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@paco @BenAveling it is just a stupid electronic device

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  • gsuberland@chaos.socialG gsuberland@chaos.social

    @paco this goes beyond basic compute resources and is also applied to user attention and familiarity. things get changed constantly because the developers think a new design is better, without attaching any cost to user discomfort and the time/energy it takes to relearn the new way, or the time/energy that needed to be invested in learning the previous way.

    modern Linux is rapidly following the same trajectory, unfortunately. in terms of sane alternatives we're basically left with the BSDs.

    paco@infosec.exchangeP This user is from outside of this forum
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    @gsuberland I agree. And related to that, people often talk about liking Windows because of familiarity. Part of the argument is that using Windows at home and at work probably makes people better in both places. Frankly (a) I think the average person is less familiar than they think they are (Dunning-Krueger), and (b) this point you make: Microsoft is frequently taking actions that make one less familiar with Windows than they were.

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    • paco@infosec.exchangeP paco@infosec.exchange

      @gsuberland I agree. And related to that, people often talk about liking Windows because of familiarity. Part of the argument is that using Windows at home and at work probably makes people better in both places. Frankly (a) I think the average person is less familiar than they think they are (Dunning-Krueger), and (b) this point you make: Microsoft is frequently taking actions that make one less familiar with Windows than they were.

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      @paco I personally use it because it can run the things I want to run, and Linux can't do that. for everything else, I'm on FreeBSD.

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      • klu9@ohai.socialK This user is from outside of this forum
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        klu9@ohai.social
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        #280

        @paco

        Added to my wishlist!

        #KungFuMovies #WongKarwai #TonyLeungChiuwai

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        • ramsey@phpc.socialR This user is from outside of this forum
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          ramsey@phpc.social
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          #281

          @paco butts in racks

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          • dl@indieweb.socialD This user is from outside of this forum
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            dl@indieweb.social
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            #282

            @paco I know that 98%🐬 of people agree with this message.

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            • arrjay@tacobelllabs.netA This user is from outside of this forum
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              arrjay@tacobelllabs.net
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              #283

              @paco "Hubris Generator" has a good ring to it...

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              • floppy@mastodon.me.ukF This user is from outside of this forum
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                #284

                @paco at least when it inevitably breaks it’ll only affect them…

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                • paco@infosec.exchangeP This user is from outside of this forum
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                  #285

                  @lori Yep! To make it my default search engine in Firefox (waterfox) I have to create a custom entry. So I do, and I name it FuckFuckNo.

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                  • starkraving666@jorts.horseS This user is from outside of this forum
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                    starkraving666@jorts.horse
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                    #286

                    @paco what is this lol i’m afraid of my answer going to the CIA

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                    • andyw@chaos.socialA This user is from outside of this forum
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                      andyw@chaos.social
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                      #287

                      @paco
                      "if you find it in a dictionary, it's a really bad choice..."

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                      • avoca@gladtech.socialA This user is from outside of this forum
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                        @paco

                        Car model and licence plate is a good 10-12 character p/w.

                        And, though not practical as a user p/w, passphrases are handy to remember.

                        Edward Snowden's password for his Wikileaks files was;

                        "MargaretThatcheris100%sexy".

                        He figured noone would ever come-up with that phrase.

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                        • avoca@gladtech.socialA avoca@gladtech.social

                          @paco

                          Car model and licence plate is a good 10-12 character p/w.

                          And, though not practical as a user p/w, passphrases are handy to remember.

                          Edward Snowden's password for his Wikileaks files was;

                          "MargaretThatcheris100%sexy".

                          He figured noone would ever come-up with that phrase.

                          rspfau@ecoevo.socialR This user is from outside of this forum
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                          rspfau@ecoevo.social
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                          @avoca @paco Why is a passphrase not practical as a user password? Mine's a pass phrase.

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                          • rspfau@ecoevo.socialR rspfau@ecoevo.social

                            @avoca @paco Why is a passphrase not practical as a user password? Mine's a pass phrase.

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                            @rspfau Don’t quibble over “phrase” versus “word”. It’s not useful.

                            The point of this post was “ha ha, imagine making a password with a word you couldn’t reliably spell.”

                            The point was not to debate what makes good passwords.
                            @avoca

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                            • paco@infosec.exchangeP paco@infosec.exchange

                              @rspfau Don’t quibble over “phrase” versus “word”. It’s not useful.

                              The point of this post was “ha ha, imagine making a password with a word you couldn’t reliably spell.”

                              The point was not to debate what makes good passwords.
                              @avoca

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                              rspfau@ecoevo.social
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                              #291

                              @paco @avoca No debate...thought I might be doing it wrong! Sorry! I understood the post BTW.

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                              • paco@infosec.exchangeP paco@infosec.exchange

                                @rspfau Don’t quibble over “phrase” versus “word”. It’s not useful.

                                The point of this post was “ha ha, imagine making a password with a word you couldn’t reliably spell.”

                                The point was not to debate what makes good passwords.
                                @avoca

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                                #292

                                @paco

                                Yes. I understood your original post. Hilarious.

                                My post was simply a suggested alternative to using specific words.

                                Just relax ok.

                                Its a public place, people are allowed to add things they find interesting.

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                                • rspfau@ecoevo.socialR rspfau@ecoevo.social

                                  @paco @avoca No debate...thought I might be doing it wrong! Sorry! I understood the post BTW.

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                                  @rspfau

                                  You are not doing ANYTHING wrong. Whatever works for you.

                                  However, I use 50-60 character passphrases for really important things and, at that length, they are just not practical for user p/w's, particularly in CLI environments.

                                  That's all I meant.

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                                  • avoca@gladtech.socialA avoca@gladtech.social

                                    @paco

                                    Yes. I understood your original post. Hilarious.

                                    My post was simply a suggested alternative to using specific words.

                                    Just relax ok.

                                    Its a public place, people are allowed to add things they find interesting.

                                    paco@infosec.exchangeP This user is from outside of this forum
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                                    paco@infosec.exchange
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                                    #294

                                    @avoca Sorry. Yeah, I was a bit gruff. I've been in infosec for 25 years. I have heard every conversation that can be heard about passwords, passphrases, passkeys, and all the other pass-stuff. You can't know that. There's no reason for me to be grouchy at you. Sorry.

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                                    • paco@infosec.exchangeP paco@infosec.exchange

                                      @rspfau Don’t quibble over “phrase” versus “word”. It’s not useful.

                                      The point of this post was “ha ha, imagine making a password with a word you couldn’t reliably spell.”

                                      The point was not to debate what makes good passwords.
                                      @avoca

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                                      keithduthie@mastodon.nz
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                                      @paco @rspfau @avoca Imagine instead making a passphrase using a word that you can reliably misspell.

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                                      • ed@livellosegreto.itE This user is from outside of this forum
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                                        @paco sadly, I think there's nothing to do about Apex: https://www.protondb.com/app/1172470

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                                        • lenny@piaille.frL This user is from outside of this forum
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                                          #297

                                          @paco For Apex, I’m afraid the game include an anticheat at kernel level on Windows which makes it now impossible to run on Linux. Same for League of Legends.

                                          My advise is to keep a Windows partition just for those online games 😕

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