Good

Hopefully the rest of the industry takes note too

Mad these guys are still at it

Throw in the towel already

There’s a joke here somewhere about how you should master your boot record

Helps if you read past the headline

Can we just bury Farage 20m deep in landfill?

It would genuinely make the world a better place

Again, for complete clarity:

I’m not talking about Russia, we all know they’re warmongering shitheads

I’m talking about The Times, who some people might not realise are also in the business of stirring up conflict for their own purposes

Given that, you can start linking reasons to trust the option section of their paper if you like and that would be on topic

Edit: moderated language to avoid muddying my point

Not sure where you got highly accurate from, I thought I made the opposite point pretty black & white. Any accuracy in their article is frankly coincidence and not imperative.

I skimmed the text you gave and then decided to go and read the quotes from the source in news articles. Everything else in the article is opinion I’m not (nor should anyone else) be interested in.

For clarity, I’m not disagreeing that Russia is doing stuff, that’s straight from MI6. I’m exclusively talking about the particular dubiousness of any words from the opinion section of this paper, regardless if the origin of the story is verifiable.

Oh definitely, always double check, especially if you’re hearing something new or unexpected

I was more coming from a position of this being something to be particularly cautious around. It’s an option piece from an outlet whose owner has a well known financial interest in keeping people scared and angry. It’s usually of benefit to avoid the article entirely; I probably should have just been more blunt tbf

For this I’m fortunate enough to have a ground news subscription, so I went on there and searched MI6 to find the relevant story, then found it on BBC & Reuters

Reminder The Times is owned by Murdoch and has gone to shit compared to when it became regarded as a “paper of record”

Everything you read from them should be double checked elsewhere

I’m not recommending it, I’m describing why saying it adds no security is silly.

The keys being compromised on some motherboards doesn’t mean the whole concept is suddenly inert for every single user

If everyone has a copy of my passwords and authenticator keys, that wouldn’t suddenly make 2 factor auth a compromised idea.

Hell, even if you are one of those people running a machine with the compromised keys, it’s still going to block malware that was written before the keys were leaked unless malware authors have also figured out time travel.

Well boot sector viruses used to be all the rage in the 90s, they’re entirely impossible under secure boot

Malware rootkits were a pretty big problem about a decade ago, I understand the techniques those mostly used are more or less impossible under secure boot now too

Then we could go into all the government and adjacent industry use cases where state-sponsored targeted attacks are a real concern. Measures like filling USB ports with super glue and desoldering microphones on company laptops is not unheard of in those circles, so blocking unknown bootloaders from executing is an absolute no brainer.

Saying it provides no security is just not true. Your front door isn’t only secure if someone has failed to break in

It technically does add security in that it prevents a load of attack vectors that would dodge most anti malware tools (i.e. the ones before the anti malware tool can start)

But you’re right in that the execution of the idea is unnecessarily painful for Linux

Makes sense, if the US doesn’t like it they can finally join the ICC and make their argument

They might have to stop doing their own war crimes for that though

Kier is busy trying to court faragites

As much as this would be a sensible political decision that could potentially ease the cost of living issues, he’s not gonna go for it

It accuses the EU of going after successful U.S. space companies via the legislation, saying its rules “appear targeted specifically against U.S. companies due solely to their size, prominence, and successful track record of innovation …. such unfair and unwarranted regulations are unacceptable to the United States and must be removed.”

Hmm, I wonder what draconian legislation this must be

The EU proposed the law in June in an attempt to dial up regulatory oversight of satellite operators — including requiring them to tackle their impact on space debris and pollution, or face significant fines.

Oh… “Don’t litter”

Nix and Snap are kind of oddly similar

Now that’s a spicy quote

Having been to a few over the years in different places, the Germans just do it better. Any of the main cities will get you the experience

Lived in Liverpool and then Manchester from the age of 18, now nearly 2 decades of never needing to own a car.

The odd couple of times I’ve needed to move stuff around it’s either enlisting the help of a friend with a car or just renting a van. Other than that public transport and taxis cover 99% of any journey I’d need to make, and ultimately cheaper.

The only thing I’ll say is travelling across the country by train is forced into being something of a privilege at the prices of the tickets these days. The fact that if I decide to go to London for the weekend with my partner at short notice, that’s going to cost me about £200 discounted with a Railcard, is patently absurd when I could rent a car for the weekend and get a couple of tanks of petrol for less.

Still, travelling by train for long journeys beats having to concentrate on driving anyway IMO, so I’ll still pick the train.

I reckon we’d see a lot more people forgoing a car if more areas invested in their local public transport like the north west has, and if we can find a way to slash the prices of longer train journeys equivalent to equivalent prices in Europe.

I mean, this sounds like a pretty huge deal

Does anyone who knows this field better than me, know if this is as big as it sounds?