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Samsung UK discloses year-long breach, leaked customer data

"forced into handing over their data or else functions and features on TVs and printers would be disabled"

Try using the scanner on an newer HP printer without creating an HP account.

Mid-contract telco price hikes must end, Ofcom told

Re: Got stung this year by Sky arseholes

Speed - speed tests mean nothing, just indications, it's the router synchronisation levels that matter

Price - ring Sky at any time (in contract or not), renegotiate prices (threaten to leave, speak to retentions), check new customer prices first, they generally match them.#

HTH

In quest to defeat Euro red-tape, Apple said it had three Safari browsers – not one

Re: Torn between two ideas

Opt In / Opt Out are supposed to have the same prominence and number of clicks, but guess what, very few website comply, and no action is taken against the sites that don't !

Where do people feel most at risk of being pwned? The pub

Re: More open WiFi Paranoia

Danger = To the profits of VPN providers (in this case Nord) .

As NASA struggles to open OSIRIS-REx's asteroid sample can, probe heads off to next rock

Re: Why oh why did they let Apple design the fastenings?

Thank-you

Microsoft's 11-year itch: The uncelebrated anniversary of Windows 8

TIFKAM - was expecting this to crop up

Apple warns of three WebKit vulns under active exploitation, dozens more CVEs across its range

Re: Camera

Yes, abuse issue by taking 'dodgy' photos (child abuse, animal cruelty), on your phone > your problem > law enforcement.

Think about vengeful ex's etc.

Camera

So when are Apple going to close the security issue where you can access the camera when an iDevice is locked?

World checks it's not April 1 as Apple signals support for full US right-to-repair rule

This is the problem ....

"manufacturers only being obligated to support authorized repair channels"

So, they could not authorise anybody => must use Apple's repair system

X marks the bot: Musk thinks spammers won't pay $1 a year

So, the end of "Free Speech" then !!

Not even the ghost of obsolescence can coerce users onto Windows 11

Re: Certainly resisting at home

Shift + F10 is now disabled (22H2), user - fuckoff , password - microsoft, oops something went wrong, local account dialogue (all versions)

International Criminal Court hit in cyber-attack amid Russia war crimes probe

"strengthen its cyber security framework, including accelerating its use of cloud"

Oxymoron

BOFH: Zen and the art of battery replacement

Re: Interestingly

My favourite (not),

Portable electronic equipment - e.g. Laptop - drop it whilst carrying, not covered, knocked off table by cat, covered.

I know what you did next summer: Microsoft to kill off Xbox 360 Store

In and administrative PowerShell console,

Get-ProvisionedAppxPackage -Online | Where-Object { $_.PackageName -match "xbox" } | ForEach-Object { Remove-ProvisionedAppxPackage -Online -AllUsers -PackageName $_.PackageName }

Replace xbox with phone, removes all Xbox and Phone Link crap.

To actually answering your question - NO

Ford SYNC 3 infotainment vulnerable to drive-by Wi-Fi hijacking

Have a look at - https://community.cyanlabs.net/c/ford/5

Great website for updating Ford software, several releases ahead of official channel.

https://cyanlabs.net/applications/syn3updater/ - is what I use to create USB sticks for updates.

Want to pwn a satellite? Turns out it's surprisingly easy

Re: starlink going offline?

Could they please do it on a cloudless night in the UK

SAP CEO push for cloud-only 'innovation' shatters users' trust in German-speaking heartlands

Re: Yes and no.

"4% of the SAP €31bn 2022 turnover, unless my maths is borked, is €124m per breach"

I make it - €31bn x 0.04 = €1,240m per breach

Number of pensioners hurt by DWP legacy system error actually 165,000

Yes

Attorney sues Microsoft for $1.75M, claiming his email has been useless since May

Why only one recovery / verification method setup, should have at least two (or more) configured, little sympathy here!

Palantir's deals with NHS England top £60M – without competition

Re: they still dont get it

Whilst I agree, from previous comments on the subject, I believe it's covered by one (or more) "exemptions"

Malwarebytes may not be allowed to label rival's app as 'potentially unwanted'

Re: Where do we draw the line?

Yep, Avast Secure Browser (amongst others) 'says' it protects you from unwanted tracking, read the T&C's - Avast now gets all your juicy data !!!

Re: re: keyspace

Just another PUP - potentially unwanted post

Crypto catastrophe strikes some Atomic Wallet users, over $35M thought stolen

Re: "Your funds are not located in the wallet itself, [they] are safely stored on the blockchain"

(And I Feel Fine)

Microsoft finally gets around to supporting rar, gz and tar files in Windows

Try this

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

; Created by: Shawn Brink

; Create on: October 4, 2021

; Tutorial: https://www.elevenforum.com/t/disable-show-more-options-context-menu-in-windows-11.1589/

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}\InprocServer32]

@=""

; or

; reg add HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}\InprocServer32 /ve /d "" /f

; from a command prompt, /ve = null, /d = data, /f = no prompt

Phones' facial recog tech 'fooled' by low-res 2D photo

Currently, in UK law it's an offence in itself, to refuse to decrypt / unlock a device - scum.

In the US I believe they can't force you to reveal passwords / PINs, that's why they love finger / face unlock.

Microsoft decides it will be the one to choose which secure login method you use

Re: Reminds me of the convenience store down the block

You may want to look what those IFR (interchange fee regulations) are actually about.

