@thomasfuchs I'd put that one in one class with "CUPS not printing Cairo-generated PDFs on tuesdays" and that old 500-mile bug. :D
pam-duress: A Pluggable Authentication Module (PAM) which allows the establishment of alternate passwords that can be used to perform actions to clear sensitive data, notify IT/Security staff, close off sensitive network connections, etc if a user is coerced into giving a threat actor a password.
I'm pretty sure this is how flat earthers and COVID deniers started. It was an absurd joke someone made to make fun of conspiracy theorists. It underestimated the stupidity of these people and became a real thing...
How long before we hear the fediverse filled with people thinking this shit is legit too.
Just a reminder, historic climate change predictions modeling human caused global warming has turned out to be surprisingly accurate.
The attached image shows the average of the leading predictions from 2004 and how it tracks to the actual observed climate change. The accuracy turned out to be quite exceptional.
Popular webcomic "The Oatmeal" no longer asks people to follow them on #Facebook, #Twitter, #instagram etc. Here's their explanation as to why (contains minor swearing):
(from https://theoatmeal.com/comics/reaching_people )
PS Currently if you want to follow them, visit here:
https://theoatmeal.com/pages/subscribe
“The password generator included in Kaspersky Password Manager had several problems. The most critical one is that it used a PRNG not suited for cryptographic purposes. Its single source of entropy was the current time. All the passwords it created could be bruteforced in seconds.”
https://donjon.ledger.com/kaspersky-password-manager/
They used math.random() on the web version y’all. This is a “security” company. I’m speechless.
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