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silverPoodle··on Leaked TikTok docs show effort to downplay CCP association
Nitter Link: https://nitter.it/stokel/status/1552232881212104704

Linked article from Twitter thread: https://gizmodo.com/tiktok-master-messaging-pr-playbook-chin...

silverPoodle··on Ask HN: What technologies have made your life worse?
There aren't much alternatives anymore. If I go to a physical shop I won't get any dumb dishwasher anymore. That's how I got my current "smart" one.
silverPoodle··on Ask HN: What technologies have made your life worse?
Literally every IoT device! These things are terrible. My dishwasher can't wash dishes once it does a software update. My TV spies on me and shows me targeted ads. Every useless piece of hardware has a microphone and camera in it.... Heck, I've spent countless days breaking the microphones and cameras on my new "smart" devices before I feel comfortable using them.

Even after spending thousands of dollars on a car, I'm not allowed to install alternative privacy friendly firmware on it. It's bad enough that there are AI-powered cameras with facial recognition everywhere, but thanks to HD cameras in every $100 phone, it's hard to walk in a public place without being in the background of an Instagram story.

Everyone is spying on me and every damn "smart" device is turned against me..

silverPoodle··on The Art of Mac Malware: Volume I: Analysis
The extinction of the VX scene is a really sad development. Current malware is boring, not even remotely innovative, and has reached a new low with the emergence of ransomware. 29A has already programmed viruses over a decade ago that are more sophisticated than all the boring low-quality garbage that is distributed today. Not that Mirai and WannaCry are not effective, but technically they are at the lowest level. The exploits of the NSO group are a happy exception with their iMessage exploit.
silverPoodle··on A fake job offer took down Axie Infinity
You can put it into a .zip archive or just send an email containing a link with a fake PDF
silverPoodle··on Brave Search passes 2.5B queries, allows users to choose search rankings
I love the search engine of Brave, because it's the first privacy-friendly alternative to Google, which competes with the quality of search results.

DuckDuckGo, Qwant and similar search engines never give me so good results.

silverPoodle··on Ask HN: Why do phones not notify you of malware?
If there is a public tool, which checks for Pegasus, NSO will simply modify Pegasus to evade such a trivial detection. I would even assume that every Pegasus-infection is pretty unique due to mutations between every sample.

Everybody who claims Pegasus and other ATP-malware is trivial to detect has no clue what he's talking about.

silverPoodle··on Estonia clocks fastest inflation in the Eurozone at 20.1 percent
Thank you!
silverPoodle··on Estonia clocks fastest inflation in the Eurozone at 20.1 percent
Are there public information, which data is used for inflation calculation per country?
silverPoodle··on Firefox Browser Hacked in 8 Seconds Using 2 Critical Security Flaws
The author of this article clearly has no clue what he is talking about, but are there any write-ups, streams or similar from pwn2own participants finding these vulnerabilities?
silverPoodle··on Why All Cryptocurrency Should Die in a Fire
In the European Union there is an online transaction limit of 50€ for prepaid cards. That's no alternative to Monero
silverPoodle··on The Battle of Helm’s Deep, Part I: Bargaining for Goods at Helm’s Gate
I am only a half rank higher then before reading the books and the improvement could be also because of more playtime, but it really influenced my decision making. Actually I came to the decision to play aggressive openings only, build more traps, do hit and run attacks whenever I can and get more distractions before and while my attacks (sending some lings before spawning two nydus tunnels at two different locations really helps).
silverPoodle··on The Battle of Helm’s Deep, Part I: Bargaining for Goods at Helm’s Gate
I did the same, when I couldn't improve my SCII rank beyond Master 3.

A classic textbook about strategy is "The Art of War" by Sun Zhu. It's public domain and pretty short.

Another great books are "The 48 Laws of Power" and "The 33 Strategies of War".

For anything more complex, I recommend you to look into game theory.