Damn, I didn't know that Philip Zimbardo is the one behind Stanford prison experiment. For me he was the author of Man (Dis)connected) that I have on one of the bookshelves — that's why I even remember the name: it gets picked up by peripheral vision from time to time. I didn't expect that book to have been written by someone with a (relatively) big name 😱
Happy #Caturday! Here’s Kirby (black void kitty) and Kodo (gray kitty), together the Shadow Ninjas, curled up together in my lap a while back.
#nixiegram1 #ocicat Nixie is sleeping soundly. No worries that it's light outside! Eyes are covered. #catsofmastodon #caturday
OMG is that a rare, mythical, two-headed cat?!? Nah... that's just "dad to every cat that enters this house" Oz on the right, with this stepdaughter Ingrid on the left. 😻
#Cats #CatsOfMastodon
If you happen not to be an infosec person, and would just like some advice on how to not get phished, here's one simple non-technical rule that will help:
👉 If you got a message that demands immediate action of you and is making you feel stressed – take a short break.
Deep breaths, make some tea, take a short walk.
Whatever it is, it almost certainly can wait a few minutes. And a few minutes might just be what it takes for you to figure out it's a scam, or ask someone's opinion.
In 2023 #Poland exports ($469b) for the first time surpassed #Russia ($466b). The structure of these exports is also interesting because Poland now mainly exports highly processed manufacturing products (e.g. machines) and advanced services (e.g. business process outsourcing), while Russia as previously exports mostly natural resources. The largest Poland’s export partner is #Germany and, more generally, EU, but US is 8th exports destinations too.
#Mozilla reports that #Firefox #security CVE-2024-9680 is being exploited in the wild
A vulnerability has been discovered in Mozilla Firefox which could allow for arbitrary code execution. Mozilla Firefox is a web browser used to access the Internet. Successful exploitation could allow for arbitrary code execution. Depending on the privileges associated with the user an attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than those who operate with administrative user rights.
Interesting-looking software engineer position open on the Internet Archive's Archive-It team. https://app.trinethire.com/companies/32967-internet-archive/jobs/99996-software-engineer-archiving-data-services-remote
Fact: web browsers have become so ungodly complex that no individual programmer can hope to make a compliant engine from scratch.
Idiotic bullshit: Thinking the solution to the above is to surrender and abandon hope.
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Just in case: DMs/PMs simply don't exist on this instance as concept — don't use them, use the other instance if you absolutely have to, or send an email to any address at m0xEE.Net or .Com or .Org, but I prefer keep most communication public.