“That’s really bad, and you should all patch your system right now, before you finish reading this blog post.”

  • @AgreeableLandscapeM
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    4 years ago

    Apparently the Microsoft browsers use that crypto library too, along with most system based SSL connections I’m assuming, so I guess you can man in the middle that.

    So does Chrome for some reason. FireFox is safe though since it uses OpenSSL!

    • @LofenyyOPM
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      24 years ago

      Wow, that’s messed up! It makes me really glad I don’t use Windows anymore haha. On that note, I migrated my less-used desktop to Trisquel Mini, a libre distro last night! I plan on migrating my daily driver laptop as well, and may buy some libre hardware to replace what I currently own as well. This year is looking pretty bright for libre software so far!

      • @AgreeableLandscapeM
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        24 years ago

        Really wish I could switch to Linux entirely, but it has basically no decent apps for making hand-drawn notes. After I’m done with university calculus, hopefully I will be able to type the rest of the notes for my degree.

        • @LofenyyOPM
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          24 years ago

          You just reminded me of something you may find interesting. https://castel.dev/post/lecture-notes-1/ Other than this, I don’t really see a way. You should be able to configure Emacs to do something like this as well but I’m not sure. I’m also not very familiar with LaTeX at all.

      • @AgreeableLandscapeM
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        24 years ago

        Speaking of, my only Windows laptop has been trying and failing to update for months now and I’m terrified of all the holes it has now. Once uni gets less hectic I will probably do a system reset to get rid of whatever is snagged in the update process.

        • @LofenyyOPM
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          24 years ago

          Try not to worry about it too much. Remember to take life one step at a time. If you have more important things to think of, do those first.