My understanding is that if you run a rogue discoverable DHCP server in a local network with a particular set of options set and hyper-specific routing rules, you can clobber the routing rules set by the VPN software on any non-Android device, and route all traffic from those devices through arbitrary midpoints that you control.
But IANANE (I am not a network engineer) so please correct my misinterpretations.
I learned TI BASIC on a Texas Instruments 99/4a back in the very early 80s. Wrote some programs from magazines, saved them on tapes, and went on to automate D&D character creation in an attempt to rules-lawyer an all-PC dwarf army.
Fun fact, though: TI BASIC lived on until at least the late 90s, on the TI graphing calculators that everyone taking Algebra/Trig had to buy – or borrow from the school. I wrote a surreal choose-your-own-adventure game on my calculator, large enough that because of memory limitations, you couldn’t open the file to edit it without deleting another, ancillary file.
And since you could transfer programs via a proprietary cable, I put that game on every school calculator and as many of my friends’ as wanted it. It was still there years later when I visited.
Interesting article. I think the money quotes that shifted my POV a little were these:
It has become a leading source of information in this country. About one-third of Americans under 30 regularly get their news from it.
and
American law has long restricted foreign ownership of television or radio stations, even by companies based in friendly countries. “Limits on foreign ownership have been a part of federal communications policy for more than a century,”
It does place the ban in some more relevant historical context.
By a variety of measures and in a variety of countries, the members of Generation Z (born in and after 1996) are suffering from anxiety, depression, self-harm, and related disorders at levels higher than any other generation for which we have data.
The House on Wednesday passed a bill with broad bipartisan support that would force TikTok’s Chinese owner to either sell the hugely popular video app or be banned in the United States....
The northwest passage going from the Atlantic to the Pacific oceans (or vice versa) through the Canadian arctic archipelago. With “just” a bit of climate change it can become a viable sea route. Or we could just… or wait we won’t....
Gov. Ron DeSantis said Thursday he is sending National and Florida State Guard troops to Texas to help that state put up razor wire fences on the southern border, a move in apparent defiance of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on the contentious immigration issue....
I had one every 3 years or so, progressively worse. Been 5 years since my last one after changing my lifestyle to drink more (so much more) water and stop taking Tums all the time.
27 May 1981 (sh.itjust.works)
Novel attack against virtually all VPN apps neuters their entire purpose (arstechnica.com)
The BASIC programming language turns 60 (arstechnica.com)
I was definitely a Commodore kid, and BASIC was my first language. Maybe it’s nostalgia, but I still like BASIC for hobby stuff.
What a TikTok Ban Would Mean for the U.S. Defense of an Open Internet (www.nytimes.com)
Global digital rights advocates are watching to see if Congress acts, worried that other countries could follow suit with app bans of their own.
Get rid of landlords... (lemmy.world)
20 April 1981 (sh.itjust.works)
The Real-Time Deepfake Romance Scams Have Arrived (www.wired.com)
Help! My Boyfriend Is 5 Years Older Than Me And Won’t Stop Making References to Early 2000s Flash Animations I Don’t Understand (thehardtimes.net)
13 April 1981 (sh.itjust.works)
8 April 1981 (sh.itjust.works)
The Terrible Costs of a Phone-Based Childhood (www.theatlantic.com)
By a variety of measures and in a variety of countries, the members of Generation Z (born in and after 1996) are suffering from anxiety, depression, self-harm, and related disorders at levels higher than any other generation for which we have data.
House Passes Bill to Force TikTok Sale From Chinese Owner or Ban the App (www.nytimes.com)
The House on Wednesday passed a bill with broad bipartisan support that would force TikTok’s Chinese owner to either sell the hugely popular video app or be banned in the United States....
VNV Nation USA tour (vnvnation.com)
coming to a city near me.
Pale Crooked Babies
Oklahoma banned trans students from bathrooms. Now a bullied student is dead (www.independent.co.uk)
16 February 1981 (sh.itjust.works)
UNLEASH THE ARCHERS - Northwest Passage (Official Video) | Napalm Records (www.youtube.com)
The northwest passage going from the Atlantic to the Pacific oceans (or vice versa) through the Canadian arctic archipelago. With “just” a bit of climate change it can become a viable sea route. Or we could just… or wait we won’t....
DeSantis orders Florida National, State Guard members to Texas border (www.orlandosentinel.com)
Gov. Ron DeSantis said Thursday he is sending National and Florida State Guard troops to Texas to help that state put up razor wire fences on the southern border, a move in apparent defiance of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on the contentious immigration issue....
20 January 1981 (sh.itjust.works)
Generational differences (lemmy.world)
Kidney stone breakthrough procedure at UW called 'game changer' for patients (komonews.com)
Baldur's Gate 3 characters were super-horny due to a bug, Larian admit (www.rockpapershotgun.com)
I was a bit taken aback when almost every character in my camp was quick to jump my bones very early on, this explains it.