- There's one question that stumps North Korean fake workers • The Register
I haven't yet had an obviously fake worker get to interview stage, but it's definitely getting harder to weed them out at CV and code test stage – in fact, AI has made code tests all but meaningless. But at least the good old fashioned "just talk to someone" still works…
- Apple to Block Mac Apps From Secretly Accessing Your Clipboard – MacRumors
I knew there'd been some of this with regard to iOS apps, but this is the first I've heard of Mac apps doing it. Given that one of my most common actions is coping a password from my password manager, this is a screaming security hole, and I'm very glad Apple are moving to plug it. Going to see if I can find a list of apps that are at this to check I'm not running them.
Tag: security
Bookmarks for April 22, 2025
- Digital hygiene | karpathy
Quite a good set of rules for living a slightly more private and secure digital life on the modern internet. Very little here I would not recommend doing.
- CVE Foundation
I really hope this works out to replace the US govt as part of globally-critical IT security infrastructure.
- Why do AI company logos look like buttholes?
Oh god, I'm never going to be able to unsee this. I'm going to have to use nothing but Deepseek from now on.
Bookmarks for April 16, 2025
- Inside Elon Musk’s Texas Compound – The Onion
I was a fan of The Onion, back in tha H-Dog dayz. Then I sort of drifted away. Over a series of owners, their content became… thinner. Funny, but insubstantial. But since the sale to Global Tetrahedron, they've been absolutely firing on all cylinders again. Wonderful to see.
- Homeland Security funding for CVE program expires • The Register
Well, this is deeply, deeply bad news. I'm just about old enough to remember doing IT work at a time before the CVE program, and I do not wish to go back.