garrett
Threat/abuse tracking, History/Geopolitics thonking, Misinfo/Grift fan, PDX based
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garrett@infosec.pubto
NFL@lemmy.world•Bo Nix will undergo season-ending ankle surgery, Sean Payton announces after Broncos' playoff win vs. Bills
3·9 months agoBummer. I’m hoping Pats clear the Texans but I wouldn’t want the path to the Super Bowl to be marred by being “easy”.
garrett@infosec.pubto
Technology@beehaw.org•Automattic demanded web host pay $32M annually for using WordPress trademarkEnglish
7·2 years agoSuch a strange feud. Aren’t there a bunch of WordPress hosts that are given usage of the software name? It sounds like there’s just something specifically about WPengine’s deployments that are changing the formula, creating a sticking point.
garrett@infosec.pubto
Selfhosted@lemmy.world•Tool for Spotify recommendations based on your self-hosted music libraryEnglish
11·2 years agoThe only thing Spotify has going for it is the way it’s broken down music to the atomic level and given recommendations. Cool to crib some notes there even if I think it can be a bit overbearing when Spotify does it.
garrett@infosec.pubto
Technology@beehaw.org•Reddit is making sitewide protests basically impossibleEnglish
1·2 years agoI appreciate anyone working on an actual community but doing the service of not just giving free content but free curation to a corporation seems unreal. Plus, I’m a grown adult. I don’t have the time to do all that much lol
garrett@infosec.pubto
Cast Iron@lemmy.world•First time making a blackberry cobblerEnglish
1·2 years agoOh god. This sounds great.
garrett@infosec.pubto
Technology@beehaw.org•Reddit is making sitewide protests basically impossibleEnglish
11·2 years agoI truly don’t understand how anyone does the free work for a corporation to moderate a subreddit. Steps like this seem to treat them like employees and they’ll largely just chug along with it for… what? Notoriety?
garrett@infosec.pubto
College Football@fanaticus.social•Hoops powerhouse Gonzaga to join Pac-12 in '26English
3·2 years agoOkay, we don’t need to be too harsh on the PAC-12 but it’s probably a financial decision.
garrett@infosec.pubto
Technology@beehaw.org•U.S. Announces New Rules Banning Fake Reviews and Testimonials, Allowing Authorities to Seek Civil Penalties Against Violators, Deter AI-Generated Fake ReviewsEnglish
5·2 years agoWill this stand up to the death of Chevron deference? Or are we 3 weeks away from a judge throwing the rule out unless congress passes a specific law.
I think this is squarely in the charter of the FTC but who knows with the courts any longer. We just saw them strike down a ruling by the EPA to enact health measures under the requirements of the Civil Rights Act.
garrett@infosec.pubto
Pulse of Truth@infosec.pub•Parody site ClownStrike refused to bow to CrowdStrike’s bogus DMCA takedownEnglish
3·2 years agoI still want the “Turn off your computer before midnight” sticker someone made but, alas, CrowdStrike DMCA’d the Etsy account.
garrett@infosec.pubto
Technology@beehaw.org•Too big to care? Cloudflare comes again under pressure for enabling abusive sites, anti-spam NGO saysEnglish
1·2 years agoThere’s a balance to be struck here but Cloudflare is truly the most miserable entity I have to work with from an abuse perspective. They’re not necessarily “ignoring” warrants but most phishing doesn’t get reported with a legal takedown request. In those cases, Cloudflare will be almost intentionally obtuse. I’m happy to outline the misery of a host working with Cloudflare but it’s not necessarily important to this. TLDR; Cloudflare takes steps that don’t make sense for its “we’re not responsible” stance while also having zero automation in the year of our lord 2024.
I suppose everything could be a legal request but that just makes the whole process so infinitely worse for NGOs like Spamhaus and only serves to make lawyers excited that their consultation fees are going up. I see that the laziest pathway is “Youtube-like strikes” which is misery as well but they could just shift to investigating accounts receiving a high volume of reports as potential fraud or abuse actors since it is a drag on their services and these accounts are not paying or are paying with stolen credit cards.
Ultimately, I don’t disagree with you that much but there’s a lot of room for CF to improve their management of fraud & abuse without becoming a trash platform or invalidating legal protections. Happy to get into the weeds on this a bit more since it’s a lil’ bit close to home. 😅
garrett@infosec.pubto
Technology@beehaw.org•Too big to care? Cloudflare comes again under pressure for enabling abusive sites, anti-spam NGO saysEnglish
6·2 years agoPeople who don’t work in fraud or abuse don’t understand how miserable Cloudflare is to work with. They have a single email box I can send to for identifying if I host a website that takes them days to respond to, no automation by the year of our lord 2024.
garrett@infosec.pubto
Technology@beehaw.org•Too big to care? Cloudflare comes again under pressure for enabling abusive sites, anti-spam NGO saysEnglish
2·2 years agoIt’s a bit more about how miserable it is to work with Cloudflare and their unwillingness to remove abuse in general, opting to say they’re “not the host” and that they cannot tell you where it is but they cannot do anything. It’s hardly an ethical decision to say that phishing and bulletproof hosting aren’t the bedfellows you want.
garrett@infosec.pubto
Pulse of Truth@infosec.pub•Websites are Blocking the Wrong AI Scrapers (Because AI Companies Keep Making New Ones)English
6·2 years agoUnfortunately, yeah. AI industry has proven that it’s willing to beg for forgiveness rather than asking for permission.
garrett@infosec.pubto
Selfhosted@lemmy.world•JellyBox - Music player for JellyfinEnglish
6·2 years agoJust started toying with Jellyfin for my media after Plex started being freaks about everything. I love PlexAmp though so anything that moves the needle on that is excellent. Tried some other players but currently, my setup only works in network and I’ll need to configure SSL somehow.
That is a valid, nuanced take that this article and (seemingly) the legislation don’t get into.
Of course ad-supported services are infringing on your privacy in a way but if you’re not ready to call Facebook a publicly-funded utility, it’s childish to act like it’s so essential that it should be entirely ad-free with no paid tier.
Only cause they can’t interject ads while driving lol
The point was that it’s apples to oranges. Monetization is kinda the key issue here unless you’re ready to declare Facebook a utility and publicly fund it. Personally, I’d rather we be rid of it entirely.











The worst part was the structure of his Cleveland deal. They gave him almost nothing in year one, anticipating the suspension. This is exactly what they deserve for dealing this way.