at?) In conversation from quitter.no permalink -
Hattie Cat (hattiecat@quitter.no)'s status on Wednesday, 03-Jan-2018 17:06:25 EST Hattie Cat
Three attacked apparently at random in Ireland, one dies. Suspect has brown skin. Guardian headline: 'Irish police consider possible terrorist link'. Fearmongering? https://quitter.no/url/1602722 In conversation from quitter.no permalink Attachments