specialwall

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[–] specialwall@midwest.social 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

It is impossible to retain memories from the time of birth, so no, you'll never be able to hear that from anyone.

[–] specialwall@midwest.social 7 points 1 week ago

You have beef with a programming language

[–] specialwall@midwest.social 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

There are going to be more services you need than http and https. You'll also need to allow DNS queries and a way to keep your time updated, for instance.

The advantage of blocking incoming connections is that each potentially vulnerable network service isn't automatically exposed to the internet. Blocking outgoing connections isn't going to improve your security much, considering that any compromised service trying to phone home could just use http, the same protocol your browser uses.

It would still matter that your OS isn't up to date. For instance, if there is ever a vulnerability in the way Windows 10 renders an image format that allows remote code execution, Microsoft will not give you a patch.

If you must remain on Windows 10, the best way to reduce attack surface is going to be to uninstall as much software as possible that you don't use.

If you only use a browser, then you could have a quite seemless transition to Linux. That way you can have an up-to-date system. The vast majority of browsers support it natively, including Chrome and Edge.

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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by specialwall@midwest.social to c/lemmy@lemmy.ml
 

I don't know if it's just me, but it feeks like there's been more spam posts than usual on Lemmy this October. Especially in instances like lemmy.world, lemdro.id, and others.

For example, this week, there has been a 3-day-old account on lemmy.world with over 480 posts. I also refreshed my feed today to find a <1 day old account from lemy.lol just posting Perplexity affiliate links to various places. I've blocked like 10 accounts in the past week alone for this reason.

With affiliate links I kind of understand the motivation. However, for non-promotional spam, upvotes on Lemmy aren't valuable in the same way that it is on Reddit, and there's no real value to an account with a lot of karma.

Is it just me that's noticed this increase? Does anyone know why this might be happening just now?