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YouTube's Latest Update Shows That Online Monoculture Is Dead in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] viking@infosec.pub 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

SmartTube Next, installed directly on the TV. But when I'm in places where I can't just install random apps on a TV, BubbleUPnP works nicely, as long as you use a chromium based browser. I keep Cromite around just for that, a degoogled chrome variant.

I have RoboCop 2 on VCD. I have a Sony Trinitron CRT. I am unwell. in c/movies@piefed.social
[–] viking@infosec.pub 2 points 23 hours ago

Yeah I've seen bootlegged ones in Hong Kong, but really was under the impression that's a custom format only for ripped stuff. Wild.

I have RoboCop 2 on VCD. I have a Sony Trinitron CRT. I am unwell. in c/movies@piefed.social
[–] viking@infosec.pub 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Woah, that's gotta be the first time I see an original VCD. Up until this point I thought that was something developed by the piracy scene to release ripped DVDs to on alternative formats. I don't think they were ever officially introduced in Europe.

YouTube's Latest Update Shows That Online Monoculture Is Dead in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] viking@infosec.pub 14 points 1 day ago (9 children)

People use the youtube app?

Pop it in your calendars in c/games@lemmy.world
[–] viking@infosec.pub 0 points 4 days ago

Never heard of it, probably never will once I forget about this post.

Do you believe that the people should be able to have guns to protect themselves, or should the police have the sole authority to own and posess guns to protect the people? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] viking@infosec.pub 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Yeah I still don't approve of it, that was the question. I'm all for stricter gun laws worldwide. The US obviously need to catch up most urgently, but that doesn't mean I have to like the status quo elsewhere.

Do you believe that the people should be able to have guns to protect themselves, or should the police have the sole authority to own and posess guns to protect the people? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] viking@infosec.pub -1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Doesn't mean I have to agree with the practice.

Please settle a debate. A kid in the womb is better off listening to stuff like cat in the hat so it can be read to it at bedtime? Or history of the world during the womb and read it later? in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
[–] viking@infosec.pub 12 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Not sure if this applies before birth.

Please demonstrate the prenatal eye contact, I dare you.

Do you believe that the people should be able to have guns to protect themselves, or should the police have the sole authority to own and posess guns to protect the people? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] viking@infosec.pub -2 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Should be reserved to professional hunters/game keepers, who would be entitled to rifle ownership as part of their job description, just like police forces or the military.

Privateers should not kill animals for sport.

Do you believe that the people should be able to have guns to protect themselves, or should the police have the sole authority to own and posess guns to protect the people? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] viking@infosec.pub -1 points 5 days ago

Bows/crossbows should be restricted to use in special clubs, just like guns or rifles, where they are stored on premise.

Restricting slingshots would be hard to enforce, but I'd say carrying them in public should be just as illegal as carrying guns.

Tbh I've never seen a use case that requires ownership of a slingshot, other than maybe feeding fishes in preparation of a long cast.

Please settle a debate. A kid in the womb is better off listening to stuff like cat in the hat so it can be read to it at bedtime? Or history of the world during the womb and read it later? in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
[–] viking@infosec.pub 16 points 6 days ago

Heavy metal, obviously.

Do you believe that the people should be able to have guns to protect themselves, or should the police have the sole authority to own and posess guns to protect the people? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] viking@infosec.pub 4 points 6 days ago (10 children)

I'm strictly anti-gun, as I believe are most Europeans. Civilians shouldn't be allowed to keep ranged weapons, period.

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Windows 10 shows Linkedin Learning Ads on Login Screen (infosec.pub)
 

cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/14206569

Hi all,

First off: Can't switch to Linux, Windows is a work requirement. Please spare me.

With that out of the way, here's my problem:

Since 2-3 days I've been seeing ads disguised as a minimized video player popup on my Windows 10 Login Screen image.

Initially I thought I might have been watching something on youtube and forgot to close the tab and it autoplayed in the background until reaching this stuff by chance; but that turned out not to be the case (I'm also using Firefox exclusively, which I thought wouldn't integrate with Windows, but I wasn't 100% sure on that end).

I tried to research this a bit, but the only similar case I found was in an old reddit thread saying that some Windows update installed the LinkedIn App for them, which is not the case here.

Antivirus (Bit Defender) and Malwarebytes both give me a clean report.

So I did some more digging and right click that thing with my firewall set to deny all to figure out where this is taking me, and surprise...

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There's a total of 100 connection attempts from Windows Search to around 10 different IP addresses, all of which belong to Microsoft.

I have not installed any updates in the last 14 days, no new software, and have not changed any system settings.

What did change is that I am currently not in China, where I normally live, but am on a business trip to Malaysia, where a bunch of services that are blocked in China might be accessible, and are now splicing in those (somewhat disguised) ads.

Does this happen to anyone else, and if so, do you have an idea how to get rid of it?

Thanks a lot in advance!

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Windows 10 shows Linkedin Learning Ads on Login Screen (infosec.pub)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by viking@infosec.pub to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
20 comments fedilink
 

Hi all,

First off: Can't switch to Linux, Windows is a work requirement. Please spare me.

With that out of the way, here's my problem:

Since 2-3 days I've been seeing ads disguised as a minimized video player popup on my Windows 10 Login Screen image.

Initially I thought I might have been watching something on youtube and forgot to close the tab and it autoplayed in the background until reaching this stuff by chance; but that turned out not to be the case (I'm also using Firefox exclusively, which I thought wouldn't integrate with Windows, but I wasn't 100% sure on that end).

I tried to research this a bit, but the only similar case I found was in an old reddit thread saying that some Windows update installed the LinkedIn App for them, which is not the case here.

Antivirus (Bit Defender) and Malwarebytes both give me a clean report.

So I did some more digging and right click that thing with my firewall set to deny all to figure out where this is taking me, and surprise...

Image

There's a total of 100 connection attempts from Windows Search to around 10 different IP addresses, all of which belong to Microsoft.

I have not installed any updates in the last 14 days, no new software, and have not changed any system settings.

What did change is that I am currently not in China, where I normally live, but am on a business trip to Malaysia, where a bunch of services that are blocked in China might be accessible, and are now splicing in those (somewhat disguised) ads.

Does this happen to anyone else, and if so, do you have an idea how to get rid of it?

Thanks a lot in advance!

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Looks like Facebook is following youtube with anti-adblock measures. (infosec.pub)
 

I don't really use facebook anymore so couldn't care less; but so happened to log in today to change my password and saw this on my front page.

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