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 OK, this is a silly but trippy post - Sir, there's a cat in your mirror dimension: https://lcamtuf.substack.com/p/sir-theres-a-cat-in-your-mirror-dimension  OK, so here's my slightly more eloquent take on the xz thing, complete with a zinger closing paragraph: https://lcamtuf.substack.com/p/technologist-vs-spy-the-xz-backdoor
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@lcamtuf@infosec.exchange I hear you and I think what you're saying is the real villain is systemd.  The unsung heroes of today are all the backdoor authors who do proper benchmarking and profiling, so that they don't get caught because SSH logins are too slow.  Did you ever wake up in the middle of the night wondering what would happen if you applied JPEG-style lossy compression to text? Well, here's the tool you've been waiting for - The Text Lossifizer: https://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/lossifizer/
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 @lcamtuf it would be fun to try a keymap that puts letters close to their common typing error neighbors. Lossy compression that can be further improved by applying automatic spellchecking. @lcamtuf I would say this is a kind of lossy data transmission. Compression would suggest a restricted character set intended to convey the same message. 
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@lcamtuf the man is a national treasure. Money Stuff is the only newsletter I have ever signed up for that I legitimately read every day.   I hate Elf on the Shelf. I think it teaches children that it's OK to live under constant surveillance. Why not come up with a more benign explanation, such as that Santa is just one of many parties buying behavioral information from an online data broker?
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@dan Yeah, rules-as-written, the Elf is a fascist. He plays a different role at our house - a bringer of snacks, a player of tricks, and eventual confidant. :)  "Dad, why does Santa only deliver presents on Christmas Eve?" "It's because he spends the rest of the year in prison for breaking and entering." You know that horror film staple where the victim is trying to get away from an axe murderer and they turn the key but the car won't start? Well, it's time to upgrade that trope, so to speak
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@lcamtuf I'm a software person and I haven't had a car for over a decade but, if I ever have one again, it will have a electromechanical switch to start it, no software involved. @lcamtuf Another one with Teslas (maybe other EVs, I don't know?) is that they can go into a deep sleep, and can take multiple minutes to wake up enough to be driven. Every time that happens to me, I think about axe murderers. |
@lcamtuf "Category theory for the seasoned category theorist who lost all interest in communicating with non-category theorists but has to pretend like they are to get at least one grant per year to pay for heating and food"
@lcamtuf @xameer AUTHOR: I will prove to others that _I_ know the thing!
@lcamtuf That reminds me of this Springer meme.
Original (?) source: https://www.reddit.com/r/mathmemes/comments/uz8twg/its_funny_because_its_true/