FoxQuirk 🦊 @quirk@computerfairi.es

When people don't know even the basic theory of how their own computers work, can you really blame them for not knowing the dangers of risky browsing behavior & how to spot them?

Malware authors exploit owner-user ignorance, & anti-malware vendors encourage that ignorance.

Hackers somehow got their rootkit a Microsoft-issued digital signature: https://www.zdnet.com/article/hackers-somehow-got-their-rootkit-a-microsoft-issued-digital-signature/

"In order to stay safe, we recommend that users only download software from the vendor's website or from trusted resources." ... Um, isn't that why code is signed, victim blamer?

"the US doesn't use the metric system"

*throws away a "16.9 fl oz" (500 ml) bottle in my "13.2 gallon" (50 l) trash can*

ok hear me out here: what if software, but good

if I was a protestor and super man showed up to hold a sign and not blow things up with eye lasers or reverse time by flying around the planet Iw ould be pissed tbh

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at some point tech people started thinking that decentralized = blockchain and i will forever hate them for that