Lyssa Dawson @squeakycheetah@awoo.space
- Pronouns and Gender
- She/Her (Female)
- Matrix
- @squeakycheetah:blimps.xyz
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Headmate(?): @spaceelfnei@dragon.style
Headmate(?): @spacewomanpsi
Keybase: https://keybase.io/squeakycheetah
Steam: http://steamcommunity.com/id/lyssadawson
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Balloonie geeky cheetah, into technology and getting bigger. ;3
Joined May 2017
re: Zombieload
There's a flaw in any Intel processor since at least 2011 that allows data to be leaked from side-channel attacks.
I have an X200 laptop, which has a Core 2 Duo on it, which was made in 2008 or around about that time.
In short, it's another error, along the lines of the Spectre and Meltdown debacle a year ago.
uspol
@jd They claim not to seek war with Iran..but that's rubbish!
@InvaderXan It would be 99.9999...%, if I had to guess.
On a slightly cheerier note, the final test of the microSD cards are:
3 passed
1 failed
I guess it could be worse.
Someone I know has a news addiction, and it's affecting my mental health. Any ideas?
On a different, yet still annoying note, out of the two microSDs tested so far:
1 passed
1 failed
I'm on the third one now. I get the feeling that some shops and ebay places are not good places to get them from...
Taking undeeded risks in uncertain times is a very good way to end up in trouble with no way out.
Zombieload, more laptop checking, whew...
A few others have asked me to take a look at their laptops too. A check seems to show that it's unlikely to be vlunerable.
That said, I still reccomend patching it to be safe. Even if it is unlikely, it's better to be certain.
It's never a bad idea to take a precaution in a situation like this. It might have been exploited by any number of alphabet soup agencies.
Zombieload checking
My laptop's CPU is a Core 2 Duo P6800, Penryn core. It seems like it was released in 2008, so I doubt it's affected.
That said, I'm still going to patch it, just to be on the safe side.
Zombieload
According to the website, it's likely that any intel processor from 2011 onwards is affected.
I'll verify my laptop, but my desktop is an AMD processor.
@sciss@octodon.social When aren't the headlines disgusting? I swear...
Well, I discovered a SD card that the printed capacity didn't match what was on it. So..I threw it out.
I'm testing the SD cards I'm using in order to verify them.
When isn't the news 50 levels of horrible?
Why is every year that can be divided by 3 so bad? What happened?
Lyssa Dawson
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Alt-Right recruitment tactics, what to look for, minor US_rel mention
I know this is a difficult topic to discuss.
I decided to look into how the Alt-Right recruits people and found this explanation.
As someone who was recruited into a Fundamentalist Evangelical Cult I recognized most of these tactics immediately as variants were used on me.
I would recommend reading this and looking for warning signs in your family, friends, etc. Talk to them before it is too late.
Lyssa Dawson
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Alt-Right recruitment tactics, what to look for, minor US_rel mention
These are definitely cult recruitment tactics. I know because I was in a religious cult and at one point was even being trained as a recruiter.
1. Talk to an isolated person who feels left out / unwanted.
2. Invite them over, then love-bomb them.
3. Invite them to everything, become their circle of friends.
4. Start having them distance themselves from their earlier friends and family.
This is Cults 101 stuff here.
Lyssa Dawson
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Hoping for a world where one day racism, sexism, anti-GLBT, etc. will be as socially unacceptable as spoiling the next big Avengers movie.
Lyssa Dawson
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Computer security, scams, etc.
Please tell the less tech-savvy members of your family and friends that Microsoft does not call people. Every day at work we have people calling in saying someone at "Microsoft" called them and said they had a virus, corrupt IP, or some other thing on their computer, they let the "Microsoft" employee on their computer and now their computer is acting funny.
Here's a video showing how these groups operate.
- Pronouns and Gender
- She/Her (Female)
- Matrix
- @squeakycheetah:blimps.xyz
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Headmate(?): @spaceelfnei@dragon.style
Headmate(?): @spacewomanpsi
Keybase: https://keybase.io/squeakycheetah
Steam: http://steamcommunity.com/id/lyssadawson
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Balloonie geeky cheetah, into technology and getting bigger. ;3
Joined May 2017
