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Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://transfem.social/@carbonated_estrogen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>carbonated_estrogen</span></a></span> funfact: The same issue isn't possible on <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a>, as there is an API &amp; ABI for that <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CrowsStrike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CrowsStrike</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Scareware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scareware</span></a> to use instead of shoving bad <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BinaryBlobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BinaryBlobs</span></a> into the Kernel...</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://squirrelmob.com/@bedast" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bedast</span></a></span> My problem is that these people <em>refuse</em> to take the <em>correct consequences</em> and migrate away from garbage:</p><ol><li><p>You <em>just don't</em> install such garbage on <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Unix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Unix</span></a>-esque Systems like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a>!</p></li><li><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CrowdStrike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CrowdStrike</span></a> is just yet another <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Scareware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scareware</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Scam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scam</span></a>.</p></li><li><p>The entire business model of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AntiVirus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AntiVirus</span></a> and other Scareware shouldn't exist to begin with.</p></li><li><p>3rd party <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BinaryBlobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BinaryBlobs</span></a> on a non-<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FLOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FLOSS</span></a>'d kernel are just bad!</p></li><li><p>It should be <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a>'s sole tesponsibility to just not allow <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Rootkits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rootkits</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Bootkits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bootkits</span></a> like that to exist eith their blessing aka. <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Signature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Signature</span></a> on.</p></li><li><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Windows</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WindowsServer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WindowsServer</span></a> are unbelieveably <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/cursed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cursed</span></a> and unmaintainable mess that'll make even <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Solaris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Solaris</span></a> 7 look clean and sleek.</p></li><li><p>The diversity of Linux and Unix-esque distros like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BSD</span></a>'s make it basically impossible to bmhave such a giant and direct effect.</p></li><li><p>The whole issue should've been avoided throug extensive testing because it's certainly so rampant that it would've been picked up by <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/QA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QA</span></a> testers.</p></li><li><p>The fuckedup-ness of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CensorBoot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CensorBoot</span></a> aka. <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SecureBoot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SecureBoot</span></a>"</em> (which is insecure af - see <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GoldenKeyBoot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GoldenKeyBoot</span></a>!) is the reason why this results in such catastrophic failures, whereas on <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> one just uses <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/LUKS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LUKS</span></a> and can easily recover files.</p></li><li><p>Most Windows users &amp; -<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/sysadmins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sysadmins</span></a> neglect <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Backups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Backups</span></a> of Windows machines because there is no good way to backup them!</p></li><li><p>3rd party kernel binaryblobs are <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/malware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>malware</span></a>, regardless if <em>"Anti-Malware"</em> or <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AntiCheat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AntiCheat</span></a>"</em> is the claimed functionality.</p></li><li><p>If I don't trust <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WindowsDefender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WindowsDefender</span></a> then I don't trust Windows or rather Microsoft and thus have to cease using it!</p></li><li><p><a href="https://nondeterministic.computer/@mjg59/112816011370924959" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">This shit would not have been possible under Linux</a>!</p></li></ol>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://linuxmom.net/@vkc" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>vkc</span></a></span> +9001%</p><p>And considering the shitshow of <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a>"</em> garbage that <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@bagder" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bagder</span></a></span> recieves als <em>"security reports"</em> I'll likely ban any <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/LLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LLM</span></a>"</em> or other hallucinated / machine generated content as a matter of principle from all my projects!</p><ul><li>I want my shit to be reproducible and well documented and if I wanted to deal with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/unmaintainable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unmaintainable</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BinaryBlobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BinaryBlobs</span></a> I'd be doing <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Windows</span></a> and not <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a>!</li></ul>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@colincogle" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>colincogle</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.pixie.town/@joepie91" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>joepie91</span></a></span> it's literally the same <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Codebase" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Codebase</span></a> just without <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a>'s <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/proprietary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>proprietary</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BinaryBlobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BinaryBlobs</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/telemetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>telemetry</span></a> aka. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Spyware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spyware</span></a>...</p><p>Even uses the same <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AddOns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AddOns</span></a>...</p><p>In fact, I preinstall it as GUI Editor basically everywhere...</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://me.dm/@anildash" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>anildash</span></a></span> *nodds in agreement*</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> doesn't like <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FLOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FLOSS</span></a> unless they can exploit it for revenue.</p><p>Personally I use <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/VScodium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VScodium</span></a> sometimes but only since it's a <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Fork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fork</span></a> of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/VScode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VScode</span></a> without shitty <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BinaryBlobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BinaryBlobs</span></a>.</p><p>But otherwise my <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TechStack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechStack</span></a> is <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MicrosoftFree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MicrosoftFree</span></a> for obvious reasons:</p><p>I value my mental health more than my exploitability for <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/wagework" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wagework</span></a>!</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://comfy.social/@PeterCxy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>PeterCxy</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@SwiftOnSecurity" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>SwiftOnSecurity</span></a></span> whereas I can understand people using i.e. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/eset" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eset</span></a> on <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> for their <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/mailserver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mailserver</span></a>|s and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/fileserver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fileserver</span></a>|s...</p><p>They are still <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BinaryBlobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BinaryBlobs</span></a> but at least they ain't so "fucky wucky" by using undocumented shit and act as <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/malware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>malware</span></a>...</p>
Strypey<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/@lightweight" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>lightweight</span></a></span> If your hardware supports it, Trisquel gives a UX comparable to Mint (using their Mate desktop as the default interface), without any requirement for proprietary driver blobs in the Linux kernel.</p><p>HNode is a good place to find out about hardware that is compatible with free code, and to upload reports on how your own hardware performs:<br> <br><a href="https://h-node.org/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">h-node.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/Trisquel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trisquel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/Mint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mint</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/LinuxLibre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LinuxLibre</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/BinaryBlobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BinaryBlobs</span></a></p>
Loic Dachary<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@U039b" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>U039b</span></a></span> did you scan google Authenticator ? There is a Free Software version but the Android app is not (says <a href="https://github.com/google/google-authenticator" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/google/google-authe</span><span class="invisible">nticator</span></a>).</p><p><a href="https://pouet.dachary.org/tags/binaryblobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>binaryblobs</span></a> <a href="https://pouet.dachary.org/tags/wtf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wtf</span></a></p>
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