Category Archives: security-theater

Why do people, even programmers and geeks, seem to almost feel the urge to "give hackers a fair chance" at stealing their data? [closed]

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I once heard that the author of the early NES emulator "Nesticle", clearly a very intelligent person, baffingly used some kind of exploitable "Samba" or "SMB" server running in his home with its source code (a… Continue reading Why do people, even programmers and geeks, seem to almost feel the urge to "give hackers a fair chance" at stealing their data? [closed]→

Is there any decentralized, "serverless" network of any kind in existence with more than a handful of users?

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I’m trying to verify that the findings of my own private "research", spanning over 10 years are accurate.
Basically, I’ve been actively hunting for any signs of any kind of "Internet alternative", decentralized network … Continue reading Is there any decentralized, "serverless" network of any kind in existence with more than a handful of users?→

Is there a not-advertised "Windows 10 for Rich People" edition? [closed]

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When Windows 10 was not yet released, a spokesperson from Microsoft stood on stage talking about how important privacy is to Microsoft and literally ended with:

Because you are our customers — not our products!

(Loud applauds, and under… Continue reading Is there a not-advertised "Windows 10 for Rich People" edition? [closed]→

Why developers put the installer/executable and the file checksum on the same server? [duplicate]

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On https://exiftool.org/ , there is a link to https://exiftool.org/exiftool-12.01.zip and https://exiftool.org/checksums.txt .
Both the ZIP archive and the checksum hash are hosted on the same machine. This means that an attacker who has c… Continue reading Why developers put the installer/executable and the file checksum on the same server? [duplicate]→

More Musings on Reverse Security Theater and “Security Signalling”

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“Security theater” (a term widely attributed to Bruce Schneier) “refers to security measures that make people feel more secure without doing anything to actually improve their security.” This concept essentially denotes fake, &#… Continue reading More Musings on Reverse Security Theater and “Security Signalling”→

Is there some mechanisms in PHP to assign "less trust" to scripts in a given dir? (not a duplicate) [closed]

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Kindly stop redirecting my questions to that unrelated one which doesn’t answer my question whatsoever. I’ve already read every answer there and it doesn’t help at all. If it did, why would I ask this much more specific question?

This has… Continue reading Is there some mechanisms in PHP to assign "less trust" to scripts in a given dir? (not a duplicate) [closed]→

How did (in particular) Americans just go along with the concept of having to own and show "photo id" everywhere? [closed]

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I remember hearing or seeing a documentary or something a “long” time ago, likely in the early 2000s, about how a lot of Americans (USAians) refused to show an “id” even when voting, where it might possibly be justified to demand some form… Continue reading How did (in particular) Americans just go along with the concept of having to own and show "photo id" everywhere? [closed]→

How exactly does Windows Defender in Windows 10 determine when to upload your local files to Microsoft?

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Every time I install Windows 10, I painstakingly go through every setting that can be found in any GUI setting for the OS, disabling everything that sounds creepy.

One of the most disturbing things I’ve found is what I believe is called “… Continue reading How exactly does Windows Defender in Windows 10 determine when to upload your local files to Microsoft?→