Marsh Ray

@marshray@infosec.exchange
366 Followers
741 Following
2.9K Posts
Mostly computer and technical stuff. Radical listener. Tries to be a good person.
#Rust #UA
Githubhttps://github.com/marshray
Bluesky@marshray.bsky.social
Discordmarshray
Emailmarshray & live ! c0m
Twitchhttps://www.twitch.tv/marsh_ray
TypeStatic, strict
Marsh Ray2d ago
That classic ”both sides” formula.
https://www.news9.com/story/686de418f023bda6c04ff4e5/-anti-government-militia-says-it-s-targeting-oklahoma-weather-radars
Marsh RayJul 5
Looks like our flying robot friends have turned out to celebrate No Tyrants Day !
Marsh RayJul 5
Chaos in the house
cc @davidbody
Marsh RayJun 25
OK this is really cool
https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2506.19244
Marsh RayJun 22
Serious question: Does this mean POTUS can order these execs to the front lines?
https://thegrayzone.com/2025/06/18/palantir-execs-appointed-colonels/
Marsh RayMay 31
How does a presumably otherwise reasonable and intelligent person come to make such a claim?
Marsh RayMay 29
This thing is absolutely useless for anything important.
Marsh RayMay 26
Thanks, but I think I'll go with 'Cancel' here.
Marsh RayMay 16
Help! Does this mean what it says?
If I don't allow Apple to steal all the images on my Windows PC, they will just... delete them?
What is a "PC photo library"?
Does it include the "Pictures" virtual photo that has already been taken by OneDrive?
#icloud #apple #windows
Marsh RayMay 11
Whenever I'm feeling excessively loved or appreciated, I know I can always turn to the BlueSky community for some words of discouragement.  
https://clearsky.app/marshray.bsky.social/lists
ClearSky

ClearSky - See farther

×
Marsh RayMay 16
Help! Does this mean what it says?
If I don't allow Apple to steal all the images on my Windows PC, they will just... delete them?
What is a "PC photo library"?
Does it include the "Pictures" virtual photo that has already been taken by OneDrive?
#icloud #apple #windows
Show threadabadideaMay 16

@marshray iCloud photo library is a specific copy of photos under its own management. It looks like the backing folder’s path is displayed behind that popup. You can verify that your local photos also exist somewhere outside this folder first.

In the worst case, you can download them back from the cloud through the web interface (this may be extremely tedious, idk if there’s a bulk option) and then nuke the cloud copies. And note, there IS a cloud copy of anything it already added to its library.

Show threadCyberFrogMay 16
@0xabad1dea @marshray be weary it is possible the cloud copies are not the original format and quality, depending on backup settings too, so redownloading them might degrade quality if the wrong options are set
Show threadabadideaMay 16
@froge @marshray iCloud makes a big deal about the cloud copies being the authoritative ones and the *local* copies being optionally degraded to save space.
Show threadMarsh RayMay 16

@0xabad1dea Thanks. I believe you but it doesn’t say “iCloud photo library” it says “PC photo library”, which is not a concept I’m familiar with. My PC does not have a camera and doesn’t take photos. There is a “Pictures” shell folder, but I don’t think it’s a “Library”, which is yet another concept.

I’m just used to using dark patterns and ambiguous wording like this to try to trick me into agreeing to them taking control of my files.