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socphoenix

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  • What are common tools on Linux to wipe an HDD pre RMA?

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  • Assuming the drive writes normally a simple command like

    dd if=/dev/random of=/dev/sdX

    Where sdX is the location of the drive should do the trick. Depending on drive time this may take a bit.

  • Walgreens CEO Distressed to Learn That Locking Everything Up Keeps People From Buying It

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  • I stopped going to Kroger grocery stores mostly over price but honestly even if they lowered prices I wouldn’t go back specifically because of this feature. It’s more pleasant to shop at Walmart or Safeway as they don’t use this kind of system.

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  • I haven’t heard of the pfas lawsuit, man I’m glad the first time I heard about these things was when the caffeine lawsuit started. Apparently the lawsuit is alleging high levels of 8 different pfas compounds.

  • Do you encrypt your drives and why or why not?

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  • This was a few drives ago but there was a point in time when most places were giving me digital copies of tax documents which I could upload to tax prep software but things like TurboTax didn’t have an auto import. So you’d need to download them then re-upload them to the correct service. Now they do it automatically so the only thing that would match that now now is receipts for expenses/donations and what not that I need to keep track of for manual entry.

  • Do you encrypt your drives and why or why not?

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  • I started encrypting once I moved to having a decent number of solid state drives as the tech can theoretically leave blocks unerased once they go bad. Before that my primary risk factor was at end of life recycling which I usually did early so I wasn’t overly concerned about tax documents/passwords etc being left as I’d use dd to write over the platters prior to recycling.

  • Deputy arrested for bringing Whataburger to inmate

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  • True, but why are we making food contraband in the first place? That seems incredibly unnecessary

  • They're been quiet for seventy days now.

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  • Can’t we just return him to South Africa? We don’t really want him either

  • Steam On Linux Ends 2024 With A Nice Boost To Its Marketshare, AMD Linux CPU Use At 74%

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  • I really miss Ubuntu from around that era, was by far the easiest thing to get up and running!

  • Steam On Linux Ends 2024 With A Nice Boost To Its Marketshare, AMD Linux CPU Use At 74%

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  • Vista was what pushed me to Linux originally, and I still haven’t gone back!

  • Former NSA cyberspy's not-so-secret hobby – Xmas light hacks

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  • I mostly understand how these fuses prevent say downgrading firmware, but could t a Chinese firm looking to clone one of these also just clone the number of blow. Fuses equally trivially if the goal is just an also working device with stock firmware?

  • Former NSA cyberspy's not-so-secret hobby – Xmas light hacks

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  • The security researcher, LimitedResults, coordinated disclosure with Espressif on their advisory and details of the exploit. The attack works against eFuse, a one-time programmable memory where data can be burned to the device.

    By burning a payload into the device’s eFuse, no software update can ever reset the fuse and the chip must be physically replaced or the device discarded. A key risk is that the attack does not fully replace the firmware, so the device may appear to work as normal.

    Why does a random esp32 chip need efuses in the first place??

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    It's true.

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  • Is the guy on the right Ryan Reynolds in disguise?

  • Global warming can't be ignored, Montana's top court says, upholding landmark climate case

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  • My parents liked that show, and they still don’t believe in global warming. I think the only thing they remember was the line “we need another Timmy!”

    They’ve also told me they don’t want socialized healthcare/any reform because they fully believe others not receiving care is necessary for them to receive good care so…you know they aren’t exactly individuals concerned about anyone but themselves at this exact second.

  • IRS recovers $4.7 billion in back taxes, braces for cuts under Trump and GOP majority

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  • Because they want the benefits of a civilized society but think they shouldn’t have to pay for them

  • Eat What You Kill: A hospital helped a doctor’s practice flourish even as it suspected he was hurting patients

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  • Pretty much every country you’d think of will refuse to accept immigration applicants who aren’t in essentially perfect health.

  • A Hospital Helped a Beloved Doctor’s Practice Flourish Even as It Suspected He Was Hurting Patients

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  • Seemed like he got a decent chunk of the town into the cult too.

  • All the other brands went along

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  • We bought ours when it first came out after several terrible windows laptops. It still runs like new and there’s hasn’t been any need to consider upgrading (m1 air in our case). The biggest complaint is once or twice a year I need a usb c to an adapter for an old device or something.

  • Trump’s shock-and-awe approach to transition is both shocking and awful

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  • We do import some eggs from Mexico in addition to what the others have mentioned

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  • Because phones are still not able to shoot as well as a professional camera, never mind the skills needed to frame or light the scene correctly.