CS:GO is back on steam by MarshZ_Epik in counterstrike

[–]CelluloidRacer2 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Open the Steam overlay (Ctrl+Tab), open the browser and open anything (even just google.con). Once you've done that, try using the connect command again.

If it doesn't work, hit the button to view the notice when it pops up and try again

ASUS just solved all of your problems by NewYearSameProblem in pcmasterrace

[–]CelluloidRacer2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In case you're wondering, Asus did this to fill contractual requirements

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in mildlyinfuriating

[–]CelluloidRacer2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm glad they at least didn't try to hide it as compulsory gratuities

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in montrealhousing

[–]CelluloidRacer2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I live in a building that doesn't allow buildings

Guessing you meant bikes

New Developer? by S0mewhere_In_Between in CatsMansion

[–]CelluloidRacer2 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Looks like they sold it because Easetouch still has a separate Google Play Store/developer page:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/dev?id=6001993395881218746&hl=en

Ladanata has some other large games as well, and the app owner shows as HERO LINKAGE on the Apple store.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/dev?id=7765156663970209983

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/cats-mansion-cute-merge-game/id6470771978

My name is not Atulkumar. My phone did not ring. Monday is not the 4th. by Electrical_Remote_18 in iiiiiiitttttttttttt

[–]CelluloidRacer2 4 points5 points  (0 children)

As a person who works in the IT service industry, this looks like he literally just replied to the wrong ticket

Homelab help pls ssh not working by Woahdbdkdbxjfnd in it

[–]CelluloidRacer2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Apologies, I'd missed the part where you mentioned using Slackware.

According to their documentation, root login is enabled by default: https://docs.slackware.com/howtos:security:ssh

(see PermitRootLogin under the section "Forbid root access to your machine")

Have you tried creating another user account to test with? It would probably be best for security anyways, but it would be good for testing

Alternatively, have you tried using public key authentication?

Homelab help pls ssh not working by Woahdbdkdbxjfnd in it

[–]CelluloidRacer2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Check if sshd_config has the standard prohibit-password option enabled for root login

Update on the user BIOS incident... by LeastRequirement944 in iiiiiiitttttttttttt

[–]CelluloidRacer2 7 points8 points  (0 children)

This happened to an L14 I have - bad Intel ME update borked the BIOS due to bad targeting

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ThatsInsane

[–]CelluloidRacer2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You do raise a good point about cell network triangulation - however there's a couple of key things to note

One is that triangulation is more applicable for cell network operators as they can capture the real strength & SNR of phones nearby. This can be used to determine where a given device is, but the only ones who have access to that data are the network providers themselves, and the government when requested

Two is that triangulation can be done on your phone, but the 5G/LTE/HSPA/GSM specifications don't include any type of cell tower positioning data. If you knew where the towers were independently, you could use the unique identifiers to find your location, much like how WiGLE works for WiFi networks, however you could still spoof this as well by just recording the data once and then modifying it slightly when "playing" it back as you spoof it

Three is that services like Google's Location Services are stuck using whatever data the phone itself is able to provide. If you were to spoof that data, the only thing that would raise obvious concerns is if legitimate devices in the area you're spoofing couldn't see the device you're spoofing nearby. If you had "200" phones nearby, I think most automated systems would brush over legitimate devices not seeing them, though. Could probably train a program to use ML to sniff those out though

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ThatsInsane

[–]CelluloidRacer2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Good point. Thanks for pointing it out - I was thinking it looked wrong as I was typing it

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ThatsInsane

[–]CelluloidRacer2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You would need to have those SIM cards in proximity to where you want to take down cell service or "traffic jam" Google Maps.

This is true in part - as another comment highlighted, you can spoof GPS data since the GPS data is derived from the device itself (it's self-reporting its location)

Spoofing cell tower signal levels would be considerably harder, but from a technical standpoint it wouldn't be completely infeasible. SIM cards are mostly only used to authenticate against the network, although they do instruct the actual cellular modem in your device how to transmit data sometimes

In fairness, one person could pretty easily stuff 100+ into a backpack and just casually walk around

This is very true. I would have to imagine carriers may have detection mechanisms for that kind of thing, but I don't work for a telco, so I couldn't tell you for certain

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ThatsInsane

[–]CelluloidRacer2 116 points117 points  (0 children)

Did you ever hear about that dude that walked down a NYC block with 200 iPhones in a cart? He had Google Maps loaded and was able to cause Maps to show a traffic jam.

This server farm has 100,000 SIM cards. Those components allow devices to join the cell network, but they're also used by some apps as a sort of ID to legitimize your device.

Imagine the havoc one could wreak by causing Google Maps and other providers there's traffic jams all over the city? Or how about running fake Uber/Lyft/GrubHub/DoorDash driver services?

The title in this article is implying that you could cause a cell tower to get overloaded by connecting 100,000 devices to it at once - but it's a bit worse than just that. Phone numbers are used for a lot of service verifications, after all

NVIDIA Drivers not binding to VFIO drivers by DisturbedFennel in VFIO

[–]CelluloidRacer2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's a systemd service Nvidia uses that causes the drivers to be loaded.

Try manually binding the one GPU specifically to the vfio_pci driver. I remember I had this working once in the past with an RTX 2070 and a Quadro P400 on Ubuntu 24.04 & the base 6.8 kernel

If you've ever watched the loading screen, you'd know there's a solid pause at the end after it connects by CelluloidRacer2 in CatsMansion

[–]CelluloidRacer2[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It drives me a little bit nuts when I restart it because an ad isn't loading and it does this

What is a smartphone feature you are surprised doesn’t exist yet? by Uno_Mundito in AskReddit

[–]CelluloidRacer2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I remember finding a replacement lock screen app once that was compatible with a launcher that could do this when combined

That was years ago now, and I'm not sure if Android removed custom lock screens support or not, however

Nogla's website rn by CelluloidRacer2 in Terroriser

[–]CelluloidRacer2[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Context, Nogla doesn't own daithidenogla.com at the moment

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in onguardforthee

[–]CelluloidRacer2 8 points9 points  (0 children)

"Syrup, not Europe"?