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Intel: "Complete Devastation" and a "True Disaster"

Here are some headlines on SeekingAlpha, a popular investing news service: Intel: Complete Devastation Intel: A True Disaster Intel: You Were Warned Intel: $15 Before $40 (referring to the share pice, which is presenting in the mid-20s) These authors are speaking as investors, and it's worth stating the obvious: a company can have marvelous technology yet be poorly managed financially.  But Intel is not doing well. Revenu...

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How to Watch Your Neighbor's Every Move with $100 in Cheap Wi-Fi Routers

What if $100 worth of cheap Wi-Fi routers could scan inside your neighbor's house and paint a real-time picture of everything he does? That's what a new paper claims can be done.

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How to Watch Your Neighbor's Every Move with $100 in Cheap Wi-Fi Routers

Story Time! The Offers You Don't See

Hosts that are only two months old? Only four days old? Some of the interesting offer submissions you don't get to see...

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Story Time!  The Offers You Don't See

DEEP DIVE: The Freedom House 2022 Report

FreedomHouse's 2022 report on Internet freedom is flawed as usual, reflecting a lot of their extraneous politics and ignoring factors they don't care about, but at a broad level, it's an interesting survey of the world. Let's take a look.

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DEEP DIVE: The Freedom House 2022 Report

Shared Hosting for Under $10/Year with cPanel?! Is it Possible in 2022?

Iin 2019, cPanel rocked the hosting industry by industry by introducing sharply higher prices. Since then, they've ratcheted up the cost every year, most recently in September 2022.

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Shared Hosting for Under $10/Year with cPanel?! Is it Possible in 2022?

Just Stop Using LastPass: They've Been Hacked for the 9th Time

LastPass had security incidents in 2011, 2015, 2016, 2017 (twice), 2019, 2021, and twice now in 2022. Are you still using them? Why?

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Just Stop Using LastPass: They've Been Hacked for the 9th Time

How TikTok Stole My Car. It Started at 4am This Morning With a Banging on My Door.

It's never good when the police come to your door at 4am. Turns out that TikTok played an important role in the culture and psychology that lead to my car being stolen from my driveway overnight and subsequently used in crimes, general mayhem, and finally a very abrupt stop. The thieves did the deed with a USB cable.

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How TikTok Stole My Car.  It Started at 4am This Morning With a Banging on My Door.

H1-B Visas: Indentured Servitude for 195 Years?

Companies can bring foreign nationals over to work in the US on various programs, most prominently in this discussion, the H1-B visa.  It's designed for situations where the US lacks engineers, scientists, or technical specialists in critical skills. But at its worst, the program is a form of modern-day indentured servitude.

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H1-B Visas: Indentured Servitude for 195 Years?

The CloudFlare Price Increase: A Translation For Those Who Don't Speak Corporate

CloudFlare followed the tedious corporate playbook of drenching their price increase announcement with tons of inspiring adjectives. We provide a translation for you.

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The CloudFlare Price Increase: A Translation For Those Who Don't Speak Corporate

WHMCS Won't Tell You About What The Vulnerability Is, But Will Say "Patch ASAP!"

There's an important security vulnerability in WHMCS 8.5.x and 8.6.x. WHMCS won't tell you what it is, but will tell you that you need to patch ASAP. No earlier versions are affected.

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WHMCS Won't Tell You About What The Vulnerability Is, But Will Say

PHP 7 Is Officially Dead

As of today, PHP 7.4 is end of life, which means the PHP 7 version is now officially retired. Some distributions will backport security patches, but really, it's time to move on.

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PHP 7 Is Officially Dead

Serveria has Cheap Dedicated Servers in Riga, Latvia for Us This Cyber Monday!

Hello from Riga, Latvia! Serveria has some great VPS and dedicated server offers to share with us this Black Friday. Check them out and save!

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Serveria has Cheap Dedicated Servers in Riga, Latvia for Us This Cyber Monday!

