Showing posts with label socially awkward awesome penguin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label socially awkward awesome penguin. Show all posts

Monday, September 21, 2020

Annoy surveillance capitalists with this one weird trick

from here

You can put a sticker over your camera to prevent image-based spying, but what are you supposed to do about your devices listening in on your conversations through their microphones? Perhaps we can learn something from lonely people.

Tuesday, July 23, 2019

My what big files you have, Grandma

found on Imgur

Apparently there's a story behind this picture, in the form of a YouTube video

Watch on YouTube


Wednesday, June 6, 2018

My uncle the scam artist

found on Imgur

I assume this uncle came from Nigeria or some place similar.

Wednesday, July 12, 2017

Funny how that keeps happening

from here

I wonder how many people have gotten out of trouble because ransomware eliminated the evidence for them. It's not just trouble with parents, either. I could imagine something like this happening with law enforcement as well.

Friday, June 9, 2017

No bitcoins for you!

from here

Did this happen to me? No, but I'm pretty sure it has happened to other people and I hope they appreciate the good fortune of falling victim at the best possible time (before they've saved anything they would need to recover).

Thursday, May 4, 2017

There's always a silver lining if you look hard enough

from here

I suppose if you actually have a lot of friends/colleagues/acquaintances then social vectors like this one are harder to deal with.