the_third

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨XZ tools and libraries compromised with a critical issue⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Currently the explanation that fits the situation best: One of the two maintainer accounts of xz acted as a bad actor. It is unclear whether there’s an actual person behind that account, so further speculation regarding motifs doesn’t make sense.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Snow!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Nah, when I was on vacation there I was always allowed to drive my normal tires. On some mountain passes e.g. chains were mandatory though, and for good reason.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Snow!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, some do. In Scandinavia many people drive tires with spikes. In Germany they are illegal. Depends on how hard winter is out there.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Local pop radio station is using its metadata to spread anti Biden propaganda⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  At least because search engines rank TLS enabled sites higher these days. And also, wrapping everything in TLS creates more noise against surveillance and makes surveillance more expensive.