Xephonian

Xephonian , vor 18 Tagen

This 'encrypt' everything is such a waste of CPU and energy. Plus "oops, all your files are gone, tee hee." HTTPS everywhere is fucking stupid. More complexity for zero benefit.

Xephonian , vor 18 Tagen

Great for my banking website.

Not at all important my my IOT sensor network.

Not EVERYTHING needs to be HTTPS

Xephonian , vor 18 Tagen

Because I have reasonable views about security drawbacks? That when I see a vulnerability, I also look at the whole situation and decide if that's an acceptable risk, rather than screaming "Security issue!" at the top of my lungs and pretending that patching this one vulnerability somehow makes a difference when there's always another found the next week??

Security isn't free, it costs us by making it harder to get work done. "Security researchers" only know how to cover their ass. I can do that without their shrieking cries of wolf.

Xephonian , vor 18 Tagen

You think your data is secure with HTTPS? There's always an undisclosed vulnerability somewhere.

Patches solve specific issues but they do nothing for overall security.

Xephonian , vor 18 Tagen

Move the goalposts some more. I never said forced.

Xephonian , vor 18 Tagen

You should triple encrypt your HD.

Just to be sure.

Xephonian , vor 18 Tagen

Oh look, we've found a security 'researcher'. Mad that your job only consists of making other people's job harder?

Try the DMV, that's also a great place to work where you can inflict misery on others.

Valuable zero days aren't exposed. They're sold. If someone wants your data they will get it. HTTPS means nothing except huge amounts of wasted CPU cycles and energy.

Xephonian , vor 18 Tagen

You lack nuance in comprehension of complicated subjects. Are you a security researcher?

Xephonian , vor 18 Tagen

But what if..... there's a vulnerabilty....'spooky noises'

Xephonian , vor 18 Tagen

TLS 1.0 was released in 1999 as an upgrade from SSL 2.0 and 3.0.

And these days we're on v1.3 - https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ssl/why-use-tls-1.3/

Notice anything? There's always a flaw. The general public hasn't discovered it in TLS1.3.....yet

And again, Banking websites, some stuff makes a lot of sense to use encryption.

Just not everywhere.

Xephonian , vor 18 Tagen

Blame the parents for not immigrating legally. ICE is there to protect our borders. Want open borders? You can donate your house first. Oh not your house? Then fuck off.

Millions live here legally. "It's hard!" is not an excuse.

Xephonian , vor 18 Tagen

They have to move somewhere right? So why not your house?

Oh right, you're fine with giving away other peoples things.

Just not yours.

Xephonian , vor 18 Tagen

I blamed the idiots that think prosperity we enjoy here in the USA is some sort of unlimited resource and that we can just print money when we run out.

Go ahead, print more money. Hope you've already bought your wheelbarrow.

Xephonian , vor 18 Tagen

South American governments should get their shit together. But they can't and we all know why. Importing that here is like shitting in your pool then wondering why no one want to swim at your pool party.

Xephonian , vor 18 Tagen

Whoops turns out you're ignorant of reality - https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-nyc-migrants-credit-debit-cards-prepaid-240335300869

"The city is launching a pilot program that will provide migrants with prepaid debit cards to buy only food and baby supplies, "

But the Democrats are losing voters in record numbers, they had to do something to make the election rigging in 2025 look plausible. Solution: import millions of 'voters' and give them free shit.

Xephonian , vor 18 Tagen

naturally no other country in the world enjoys a similar level of prosperity without creating an underclass that they abuse for their profit.

There literally isn't. Whine about the percentages all you want. You still have a higher standard of living than literally anywhere else in the world.

Capitalism did that. It's not perfect but it's better than anything else.

Xephonian , vor 18 Tagen

without creating an underclass that they abuse for their profit.

Just because you don't know about them, doesn't mean they don't exist.