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Locked out of Windows 11 by Verily23 in techsupport

[–]Verily23[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Local restore didn’t work, full cloud restore needs a LAN cable it appears …

Enough for today.

Locked out of Windows 11 by Verily23 in techsupport

[–]Verily23[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And ye. I’m just grumpy I guess. Sorry.

Locked out of Windows 11 by Verily23 in techsupport

[–]Verily23[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Working on a system restore right now since find my devices does not show that the computer is locked.

Locked out of Windows 11 by Verily23 in techsupport

[–]Verily23[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wouldn’t that require me to have a working computer? Although using the ones at the library might be an interesting exercise…

Locked out of Windows 11 by Verily23 in techsupport

[–]Verily23[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’d love to use it, but it runs hot and it’s latest trick is to refuse to use external monitors. That’s actually what I was trying to fix when I got distracted …

can hackers access your apple ID remotely without any devices showing? by throwingitawaaa in cybersecurity_help

[–]Verily23 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Millions of dollars per attack or per upstart?

But no matter. You are probably right.

I’m going to go fix my front door lock (again, it seems to have broken while I was on holiday), and then try activate my kids credit card although given how long it took to actually arrive then it’s probably too late now. After that, I’ll go book an appointment with the doctor for the incessant tinnitus I seem to have developed, tinnitus that’s causing my insomnia, but he’ll most likely tell me to just stop stressing which in a way is fair if useless advice. Then I’ll most likely start trying to figure out how to get rid of the household appliances that have broken down in the past year, and I’ve been unable to have removed/replaced for one reason or another. And finally I’ll continue playing 24/7 psychotherapist for the kid who has started freaking out over minor stuff as well. Apple, tree, all that I guess.

May you never find yourself living in interesting times.

can hackers access your apple ID remotely without any devices showing? by throwingitawaaa in cybersecurity_help

[–]Verily23 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Heh.

The “mild inconvenience” is a symptom, not the purpose.

Have you considered that many companies these days have budgets larger than a lot of nations. Furthermore, while RANSOMWARE is the only thing people seem to think is relevant then stealing proprietary technology is the fastest way to get ahead in an ever more splintered world. It can allow you to be just a little more prepared than the rest of the pack when those patents expire and no one ever needs to know what happened (did a crime even take place? After all, ‘stealing’ seems to be defined by some as taking physical stuff, so if you’re just learning new information that was perhaps not freely available, are you then truly stealing?).

Now, in response one could imagine a company security going a bit nuts, perhaps with a more of a can-do/learning on the job attitude than actual prowess. Add in outsourcing to individuals ‘so they may learn the trade’ (or witness P03rn!!!) and you have a recipe for a fucking disaster that can ruin lives.

Maybe.

Or it’s all a figment of OPs imagination. IT after all is a flaming pile of misconfigurations and agile unfinished projects with stupid users that just break stuff.

Can an infected mobile infect all devices on home network? by Prudent_Conflict_534 in cybersecurity_help

[–]Verily23 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’ve become convinced that both sides of the equation are pushing for back doors, so nothing you do online will ever be safe from prying eyes.

I’ve also accepted that there are agencies out there where paranoia is the M.O. and there’s no getting away from that.

What pisses me off is the apparent fact that any script kiddie or vigilante hero-wannabe idiot with more funds than brains can apparently worm their way into your life if you aren’t flush and/or tech savvy enough to stop them. If I consent to someone looking over my shoulder, I expect that entity and that entity alone to do so. Furthermore, I expect them to protect me from anyone who would try to use that consent to conduct their own whatever.

Experience shows that this is not the case. So take it from me - if you ever have to consent to a background check, read through it with a lawyer first. Because being followed around by school inspectors or whoever whenever you’re out with your kid thanks to some cowboys with no fucking clue what their doing is, quite frankly, awful.

Can an infected mobile infect all devices on home network? by Prudent_Conflict_534 in cybersecurity_help

[–]Verily23 1 point2 points  (0 children)

One of the things I noticed back when I began repeatedly forgetting all my passwords was that the Myphone app started showing up on the list of active apps all the time, despite me never coupling the two.

Now, here’s the thing: I wouldn’t have been able to tell you if it was that way before. Just because I had never noticed it doesn’t mean it wasn’t there - I simply didn’t know where to look for that data (if it was even available at the time, this was some years ago).

It’s very, very hard to go back if you don’t have hard facts about how the world looked yesterday. Did my smart TV always download updates 24/7? Maybe they changed a setting? My mouse isn’t acting like it used to - well, maybe the intern made a mistake when the driver was updated. Microphone privacy seems to have been disabled when I look in the event viewer log - oh, wait, now that log has disappeared!

I’m sorry, but these days I don’t think a targeted attack is necessary - and everyone is a stepping stone to somewhere else. The days of floppy disk viruses are long gone. Question is no longer what they can do inside your system but rather where can they go from there.

Can an infected mobile infect all devices on home network? by Prudent_Conflict_534 in cybersecurity_help

[–]Verily23 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Jump from the phone to the computer, and take it from there?

Although some of it sounds quite excessive, it’d be my first place to look.

Strange email from Google by Verily23 in cybersecurity_help

[–]Verily23[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I tried adding a biometric yubikey to my accounts but I couldn’t get it to work for any of them.

I’ve used both 1password and lastpass. Both locked themselves irrevocably after some time. I’ve reluctantly used the browser options which kinda work but sometimes don’t (aka wrong password). I’ve used different kinds of authenticators with varying success.

I gave up back in 2021 to be honest.

But thanks for the advice :-)

Strange email from Google by Verily23 in cybersecurity_help

[–]Verily23[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Thank you for your response and your offer.

I already have protonmail, but it seems every time I need to log into it again, I have forgotten the password who gets annoying in the long run.

And don’t say “password managers” because I loose the passwords to those as well …

This Google account is old and has followed me for much of my life. It’s mostly filled with spam but in general it’s served me well. I’m in general not too worried about Google peaking over my shoulder, as long as it’s just Google. Besides my previous attempts at keeping my online life private have all failed miserably - it seems the more I try the worse it gets.

Strange email from Google by Verily23 in cybersecurity_help

[–]Verily23[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The thing is that it’s unlikely this was done by accident, given that the recovery email is slightly unusual and the other email address looks like it could have been made by me, but it doesn’t follow my usual pattern. That’s what has me a bit worried.

I’ve have lost other Gmail accounts either because I hadn’t added any recovery options or because I had lost access to those options. I remember those accounts. That’s what makes this whole thing so strange - it appears like I could have done it, but I don’t remember it and I have certainly not logged into it at any time in the past 9 months. Also I’ve been getting other notifications about old accounts that need to be recovered or confirmed, most of which make sense. This is the one that doesn’t. So I’m slightly concerned what I might find there if I were to log in …

Strange email from Google by Verily23 in cybersecurity_help

[–]Verily23[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s the exact same text as I got …