lapisnev

Don't squeeze me, I fart

Things that make you go 🤌. Weird computer stuff. Artist and general creative type. Occasionally funny. Gentoo on main. I play rhythm games!

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apocryphalmess
@apocryphalmess

capitalism is fundamentally incompatible with actual infosec. it's great at faking it, at selling you a product that says it will solve all your security problems and which will just be another attack surface, but the core goal of increasing corporate profits will always be at odds with nearly every possible aspect of information security

run an adblocker for both personal security and ideological reasons. something like uBlock origin is going to be more effective at keeping horrible shit off your computer than actual malware scanners will, because tricking you into installing that shit yourself is the primary attack vector for it these days. it's just social engineering, but automated to use ad networks so it's much more efficient


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It's like various kinds of scam advertisements are the only thing I see anymore. Even if it isn't trying to steal your passwords, it might be some pyramid scheme or some overpriced supplement pretending to cure covid. Feels like the whole of internet advertising is propped up by grifters.

edit: to be clear I wrote this before I noticed this was from a couple months ago. Still feels appropriate though.