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Okay, then you don’t care. That’s fine. There’s no mass hacking of phones going on, that’s not the risk and whoever told you that it was is stupid.

It’s an individualized problem, which is why it doesn’t make the news and why you’re on your own when companies fail to keep your device up to date. It’s not as sensational as a massive fire so it’s hard to care about.

Anyway, hopefully you’ll never have to worry about being hacked. The odds are in your favour, after all. The issue is when you get unlucky.

If you want documented evidence that there is a nefarious cadre of organizations hacking phones en masse using high-profile exploits before you’ll believe that out of date phones are something to give a shit about, then you’ll never be “presented with an actual case.”

What you’re describing isn’t the reason why we should care about security. If you don’t care, whatever, but planning for bad things that could happen is just basic preparedness even outside of computing. If a fire started in my apartment and I didn’t have a fire extinguisher I’d be fucked regardless of how likely I think a fire would be.

I don’t really care enough to spend a lot of time searching, but I found this opinion article breaking down a severe Apple iOS vulnerability from 2019: https://www.tomsguide.com/opinion/your-iphone-is-less-safe-than-it-was-yesterday-and-thats-good

If a device isn’t getting security updates anymore, it’s vulnerable. And a lot of the time these things aren’t caught right away. This is the exact same reason why you should never put a computer running Windows XP or 7 on the internet - it’s no longer secure and your system can be accessed by any person motivated to do so.

If you don’t care, that’s another matter. But you’re inarguably at a higher level of risk when your system can be exploited in a greater number of ways than one with more recent security patches.

It’s a vulnerability that is actively able to be exploited on any compatible system that isn’t explicitly protecting against it (i.e., any outdated phone connected to the internet).

So a very big fucking deal in general, even if your specific phone may not be targeted. Your only defense is hoping that you’re not unlucky, which is a really shitty approach to security.

Are YouTube shorts still 1 minute maximum? Until that changes, I don’t think they’ll be a viable replacement since content longer than a minute seems to be the sweet spot for a sizeable amount of Tiktok’s user base. Especially when it comes to informative or political content.

My school had WordPerfect on every computer in like, 2013. I had to install AbiWord Portable on a USB disk just so I could work on .doc files without the formatting being royally fucked up.

“Traditionally, trans people have had no explicit rights based on their trans status, and we have to respect the sanctity of that clearly deliberate omission.”

Ah, I thought that was largely an Appalachian thing. But I guess that isn’t quite the same since I don’t think “haw” sounds like “whore” down there.

That’s cool, thanks for the addition. I’m not much of a history guy.

You could also go with no DE and check out Fluxbox, i3, or sway. There’s something about Fluxbox that’s still charming all these years later.

What a distressing miscommunication.

All conservatives hear is:

unemployment has been dropping like a rock from its peak

That’s all it takes for them to think, “wow, they’re doing a great job!” Even when austerity measures mean they can’t feed their families. It seems like it’s true no matter where you go in the world.

The prefix Fitz- means “bastard son of,” according to my high school English teacher. So… the joke just got funnier, depending on your sense of humour.

Instead of working together, we should both just give up!

Solid choice, no notes.

FWIW, these are effective only when both are used on the same circuit. If you live in an older home, the chances of this being the case are higher.

My entire apartment, except for the washroom, is on the same circuit. It also means I can’t run an air conditioner without tripping the breaker. :|

What a nothing burger of an article. I’m so ashamed to be Canadian amidst our government’s abject failure (really, it’s a refusal) to rescue Palestinians through the asylum program that was proposed months ago.

We are beholden to Israel, so I will be astonished if even 1/3 of the 45,000 actually end up here.

In what accent does a W have an R sound? Australian?

I use Cockpit to manage my system and containers and Dashy as a browser dashboard. It’s similar to Heimdall but more minimal.

I also run Otterwiki and I’m planning on documenting my setup, but I haven’t got around to it yet.

♫ ‘Cause I’m out in the club and I’m sippin’ that bub and you’re not gonna reach my telefoon. ♫

That sounds like a fucking nightmare. I had to troubleshoot poorly-written-yet-somehow-functional GOTOs a lot when I was a BAS technician and that’s annoying enough.