The General Technology Thread

[ArcadiaGP]

LGR takes a look at some Radio Shack ads from 1979 and 1991


[video=youtube;9rDlHKKcMFI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rDlHKKcMFI[/video]

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Major security issue with MacOS High Sierra: anyone can log in by typing "root" as a username and no password

 

[T.Lex]

Wow. Passing that on to some Mac people I know.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

So Bitcoin is $11.5k

After just passing $10k.

... After just passing $9k.

 

[BugI02]

Wow. Passing that on to some Mac people I know.

Also, remind them if they upgrade/upgraded to High Sierra after the patch was pushed out, they will need to seek it out and install it. As of now it won't automatically appear in the App Store as a recommended update

 

[rkwhyte2]

Also, remind them if they upgrade/upgraded to High Sierra after the patch was pushed out, they will need to seek it out and install it. As of now it won't automatically appear in the App Store as a recommended update

I can't think of a time when I have seen Apple act in this manner.

 

[BugI02]

https://9to5mac.com/2017/12/02/macos-10-13-1-root-hole-bug/
PSA: Upgrading to macOS 10.13.1 will undo Apple’s patch for critical root vulnerability

 

[BugI02]

I can't think of a time when I have seen Apple act in this manner.

Never mind. You are correct. It will be done automatically which is why it doesn't appear as a recommended update

From MacRumors

The security update is rolling out on the Mac App Store now, and it should be installed by all users running macOS High Sierra as soon as possible. Regardless, starting later today, Apple said the security update will be automatically installed on all Macs running macOS High Sierra 10.13.1.

 

[BugI02]

Umm. Waffling back the other way. The first reading I did on it seems to have been correct, but the applicable circumstances are more limited

Apple’s rushed software patch could be just as buggy as the code it was supposed to fix. Wired’s Andy Greenberg reports that multiple Mac users who had not yet upgraded their operating system from the original version of High Sierra to the new 10.13.1 update, but installed Apple’s patch, are seeing the root problem reoccur after they install the latest macOS system update. Reinstalling Apple’s separate patch hasn’t helped these users, unless they reboot and then install it.

 

[jamil]

Late to the thread. But anyway. I'll drag this one up.

So this is pretty ****ed up. Net censorship getting to dangerous levels.

People are getting locked out of innocuous Google Docs for supposedly violating Terms of Service

People working in their own documents stored on Google's cloud are getting ToS violation/lockouts based on whatever content in the document is deemed "bad"

Sure, it may be a glitch, but it shows that Google might be monitoring the content of your files/documents.

If the service is free YOU are likely the product. Of course they're monitoring the content of your files/documents. They have to know what adds to feed you. While they're at it, why not censor the content of your documents?

If you don't want to be their product, there are other options. But then you might have to pay for your own ****.

 

[jamil]

https://9to5mac.com/2017/12/02/macos-10-13-1-root-hole-bug/
PSA: Upgrading to macOS 10.13.1 will undo Apple’s patch for critical root vulnerability

I'm still on El Capitan. I expect to be told by my employer to get on the latest. I'm hoping I can wait for our next hardware refresh. I think OS X was pretty miuch done as of Lion. It's been mostly needless UI tweaks along with some not so useful under-the-covers stuff since.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Google sued on behalf of 5 million iPhone users for privacy violation | BGR India

 

[Jordan_J]

Does anyone here have a Raspberry Pi (or similar) and or do any projects with them?

 

[T.Lex]

I have an Arduino that I did some cool stuff with a few years ago... and keeping thinking of great projects to do, but can't ever get to.

 

[Jordan_J]

I have an Arduino that I did some cool stuff with a few years ago... and keeping thinking of great projects to do, but can't ever get to.

I have an older Raspberry Pi B+ that is a media player but it's disconnected right now. There's a ton of projects I'd like to make just to make them but I just can't justify the expense of buying new ones to make stuff. I also feel a laser cutter and or 3D printer would benefit some of the projects I have in mind.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

LGR takes a brief look at AOL Instant Messenger, which is shutting down this month.



[video=youtube;lNAgfMtRte4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNAgfMtRte4[/video]

 

[actaeon277]

I used to work with PIC chips.
But I haven't had any time for that.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Former Facebook exec says social media is ripping apart society

"I think we have created tools that are ripping apart the social fabric of how society works. The short-term, dopamine-driven feedback loops we’ve created are destroying how society works. No civil discourse, no cooperation; misinformation, mistruth. You are being programmed"

 

[actaeon277]

Former Facebook exec says social media is ripping apart society

Then maybe he should have put a team of people on it, trying to improve it without destroying it.
You know, be part of the solution.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

How to keep your data safe from attackers.