Recent content by lg4l

...as for the security of my browser, it's usually right where I need it to be in the tug-of-war, trade-offs between privacy and security (eg, OCSP stapling, CSP reports and the like). Today, not so much...and I'm glad you said that, actually. It had been lost on me these past hours, that I...

Greetings. No. VPN's do literally nothing for actual security. Unless you're calling "obfuscation" security -- which, it isn't -- that is false premise. VPN's are snake oil, by and large. They have some use-cases, of course. DL'ing torrents is definitely one of them. It's the most effective...

...re-installing.

About to format and re-install. The only real option in a situation such as this. Luckily, no important data lost. Well, aside from the aforementioned, dodgy DL's themsleves (Mr. Rogers Neigborhood, Seasons 3-6...). I'm done with Mint and SystemD, I think. All ears for any secure distro...

Hello, Wizard. Long-time lurker, 1st-time poster. I should also mention that I had DL'd quite a lot of various files of the P2P variety throughout the morning. I'm all but sure this is related.

pwned

I'm a recent Linux convert and it's been a blast these past sev mos. breaking Mint, re-installing, learning....rinse, repeat. But this a bit more serious. Linux Mint 19.3...I'm contantly tinkering on this machine. I had every intention of learning how to PROPERLY utilize "secure boot" today and...