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Huh? How are supposed to understand that article? After all we all got dumber due to cov-something (sorry, can't remember). At the very least they could put some helpful cartoons and memes into that, sorry forgot the word, you know stuff with lots of letters nicely lined up!
From now on I'm calling it Ink bleed.
https://x.com/MXroute/status/1839439205098836413?t=C4oSBkXR_dbfqqPrxuGvDg&s=19
This is in fact a certified classic, wish it was the first comment posted here.
Well that was anticlimactic.
Who around here has a printing server connected directly to internet?
i dont own a printer
What is a printer ?
The clout chasing in security research needs to be studied by psychologists
Is it god damn printer again?
BUMP
He wanted attention, so let's be generous towards the idiot!
Good Video about it:
He's actually saying that the people who ran with the story before it had played out were at fault for over hyping it, going as far as to make up things he said or stretch them further than they were meant to be stretched. Something like that. I disagree though because: https://files.freesocial.co/f.php?h=3hZjs_VC&p=1
That tweet covers all the points that caught my eye, so hype equal to words.
To be fair, that is the entire point of CUPS, that is what it is for, so you don't have your printer connected directly to the internet..
Otherwise, yeah, the number of people affected is low because it isn't used by many.
bro made it sound like an issue with linux when its just some bullshit nobody should have installed anyway so he deserves the flack hes getting for crying wolf. his research and findings are great, his conclusions and marketing are terrible
How dare you?! That guy, aka idiot-socket, saved the internet and the world!!!
And he faked the RedHat "the world is on fire" "confirmation" screenshot with the best for us in mind!
Reminds me of the "internet excellence" HE single-homed nexx-provider, though they were comparatively modest.
Also I'm 0.12% sure that idiot-socket actually was a victim (of people who faked his hype).
WARNING: Do not print out this post over the internet or it might explode!
So did every Linux box on the planet get hacked or not?
Only the ones running CUPS.