Anandu Aman

  Software considered harmful In the sidebar on the left, you can find why i consider some points of the software bad. I don’t think minimalistic software is all the times better than bloated software. Sometimes “bloated” software is better than the alternatives. For example pale moon is more usable than surf. And sometimes extensions are useful so i don’t consider them harmful, problem is that how you write those extensions (if you read GNU source code, you’ll have a impulse to throw yourself into an active volcano). While, for example, BSD implemented those extensions in a sane way. Here’s a table with software i consider harmful and their alternaties Harmful things Less bad things KDE, Gnome i3, dwm, bspwm, Xfce Windows BSD, Linux, Haiku Vim, Vi Emacs, zile, jed YAML JSON, CVS, MacBooks Thinkpads, Toughbooks GCC clang, tcc Wayland X11 GTK, QT Tk, Curses Intel, Realtek ath9k Electron Throwing yourself to an active volcano, y...

When we talk about data security, the emphasis is usually on the more technical dangers such as viruses and malicious software. However, while ensuring that your sensitive data is protected with the latest anti-virus software, there is another weakness that attackers can attempt to exploit – humans. In this article, we’ll focus on protecting your personal or financial information from social engineering attacks. What is a Social Engineering Attack? Data breaches and malicious code infections don’t happen on their own and more often than not rely on human “help” to trick users into installing malware on their computers. To make people “lower their guard” and lax in their security awareness, attackers use social engineering tactics to appear as trusted and legitimate parties so that the other side is in turn manipulated into divulging sensitive information such as login credentials or personal information. 11 Most Common Types of Social Engineering Techniques that can Trick U...