Think You’re Having A Bad Day?
Linux Mint has been hacked. Their site, their forums, even their ISO’s.
Not good. Not good at all.
I’ve Been Telling You…
I could almost see the eyes rolling when I said “I think you have to be 8 different kinds of stupid to put your house or car on a network.”
More proof: Major security flaw could let hackers take control of smart homes: Bug could leave thousands of devices vulnerable
Spam-It All
The top 15 corporate spammers include Groupon, Facebook, Twitter, and a host of clothing stores. They’ve listed the top unsubscribed too. Gmail has gotten good at just putting that stuff in the spam or trash folder.
Kodi 16
The free and cross platform home theater program Kodi has been updated. I use and recommend Kodi.
Unfortunately their site doesn’t seem to be able to handle all the attention this release is getting and is down at the moment.
Jaded Heart
I’ve stayed out of the Apple v. FBI fight because I believe both side are playing fast and loose with the truth. Given what’s at stake I’m not going to form an opinion until I am reasonably sure I know all the facts. Every article I read seems to have some kind of anti-government or anti-apple agenda rather than trying to just give facts. Reporters used to actually do that. I trust ALL government agencies and ALL corporations to look after their own interests with CYA being their first consideration. It’s the world we live in.
It’s funny that people used to say”Linux is so much safer than Windows, etc. etc. Well don’t put a challenge out there unless you want someone to take it. LOL. Have to agree with the FBI Apple thing although I’ll bet a compromise is in the works.
No evidence of course, but it’s certainly a convenient target for Microsoft’s Windows 10 agenda.
Couple of things:
1) I was hacked numerous times using Linux as a gaming server/website yrs ago. So nothing new to me…
2) Since when does anyone (corporate or government) give a hoot about our privacy?