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Husband, father, US Army veteran, IT specialist, school bus driver, diesel mechanic, tech, security, Linux and free software enthusiast, gamer, dog lover.

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gerowen, to gaming
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Why fight everybody when you can make them fight each other?

A video clip where I override a Sawtooth and let it kill a couple watchers.

GossiTheDog, to random
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Microsoft's CEO has emailed the company telling everybody to prioritize security. My thoughts, which 4 people will read.
https://doublepulsar.com/breaking-down-microsofts-pivot-to-placing-cybersecurity-as-a-top-priority-734467a8db01

gerowen,
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@GossiTheDog The crazy thing is that the engineers who work on open source projects "seem" to be reasonably talented folks. Like the guy who found the back door in SSH because it took a half second longer than normal to authenticate. When it comes to Windows though it just seems like a complete clusterfuck.

gerowen, to privacy
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If you use Dropbox you should probably change your password.

Headline: Hacked! Threat Actor Accessed Passwords and Phone Numbers

Snippet: A quick analysis revealed that a threat actor had broken in to access customer information such as emails, usernames, phone numbers and hashed passwords, as well as general account settings and certain authentication information (API keys, OAuth tokens, and multi-factor authentication).

https://www.bitdefender.com/blog/hotforsecurity/dropbox-hacked-threat-actor-accessed-phone-numbers-and-passwords/

gerowen,
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@sigh_d It appears so, and as somebody who isn't a DropBox user I'm not sure if "DropBox Sign" accounts are the same as DropBox storage accounts, or if they're separate. I would assume they are the same, so if you had an account with DropBox Sign and it became compromised, that probably grants access to files stored in your DropBox account as well.

gerowen, to Steamdeck
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I don't think it comes thru in this compressed, tone mapped JPG screenshot, but with HDR enabled on a OLED looks and runs way better than it has any right to on a handheld device. This has got to be one of if not the best looking game I've played on the Deck yet. With the "original" graphics preset (PS4 equivalent?) and HDR enabled on a 90hz OLED display it's holding 50+ fps, looking and feeling great. Really looking forward to this, 🙂

gerowen,
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@marczak I'm gonna try to put my money back to build myself a more up to date gaming desktop for the living room and put ChimeraOS on it. We have a desktop in there at the moment, and although it is more powerful than the Steam Deck, the Deck nips at its heels in a lot of scenarios while drawing a fraction of the power to do it. If the Deck can't handle Forbidden West properly I'll probably just play it on the living room TV.

gerowen, to privacy
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This is why it's important to use good passwords and not plug things like your camera directly into the internet without a router or other hardware firewall in line.

VPN servers are an easy and secure device that takes minutes to set up and would solve a lot of these problems. Many routers even have one built in.

If you have a device that you need to access from the public internet there are secure ways to do so.

https://youtu.be/QPjeTSFhfP4?si=ItFWzLlDZm5W5JaH

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