Highlights of the IPFire 2.29 Core Update 199 release include support for Wi-Fi 7 and Wi-Fi 6 wireless standards with the ability to select the preferred Wi-Fi mode, automatically detect and enable various capabilities on supported hardware, enablement of SSID Protection by default, the ability to convert multicast packets to unicast packets by default, and radar detection in the background.

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Today’s PCs are locked up with Trusted Platform Module (TPM) devices so much so that modern Windows versions insist on having a recent TPM to even install. These have become so prevalent that even larger embedded boards now have TPM and, of course, if you are repurposing consumer hardware, you’ll have to deal with it, too. [Sigma Star] has just the primer for you. It explains what TPM does, how it applies to embedded devices, and where the pitfalls are.

The TPM is sometimes a chip or sometimes secure firmware that is difficult to tamper with. They provide secret storage and can store boot signatures to detect if something has changed how a computer starts up. The TPM can also “sign off” that the system configuration is the same to a remote entity. This allows, for example, a network to prevent a hacked or rogue computer from communicating with other computers.

Embedded systems, usually, aren’t like PCs. A weather station at a remote location may have strangers poking at it without anyone noticing. Also, that remote computer might be expected to be working for many more years than a typical laptop or desktop computer.

This leads to a variety of security concerns that TPM 2.0 attempts to mitigate. For example, it is unreasonable to think a typical attacker might connect a logic analyzer to your PC, but for an embedded system, it is easier to imagine. There is a session-based encryption to protect against someone simply snooping traffic off the communication bus. According to the post, not all implementations use this encryption, however.

Motherboard has a slot for TPM, but no board? We’ve seen people build their own TPM boards.

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Title image by [Raimond Spekking] CC BY-SA-4.0

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LE NANAR DU SIÈCLE LES AMIS !
Le - nanar - du - siècle.

Mais quoi ? Je devais avoir 6 ans quand je regardais le dessin-animé :''''-)
En regardant le trailer, certaines images m'ont rappelées de vieux, très vieux souvenirs...
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Ils sont taquins, chez Next 😄
" l’entreprise [Intersport] transmettait les adresses électroniques et/ou les numéros de téléphone des membres de son programme de fidélité à un réseau social. Ces données étaient utilisées afin d’afficher, sur ce réseau, des publicités ciblées visant à promouvoir les articles vendus par la société."
De nos jours, les entreprises font peu de cas des données qu'elles collectent sur vous. Toute est bon pour faire du bénéfice. 💶💰💶💰💶
(Ah et évitez les applications des marques, préférez les sites web. Les applications ne sont qu'un prétexte pour collecter encore plus de données. De toute manière, la plupart des applis sont juste des webviews sur des versions spéciales de leurs sites.)

Ah oui, et évitez les cartes de fidélité, aussi (je ne les donnes plus, je n'en prends plus). C'est un moyen pour eux de suivre la consommation d'un client.
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Queer Eye’s grooming expert and one-fifth of Queer Eye’s Fab Five, Jonathan Van Ness, has spoke out after Karamo Brown claimed he was “worried about being bullied”. 

On Tuesday (20 January), tensions between the Queer Eye Fab Five – Jonthan Van Ness, Tan France, Antoni Porowski, Karamo Brown, and Jeremiah Brent – appeared to come to a head, after, under advice from his therapist, Brown opted out of press interviews promoting the tenth and final season.

Karamo Brown’s assistant said the culture expert was “worried about being bullied” if he appeared with the four, adding that he had had felt “mentally and emotionally abused for years” – though he did not state who by.

The no-show has blown the cover on a rift between the current Fab Five, with Brown having unfollowed Van Ness, France and Porowski on social media. 

‘I treasure the time we had together’

Van Ness has now spoken with News.com.au about the drama. 

Reporter Andrew Buclow asked what it’s like to be part of a story that’s trending globally, to which Van Ness responded: “It feels kind of out of body. I think there is so much pressure in our industry to show up and to do things that, that you maybe…

“I don’t want to speak for him because I respect him. I treasure the time that we had together on that show. I’m proud of him for doing what he needs to do to take care of himself. That’s all I want for anyone to do: do the things that you need to do to take care of yourself.” 

On Wednesday (21 January), former Queer Eye star Bobby Berk, who exited the show in 2023 amid team tensions, appeared to subtly respond to the drama. 

Taking to Instagram, Berk shared a photo of himself hanging off a fence post, gleefully grinning. He soundtracked the post with Chappell Roan’s 2023 song, “My Kink Is Karma”.

In 2024, seven individuals who have worked on the show accused Van Ness of being a “nightmare” to work with and described him as having “rage issues”.

In response to the claims, Van Ness captioned a series of photos: “Doesn’t matter what they say, the jealous games that people play… name that tune”. 

The quote is a reference to the song “Our Lips Are Sealed” by The Go-Go’s, which also includes the lyrics: “There’s a weapon that we must use in our defence: silence.”

Share your thoughts! Let us know in the comments below, and remember to keep the conversation respectful.

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