Plot twist: "Anonymous" decides to partner up with Dmitry Khoroshev (Creator and administrator of Lockbit ransomware group) and Maksim Yakubets (EvilCorp) for social justice, or something. They're deploying ransomware against critical infrastructure for your freedom

Game preservations ahoi!

Hell yeah! Color is back. Skill issue on my end. It was in before Black White... Well... When you choose composite instead of AV 😁

And since I have a Modbo Chip - I can play burned games :3

(Soon FreeMCBoot)

During my research for FreeMCBoot, i found FreeDVDBoot which:

- Doesn't require any hard/soft Mod
- You can patch ISO's and burn them (unmodified console runs unsigned code aka burned DVDs)
- It's a DVD-ROM Reader Exploit and runs on every PS2

Here the source to it:

FreeDVDBoot:
https://github.com/CTurt/FreeDVDBoot/?tab=readme-ov-file#custom-disc-setup

FreeDVDBoot to patch games which will be burned on DVD-R:
https://www.ps2-home.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=123&t=9973&sid=d2202068b56d385ed6632e517d074453

The Death of the Web:

https://garry.net/posts/the-death-of-the-web

Google тайно установил более миллиарду пользователей Android приложение, которое сканирует все ваши фотографии на наличие запрещённого контента.

Android System SafetyCore появился на огромном числе устройств без предварительного уведомления и какого-либо согласия пользователей.

Это системное приложение от Google. Оно выполняет локальную проверку изображений на наличие 18+ контента, такого как обнажённых фотографий, с целью фильтрации или предупреждения.

Эксперты опасаются по поводу возможного использования метаданных и результатов сканирования, которые теоретически могут быть переданы Google, например, для рекламы и таргетинга.

Приложение можно отключить или удалить: Настройки → Приложения → Все приложения → Android System SafetyCore. Либо можете ограничить ему доступ к интернету.

Распространите среди пользователей Android
r/#privacy

After so many complains about Rust in the linux kernel and many more things which went wrong... He made a finally decision. Martin Hektor steps back at Asahi Linux project.

With a heavy heart, we announce the resignation of Asahi Linux founder Hector Martin. Our project is continuing with new collective governance. Our statement is on our project blog.

https://asahilinux.org/2025/02/passing-the-torch/

Eric Council Jr, the man who plead guilty to compromising the SEC Twitter account, released a statement today in meme-format.

He released video of beans dancing to "Clubbed to Death", from the Matrix soundtrack, criticizing the Securities and Exchange Commission

He's cookin'

just a short list of all the data you give and consent to give to Google when you use Gmail:

Full text of all emails
Attachments
Contact lists
Email metadata (sender, recipient, date, time)
When you log in/out
IP addresses
Device information
Location data
Browser type
Operating system
Search queries within Gmail
Clicking patterns
Time spent reading emails
Response times
Email sorting habits
Calendar events
Google Meet usage
Google Drive interactions
Other Google service connections
Writing patterns
Response suggestions
Purchase history from receipts
Travel itineraries
Event schedules
Ad interactions
Shopping preferences
Interests based on email content
Subscription patterns

all this data is used for:

Targeted advertising
Service improvement
Feature development
Security measures
User behavior analysis
AI/ML training

Reddit will lock some content behind a paywall this year, CEO says
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/02/reddit-plans-to-lock-some-content-behind-a-paywall-this-year-ceo-says/

Non-Obvious Privacy Aspects When Sending Star Reactions

In August 2024, Telegram introduced the ability for users to send star reactions to channel posts, and in February 2025 — the ability to send such reactions not only on their own behalf, but also on behalf of any of their public channels.

The privacy settings for both types of reactions are not obvious. If you expect that no one will know your name, keep in mind the following:

1. When sending a paid reaction on your own behalf, the application allows you to disable the "Show me in Top Senders" option. If the user disables it, then neither their name nor their profile picture will be displayed to other channel subscribers, even if they are among the three donors who sent the most stars to the post.
However, even in this case, the owner of the channel to which the stars were sent will see the sender's name in the "Monetization" tab in the channel settings.

2. When sending a paid reaction, the application allows the user to select one of the public channels that they own. In this case, the list of the top 3 senders will not display the name of the sender, but the name of the channel that they chose.
However, the owner of the channel to which the stars were sent will see the sender's name in the "Monetization" tab in the channel settings. By comparing it with the list of top 3 senders of stars to a specific post, the channel owner can find out who exactly owns the channel on whose behalf the stars were sent.

Be careful: Telegram applications do not warn users sending star reactions about these nuances.

#reactions #stars #privacy

Microsoft: New Variant of macOS Threat XCSSET Spotted in the Wild
https://ift.tt/KT6nOf9

Microsoft reminds admins to prepare for WSUS driver sync deprecation
https://ift.tt/oKHw59n

RetroArch on iOS. Finally 🔥