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Submission + - US Embassy: open your social media profiles (usembassy.gov)

Submitted by rastos1
rastos1 writes: U.S. Embassies in countries around the world, have following on their website:
Notice: Effective immediately, all individuals applying for an F, M, or J nonimmigrant visa are requested to adjust the privacy settings on all of their social media accounts to ‘public’ to facilitate vetting necessary to establish their identity and admissibility to the United States under U.S. law.

Comment Re:What if you don't have one? (Score 1) 173

What if you don't have any social media? I deleted all mine in 2021.

You do know that /. comments are a form of social media, right?

Do comments on bugzilla count too? Or linuxquestions.org?

Besides, I to not remember my passwords for internet sites. They are random generated and managed by a (non-cloud) password manager on a computer that does not travel with me. I could not comply even if I wanted to.

Comment Summary (Score 2) 111

by rastos1 (#65407223) Attached to: What Do People Want?
What Do People Want? A summary that does not use 174 words to say that they conducted a survey and does use a few words to describe the outcome.

Submission + - US Government Stops Funding for the CVE Program (theregister.com)

Submitted by Mr. Dollar Ton
Mr. Dollar Ton writes: US government funding for the world's CVE program – the centralized Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures database of product security flaws – ends Wednesday.

The 25-year-old CVE program plays a huge role in vulnerability management. It is used by companies big and small, developers, researchers, the public sector, and more as the primary system for identifying and squashing bugs.

The lack of US government funding means that, unless someone else steps in to fill the gap, this standardized system for naming and tracking vulnerabilities may falter or shut down, new CVEs may no longer be published, and the program's website may go offline.

I guess China can now step in with a leadership role here as well, eh?

Submission + - CVE Program Faces Swift End After DHS Fails to Renew Contract (csoonline.com)

Submitted by snydeq
snydeq writes: MITRE’s 25-year-old Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) program will end April 16 after DHS did not renew its funding contract for reasons unspecified. Experts say ending the program, which served as the crux for most cybersecurity defense programs, is a tragedy. MITRE’s CVE program is a foundational pillar of the global cybersecurity ecosystem and is the de facto standard for identifying vulnerabilities and guiding defenders’ vulnerability management programs. It provides foundational data to vendor products across vulnerability management, cyber threat intelligence, security information, event management, and endpoint detection and response. It’s unclear what led to DHS’s decision to end the contract after 25 years of funding the highly regarded program. The Trump administration, primarily through Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency initiative, has been slashing government spending across the board, particularly at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), through which DHS funds the MITRE CVE program.

Submission + - Trump Admin Used Signal for War Plans and Included Journalist (theatlantic.com) 1

Submitted by josmar52789
josmar52789 writes: âoeThe world found out shortly before 2 p.m. eastern time on March 15 that the United States was bombing Houthi targets across Yemen.

I [Jeff Goldberg], however, knew two hours before the first bombs exploded that the attack might be coming. The reason I knew this is that Pete Hegseth, the secretary of defense, had texted me the war plan at 11:44 a.m. The plan included precise information about weapons packages, targets, and timing.â

Comment Re:curious what to think about it? (Score 1) 233

The issue with antivaxers is that their decision to not get the vaccine is not affecting only them. If it was, nobody would care.

Also: it is not the purpose of the vaccine to 100% protect the individual from getting sick. Where did you get that from?

Jeez. This should not need explaining in 21st century.

Comment Re:Here's your opportunity EU!!! (Score 1) 165

by rastos1 (#65183979) Attached to: HP Deliberately Adds 15 Minutes Waiting Time For Telephone Support Calls

You use your stuff only while it is in warranty? I see. We live in different worlds. Over here "warranty" means that the manufacturer has to fix the product free of charge during the warranty period. Which by law is at least 2 years. Sometimes the manufacturers offer extending it to 3 or 5 for some extra money. However I definitely expect my stuff to work for longer then that. That is true for my computer/TV/fridge/washing machine/phone/car/... if you replace all your stuff when it goes out of warranty, I see why the world is fucked up.

But let's get back to the original issue. The problem with the scanner was there even when it was new. It's not a matter of newer OS. You think I could push HP to fix it? At best they would give me back my 100 bucks to fuck off.

"answer almost every conceivable question" heh.

Comment Re:Here's your opportunity EU!!! (Score 1) 165

by rastos1 (#65182783) Attached to: HP Deliberately Adds 15 Minutes Waiting Time For Telephone Support Calls

You know HP has a web-based support resource that can really answer almost every conceivable question, right...

Erm. What do you mean with that? My M2070 fails to scan at about 9 times out of 10. 10/10 if I change any settings such as DPI or color/b&w. The most recent driver is from 2017. What is their answer to that? "Buy a new printer" ?

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