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BookWyrm | neontapir@books.theunseen.city |
18 Rules of Software Engineering.
here's the final version of the "redirects cheat sheet" draft I posted a while back!
("The Secret Rules of the Terminal" is finished! 95 beta readers have read it! the copy editor is done! technical review is done! the illustrator has made the cover! It's going to be out on *****Tuesday June 24*****")
"#Meta’s tracking pixel was secretly communicating with Meta’s apps on #Android devices. This violates a fundamental security feature (“sandboxing”) of mobile operating systems that prevents apps from communicating with each other. Meta got around this restriction by exploiting localhost, a feature meant for developer testing. This allowed Meta to create a hidden channel between mobile browser apps and its own apps."
#Privacy #Facebook #Instagram #WhatsApp #Threads
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/06/protect-yourself-metas-latest-attack-privacy
Researchers recently caught Meta using an egregious new tracking technique to spy on you. Exploiting a technical loophole, the company was able to have their apps snoop on users’ web browsing. This tracking technique stands out for its flagrant disregard of core security protections built into...
What's the leading cause of dry skin?
Towels.
Apologies if I saw that here on Mastodon some time so. Short term memory is the second thing to go. I don't recall the first.
84 years old and only now retiring.
https://sopghreporter.com/2025/06/01/dr-demento-announces-retirement/