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This is almost certainly Windows performing certificate validation.
The "evidence" was just copy pasted from VirusTotal. In fact he forgot to copy from below the cut, which would have shown it also called out to www.microsoft.com - depending who you ask, definitely a malicious address!
VirusTotal just notes all network traffic during the time the binary executed in the sandbox. It doesn't mean it emanated from the binary.
The scary IPs are part of DigiCert's CDN for OCSP responder (probably depending where you are and their anycast):
https://github.com/hoshsadiq/adblock-nocoin-list/issues/452
The "evidence" is the system made some network calls and DNS lookups. Which you know, you would do when validating a certificate. He also lists some SMB calls to the localnet which are clearly unrelated. tee.c source contains no network code so this would be truly easy to audit. So tell me again what is the damning evidence?
Also, are we to believe malware gangs are hosting on Akamai now? They must be in the major leagues.
And you call me an idiot?
Have a nice day.
You can't use a screwdriver handle as a hammer then complain it doesn't work to your expectations.
No need for hyperbolics, just say you don't know.
The built in Windows Firewall does this. No need to pay for a 3rd party magic app.
Laud praise on Little Snitch all you want but Windows could quietly do this out of the box for two decades.
25 years ago we used ZoneAlarm and a variety of other tools.
Maybe if submitters see something was already submitted 800 times, they'll get the message; though, I have my doubts.
Hard to hold a discussion when everyone is arguing in bad faith.
So, like every private sector job nowadays?
Everyone is acting like this is the first time in history someone's been called into a meeting with a ponytailed 25 year old to have the "What is it ya do here?" discussion.
Memorialized in a movie so old now that most zoomers haven't even heard of it, let alone seen it. Only the Bobs have now been replaced with 'Skylar'.
Meanwhile the EU bathes in the same Chinese garbage imported by the boat-load as long as it carries the CE mark, which they are allowed to self-certify in nearly every case, making it meaningless.
https://www.mgtek.com/smartcard
For automating pin entry
No, because that would obviously be racist.
DEI would be favoring one candidate over another specifically due to immutable personal characteristics, not their qualifications for the job.
The just thing would be students from HBCUs having a level playing field along with everyone else.
It's no different than hiring managers selectively preferring graduates from Stanford or based on their surname's ethnicity, but it's hard to prove those things happen.
Half these imbeciles don't even change the user-agent from the scraper they downloaded off GitHub.
I employ lots of filtering so it's possible the data is skewed towards those that sneak through the sieve - but they've already been caught, so it's meaningless.
Literally the definition of "not local"
> help supply the 19 million people of NYC with fresh eggs
This sounds like it could be one of Kramer's schemes on Seinfeld, where he's loaded his rusted-out jalopy with 5k eggs to bring into the city to sell for a profit, but somehow they end up all over the freeway and chaos ensues.
Absolutely true. But the programmers of these bots are lazy and often don't. So if Cloudflare has access to other data that can positively identify bots, and there is a high correlation with a particular user agent, well then it's a good first-pass indication despite collateral damage from false positives.
It's also a pretty safe assumption that Cloudflare is not run by morons, and they have access to more data than we do, by virtue of being the strip club bouncer for half the Internet.
You left out the part about dormitories full of modern-day slaves, complete with nets so they don't leap to their deaths. Generally this is frowned upon in the West. India and Vietnam wouldn't tolerate it either, despite being developing countries. Wasn't there a riot at Apple's India factory over work conditions or am I thinking of something else?
Bury this post all you want; I know a guy at Apple that saw the nets in person. It's quite a sight to behold and humbling experience.
Because the West has to actually follow environmental and safety regulations. As opposed to write them down on paper and wipe your ass with it when the West isn't looking.
Evidence: I watched a tour video from one of these Chinese PCB houses and some of the workers were wearing surgical masks.
Not for COVID mind you, for presiding over open vats of boiling poison that would need a chemical respirator in any responsible country.
Had you read the article you would realize this only affects parcels sent through the mail.