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Derek Martin

@me@derekmartin.org

I'm Derek. I am a nerd. Principal Program Manager, Azure Core, Global Resiliency. Toots are my opinion and don't represent my company.

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For those who celebrate.

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Yes, you can still buy 4K TV's that are not "Smart" (surveillance). They're called "commercial displays" and as a bonus, they're more durable, too.

Prices start at $550 US for a 55-inch Samsung model.

www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product

Maybe if I wasn’t so scared my kids would get killed by a shooter every day, we could actually ban phones in schools. As it stands, I need a direct line to my kid. Fix the bigger issue first. apple.news/A6fN9xyuLTuaoeU3iWo

Heartbreaking … Social Media Has Overwhelmed America’s Main Nonprofit Fighting Child Exploitation apple.news/AbslrYT2rRfW0b9GAHT

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That’s shocking!

I’ve had my new M1 Pro Max Studio now for about a month. Bought it for a song cause it’s “so old…” holy crap yall, the difference between M1 and M3 on the studio is so small compared to the Intel to M1, I feel like I hit the freaking jackpot. mastodon.social/users/appleins

So many memories of rocking with Winamp and wild ass freewheeling music downloads from … places. mastodon.gamedev.place/@daniel

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So, kids, what's the moral of the XZ story?

If you're going to backdoor something, make sure that your changes don't impact its performance. Nobody cares about security - but if your backdoor makes the thing half a second slower, some nerd is going to dig it up.

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Upgrade your systems now!

The xz package has been backdoored

archlinux.org/news/the-xz-pack

Edited 206d ago
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Backdoor in upstream xz/liblzma leading to ssh server compromise www.openwall.com/lists/oss-sec

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TikTok hysteria notwithstanding, the heads of the CIA, FBI and Intel community are careful to note that any threat to national security is purely hypothetical.

There's no evidence that TikTok has ever coordinated with the Chinese government. theintercept.com/2024/03/16/ti

Pass the meatballs! Welcome to

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ℹ️ Note: Facebook, Instagram, Threads and Messenger are currently experiencing outages related to login sessions in multiple countries; incident not related to country-level internet disruptions or filtering

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It’s the software, not the hardware keeping these things back, These new Android phones look like total iPhone killers - T3 apple.news/ALldZ2KPfQU2zufHXor

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Just a reminder that Tim Mak ( @timkmak) is doing better reporting on Ukraine than... Well, anyone. This one's public and worth a read.

www.counteroffensive.news/p/th