Topher ๐ŸŒฑ

@topher@infosec.space
39 Followers
120 Following
240 Posts

Just a random person and their much cooler dog around whom their world revolves. Interested in privacy and security.

Growing food ๐Ÿšœ
Subverting spyware ๐Ÿ•ต๏ธ
Fixing stuff ๐Ÿ”ง
Torturing myself with Linux ๐Ÿง
Eating plant-based foods ๐ŸŒฑ

If you harvest my personal data without my consent, I will send my dog to pee on your server. ๐Ÿถ

MIMEperson/x-generic
Topher ๐ŸŒฑApr 14
Michael Lucas Apr 14

BSD: "netstat!"
Windows: "netstat!"
Linux: "oh, we threw netstat away. ss is the new hotness that's just like netstat, except it's not"

#sysadmin

Topher ๐ŸŒฑApr 1

In response to my constant abject frustration with Linux desktop, combined with my severe deficit of spoons to fight for hours with my computer to accomplish even the simplest of tasks, I'll be switching back to macOS.

This is:

An April fool's joke
30.8%
Not an April fool's joke
7.7%
Both?
61.5%
Poll ended at .
Topher ๐ŸŒฑMar 24

Can someone at #GNOME please make it so that if you don't have nautilus installed, xdg-desktop-portal just falls back to using the GTK file picker instead of just failing with no errors or log messages whatsoever to even be able to know what's broken?

I just spent 40 minutes figuring out why "Save file as..." and "Save image as..." wouldn't work in any web browser, only to discover that you HAVE to have nautilus installed now, whether you want it or not, to be able to use even other applications, starting with v47.

I do not want Nautilus on my machines. Further, I strongly dislike the new Nautilus file picker anyways.

You should be able to use an alternate file manager on your #Linux desktop if you want, without it breaking everything and still needing the one you hate and do not want installed on your computer. This is getting seriously absurd to the point where you are not allowed to change or customize anything or even use the applications you prefer. Seriously, wtf?

Topher ๐ŸŒฑFeb 27
Treat all software like it's malware and you'll never be disappointed.
Topher ๐ŸŒฑFeb 26
Apple may be a deranged cult but when you walk into an Apple store at least they're fucking nice to you.
Topher ๐ŸŒฑFeb 17
It's painkiller and snuggle on floor with dog bed as pillow o'clock.
Topher ๐ŸŒฑFeb 14

Ok, for those of you who already know how to computer, here you go - this should be pretty damn good (pending a few additional things I'll be reviewing and potentially tweaking/adding).

Put these on your outbound and/or forward chains with reject or drop targets and enjoy not being able to reach Facebook/Meta properties.

I'll be publishing an actual script as well as all my notes and reference on these ranges, the netblock names, link to the SEC filings to confirm the names of their subsidiaries, so forth.

#Facebook #FuckFacebook #Meta #Firewall

31.13.24.0/21
31.13.64.0/18
45.64.40.0/22
57.136.0.0/15
57.141.0.0/16
57.142.0.0/15
57.144.0.0/14
57.148.0.0/15
66.220.144.0/20
69.63.176.0/20
69.171.224.0/19
74.119.76.0/22
102.221.188.0/22
102.132.96.0/19
103.4.96.0/22
129.134.0.0/16
147.75.208.0/20
157.240.0.0/16
163.70.128.0/17
163.77.128.0/17
163.114.128.0/20
173.252.64.0/18
179.60.192.0/22
185.60.216.0/22
185.89.216.0/22
199.201.64.0/22
204.15.20.0/22

Topher ๐ŸŒฑFeb 14

Hey lovely peoples,

I am having fun with CIDR updating my anti-facebook outbound firewall lists and will have fresh new scripts for you incoming soon 

Topher ๐ŸŒฑFeb 9
Upgrading computers is a scam. Your 20-year-old machine buried in the back of the closet is honestly still probably just fine.
Topher ๐ŸŒฑFeb 8
Michael Lucas Feb 8
"Oh, ads don't put that much burden on your browser! You're exaggerating how bad they are!"
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Michael Lucas Feb 8
"Oh, ads don't put that much burden on your browser! You're exaggerating how bad they are!"
Show threadTim ChaseFeb 8
@mwl I find it quite delightful that, while the Xitter or FB tab has ever-increasing adverts getting blocked, I look up at ublock on Mastodon sites and there's nothing. No count. Zero ads blocked because there are zero ads. #refreshing
Show threadBill HookerFeb 8
@gumnos @mwl Me too.
Show threadTableflipFeb 8
@mwl iโ€™ve managed to get 887k on word in the webbrowser
Show threadMichael Lucas Feb 8
@Lookatableflip high score! 
Show threadSander van KasteelFeb 8
@Lookatableflip @mwl Same vibe as, "We take your very privacy serious"
Show threadRuben Schade  ๐Ÿ”ฐ ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บFeb 8

@mwl

My partner worked (briefly) at an adtech firm. Her comment is always the same: "it is SO much creepier and (more!) pervasive than you think".

Show threadJeffFeb 8
@rubenerd @mwl As someone who has wasted more braincells on hadoop than it deserves, Ruben's partner is right.
Show threadAdam Trickett  Feb 9

@mwl I've used an ad blocker for so many years that when I use a computer without one I'm stunned by how unusable so many we'd sites are.

We're also trapped on an ancient 5.5 Mbps ADSL line and on a begging list to be upgraded to fibre before ADSL is turned off nationwide in 2030. Ads slow browsing down to a crawl if you don't block them and eat CPU cycles like there is no tomorrow...

Show threadGwen, the Fops  Feb 9
@mwl I wonder if this number could be inflated by failed calls leading to retries.

To be clear, I think AdBlock is self preservation and ads on websites should die, I am just thinking about the technical side of this and good strong of an argument it actually is...
Show threadMichael Lucas Feb 9

@gwenthekween

oh, it might be a bug. No argument!

Still, it's a problem.

Show threadSin VegaFeb 9
@mwl meanwhile, this place vs the corporate internet
Show threadEndlessMasonFeb 9

@sinvega @mwl

uBlock Origin says 26% of the web I've visited was ad.

Show threadYoraFeb 9

@mwl Probably a site that also wants you to accept cookies from their 1573 partners.

(no hyperbole)

Show threadgorgeous georgeousFeb 9
@mwl A vendor was giving me a demo on Friday and while it was pleasing to see them running uBlock, it was less pleasing to see it had blocked elements on their own cloud application...
Show threadSnoopJFeb 9
@mwl @miah yelping out loud like a Mystery Gang member CRIPES that's a lotta ublock
Show threadJBrickelt963 (ฯ†)Feb 9
@mwl When I stopped by to take a look at #Bluesky, I had 1k trackers. Here zero, nothing. Glad to be on #Mastodon ^^
Show threadmudalaFeb 9
@mwl
...no comment ยง8-)
Show threadTrev Feb 9
@mwl they may not be all 87 thousand ads. That extension blocks cross site scripts, for better or worse. Worse would be helpful, anonymous analytics data. Better is obviously trackers and ads
Show threadRobert RoskamFeb 9
@mwl going to guess a recipe website for superbowl nachos or something
Show threadDrew NaylorFeb 9
@mwl YouTube be like,