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Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://infosec.exchange/@douglevin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@douglevin</a> see, <a href="https://infosec.exchange/@douglevin/113266385222353147" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">this exact scenario</a> is why I act as "<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BenevolentDictator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BenevolentDictator</a>" and literally lockdown stuff so hard <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechIlliterates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TechIlliterates</a> cant fuck up!<ul><li>Unless you put that option on the table as a.fellot <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechLiterate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TechLiterate</a>, you won't be able to survive this game.</li></ul>I wasted 15+ years of my life trying to make <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Windows</a> somewhat secure to come to terms with the fact that ut's an <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/unfixable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#unfixable</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Givware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Givware</a> that is <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/UnsafeAtAnyConfiguration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UnsafeAtAnyConfiguration</a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/InsecureAtAnyConfiguration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InsecureAtAnyConfiguration</a>.<ul><li>Believe me when I'd tell you that "<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Users" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Users</a>" like her don't give a shit about what Hardware/OS they get: Just set her up once with a good config (i.e. <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/UbuntuLTS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UbuntuLTS</a> if you're lazy like me), backup all the important stuff, setup regular backups, remove <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/sudo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sudo</a> privilegues and then you'd only need to check in once a year at most if not have a system that just runs for the next 2-5 years without intervention.</li></ul>On the flipside I've seen cases where <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Scam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Scam</a>|my Sales Reps were able to upsell some 5-digit 21,5" gaming monster to a photographer that uses ACDSee to do minimalist editing of their JPEGs.<ul><li>So ideally also do their <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/procurement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#procurement</a>. </li></ul>At least I won't deal with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Windows11" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Windows11</a> or any of that shite because noone is gonna pay me enough to loose my sanity over such a garbage software! And yes, WE, THE "TECH LITERATES" ARE TO BLAME FOR THIS because we didn't demand <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Security</a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Simplicity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Simplicity</a> before <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Convenience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Convenience</a>!!!

Kevin Karhan :verified:Reason #9001 why <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Windows</a> is <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/unfixable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#unfixable</a>, broken <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Govware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Govware</a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Microsoft</a> is blatantly evil:Instead of actually fixing their shitty <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BitLocker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BitLocker</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/encryption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#encryption</a> [which has <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Govware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Govware</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Backdoors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Backdoors</a> BTW!] they pushed a broken update and instead of fixing that they told users nonchalantly to 'go fuck yourself' and instead expected them to run some shitty <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PowerShell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PowerShell</a>, which then allowed <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CyberCriminals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CyberCriminals</a> to prey upon <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechIlliterates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TechIlliterates</a> by <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NvoLy5_v4c&t=381s" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">shoving malicious stuff at them</a>...<ul><li>And since <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/YouTube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#YouTube</a> hides <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/dislikes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dislikes</a>, a shitload of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/bots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bots</a> just upvoted and commented those malicious scripts.</li></ul> Case in point: This is just inexcuseable espechally for a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CCSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CCSS</a> that costs hundreds of dollars retail [ <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OEM</a>-Keys don't count! ]...

Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@GossiTheDog</a> Shit <a href="https://cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog/112865384464376842" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">like this</a> is why I've turned into a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BenevolentDictator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BenevolentDictator</a> and forcibly migrated everything and everyone to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/UbuntuLTS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UbuntuLTS</a> with no <code>sudo</code> privilegues and a daily update <code>cronjob</code> in the background! -Because I'm sick and tired of the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/unfixable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#unfixable</a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/InsecureAtAnyConfiguration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InsecureAtAnyConfiguration</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Govware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Govware</a> that is <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Windows</a>.

Matt WillemsenHackable Intel and Lenovo hardware that went undetected for 5 years won’t ever be fixed <a href="https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/04/supply-chain-snafu-causes-intel-and-others-to-ship-hackable-hardware-for-5-years/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/04/supply-chain-snafu-causes-intel-and-others-to-ship-hackable-hardware-for-5-years/</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Intel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Intel</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Lenovo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Lenovo</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hardware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hardware</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vulnerability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vulnerability</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SupplyChain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SupplyChain</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RemoteExploit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RemoteExploit</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/unfixable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#unfixable</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lighttpd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lighttpd</a>

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