ShadowRegent

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by ShadowRegent 1y ago
When Apple says your data doesn't leave their servers, that doesn't mean those servers have to be in their own datacenters or that Apple doesn't have other vendors that help them deliver their service. It also doesn't m
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by ShadowRegent 1y ago
They're old, but it's really disappointing to see them end even basic temperature control (except physically on the device).
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Upcoming end of support for Nest Learning Thermostats (first and 2nd gen)(support.google.com)
7 points by ShadowRegent 1y ago|3 comments
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by ShadowRegent 2y ago
I'm not so sure. One of the potential benefits of removing ports from the iPhone is improved water resistance (personally, I'd still rather have the port). I don't foresee going swimming with my AirPods case.
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by ShadowRegent 2y ago
Part 2: https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2024/04/the-windows-r...
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The Windows Registry Adventure(googleprojectzero.blogspot.com)
1 points by ShadowRegent 2y ago|1 comments
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by ShadowRegent 3y ago
It’s only been a couple of business days, and it’s likely that they themselves will need root cause from equipment vendors (and perhaps information from the utility) to fully explain what happened. Perhaps they won’t publish anything, but
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by ShadowRegent 3y ago
Maybe, but I think that their "Informed Speculation" section was probably unnecessary. They may or may not be correct, but give Flexential an opportunity to share what actually happened rather than openly guessing on what might h
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by ShadowRegent 3y ago
Interesting choice to spend the bulk of the article publicly shifting blame to a vendor by name and speculating on their root cause. Also an interesting choice to publicly call out that you're a whale in the facility and include an el
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by ShadowRegent 3y ago
Close, but not quite. The keys were for consumer Microsoft accounts, but accepted for organization accounts as well.
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by ShadowRegent 3y ago
> Am I right to assume that because the attacker had the signing key all of the extra authentication mechanisms that would have been enabled on accounts were bypassed by the attacker...? That's my understanding.
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by ShadowRegent 3y ago
> Interestingly, GSM does allow for priority of emergency calls (112, 999, etc). IIRC, the SIM can make a priority request to be connected to the emergency services. The network could disconnect a non-emergency call to free up the air in
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by ShadowRegent 3y ago
“Twitter, whose press office has been largely destaffed and set to autoreply to requests for comment with a poo emoji, did not acknowledge the reports.” Of course he did that.
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by ShadowRegent 3y ago
A CA doesn't need to be online for HTTPS to work. If it's offline, it won't be able to issue new certificates, but existing ones will be just fine. In fact, Root CAs are often kept offline as a best practice to limit their
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by ShadowRegent 4y ago
EarthBound took a similar approach with it's anti-piracy measures if you work around the obvious ones. There are far, far more enemies to make the game less enjoyable. They also added random freezes when entering certain areas. If y