●● IRC: #techbytes @ FreeNode: Tuesday, February 02, 2021 ●● ● Feb 02 [00:25] *asusbox (~rianne@host81-154-168-60.range81-154.btcentralplus.com) has joined #techbytes [00:26] *asusbox2 has quit (Ping timeout: 265 seconds) [00:26] *rianne_ has quit (Ping timeout: 265 seconds) [00:38] *rianne_ (~rianne@host81-154-168-60.range81-154.btcentralplus.com) has joined #techbytes [00:42] schestowitz__ Re: register for live streaming of OFE event [00:42] schestowitz__ > Fraunhofer guy is evil as well. [00:42] schestowitz__ > [00:42] schestowitz__ > He wrote several reports pro-swpat, stuff saying floss and swpats are fine. [00:42] schestowitz__ > [00:42] schestowitz__ > xxxx [00:42] schestowitz__ > [00:42] schestowitz__ > Sachiko is married to Lehors, IBM guy behind Hyperledger. [00:42] schestowitz__ > [00:42] schestowitz__ > They met thanks to me in Geneva during OOXML fight. [00:42] schestowitz__ > [00:42] schestowitz__ > You can try to find sources for the first line, don't quote me on [00:42] schestowitz__ > anything she is a Friend. [00:46] schestowitz__ > $ grep -i pretty /etc/os-release [00:46] schestowitz__ > PRETTY_NAME="Raspbian GNU/Linux 10 (buster)" [00:46] schestowitz__ > [00:46] schestowitz__ > $ cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vscode.list [00:46] schestowitz__ > ### THIS FILE IS AUTOMATICALLY CONFIGURED ### [00:46] schestowitz__ > # You may comment out this entry, but any other modifications may be lost. [00:46] schestowitz__ > deb [arch=amd64,arm64,armhf] http://packages.microsoft.com/repos/code [00:46] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-packages.microsoft.com | Index of /repos/code/ [00:46] schestowitz__ > stable main [00:46] schestowitz__ Those pi is this from? All buster-based ones? [00:46] schestowitz__ Also, seen what I mentioned in IRC re Kano? [00:47] schestowitz__ > Just in case the implications were not obvious, M$ servers get pinged [00:47] schestowitz__ > with every update. That tells them the quantities and locations of all [00:47] schestowitz__ > the world's networked Raspberry Pi computers running Raspberry Pi OS. [00:47] schestowitz__ I've long warned about adding Microsoft to sources. They can also infect machines. [00:47] schestowitz__ > A poor work-around: [00:47] schestowitz__ > [00:47] schestowitz__ > sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vscode.list [00:47] schestowitz__ > sudo touch /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vscode.list [00:47] schestowitz__ > sudo chattr +i /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vscode.list [00:47] schestowitz__ > [00:47] schestowitz__ > A far as I can tell, the file was injected during an update this [00:47] schestowitz__ > weekend, but no package fesses up to having created it: [00:47] schestowitz__ > [00:47] schestowitz__ > $ dpkg -S /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vscode.list [00:47] schestowitz__ > dpkg-query: no path found matching pattern [00:47] schestowitz__ > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/raspi.list [00:48] schestowitz__ >> Conclusion: Raspberry Pi Foundation has a quisling somewhere inside. [00:48] schestowitz__ >> [00:48] schestowitz__ > Result: M$ has, via the package repository, defacto root access. [00:48] schestowitz__ > [00:48] schestowitz__ > This is almost certainly a direct reaction to the Raspberry Pi having [00:48] schestowitz__ > entered the desktop market with very, very serious models. [00:48] schestowitz__ Should we do an article about this, you reckon..? [00:48] Techrights-sec security notice. Check e-mail when possible. ● Feb 02 [04:34] schestowitz__ " [04:34] schestowitz__ Here [04:34] schestowitz__ Dear xxxx member, [04:34] schestowitz__ please find herein the monthly password for the restricted part of the ssssssxxxssss for February 2021: [04:34] schestowitz__ " ● Feb 02 [06:13] *GNUmoon has quit (Ping timeout: 268 seconds) [06:53] *GNUmoon (~GNUmoon@gateway/tor-sasl/gnumoon) has joined #techbytes [06:55] *GNUmoon has quit (Remote host closed the connection) [06:56] *GNUmoon (~GNUmoon@gateway/tor-sasl/gnumoon) has