Gerry

Gerry

@gdb.bsky.social

Cats, Telecom/HFC/FTTx/data centers/ISP’s/Internet routing/datacom, physical/logical security. Mastodon:gdb@defcon.social. Esperanto, Locksport, infosec, amateur radio, electronics/programming, 3D printing, DEFCON, Supercon, reading, red wine, bourbon

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Climate.us
@climate.us

Climate.us is live. Built by members of the team behind Climate.gov, this new independent nonprofit website keeps trusted climate information easy to find, easy to use, and harder to erase. #ClimateForUs #ClimateUS

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kottke.org
@kottke.org

The folks behind Dark Sky spun themselves out of Apple and have built a new weather app: Acme Weather. “We missed those days as a small scrappy shop. So let’s try this again…” [acmeweather.com]

acmeweather.comAcme WeatherOver the years it went through numerous iterations — including more than one major redesign — as we worked our way through the process of learning what makes a great weather app. Eventually, in time, it was acquired by Apple, where the forecast and some core features were incorporated into Apple Wea
Gerry
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If you haven’t updated your iPhone/ipad to iOS 26.2.x, you are in danger from active “zero click” exploits that have been observed in the wild. These exploits get triggered just by *visiting* an infected website. Update now 😬

Gerry
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Instagram is now mapping your location. They have introduced “Instagram Map” which by default will map your location. If you don’t have a problem with one more social media company collecting data that can be stolen in a breach, then you can ignore this post. (Continued in comments)

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If you have concerns, there is a setting on your phone that controls whether an app has access to your location. You should probably take some time and ponder which apps even *need* that for what you use the app to do.

Gerry
@gdb.bsky.social

Instagram is now mapping your location. They have introduced “Instagram Map” which by default will map your location. If you don’t have a problem with one more social media company collecting data that can be stolen in a breach, then you can ignore this post. (Continued in comments)

Gerry
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If they don’t, turn OFF location services for the app. There should also be a setting for those apps you need location services turned on, to “not give the app your EXACT location” that is appropriate for some apps. 🤪

Gerry
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If you have a Brother printer of any type that is connected to WiFi or Ethernet, there is probably a firmware update you need to apply. Also, change the default password.

Gerry
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We care about your privacy along with 891 of our partners we share with…. (Note that “Manage Preferences” is grayed out, so I can’t adjust the settings either).

Gerry
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If anyone has a problem with pet hair on their furniture , I highly recommend the Chom-Chom roller! They also make a smaller one for lint/fur on clothes.

Gerry
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If Assembly language is interesting to you, this guy has written several books on it.

Stephen Smith 🇨🇦@smist08.bsky.social

My RISC-V Assembly Language book is out : smist08.wordpress.com/2024/02/16/r...

smist08.wordpress.comRISC-V Assembly Language ProgrammingIntroduction “RISC-V Assembly Language Programming: Unlock the Power of the RISC-V Instruction Set” is my fourth Assembly Language programming book published by Apress, a division of Springer Nature. ...
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Prusa is now on BlueSky.

prusa3d.com@prusa3d.com

2024 has been an incredibly busy year for us at Prusa! 🦾 With several printer announcements and launches, lots of new accessories, new materials for 3D printing, software releases, and much more. Let's take a look together at what 2024 brought us in our little recap! 🧡

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She is good!

Julia Evans@b0rk.jvns.ca

been reading a lot of comments today about how people find man pages hard to read and it made me mad (why do they have to be so hard!) so I'm giving away 300 copies of Bite Size Command Line to folks for whom $12 is a lot of money! (with code BUYONEGIVEONE) wizardzines.com/zines/bite-s...

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Craig Newmark
@craignewmark.bsky.social

... where facts go to live...

Wikipedia@wikipedia.org

🎉 It is our birthday! On this day in 2001, Wikipedia was launched. Over two decades later, it has become one of the largest and most trusted sources of knowledge on the internet, with 63+ million articles in 300+ languages. Read all about the history of Wikipedia ➡️ w.wiki/KYn

Gerry
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If you haven’t updated the firmware on your home wifi router recently (you should do it regularly), do it now. If there hasn’t been an update in the past 6 months, it is probably time for you to buy a newer model. (Continued)

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These updates not only help protect you and your computers and data, as well as your online transactions, they also help keep malicious actors from taking control of your router and/or computers and using them to attack other people/companies on the internet.

Gerry
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Additionally, this advice also applies to your computers. Check for updates today, and apply them. If there have been no updates in months, or years, you are at risk.