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bnrstnr

@nerdydad said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

He also didn't understand Google ads in-line with the results.

Google ads inline with results was a tough one for my users to grasp. A couple of them still think "the internet is broken" when they click those ads.

NerdyDad

@bnrstnr said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@nerdydad said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

He also didn't understand Google ads in-line with the results.

Google ads inline with results was a tough one for my users to grasp. A couple of them still think "the internet is broken" when they click those ads.

Story of my life right there.

bnrstnr

Have you guys upgraded your pi-holes to Ubuntu 18.04 yet?

scottalanmiller

@bnrstnr said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

Have you guys upgraded your pi-holes to Ubuntu 18.04 yet?

Yes, a while ago.

Danp

@bnrstnr I'm in the process of upgrading my pi-hole to 18.04 right now.

travisdh1

@dustinb3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

Is anyone using Pi-Hole as a means of ad blocking at their residence or place of business?

Everywhere I possible can!

Obsolesce

Facebook wants your banking and financial info

https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/technology/2018/08/07/your-banking-data-was-once-off-limits-tech-companies-now-theyre-racing-get-it/?noredirect=on&tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.63e0e6d97df8&__twitter_impression=true

Kelly

There is a new attack on WPA/WPA2 PSKs: https://hashcat.net/forum/thread-7717.html.

momurda

FCC lied to congress about DDOS attack, nobody charged with a crime.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/08/fcc-lied-to-congress-about-made-up-ddos-attack-investigation-found/

JaredBusch

@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@bnrstnr said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

Have you guys upgraded your pi-holes to Ubuntu 18.04 yet?

Yes, a while ago.

Mine is on fedora 28

momurda

@kelly said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
There is a new attack on WPA/WPA2 PSKs: https://hashcat.net/forum/thread-7717.html.

So is that what these guys do, sit around and parse wireshark logs looking at bytes of memory, and then figuring out whats what, then using these tools like hashcat to crack keys and pw?

DustinB3403

@momurda said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

@kelly said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
There is a new attack on WPA/WPA2 PSKs: https://hashcat.net/forum/thread-7717.html.

So is that what these guys do, sit around and parse wireshark logs looking at bytes of memory, and then figuring out whats what, then using these tools like hashcat to crack keys and pw?

Well this is a good thing as it's finding vulnerabilities.

scottalanmiller

Samsung Galaxy Tab S4 review... just not cutting it as a desktop.

scottalanmiller

Georgia defends clearly worthless voting system.

nadnerB

@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

Samsung Galaxy Tab S4 review... just not cutting it as a desktop.

The very last line sums up what you lot have been banging on about for a while:
Android tablets are dying. This should have been a Chrome OS tablet.