●● IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Thursday, August 29, 2024 ●● ● Aug 29 [01:56] *jacobk (~quassel@rr2rh58ht72yy.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Aug 29 [09:19] *parsifal (~parsifal@6thegygyadsu4.irc) has joined #techbytes [09:20] *parsifal has quit (Quit: Leaving) [09:54] *psydroid2 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Aug 29 [10:02] *jacobk has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [10:05] *jacobk (~quassel@rr2rh58ht72yy.irc) has joined #techbytes [10:15] *psydroid2 (~psydroid@j9gt2haw74jrk.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Aug 29 [12:04] *GNUmoon2 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [12:06] *GNUmoon2 (~GNUmoon@d2vj968whsst4.irc) has joined #techbytes [12:08] schestowitz[TR2]
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    Security Alert: Keylogging Plugin Discovered in Pidgin Messaging App
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    The plugin, named ss-otr (ScreenShareOTR), was initially added to Pidgins third-party plugin roster on July 6th; unbeknownst to users and developers, it harbored harmful components.

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    The alarming discovery was made on August 16th when an alert was raised by the user, who reported that the plugin contained a keylogger and was capable of capturing screenshots to send to unauthorized parties.

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    • [12:08] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-linuxiac.com | Security Alert: Keylogging Plugin Discovered in Pidgin Messaging App ● Aug 29 [13:44] schestowitz[TR2] > Hi! [13:44] schestowitz[TR2] > [13:44] schestowitz[TR2] > My latest essay has been published at Resilience! [13:44] schestowitz[TR2] Excllent, thank you. I will relay to you any readers' feedback. [13:44] schestowitz[TR2] A Vision for Sustainable Community Consciousness ? https://techrights.org/n/2024/08/29/A_Vision_for_Sustainable_Community_Consciousness.shtml | ? Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/08/29/A_Vision_for_Sustainable_Community_Consciousness.gmi ? [13:44] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-techrights.org | Techrights A Vision for Sustainable Community Consciousness [13:46] schestowitz[TR2] > Share away! [13:46] schestowitz[TR2] > [13:46] schestowitz[TR2] > Thanks! [13:46] schestowitz[TR2] > ● Aug 29 [14:13] *Blase82 has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [14:23] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes [14:47] *Blase82 (~blasius@freenode-arj.kns.a9lrqu.IP) has joined #techbytes ● Aug 29 [15:30] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Aug 29 [16:06] *Blase82 has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [16:12] *Blase82 (~blasius@freenode-arj.kns.a9lrqu.IP) has joined #techbytes ● Aug 29 [18:53] *parsifal (~parsifal@6thegygyadsu4.irc) has joined #techbytes [18:54] *parsifal has quit (Quit: Leaving) [18:55] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1uchUSVh [18:55] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1uchUSVh ) [18:55] schestowitz[TR2] " [18:55] schestowitz[TR2] 2ygm Your post has merit, AND yes Quantum is still in its infancy and may never grow up, BUT consider this [18:55] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.fool.com/investing/2024/08/29/ibms-next-mainframe-will-pack-an-ai-punch/?source=eptyholnk0000202&utm_source=yahoo-host-full&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=article&referring_guid=8657df82-fdd8-4f09-9e73-93f2354dfa17 [18:55] schestowitz[TR2] IBM has not taken their foot off the gas when it comes to protecting their Mainframe footprint. Yes its a Niche market, but its hard to imagine what will replace it given IBMs commitment to the Fortune 500 and their HW investment in it. Remember there is 2 trillion dollars of legacy code that runs on mainframe, and the Fortune 500 isnt going to trust that code stack to Intel or the cloud as they have far too many [18:55] schestowitz[TR2] reliability issues. If they change, they are going to want reliability, and that is something over the last 40 years that every other HW manufacturer hasnt been able to offer. Most companies have accepted that, and asked IBM to focus their change efforts on the middleware and legacy SW components. IBM has obliged via moving into Redhat and other Hybrid cloud SW solutions. [18:55] schestowitz[TR2] " [18:55] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-IBM's Next Mainframe Will Pack an AI Punch | The Motley Fool [18:56] schestowitz[TR2] " [18:56] schestowitz[TR2] Right now nothing is going to replace IBM in the markets that it dominates. Just like Class 7 and 8 trucks are built by a select few manufacturers, IBM will probably continue to be the builders of mainframes...the semi trucks of the computing world. [18:56] schestowitz[TR2] However...just as you don't look to semi truck builders for innovation beyond occasional efficiency improvements, the world is no longer looking to IBM for innovation in computing beyond...you guessed it, the occasional efficiency improvements. For a world that constantly wants "new and improved", IBM can occasionally deliver on "improved"...but it hasn't delivered on "new" for a very long time. In fact, every attempt at something [18:56] schestowitz[TR2] "new" has been abandoned and sold off, sometimes for pocket change. [18:56] schestowitz[TR2] TLDR: IBM is what stock analysts call a mature business. They deal in legacy products for a niche market, and they are indeed dominant in that market. But that market isn't growing, and IBM's attempts to grow beyond that market have had questionable success. As for the OP, it looks like they'll be getting out of China too. [18:56] schestowitz[TR2] " ● Aug 29 [21:00] schestowitz[TR2] http://lxer.com/module/forums/t/36908/ [21:00] schestowitz[TR2] " [21:00] schestowitz[TR2] Aug 29, 2024 [21:00] schestowitz[TR2] 3:35 PM EDT I want to install AudioTube on my computer but in the Software Manager for Mint where it's at it says that the package will take up 2.6 gigs of space after installation. 2.6 GIG'S!?! For one program? That only plays audio tracks? Holy Cow! Why are they that huge? What's the reason? [21:00] schestowitz[TR2] I want to try it out but I don't want to commit almost 3 gigs of space to do it. [21:00] schestowitz[TR2] the_doctor [21:00] schestowitz[TR2] Aug 29, 2024 [21:00] schestowitz[TR2] 3:48 PM EDT That is strange. According to their website: [21:00] schestowitz[TR2] https://flathub.org/apps/org.kde.audiotube [21:00] schestowitz[TR2] Install size is 53.53 MiB. [21:00] schestowitz[TR2] Scott_Ruecker [21:00] schestowitz[TR2] Aug 29, 2024 [21:00] schestowitz[TR2] 3:51 PM EDT I'm not installing one program that takes up almost 3 gigs of apace and all it does is PLAY music." [21:00] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-LXer: Why are flatpaks so HUGE?: AudioTube stream music from YouTube [21:01] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-flathub.org | Install AudioTube on Linux | Flathub [21:22] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1udTVXJe [21:22] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1udTVXJe ) [21:22] schestowitz[TR2] " This article is useless as it implies that 3900 job cut mentioned during 2023 aplies here. [21:22] schestowitz[TR2] My frined 3900 number and more was already met in 2023. " [21:31] *jacobk has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s)