tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post207259402478932821..comments2024-03-29T09:14:34.373-04:00Comments on Borepatch: Security Smorgasbord, vol. 13 no. 1Borepatchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05029434172945099693noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-30819860187086677902021-04-23T11:47:56.568-04:002021-04-23T11:47:56.568-04:00More and more sites are pushing users towards Chro...More and more sites are pushing users towards Chrome, Safari, or Edge (new version, same thing). If a website requires me to use a 'leaky' browser, then I don't use it. <br />I occasionally run Iron, which is Chrome minus the tracking bits, but some sites won't recognize it. I should use it more, Jonathan Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10476185257203343474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-30568972191695904232021-04-21T17:04:26.327-04:002021-04-21T17:04:26.327-04:00Re: FTP
I've been keeping an old 1990s Apple ...Re: FTP<br /><br />I've been keeping an old 1990s Apple Mac Powerbook and accessories, just in case I needed an old file I'd neglected to transfer from one of my SCSI drives or 800k/400k floppy disks.<br /><br />It turns out I'd done a good job of knowing what I might need and keeping copies on accessible media -- but I've used it on several occasions to rescue friends or colleagues who needed files from old Mac media. <br /><br />(Or to write recently-downloaded abandonware onto a floppy that their old machine can read, so that they can turn their still-working 1984 original 128k Macintosh into a cool-looking <i>but very power-inefficient</i> mantel clock.)<br /><br />Especially for larger audio, photo, and video files, FTP has been the easiest way to move the stuff via the antique computer to a modern one. <br /><br />Each occasion gets harder -- the ethernet network at work kicks obsolete computers off it, there aren't already-running FTP servers to use for the transfer, etc. <br />For small files I used to just sign into webmail and email them, but even 10 years ago HTML had moved on so much that I couldn't sign in to any webmail account using NCSA Mosaic -- the pages just didn't render well enough to give me a box to type into.<br /><br />All for the better really, in terms of security. <br /><br />Nowadays when someone says "I've got the disk, but I have no way of getting the data off of it" I respond "That's too bad" rather than offering to give it a try.<br /><br />Douglas2Douglas2https://www.blogger.com/profile/11290012200563917585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-31533101819636736682021-04-21T15:09:26.563-04:002021-04-21T15:09:26.563-04:00Yep, the privacy (and I use that term loosely), is...Yep, the privacy (and I use that term loosely), is ramping up... But honestly, for most people, it's too little, too late. Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-40847654811959552772021-04-21T14:10:56.877-04:002021-04-21T14:10:56.877-04:00I got a kick out of the European hams breaking the...I got a kick out of the European hams breaking the SpaceX telemetry using those cheap RTL-SDR radios and a cheap satellite TV dish with a downconverter. Kinda sorry to see SpaceX respond by encrypting the telemetry. <br /><br />I had halfway decided to build a downconverter and try to find something like a DirecTV or Dish One antenna lying around. <br /><br />SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.com