They are the fees the BANKS pay on card transactions (between banks) , they are NOT the Merchant Fees paid by retailers to Payment Service Providers

Repeated later in the comments

Re: Reminds me of the convenience store down the block

You may want to look what those IFR (interchange fee regulations) are actually about.

They are the fees the BANKS pay on card transactions (between banks) , they are NOT the Merchant Fees paid by retailers to Payment Service Providers

Microsoft will upgrade Windows 10 21H2 users whether they like it or not

Re: @AC - If Microsoft wants better Win 11 acceptance

A few comments re cmdrklarg post,

Shift + F10 - just tried this on a fresh out of the box laptop (Asus), does not work any longer (think MS have killed it)

Can use Windows Key + R - launches the run dialogue, can't use command (cmd), can launch Task Manager (taskmgr)

Unable to run command prompt - this could be due the version being S mode (got message about MS apps only)

Task Manager - can see 'Network Flow', can end task, but it just relaunches.

Appreciate the other comments about Rufus, I am aware of this, but I'm addressing OEM builds.

So, I feel my solution works in all scenarios.

If MS have killed the shift + F10 trick, how do you setup Win 11 if you don't have a network?

Re: @AC - If Microsoft wants better Win 11 acceptance

That 'forced' MS login can be avoided (if you know how)

A - during initial setup, User = fuckoff, Password = microsoft, oops something went wrong, bingo, local user account.

2 - create local account after first MS one, don't have details, bingo, local account (delete MS one).

Note - check hard drive encryption, I don't like it so turn it off (most Home users are better off as data could possibly be recovered).

Hey Apple, what good is a status page if you only update it after the outage?

Re: I've seen this before...

Now, virtually ALL helplines direct you to look at their totally (un)useful FAQ / Help / Troubleshooting on the Web (I'm calling as I have connection issues, idiots!).

Even better, call BT (in the UK) from a mobile, they send a text and cut you off (bigger idiots), avoid by prepending 141 to their number.

YouTube's 'Ad blockers not allowed' pop-up scares the bejesus out of netizens

Re: I also don't allow popups

See icon ------->

Microsoft pushes users to the Edge in Outlook, Teams

Re: Well, it's approriate

In an Admin PowerShell instance,

Get-ProvisionedAppxPackage -Online | Where-Object { $_.PackageName -match "xbox" } | ForEach-Object { Remove-ProvisionedAppxPackage -Online -AllUsers -PackageName $_.PackageName }

Then change xbox to phone, removes all xbox carp and the dreaded Phone Link

Microsoft tackles SaaSy URL sprawl, dumping its dotcom in favor of cloud.microsoft

Re: Top level corp domains were always a bad idea

No need for the WWW bit

Microsoft deigns to fix five-year-old Defender bug that slowed Firefox

Re: Firefox works great if you use Microsoft Security Essentials

Would like to install Open Office 1.15

If that's due to "S"* Mode, convert (for free) to normal Windows 11 (Home)

* - stupid mode

Microsoft stumps loyal fans by making OneDrive handle Outlook attachments

Re: Doesn't take OneDrive

That's odd - as FAT32's file size limit is 4GB. I suspect the email client

Microsoft switches Edge’s PDF reader to pay-to-play Adobe Acrobat

Re: Thank you for quelling my doubts, Microsoft

I think you'll find the answer is -------------> Money

Windows 10 paid downloads end but buyers need not fear ISO-lation

Re: Windows 11 is moving Microsoft towards subscriptions

There is no 'requirement' for an MS account, they just want you to get trapped in their walled garden.

Use fuckoff (user) and microsoft (password) when asked to sign in during initial setup, oops something went wrong, local account dialogue presented.

Re: Just Today I Bought A "Refurbished" Workstation With Windows 10.......

When you get to the MS Account login / creation part, type in fuckoff as user, and microsoft as password, oops something went wrong. local user account creation dialogue (all versions, including Home) HTH

Apple preps for 'third-party iOS app stores' in Europe

"Nooooo imagine if you could use iOS without an Apple account, the horror!"

You can!

OK, we know iPhones are expensive but... $11 a month for Twitter Blue on iOS?

Re: Puzzled...

Yea, so use the browser to sign-up, not the app!!

South Pacific vacations may be wrecked by ransomware

Re: Weird

Americanized - Shirley

Former Apple worker pleads guilty to $17m mail and wire fraud charges

And how many milliseconds of Apple's profits was this?

The boss worked in a fishbowl, so office tricks were a treat

Was her name Bernadette ?

President Biden still wants his cybersecurity labels on those smart devices

Everthing

"The labels are expected to feature ratings that reflect the quantity of data collected, how easily the device can be patched or upgraded to mitigate vulnerabilities, data encryption, and interoperability."

I'd like these on all IT related products - e.g. Windows 10/11

This maglev turntable costs more than an average luxury electric car

Going by your handle, is it not a little fast and high pitched? Better at 33RPM

People still seem to think their fancy cars are fully self-driving

Re: Perhaps...

"it would allow me to drive to a nice pub in the afternoon, have a few beers with my lunch, and have the car drive me home again."

In the UK, that would still be prosecuted as drink driving!

Intel Alder Lake BIOS code leak may contain vital secrets

So, it could be modded to NOT run Windows 11

Samsung sued for gobbling up too much personal info that miscreants then stole

Re: Jail time

And, no more, settled without admitting liability.

Microsoft says it's boosted phishing protection in Windows 11 22H2

Re: Wait, What?

Do not use for security, something you cannot change !!!

(Face, Finger, Voice, Etc.)