Just a wild guess (and also thinking out loud): Does ch00f@192.168.1.65 have the permissions to write files as another user? Is there something funky with zfs where you need to explicitly grant a user permission to basically perform a “write as” or modify file permissions separate from root?

If you did, the phone-home beacons are super easy to spot and block. Appliance manufacturers don’t think of their products as computers so they don’t bother to hide anything.

On the flip side, it seems that laptop manufacturers think of their products as appliances, so they don’t even hide their beacons either.

Spoiler: Acer ties it’s proprietary fan control drivers to"NitroSense" that loves to beacon home with your geo location and serial numbers. If you insert a random python webserver for it to connect to, it will just blurt out its API keys for the Acer CMS. Connecting back to their CMS manually allows you to inject as much shit data into their CMS as you want.

This example is likely an HTA polyglot. An actual MP4 is merged with a binary, basically. The MP4 will play as normal, but the powershell is responsible for execution of the malware.

Unfortunately, AI has the creativity of a turnip.

“Political headwinds” is putting it mildly.

That is almost correct. All USB-C cables may be used with older protocols, but newer iterations of cables are actually tagged (“E-Markers”) to tell the devices what the ratings of the cable actually are. I think this is primarily for data transfer reasons, but it is important that the cables can support high currents as well.

https://learn.adafruit.com/understanding-usb-type-c-cable-types-pitfalls-and-more/cable-types-and-differences

The USB spec is fucking confusing. There are so many types and they also re-branded some of the versions recently. I can’t follow that shit anymore.

https://www.microridge.com/products/mahr-federal-gage-cable/ <-- Likely the wrong size, but is a reference anyway

It’s an M-something. M8, like you said, is more likely.

And yes, XLR is larger. I use them for my audio stuffs.

As others have stated: https://riscv.org/about/

Now, there would still be a metric fuck ton of money involved. Chip fabs aren’t cheap, engineers aren’t cheap and project management isn’t cheap.

The open architecture means there is already a framework and R&D costs will also be limited. And yeah, no licensing fees like we already covered.

Without diving deep into RISC V, just because there is an open architecture doesn’t mean that there are machines capable of manufacturing whatever specs are required. Licensing fees for machining could be pure insanity.

Still, a few million (or billion?) is normal when it comes to making this stuff.

You just gave me an idea for the worlds fastest slip-n-slide, actually.

Gotta respect that math, but value might still be possible.

55 gallons of water weighs about 459lbs (208kg), so that barrel is in that range.

Get 10 friends to chip in and order the barrel. Use those 10 friends to lift and leave that barrel somewhere that is highly visible, like the front porch of an ex-wife or ex-husband. Maybe your local police station if you are from a small town?

If that is worth $1,700 to someone, I can’t really say. I have paid more (per pound) for less significant practical jokes before though.

(It would be cheaper to use another barrel, actual water, and just fake the package label though. Real lube would just be for show but it would show that you have great attention to detail.)

I have no idea, unfortunately. Tinkering with phones and ways to exploit messaging is something I haven’t done in a number of years.

My first guess would be yes? If you ever get a blank email with only the subject line of “Hi”, “Hello” or similar, it is simply a test to see if your email address is valid. It’s not a stretch to assume there are also simple ways to verify valid numbers that can also recieve text messages.

There has likely been an evolution of war dialers. It’s probably easier to blast through every possible number once a year, and sell a list of every valid number. Targeting specific area codes is probably faster and would avoid some legal problems.

After all my days on Reddit and Lemmy, I am still amused by how conversations about female sex robots can somehow morph into a heated discussion about grammar or definitions.

All it took was one search to find plenty of contradictions to that post title.

But FREE browsing! How revolutionary.

If Broadcom takes over Intel, get ready for a wild ride and don’t expect any kind of innovation ever again. If there ever was a backdoor in Intel CPUs, expect it to be opened up and used for licensing extortion. (That seems far fetched until you realize how fucking shady Broadcom is.)

While I shifted to the AMD bandwagon a while ago, I really wanted Intel’s GPUs to develop more over the next decade and split the market up a bit more. Sigh.

These aren’t leaks. It’s market testing in disguise.

CUDA is NVIDIA proprietary, but may be open to licensing it? I think?

https://www.theregister.com/2021/11/10/nvidia_cuda_silicon/

No.