Ubuntu stores your Wi-Fi passwords, by default!
Ubuntu is not as secure as you perhaps thought it to be. According to reports, the Linux-driven distribution stores its Wi-Fi profiles outside its Home folder, which makes them more accessible. This includes passwords for the Wi-Fi profiles. Reports say that a user pointed out that Wi-Fi passwords on Ubuntu aren’t encrypted as they are stored outside the Home folder. This folder, though, can be encrypted during the OS’ installation. “I recently stumbled over the fact that NetworkManager, by default, stores Wi-Fi profiles ‘including clear text passwords’ under /etc/NetworkManager/
Over the past several months, it has become clear that the Internet and our Privacy have been fundamentally compromised. A Private search engine DuckDuckGo claims that when you click on one of their search results, they do not send personally identifiable information along with your request to the third party.
Like Google dorks (advance search patterns), there are thousands of similar, but technically more useful search hacks are also available in DuckDuckGo called
DuckDuckGoodies. Today I am going to share about Handy "Cryptography" using DuckDuckGo search engine.
DuckDuckGoodies. Today I am going to share about Handy "Cryptography" using DuckDuckGo search engine.
Netflix engineers hack Fitbit to track when you fall asleep during a video
Netflix engineers hack Fitbit to track when you fall asleep during a video
What do you get when a bunch of Netflix engineers participate in an internal hack day competition? Lots of really cool stuff, of course.One group of engineers decided to use a Fitbit activity tracking gadget to determine when you fall asleep while watching a movie or TV show on Netflix. When you do finally pass out, the hack remembers the exact place in that video and allows you to resume watching at that point when you wake up.
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