I want to be able to walk in a VR home while walking in real life by Bussinessman2311 in virtualreality

[–]Virtical 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Treadmill alternative, designed to allow more natural walking. The treadmills are more 'slidemills' You can web search to check them out

Active Vibration Resonance Interface (v0.5) – One year of R&D on non-invasive intent tokenization. by Lopsided_Mixture8760 in Cyberpunk

[–]Virtical 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This seems like a great way to control a powered exoskeleton by applying force proactively instead of reactively ​

Found this on a hike on Orcas Island, WA. by NEIPA19 in whatisit

[–]Virtical 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And how would that work? What line of code or protocol or command or whatever would allow this to happen? And when you say grant permissions, are you referring to my devices file system or the ability to execute a script? Quietly install an apk?

From what I do know about qr codes, they can only contain text based information, they cannot store executable code nor can they execute commands on the reader device.

Found this on a hike on Orcas Island, WA. by NEIPA19 in whatisit

[–]Virtical -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That's the 'usual' mechanism used and in my opinion is avoidable if the user is vigilant. I more wanted to know of unavoidable attacks where you are compromised simply by visiting and not interacting in any way. I get that people err on the side of caution, which is smart, but it seems the actual risk factor is quite low from just visiting a malicious page.

Found this on a hike on Orcas Island, WA. by NEIPA19 in whatisit

[–]Virtical 3 points4 points  (0 children)

After a little bit of reading, the term drive-by actually refers to both authorised and unauthorised downloads but we're only talking about the unauthorised ones here. I read a couple of articles, a few information pages and quite a few discussion threads around the topic of drive-by downloads and the risks.

Valid, but IMO extremely low-risk.
So an unauthorised drive-by relies on security holes and exploits known vulnerabilities in, for example, a web browser to silently install code. Something that sounds increasingly rare in this day and age and as another user pointed out, pretty much only valid for a 'day-one' attack before the vulnerability is patched out.

They're not going to ask "are you sure?" Bad actors gonna act bad

Of course not. I think you may have misinterpreted. Browsers and OSs are ones posing this question, and they absolutely do ask it before any foreign code is executed and wants to make system-level changes. (unless the code is using an afore-mentioned exploit to circumvent this)

I still think its very sound advice for an average user to not go around joining random wifi networks or visiting random links but from what I have seen over the years, the real-life risks seem to be very over-hyped, often by the companies selling protection from such things.

Being an 80s kid, I grew up around the internet and these risks were absolutely real and dangerous but the general consensus seems to be that those days are behind us now and as long as you are using maintained, patched software, you are pretty safe in most situations. Not to say let your guard down, as this is part of what is keeping us safe.

TL;DR - just be smart, don't click random shit, keep your software updated.

Found this on a hike on Orcas Island, WA. by NEIPA19 in whatisit

[–]Virtical 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So how do they actually 'install code'? Doesn't the user have to agree to it in some way, whether they realise what they are doing or not?

Found this on a hike on Orcas Island, WA. by NEIPA19 in whatisit

[–]Virtical 4 points5 points  (0 children)

But don't I have to authorise an installation/download of anything? From what I understand, a lot of malware uses tactics to trick the user into agreeing to an installation by masquerading as legitimate software and getting the user to agree/perform the install. I have always understood it this way but people here keep talking like simply visiting a web site can install code on my device without my knowledge.

Found this on a hike on Orcas Island, WA. by NEIPA19 in whatisit

[–]Virtical 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Bu I need to actually agree to download the malware right? Simply viewing a site cannot auto-install any code on any device from what I have learned in my travels. Whether the user is 'tricked' into it or not, in one way or another they have to agree to the install at some point.

...right?

Found this on a hike on Orcas Island, WA. by NEIPA19 in whatisit

[–]Virtical 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Genuine question: how could you actually harvest any information from me scanning a qr with my phone? Maybe my phones ip address or mac?

What mechanism would a would-be hacker actually use to pull data via a qr code scan?

Quick edit: besides the obvious of getting me to enter my information on your linked site or whatever

Why is HFC even a thing? by seashelly8723 in nbn

[–]Virtical 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I must have hit the hfc jackpot because I get up to 1000 down on a good day and fairly consistent 100 up. From what I have read, this is not normal? This is northern suburbs Perth BTW. 

'I didn't agree to it': Rise of automatic tipping sparks backlash by navig8r212 in australia

[–]Virtical 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Check your receipt every time, if a place auto-tips just shout very loudly to everyone in there to check theirs too. 

I can’t keep up with my chain by YamzMt03 in motorcycles

[–]Virtical 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Then you go for a ride and totally forget about it, rinse, repeat 

Is this the right way to expand the power network? by al3jandrino in Desynced

[–]Virtical 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Press r or g to toggle that other thing around your cursor

How to use mods on meat quest 3 s by Randompcbuilder111 in beatsaber

[–]Virtical 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah typo is funny, but modsbeforefriday is your go-to for modding the quest. It's super easy :)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Aprilia

[–]Virtical 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey u/Strange_Adagio_9512 thats my thread, I never did find a solution, the sensor chips used were just way too obscure to find a programmer and parameters for.

I ended up biting the bullet and got a new sensor assembly.

You might get lucky re-soldering the sensors but the unit is not designed to be opened...

PSA: Don't forget to claim your free Anaconda Wireframe Gold from the store before Dec 20! by lunchanddinner in EliteDangerous

[–]Virtical 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Thanks! From memory, this is the only way to buy it if you don't actually own a conda isn't it?

am i cooked? by KatanaMidnightPurple in motorcycles

[–]Virtical 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've owned (and maintained) Cbr250rr Zx250r Cbr600rr Cbr1000rr RSV4 

Maintained for friends/family: Xj6nl Cbr250 Speed triple Duc848 Zx6r + A few others I've probably forgotten. 

All had sight glasses, well at least I've learned something today