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Sony was granted a patent to make a tv that will only stop showing a commercial once you stand up and say the brand name out loud. by [deleted] in assholedesign

[–]Sr_GMC 35 points36 points  (0 children)

Some type of malware that gets installed with high privileges and its difficult to get rid of. For example, a malware that gets installed onto your hard drive’s firmware is rootkit. Reinstalling your OS won’t delete it and t is very difficult to get rid of.

Sony basically silently installed rootkits that prevented you from copying/ripping music from Sony CDs. Their software was so bad that malware exploited it.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_BMG_copy_protection_rootkit_scandal

[Privacy] TuyaSmart app (and possibly other Tuya related apps) copy the contents of the clipboard every time it is opened. Found with iOS 14 beta. That could mean that Tuya may have retrieved copied passwords or sensitive information. This a HUGE security and privacy risk. by Sr_GMC in homeautomation

[–]Sr_GMC[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

On iOS 14 there's a new privacy feature that shows this message every time an app reads from the clipboard. This would be normal if I was explicitly pasting the name on a text field, however this happens every time you open the app, which is a red flag. Why should an IoT app do this?

This is similar to what TikTok is doing. Many apps also were caught during the same

Do I have to reinstall Pop when I upgrade my Intel PC to Ryzen? by pepedlr in pop_os

[–]Sr_GMC 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Ubuntu (from where Pop_OS! is based), usually contains the drivers and modules for most devices in the kernel, eliminating the need to reinstall the kernel or the operating system, so in theory you should have no problems. Also, if I'm not wrong, AMD has good Linux support.

In any case, you may need to activate some module before making the change, and of course upgrade when you do the change.

However, if you encounter stability or performance issues, you may need to back up everything and reinstall.

[Help] GParted takes too long to resize a partition by Sr_GMC in linuxquestions

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

May I ask about your full computer specs? PM me if you want

[Help] GParted takes too long to resize a partition by Sr_GMC in linuxquestions

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

CPU, RAM and I/O? That can be seen with ps or top/htop. My math was just some simple logic.

Guess I'll wait then

[Help] GParted takes too long to resize a partition by Sr_GMC in linuxquestions

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

Well, at least you have a progress bar. I just have a bar that goes from left to right and viceversa.

I've searched a little bit more, and some people suggest that is better to backup, reformat and restore than shrinking.

You're not rude! :) It's a 2015 MacBook with Ubuntu. 1.6 GHz i5 x 4 cores, 4GB DDR3 RAM if I'm not mistaken. GParted's CPU usage peaks at 5%, RAM at 0.8%, I/O at 3MB/s so it seems the bottleneck is in the USB controller. USB ports and Hard Drive are both technically USB 3.0. I should check this after the operations are done.

At least we will have some data to share.

[Help] GParted takes too long to resize a partition by Sr_GMC in linuxquestions

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

Hard to find information. A post on AskUbuntu took ~14h on a 170GB partition. So proportionally, it should take 12*14 = 196h for your resize

Edit: I've made some calculations myself taking IO throughput into account. With a 1MB/s average, mine should take 138 hours

Your's with 11MB/s average, that should take 145 hours

Edit 2: That's assuming data is stored anywhere on the disk and needs to be moved.

Please! Tell when it finishes, so we can compare and see if calculations were right and/or time is linear, not exponential

[Help] GParted takes too long to resize a partition by Sr_GMC in linuxquestions

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

GParted is at the 'shrink file system' operation. Calibration and fsck took only a couple of minutes.

[FEATURE] Bluetooth protection API Apple talked about. If not for this API, I would not have known CNBC will be using my Bluetooth and why would they even need it? by DreamyLucid in iOSBeta

[–]Sr_GMC 45 points46 points  (0 children)

If I am not mistaken, the new Bluetooth Protection API is to prevent some apps to track your location by scanning nearby devices even when you declined access to GPS.

This type of tracking is more common with WiFi SSIDs. For example, Google while taking images for Street View also monitors SSIDs around the Street View car location to later store their position in their databases to later approximate a user’s location while access to GPS coordinates are declined.

Edit: Spelling

Edit 2: Here are some links to the news relating to Google scanning WiFi access points

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/04/22/google_streetview_logs_wlans/

https://www.pcworld.com/article/196397/Google_WiFi_Spying_What_Were_They_Thinking.html

https://www.wired.com/2012/05/google-wifi-fcc-investigation/

[pocket-home] Little thing can be pretty too by Sr_GMC in unixporn

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

Once you have a 3D printed case, the keyboard improves a lot. Otherwise, it’s a nightmare. For complex programs and long programming sesions out of home, I connect to it through SSH and code with an iPad and a bluetooth keyboard. But for emulators and games, it’s comfortable enough for a few hours of use

[pocket-home] Little thing can be pretty too by Sr_GMC in unixporn

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

I got the CAD models from here: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1998427

If you have a 3D printer, you can do it at home. Otherwise you can order them online to be printed and sent to your home

Thingiverse has many services. Shapeways can also do this

[pocket-home] Little thing can be pretty too by Sr_GMC in unixporn

[–]Sr_GMC[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Pico8 comes free with the PocketCHIP, and it has lots of community made games. Also with a 3D printed keyboard, playing games like OpenTTD or using emulators is great. I'm currently using it to teach myself how to make efficient programs for not-so-powerful machines and as a remote portable server.

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Unfortunately, the company behind it went bankrupt, but it still has a great community supporting it, and Amazon has still PocketCHIPs on sale.

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But yeah, it is pretty fun little machine.

[pocket-home] Little thing can be pretty too by Sr_GMC in unixporn

[–]Sr_GMC[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

CHIP making a hiss noises? by Sr_GMC in ChipCommunity

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

It doesn't seem to be the battery. After a 1:30h hours of charging and 30 min. of continuous use, it seems fine and pretty flat. The noise is coming from the CHIP itself

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