Troll/reply guy tried to get me to back down from my unequivocal statement that there's no evidence the 2020 election was stolen, claiming it's better to "meet people halfway" if I want to convince them.

No. As a researcher and educator, I believe in providing clear, accurate information.

The "evidence" that the election was stolen is made up bullshit. To call it anything else is a disservice.

If someone claims that 2+2=5, I'm not going to try to get them to compromise that it's 4.5.

EBCDIC is incompatible with GDPR 🖤🖤🖤

https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2021/10/ebcdic-is-incompatible-with-gdpr/

The “industry standard” modules used in digital braille displays are custom piezoelectric devices, costing around $100 per “letter,” making such displays impractically expensive for most applications.

I just learned about this hackaday prize winner, who has designed digital, refreshable #braille modules that cost less than $1 each, using teeny-tiny magnets and 3D printed parts.

https://youtu.be/BXi1tG78AW4
#OpenSource #accessibility technologies FTW!

The implant placed on tens of thousands of Cisco devices has been altered to check for an Authorization HTTP header value before responding which explains the recent drop in identified compromised systems. Using a different fingerprinting method 37890 Cisco devices remain compromised, according to FoxIT.

Let's see if I can get some more engagement like this:

Do you check known vulnerabilities of implicit dependencies of internally developed software? If so, please elaborate! My take:

https://infosec.place/notice/AavguT961fVYPPdMUi

Just published a disclosure for a handful of (fixed!) vulnerabilities in TitanMFT and TitanSFTP, continuing on my project to shake every file transfer tree to see what falls out :⁠-⁠)

#poc #vuln #vulnerability #research #blog

https://www.rapid7.com/blog/post/2023/10/16/multiple-vulnerabilities-in-south-river-technologies-titan-mft-and-titan-sftp-fixed/

Stop using random anti-adblock fixes you find on the internet, these are almost always out of date and interfere with the actual anti-adblock features in uBlock Origin. YouTube is changing their anti-adblock code multiple times per day.

Simply do the following:
1. Use uBlock Origin and no other adblocker. This includes disabling adblocking in "Enhancer for YouTube", and any built in browser blocker
2. Purge caches and update filters
3. Reload the tab

More info: https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uAssets/issues/19976

Gosh, what a coincidence how a mercenary hacker decided to hack climate advocates just for fun and the fruits of that were used by Exxon Mobil to deter state AG investigations and influence judicial proceedings. Surely nothing here for the DOJ to investigate.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/mercenary-hackers-stole-data-that-exxon-later-cited-climate-lawsuits-us-2023-10-12/

awesome paper by @dykstra & compatriots that audits three compliance standards (including PCI) to see if there are security gaps even if you’re 100% compliant.

The answer is yes, there are gaps even with perfect compliance — and they back it up with thorough evidence and analysis that is well worth reading: https://josiahdykstra.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/NDSS2020_Compliance_Cautions.pdf

#compliance #cybersecurity

From yesterday's exhibits in US v. Sam Bankman-Fried:

The prosecution shows that the "insurance fund" that FTX bragged about was fake, and just calculated by multiplying daily trading volume by a random number around 7500

#FTX #SBF #crypto #cryptocurrency

VDSL over bannana apparently tester got 53680/12658 kbps connection speed on a short run from in-house exchange/DSLAM, through banana, to VDSL2 modem. way better than what i got at home...

i do not understand why a news site would not have an #RSS feed of their latest headlines.

you don't have to give your content away if you don't want to. but you cannot bitch & moan about #facebook or #twitter cannibalizing your readership in their fascist gated communities when you've turned your back on web standards and the open web.

*Edit:*

I want to express my thanks and appreciation for all the boosts and comments! I had no idea this would get spread so widely, and I'm humbled by the support.

I'll reply to this post with the plan that I have for the next session.

Original post below...

I'm volunteering at my daughter's elementary school by teaching a "coding club" for 5th graders during their lunch and afternoon recess.

It mostly went great, except I left nearly in tears...

One of the kiddos that joined is blind, and I discovered that the coding programs for kids don't appear to be accessible *at all*.

First we tried Swift Playgrounds, but that didn't seem to work with VoiceOver. Then, he said that he's liked ScratchJr. in the past, and he got frustrated with that because he couldn't get his cat to move.

I'm kinda at a loss for how to help him. He left crying because he thinks that he can't get it, but I'm sure he can. Does anyone have any advice?

Thanks!!

#coding #swiftplayground #blind #accessibility #apple #ipad

Here's a canonical URL for the little info there is about the pending #curl security announcements: https://github.com/curl/curl/discussions/12026

Shocking story about mRNA pioneer/Nobel winner Katalin Karikó, whose early advisor at Temple tried to have her deported & derailed her career because she dared to look for a better-paying job.

Later, UPenn demoted her, then forced her out, because her research wasn't bringing in enough funding. #NobelPrize #science [HT Paul Novosad]

This, from @pluralistic, is absolutely on point.

This is why I’m here, and why I am helping to build #CoSocialCa

#Fediverse #Mastodon #Meta #Twitter

'Unfortunately, according to Binarly REsearch team findings, the state of BMC [Baseboard Management Controller!!!!!] security on Supermicro servers shows the level of product security practices from early 2000-x and does not meet modern security standards. The attacks we are disclosing show the very low complexity of compromising BMC host OS and gaining enough privileges to deliver a persistent firmware implant to the UEFI BIOS'. [Patches are out: https://www.securityweek.com/new-supermicro-bmc-vulnerabilities-could-expose-many-servers-to-remote-attacks/]

Binary report: https://binarly.io/posts/Binarly_REsearch_Uncovers_Major_Vulnerabilities_in_Supermicro_BMCs/index.html

Hi folks! I have setup a crowdfunding account for #Diaphora in the #LiberaPay platform. If you feel like making a donation to this Open Source project you can use the following link:

https://liberapay.com/Diaphora/