joined #techbytes ● Feb 02 [08:16] *GNUmoon has quit (Remote host closed the connection) ● Feb 02 [10:36] Techrights-sec gm ####################################### [10:36] Techrights-sec I notice in BT's latest letter to you that they don't enumerate [10:36] Techrights-sec the specific complaints, even if they do claim to acknowledge them. [10:36] Techrights-sec That means your actuall Ofcom case will have to link their response to [10:36] Techrights-sec your letter. For a bureacrat receiving such documents, that can [10:36] Techrights-sec be too big a task. [10:36] Techrights-sec bbl - several hours [10:38] schestowitz__ did I miss anything before "gm"? I think I mistakenly hit the wrong keyboard and quite ytalk last night. re BT, I asked for another letter from them, then I need to start drafting a document that has a glossary and starts with the basics, then evidence. ● Feb 02 [12:23] *Condor (~freenode@e1.nixmagic.com) has joined #techbytes ● Feb 02 [14:05] *tr_guest|62467 (519aa83c@gateway/web/cgi-irc/kiwiirc.com/ip.81.154.168.60) has joined #techbytes [14:12] *tr_guest|62467 has quit (Quit: http://www.kiwiirc.com/ - A hand crafted IRC client) [14:54] Techrights-sec nothing missed except I mentioned I would be out b XXXX ● Feb 02 [15:33] *Condor has quit (Ping timeout: 240 seconds) [15:34] *Condor (~freenode@e1.nixmagic.com) has joined #techbytes ● Feb 02 [17:44] schestowitz__ the [17:44] schestowitz__ 17:22] Hi. A joke: https://upjoke.com/beggars-jokes [17:44] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-upjoke.com | The 25+ Best Beggars Jokes - UPJOKE [17:44] schestowitz__ [17:22] (there are different versions of it) [17:46] schestowitz__ > Do you have a better idea for a search engine since DDG seems to be [17:46] schestowitz__ > compromised? [17:46] schestowitz__ > [17:46] schestowitz__ > Thank you, [17:46] schestowitz__ > [17:46] schestowitz__ > [17:46] schestowitz__ > [17:46] schestowitz__ > James A Penrod [17:46] schestowitz__ > [17:46] schestowitz__ > /Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. / [17:47] schestowitz__ > [17:47] schestowitz__ > /It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other./ [17:47] schestowitz__ Try searx [17:53] *schestowitz__ (~schestowi@unaffiliated/schestowitz) has left #techbytes ("Konversation term") ● Feb 02 [18:06] *rianne__ has quit (Ping timeout: 240 seconds) [18:06] *liberty_box has quit (Ping timeout: 256 seconds) [18:46] *rianne__ (~rianne@host81-154-168-60.range81-154.btcentralplus.com) has joined #techbytes [18:47] *liberty_box (~liberty@host81-154-168-60.range81-154.btcentralplus.com) has joined #techbytes ● Feb 02 [19:34] *rianne__ has quit (Ping timeout: 256 seconds) [19:34] *liberty_box has quit (Ping timeout: 264 seconds) [19:45] *rianne__ (~rianne@host81-154-168-60.range81-154.btcentralplus.com) has joined #techbytes [19:47] *liberty_box (~liberty@host81-154-168-60.range81-154.btcentralplus.com) has joined #techbytes [19:54] *Condor has quit (Read error: Connection reset by peer) ● Feb 02 [20:02] *Condor (~freenode@e1.nixmagic.com) has joined #techbytes [20:04] *Condor has quit (Read error: Connection reset by peer) [20:12] *Condor (~freenode@e1.nixmagic.com) has joined #techbytes ● Feb 02 [21:24] *rianne__ has quit (Ping timeout: 240 seconds) [21:25] *liberty_box has quit (Ping timeout: 258 seconds) [21:36] *rianne__ (~rianne@host81-154-168-60.range81-154.btcentralplus.com) has joined #techbytes [21:37] *liberty_box (~liberty@host81-154-168-60.range81-154.btcentralplus.com) has joined #techbytes ● Feb 02 [22:11] *GNUmoon (~GNUmoon@gateway/tor-sasl/gnumoon) has joined #techbytes [22:12] *GNUmoon has quit (Remote host closed the connection) [22:13] *GNUmoon (~GNUmoon@gateway/tor-sasl/gnumoon) has joined #techbytes ● Feb 02 [23:23] *rianne__ has quit (Remote host closed the connection) [23:24] *rianne__ (~rianne@host81-154-168-60.range81-154.btcentralplus.com) has joined #techbytes [23:39] *GNUmoon2 (~GNUmoon@gateway/tor-sasl/gnumoon) has joined #techbytes [23:42] *GNUmoon has quit (Remote host closed the connection)