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another ssh poll: have you ever encountered a situation where this error message actually alerted you to an MITM attack?

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@ WARNING: REMOTE HOST IDENTIFICATION HAS CHANGED! @
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IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SOMEONE IS DOING SOMETHING NASTY!
Someone could be eavesdropping on you right now (man-in-the-middle attack)!
It is also possible that the RSA host key has just been changed.

A new White House memo signed by U.S. President Donald Trump instructs the National Coordination Center (NCC) to establish a program that would allow private security companies to apply for approval to hack foreign cybercrime organizations.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/white-house-taps-security-firms-for-offensive-hack-back-operations/

The AAU, one of the country's largest youth sports organizations, is failing on nearly every level to adequately protect children in its care from sexual abuse, a ProPublica and Washington Post investigation found.

https://www.propublica.org/article/aau-youth-sports-sexual-abuse-failure-amateur-athletic-union?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Sports #Basketball #Children #Parenting #Family #Kids

Six months ago, we announced our Safer Internet Initiative—a global, multi-year strategy to fight back against online threats such as scams, fraud, cyberattacks, and more.

Now, we’re advancing a connected set of efforts to strengthen online safety and security worldwide. Through targeted funding, practical training, trusted resources, community mobilization, and advocacy, the initiative is helping address the risks people face online.

Learn more about this work ⬇️ https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2026/08/advancing-the-safer-internet-initiative-for-everyone/

Namecheap.com says a power outage affecting a data center in Phoenix is causing network issues and outages across its hosting services, DNS service, private email, EasyWP, and support helpdesk. Oh, and namecheap.com is also down for "emergency maintenance."

https://www.namecheap.com/status-updates/namecheap-com-and-hosting-services-emergency-maintenance-2/

poll: when you create an SSH key, do you set a passphrase?

RE: https://dair-community.social/@timnitGebru/117087966871760448

@davidgerard

Somebody else that might be interesting to interview

NEWS! Delighted A-Level student's grades set him on path to well-paid, soul-destroying job that will never make him happy https://newsthump.com/2026/08/13/delighted-a-level-students-grades-set-him-on-path-to-well-paid-soul-destroying-job-that-will-never-make-him-happy-2/

Apple TV Gains Classic Movies Collection https://www.macrumors.com/2026/08/13/apple-tv-gains-classic-movies/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

figs, painted by james marion shull, 1923

I found a support which fits my slightly swollen calf perfectly. Hilariously, my parent bought it for me 30 YEARS ago and it was a THIGH support 😂

Imagine thinking that you had an original idea. The absolute hubris.

In a rare rebuke, the U.S. ambassador to Israel condemned a siege by Israeli settlers of a Palestinian American family’s home in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, calling it a “horrific act of terror.”

@AssociatedPress reports: https://flip.it/0PJSmC

#Israel #Palestine #News

This week’s comic now up on Daily Kos
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https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/8/13/800083472/cartoon/tom-the-dancing-bugs-super-fun-pak-comix-feat-super-pals-and-more/

In this week’s People of ACM, Russ Cox, who was the technical lead at the Go programming language for over a decade, gives us a behind-the-scenes look at the popular programming environment. Read the full interview here: https://www.acm.org/articles/people-of-acm/2026/russ-cox

SUMMARY: Ukraine's President Zelensky emphasizes the dire need for U.S. missile interceptors, stating only 10% could protect against Russian missiles, which threatens Ukraine's survival this winter. In U.S. news, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announces her resignation, citing family commitments. Meanwhile, conflicting accounts emerge regarding an ICE agent's confrontation with a woman in Virginia, amid ongoing criticism of ICE tactics. Additionally, two pilots perish in a milita..

'iPhone Ultra' Could Face Staggered Country Rollout Like Vision Pro https://www.macrumors.com/2026/08/13/iphone-ultra-staggered-country-rollout/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

#PennedPossibilities 1098
What is a relatively recent invention that dramatically changed the world in your WIP

The Permanence doesn't tolerate change that undermines the celestial throne and the aristocracy: it's a permanent despotism—the name is its manifesto. If anyone invented something that could lead to change they'd be executed: if it got out, no suppressive response would be off the table, up to and including planetary bombardment and genocide.

The Permanence is serious about this.

this ny post article on Leopold Aschenbrenner is hilarious. Situational Awareness crashing fucked up his wedding hard

he pivoted (ahaha) from talking business to talking Effective Altruism lol

https://nypost.com/2026/08/05/us-news/ai-prodigy-leopold-aschenbrenners-lavish-wedding-went-on-despite-hedge-funds-implosion/
archive: https://archive.is/ROWrB

also the way he gets these super glossy pouting I Am Taylor Swift photos but also these Future Wild Eyed Mad Scientist Loosing Mutant Bats From His Castle On A Crag In Transylvania

if you made an actor look like that second shot, people would think you were way overdoing it