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Glad to hear that. Welcome to Team Firefox! One of the nice things about uBlock Origin is that the per-site restrictions in the UI default to temporary. A single click on the lock icon will immediately make the changes permanent, or they can be committed later from the "My Rules" section of...

The term you're looking for is "perceptual hashing". Apple refers to its perceptual hashing function as NeuralHash: https://www.apple.com/child-safety/pdf/CSAM_Detection_Technical_Summary.pdf

🤣 I'm not quite sure why, but the thought of Google calling me "bro" almost caused a major keyboard incident. That should be Google's new motto. The long-expired "don't be evil" left a vacancy in their site design for a new one. Each letter could even be a unique web font or image for...

This is probably deserving of its own thread, but I'm not sure how widely known it is around here. What I'm referring to is Google's Web Environment Integrity (WEI) API, and it's something that everyone should be concerned about. Below are a couple of links for those who haven't heard of WEI...

Many people probably made that assumption, but language does matter. When a very specific condition that wasn't originally present appears in a new statement whose sole purpose is to remediate a point of confusion, it's natural to wonder why. That was beyond sloppy, and M76 was right to...

Almost every attempt by Ubisoft to clarify the issue seems to result in even more confusion. :D It appears they've updated their blog post to stress that games needn't have been purchased from Ubisoft's store: "Accounts tied to an active Ubisoft subscription, or an activated PC game, no matter...

The researcher who discovered the bug provided a good explanation of the vulnerability on his web site: https://lock.cmpxchg8b.com/zenbleed.html The old-school page design, free of JavaScript and ads, was a refreshing observation.

Deleting an account because of inactivity is unacceptable regardless of the length of time, and a warning email doesn't legitimize the action. People generally don't seek out unpleasant experiences, so limiting one's interactions with Ubisoft to those strictly necessary is only natural. It's a...

Games that include Denuvo won't perform at all if the DRM is unhappy for any reason (e.g., it can't phone home). That qualifies as a pretty severe performance problem. Games with Denuvo also won't perform if they don't exist on one's PC in the first place, which could be a problem for any...

I think that changing "ECC" to "Elliptic Curve Cryptography" in the title would be a good idea because of the more common use of the initialism in computing. It would make the subject immediately before clicking on the HardForum news link.

Ah, I see. That would explain why I couldn't find any individual articles or references related to the alleged missing documentation. I don't tend to pay much attention to tech rumors, but it sounds like they didn't have their shit together, whatever the reason. Thanks for letting me know.

Not directly related to AGESA, but I noticed that the developer section of AMD's web site has been reorganized since my last visit, which was admittedly quite some time ago. Apparently the old BIOS and Kernel Developer’s Guide (BKDG) has been superseded by the Processor Programming Reference...

Good. Hopefully OpenSIL proves useful to coreboot and other open-source boot projects in the future. AMD's developer documentation of its processors was pretty good the one time that I needed to refer to it. I wasn't able to find guides for the current generation of processors, but...

The $1000 that they claim it's worth is probably how much they charge one's credit card in the event the TV is damaged or doesn't phone home with timely reports to the mothership. An up-to-date credit card is required as part of the terms. There may be a few more details or links to such in...

A fellow NoScript user? I use the NoScript Firefox extension in addition to uBlock Origin.

The source article is best read with JavaScript disabled, unsurprisingly.

Concerning "smart" devices... Remember the TV from Idiocracy? It's now available, and it's "free": https://www.freetelly.com/ News of its availability was posted over at The FPS Review...

Yup, many of those incidents have been reported here in these forums. My whitelist of trustworthy major hardware manufacturers is empty.

It's almost like it should become news if they weren't caught doing something scummy such as (*cough*) swapping SSDs with inferior components. None of my HDDs are ashamed of their age. Their overall health and youthful appearance defies their chronological age, which we attribute to a strict...

Reminds me of this: https://hardforum.com/threads/colorfire-introduces-geforce-rtx-40-meow-series-for-cat-lovers.2028346/post-1045662093 I think that someone might be planning a cat-themed build. :cat:

What I'm suggesting is that a standard, OS-agnostic approach to handling firmware updates is preferable to the alternative of motherboard vendors attempting to reinvent the wheel by creating proprietary update mechanisms that are more buggy and less secure, such as what Gigabyte did. I don't...

Motherboard makers should leave their crapware utilities where they belong: on optical discs, as those carry a low risk of installation. The UEFI specification already defines methods for updating firmware via "capsules". If Gigabyte wants to make automatic firmware updates available to end...

Which driver was it (or name of the device)? Did you have the "contrib" and "non-free" components in your repository list? Most wireless network drivers require firmware from the non-free section. See: https://wiki.debian.org/Firmware (Note the new repository component "non-free-firmware"...

The following is one the recommendations that Eclypsium Labs issued in its blog: Inspect and disable the “APP Center Download & Install” feature in UEFI/BIOS Setup on Gigabyte systems and set a BIOS password to deter malicious changes...

Adding to Lakados' reply above, Pixel owners should read the March 2023 security update bulletin for more information: https://source.android.com/docs/security/bulletin/pixel/2023-03-01 Here's a direct link to Google's Project Zero report...

If Google isn't going to use any of that talent to improve my search results, could it at least spare one employee to update its mission statement to reflect its current business model? "Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful." —Google

The "site:" operator is your friend. Hang on to those bookmarks too.

Good causes don't receive as much scalability testing as bad ones, unfortunately. Kudos to Red Falcon and griff30 (and others I may have missed) for trying to change that. (y) Just FYI, you don't have to move to Argentina. You can live at the Super 12 Motel Plus instead, assuming they haven't...

The hackers already had root privileges before the hypothetical attack scenario presented in the article. The use of the utility was nothing more than a convenience.

"Addictive" is a loaded word. That said, game developers who want to ensure that their game is nonaddictive should follow these simple steps: Concentrate on making the game as boring as possible. This is the most important step. If players find the experience enjoyable and rewarding, they...

I don't see how bots could make schools any worse of a place to learn than they already are. They mostly operate as factories whose job is to produce an obedient workforce and stamp out intellectual curiosity at the earliest possible age.

I was hoping to read that the scalpers were run over by the delivery truck, or the victim of some other gruesome accident, but I suppose this will do. For now. ;)

"The toilet automatically sends data to a cloud-based storage system..." That could cause a "shitstorm".

Is it though? That's what I was curious about. I'd bet more than a few comedic events have resulted from Alex* and similar sounding names of Greek origin. Not one, but everyone named Alexa. The Washington Post article I linked to didn't really attempt to tackle the potential issue of name...

Well, if you're going to change the name, then obviously there wouldn't be an issue.

I wrote "that wouldn't help in the case of visitors sharing the name." The implication was that in most cases, owners would not change the "wake" word to account for individuals who didn't belong to their household.

I feel sorry for anyone named Alexa. That must be incredibly annoying. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/interactive/2021/people-named-alexa-name-change-amazon/ Also, "Alex" isn't exactly a rare name. Even if the device activation word can be reprogrammed by its owner, that wouldn't...

Does it require a new power adapter?

I agree. Cavill really perfected the role. I can't imagine the series without him. In Geralt's voice: not good.

That's one reason I don't have an account with any platform that meets my definition* of "social media". *The qualifier is necessary to prevent some wise-ass from pointing out that web forums and even email are forms of social media. :p (Yes, they're both "social media" if you want them to be.)