riskable

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[–] riskable@programming.dev 1 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Adding another reply since I went on a bit of a rant in my other one... You're actually missing the point I was trying to make: No matter what solution you choose it's still your fault for choosing it. There are a zillion mitigations and "back up plans" that can be used when you feel like you have no choice but to use a dangerous 3rd party tool (e.g. one that installs kernel modules). Delta obviously didn't do any of that due diligence.

[–] riskable@programming.dev 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

If I were in charge I wouldn't put anything critical on Windows. Not only because it's total garbage from a security standpoint but it's also garbage from a stability standpoint. It's always had these sorts of problems and it always will because Microsoft absolutely refuses to break backwards compatibility and that's precisely what they'd have to do in order to move forward into the realm of, "modern OS". Things like NTFS and the way file locking works would need to go. Everything being executable by default would need to end and so, so much more low-level stuff that would break like everything.

Aside about stability: You just cannot keep Windows up and running for long before you have to reboot due to the way file locking works (nearly all updates can't apply until the process owning them "lets go", as it were and that process usually involves kernel stuff... due to security hacks they've added on since WinNT 3.5 LOL). You can't make it immutable. You can't lock it down in any effective way without disabling your ability to monitor it properly (e.g. with EDR tools). It just wasn't made for that... It's a desktop operating system. Meant for ONE user using it at a time (and one main application/service, really). Trying to turn it into a server that runs many processes simultaneously under different security contexts is just not what it was meant to do. The only reason why that kinda sort of works is because of hacks upon hacks upon hacks and very careful engineering around a seemingly endless array of stupid limitations that are a core part of the OS.

[–] riskable@programming.dev 21 points 3 months ago (31 children)

Yeah... Maybe don't put all your IT eggs in one basket next time.

Delta is the one that chose to use Crowdstrike on so many critical systems therefore the fault still lies with Delta.

Every big company thinks that when they outsource a solution or buy software they're getting out of some responsibility. They're not. When that 3rd party causes a critical failure the proverbial finger still points at the company that chose to use the 3rd party.

The shareholders of Delta should hold this guy responsible for this failure. They shouldn't let him get away with blaming Crowdstrike.

[–] riskable@programming.dev 11 points 3 months ago

I think we can all agree: Ending no-fault divorce will result in violence. Regular, continuous violence.

...which is why conservatives so adamantly support it.

[–] riskable@programming.dev 1 points 3 months ago

You’re just explaining basic Android functionality using random apps of your choosing.

You're not wrong... but is that attitude really necessary? It comes off as, "You're just explaining basic shit any idiot would know, loser! 😝"

Besides, not all apps that load external URLs are like that: A lot of them will use Android Web View which annoys TF out of me.

[–] riskable@programming.dev 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

If you install Firefox Focus and make it your default browser on Android the Jerboa client (and others I think) will use it when loading links unless you have a specific app associated with a given URL (e.g. NYT app, NPR app, etc).

If you're not familiar with Firefox Focus it's a version of Firefox built for privacy. It basically makes it so that every URL you load behaves like a private browser tab. It also has ad-blocking built in which is sweet (though it doesn't work on everything/not as good as uBlock Origin).

Oops: Just realized your question is related to Mastodon and not Lemmy. Though I'm certain that Firefox Focus would work the same way for Mastodon clients.

Actually, I just checked Tusky and yes, it does load URLs in Firefox Focus. So my advice is still good 👍

[–] riskable@programming.dev 19 points 3 months ago

Of course they're afraid! If you watched/listened to right wing media every day you would be too. That's all they talk about: The other is out to get them. To make their lives harder. To turn their children gay/trans! To steal their jobs! To replace them, the true Americans!

If the world is too complicated for you to understand it sure feels great to hear someone simplify it for you like that. It's not your dumb ass that's causing any problems, it's the others! The ones that aren't like you! They don't even look like you! They come from different places! They have strange and scary traditions and rituals you don't understand! It must be a conspiracy! They're out to take everything away from you!

The world can't be that complicated, right? The Right believes that everything has a simple explanation. That's why they love talking points. Right wing media embraces this to the extreme. A scientist listening to Fox News explain something like CRISPR might just barf; it's that bad. Whereas non-mainstream right wing media wouldn't even try and would instead just make something up like saying, "they're using chemicals to turn the frogs gay."

[–] riskable@programming.dev 23 points 3 months ago

My thoughts exactly: Yes, Trump do please double down on the dumb! Expose the racism and sexism in your heart! Show the world what you really stand for! Don't hold back, now: If you really think sharks are going to electrocute you and that the windmills are being constructed by liberals for the sole purpose of giving you cancer just let it all out. Use the world as your therapy couch 👍

It will force people like my neighbors--who already proudly display Trump signs in their yards--to reveal exactly the type of people that they are.

[–] riskable@programming.dev 2 points 3 months ago

Also, they didn't mention it but you can always just do this (the easy way, thanks to GNU): chmod a+x somefile to give it execute bits. It works intuitively like that for w and r permissions too.

It's just quicker to type out chmod 775 than it is to do it the other way 🤷

[–] riskable@programming.dev 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

There's not much to learn in Windows land! Learn how to set file permissions, how the registry works (and some important settings that use it), and how Active Directory works (it's LDAP) and you'll be fine.

If you're used to using Linux nothing will frustrate you more than being forced to use a Windows desktop. The stuff you use every day just isn't there. You can add on lots of 3rd party tools to make it better but it'll never measure up.

When you have to go out on the Internet to download endless amounts of 3rd party tools the security alarms in your head might start going off. Windows users have just learned over time to ignore them 🤣

[–] riskable@programming.dev 45 points 3 months ago (18 children)

I interview developers and information security people all the time. I always ask lots of questions about Linux. As far as I'm concerned:

  • If you're claiming to be an infosec professional and don't know Linux you're a fraud.
  • If you're a developer and you don't know how to deploy to Linux servers you're useless.

So yeah: Get good with Linux. Especially permissions! Holy shit the amount of people I interview that don't know basic Linux permissions (or even about file permissions in general) is unreal.

Like, dude: Have you just been chmod 777 everything all this time? WTF! Immediate red flag this guy cannot be trusted with anything.

[–] riskable@programming.dev 25 points 3 months ago (2 children)

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