Okta seems to not be taking its security seriously enough, crashing iPhones is far easier than it should be, Jim’s report from the Ubuntu Summit, and what to do when you find a company’s sensitive data on the Internet.

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No, Okta, senior management, not an errant employee, caused you to get hacked

Okta October breach affected 134 orgs, biz admits

Okta hit by another breach, this one stealing employee data from 3rd-party vendor

This tiny device is sending updated iPhones into a never-ending DoS loop

Jim went to the Ubuntu Summit

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We were asked about what to do when you find a company’s sensitive data on the Internet.

The Traceroute Podcast

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Automox

Save time, eliminate risk, and automate the patching, configuration, and control of all your Windows, macOS, and Linux endpoints with Automox.

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The large water consumption of AI and data centers in general, China’s big push towards IPv6, why we don’t talk about Toshiba hard drives very often, and the implications of poor Bluetooth security on an e-bike.

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Unlocking Infrastructure Sovereignty: Harnessing the Power of Open Source Solutions for Business Flexibility and Cost-Effectiveness

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The Secret Water Footprint of AI Technology

China requires all new Wi-Fi kit to run IPv6

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We were asked about the implications of poor Bluetooth security on an e-bike.

Monitor Traffic With Wireless Travel Time Sensors

DeepBlue Sensor

Bluetooth Pedestrian and Vehicle Tracking

The Traceroute Podcast

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Kolide

Kolide ensures that if a device isn’t secure, it can’t access your apps. It’s Device Trust for Okta. Watch the demo today to see how it works at kolide.com/25a

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What Google should do to prevent malware sites in their ads, why you might want to avoid using multiple profiles on Android devices, a speculative execution vulnerability in Apple Silicon, and the pros and cons of TP-Link Omada and Ubiquiti Unifi.

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Clever malvertising attack uses Punycode to look like KeePass’s official website

pixel 6 can’t access storage with multiple profiles after updating to android 14

Hackers can force iOS and macOS browsers to divulge passwords and much more

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The nuances of copyrighting AI-generated art, getting the best speeds with Samba, and building an SSD-only NAS.

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Opinion: The Copyright Office is making a mistake on AI-generated art

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We were asked about building an SSD-only NAS.

Kolide

Kolide ensures that if a device isn’t secure, it can’t access your apps. It’s Device Trust for Okta. Watch the demo today to see how it works at kolide.com/25a

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Why enabling password autofill isn’t a great idea, Jim’s adventures in network repair, and setting up a home router/WiFi hotspot.

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Don’t use autofill on your password manager

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Adventures in network repair

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HelloFresh

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A network breach teaches us all a valuable lesson about threat models, Allan and Jim’s TV setups, and picking the right external storage solution.

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How Google Authenticator made one company’s network breach much, much worse

Amolith’s wiki page about passwords

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Allan’s TV remote control

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We were asked about picking the right external storage solution.

Kolide

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Google and Apple do a bad job of disclosing a pretty serious vulnerability, why hard drives aren’t physically bigger, and setting up a distributed backup system with a group of friends.

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Submit your ideas or articles – OpenSource.net

Incomplete disclosures by Apple and Google create “huge blindspot” for 0-day hunters

Google quietly corrects previously submitted disclosure for critical webp 0-day

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Kolide

Kolide ensures that if a device isn’t secure, it can’t access your apps. It’s Device Trust for Okta. Watch the demo today to see how it works at kolide.com/25a

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The future of archive storage using lasers and ceramics, self-hosting an Internet archive, more on Windows 11 Home, and setting up storage inside VMs.

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Jim and Allan host Klara’s latest Webinar: OpenZFS Data Replication

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Cerabyte roadmaps ceramic nano-memory storage

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Archivy

ArchiveBox

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Unity causes a stink with its new pricing model, running out of disk space causes a very expensive problem, how one-off promotional domains can come back to bite you, and picking the hardware and software for a router.

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Unity has changed its pricing model, and game developers are pissed off

Unity rushes to clarify price increase plan, as game developers fume

unity_to_godot_converter: An experimental converter from Unity to Godot game engines

Toyota outage caused by servers running out of storage

Lidl recalls Paw Patrol snacks after website on packaging displayed porn

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HelloFresh

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Kolide

Kolide ensures that if a device isn’t secure, it can’t access your apps. It’s Device Trust for Okta. Watch the demo today to see how it works at kolide.com/25a

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The user experience on fresh installations of Windows and Edge is terrible and we get to the bottom of why. Unfortunately the reason isn’t exclusive to Microsoft’s offerings – it’s a pattern that we’ve seen from numerous companies, even Mozilla. Plus why it’s a bad idea to power your server on and off regularly.

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Windows 11 has made the “clean Windows install” an oxymoron

Microsoft is using malware-like pop-ups in Windows 11 to get people to ditch Google

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We were asked about powering a home server on and off regularly.

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