That was pretty common some years back. Earlier versions of popular discussion boards like phpBB and stuff would store everything in the mysql db in plain text. The practice only changed when sql injections became popular with script kiddies. Malicious admins would also just check user’s email and password and try them elsewhere, reusing passwords was even more commonplace then than it still is today.
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viking@infosec.pubto
Technology@lemmy.world•Windows users keep losing files to OneDrive, and many don't know whyEnglish
20·9 months agoI have uninstalled One Drive and enabled a system policy that supposedly sets the default save location to c:\user\documents, and after every single fucking update it defaults back to one drive, hangs for 30 seconds until the stupid ass system realizes that there’s no such thing present, and then it opens a “save as” dialogue with some arbitrary path in %user_apps/appdata/onedrive.
GNARF.
viking@infosec.pubto
Technology@lemmy.world•Let's end Anti-Circumvention. We should own the things we buy!English
201·9 months agoAnti circumventing pushed by an article that doesn’t let me circumvent the cookie consent is really next level.
viking@infosec.pubto
Technology@lemmy.world•Vietnam Bans Unskippable Ads, Requires Skip Button to Appear After 5 Seconds - SaigoneerEnglish
26·9 months agoThe moment I see this I delete the game/app and leave a 1 star review. Reap what you sow.
viking@infosec.pubto
Fuck AI@lemmy.world•Mozilla Names New CEO, Firefox To Evolve Into A "Modern AI Browser"
2·10 months agoIt is, but sponsored by Mozilla, so some of their staff are probably still involved. And of course is open source, so they could just take the newest release and fork it back, if they’d wish.
viking@infosec.pubto
Technology@lemmy.world•Stack Overflow Rolls Out Native Ads in Q&A Feeds for Funding BoostEnglish
12·10 months agoAny “article” starting with the words “in the ever evolving world of”… Lost its credibility before it was even published.
God what an awful, awful time to be alive.
viking@infosec.pubto
Fuck AI@lemmy.world•Vast Number of Windows Users Refusing to Upgrade After Microsoft's Embrace of AI Slop
11·10 months agoNot until the company goes public, or I’d forfeit my stock options. But I’m positive that’s gonna happen in the next 7 years…
viking@infosec.pubto
Fuck AI@lemmy.world•Vast Number of Windows Users Refusing to Upgrade After Microsoft's Embrace of AI Slop
1·10 months agoI’m holding a substantial stock option, which ties me down for the mid term, but once that is settled I’m out.
viking@infosec.pubto
Fuck AI@lemmy.world•Vast Number of Windows Users Refusing to Upgrade After Microsoft's Embrace of AI Slop
212·10 months agoWindows 10 IoT LTSC is supported until 2032. That’s a problem for future me…
Hopefully by then I’ve switched to an employer that allows me to run Xubuntu in the office. Right now my hands are tied.
viking@infosec.pubto
Technology@lemmy.world•Crucial is shutting down — because Micron wants to sell its RAM and SSDs to AI companies insteadEnglish
8·10 months agoBut do you know about Windows 10 IoT LTSC?
Supported until 2032, and comes without copilot and any other garbage, fully supports local accounts, etc.
viking@infosec.pubto
Technology@lemmy.world•Half of the US Now Requires You to Upload Your ID or Scan Your Face to Watch PornEnglish
7·10 months agoAll it takes is Firefox with some tweaking. Or simply use it with chameleon (browser plugin) that throws fingerprinting off big time.
viking@infosec.pubtoData is Beautiful@lemmy.world•Passenger deaths per 1 billion passenger miles (2000-2009)English
2·10 months agoThe extra passengers make the ferries go down in the first place, so there’s that…
viking@infosec.pubtoData is Beautiful@lemmy.world•Passenger deaths per 1 billion passenger miles (2000-2009)English
7·11 months agoQuite a few crappy ferries sink weekly in South East Asia, usually overloaded way beyond safety margins.
viking@infosec.pubto
Technology@lemmy.world•Thunderbird Adds Native Microsoft Exchange Email Support - The Thunderbird BlogEnglish
2·11 months agoI’ve been using Nine as exchange client since 2014, it’s working great. Didn’t receive any updates in well over a year though, but that’s hopefully because there’s nothing needed.
If you’re stuck with Windows at work, you might have. I couldn’t log on to our domain remotely and was unable to open some documents and emails that were signed as “internal use only”.
viking@infosec.pubto
Technology@lemmy.world•Unremovable Spyware on Samsung Devices Comes Pre-installed on Galaxy Series DevicesEnglish
81·11 months agoOnePlus, Pixel, Sony, Sharp.
viking@infosec.pubto
Television@piefed.social•‘V for Vendetta’ TV Series in the Works at HBO
4·11 months agoFingers crossed the ending is in line with the movie then.
viking@infosec.pubto
Television@piefed.social•Netflix Switches To New Ad Tier Metric, Claiming 190 Million Monthly Active Viewers
12·11 months agoDon’t confuse convenience with stupidity.
Ignorance, maybe.
viking@infosec.pubto
Technology@lemmy.world•US Government Urges Total Ban of Our Most Popular Wi-Fi RouterEnglish
1·11 months agoI used the volume controls for the website in my phone’s pulldown menu to stop it, then the music player resumed. Still very much unwanted behavior. Will dig into the page source and see if there’s anything hidden.




It’s a work computer, so the answer is no.