How not to get a bug bounty

from here (image source)

XP's got plenty of bugs, but they're not going anywhere so it's no use finding those.

Not the kind of value we were hoping for

found on eBaum's World

This is, unfortunately, the real way online companies value our privacy - not as a matter of principle, but as a resource to be extracted and used/sold.

Isn't it ironic

from here and here

There is certainly a delicious irony in Google getting called out by none other than Google for taking to long to patch their shit. Seemingly the patch has been available for more than the 90 days that Google's Project Zero usually gives vendors. They didn't even need to develop the patch themselves, just apply it to their product, but apparently it's gotten held up in testing. 

Kinda makes you wonder, if Google can't even adhere to their own 90 day policy, why is it reasonable to expect it from others?

Hackers Gonna Hack case

Product Page

The typeface for this could have been anything, but the monochrome green on black binary code is a nice touch.

Gotta pay the privacy tax

from here and here (image source)

If ever there was an organization that a privacy tax would be paid to or filed with, Facebook would be the one. Of course, I don't mean a tax paid for the benefit of privacy - rather your privacy itself is the currency this tax is paid with.

Presumably H&R Block, TaxAct, and TaxSlayer were sending your tax data to Meta in addition to sending it to the government, rather than in place of sending it to the government. I'd hate to think they filing with the wrong entity.

Rest in peace, buddy

found on Acid Cow

Now, I don't have a phone or a wife, but I do have passwords out the wazoo, so I guess I'm safe.

The Internet of $#!+ Paper

from here and here (image source)

I've heard some people like it rough, but I don't think this is what they had in mind.

Good neighbours are great security

found on 9gag

You may not agree but it's hard to argue with results. This bike would have been stolen if not for the actions of that neighbour.

Why family tech support is so popular

from here and here

I think most people have long suspected that computer repair technicians snoop on their customers, so it's not that much of a surprise when a study finds it actually happens. It's really a tough problem when you're forced to trust someone you have no good reason to trust - and that's where family tech support comes in, because you generally have a better concept of how trustworthy a family member is.

Airport Security Is Whack

Watch on YouTube

If you can find the humour in your experiences with the TSA, more power to you. For the rest of us, we'll just have to make do with stand-up comedians' experiences with it.