The Venus Host: One Simple, Amazing Offer Cheap Shared Hosting This Black Friday!

The Venus Host is famous here for offering both monthly and annual prices. Monthly so they can win your business every month; annual so you can lock in savings once you've decided they're the host for you! Now they're ready to unleash an awesome Black Friday offer - check it out!

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The Venus Host: One Simple, Amazing Offer Cheap Shared Hosting This Black Friday!

Hosting Provider Outfitter CPLicense Has Exclusive Black Friday Deals for Us!

CPLicense provides all the license you need for your hosting company, and this Black Friday they've got an exclusive deal for our readers! Check out this post and save!

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Hosting Provider Outfitter CPLicense Has Exclusive Black Friday Deals for Us!

Elon Musk Used a Lame, Easily Defeated Method to Identify a Leaker. Learn How a Pro Would Have Done It.

Document fingerprinting to identify leakers is a fascinating niche application. There are all kinds of sophisticated methods but the way Musk went about it is, well, rather lame. Read on to lead how to pros do it!

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Elon Musk Used a Lame, Easily Defeated Method to Identify a Leaker.  Learn How a Pro Would Have Done It.

The Warren.io Interview: Learn About This Cloud Platform Startup Blazing a New Trail with Henry Vaaderpass, Co-Founder and CBDO!

Today we have another awesome interview for you, this time with Henry Vaaderpass, Co-Founder and Chief Business Development Officer at Warren.io, an Estonian startup that is bringing innovation to the cloud hosting space at an amazing pace.  This position in the industry as an platform outfitter is really fascinating.  It's a cool company, cool story, and cool interview, so read on and enjoy!

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The Warren.io Interview: Learn About This Cloud Platform Startup Blazing a New Trail with Henry Vaaderpass, Co-Founder and CBDO!

Did You Know You Can Pay to See Someone Else's Facebook Account?

For years I've read comments online by people who don't trust cloud providers because the government will use them to spy on them or these cloud companies are building massive behavioral databases.  The reality is that it's the bored junior sysadmin or the perverted graveyard shift content moderator who are going to rifle through your files. Case in point this week: Facebook.

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Did You Know You Can Pay to See Someone Else's Facebook Account?

Twitter: Are You Vulnerable?

Everyone who has anything to do with leading Twitter's security, privacy, and compliance departments has fled the company in mass resignations. Twitter is headed for a security cliff. How vulnerable are you?

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Twitter: Are You Vulnerable?

Getting Scans From 18.171.7.246 and 35.177.10.231? It's the UK Government

If you're seeing weird things in your logs, it's because the UK National Cyber Security Center has decided to scan all UK systems as part of their "Scanning the Internet for Fun and Profit" (their term). Click to learn how to opt-out.

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Getting Scans From 18.171.7.246 and 35.177.10.231?  It's the UK Government

Deep Dive: Why the Hans Niemann Lawsuit is Going Nowhere

Chess GM Hans Niemann is suing other chess notables for $400 million. We break down the legal strategy and likely outcome of this lawsuit, based on the comments from multiple attorneys. Will Niemann prevail? Not a chance.

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Deep Dive: Why the Hans Niemann Lawsuit is Going Nowhere

Why the British PM is Worried Russia Will Destroy the Internet

What happened to Internet service in the Shetlands, and why was there a Russian spy ship nearby? The Russians have amped up their undersea capabilities, but the vulnerability of this infrastructure is much broader when we consider the technological advances in underwaer drones.

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Why the British PM is Worried Russia Will Destroy the Internet

HostSailor Greenhouse (NL) Fujitsu Primergy Dedicated Server Review

HostSailor is a well established Low End provider. They joined Low End Talk over eight years ago in April 2014. As of this writing, HostSailor has started 85 Low End Talk discussions and commented 355...

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HostSailor Greenhouse (NL) Fujitsu Primergy Dedicated Server Review

Strap in for Drama and Stats: Major Cheating Scandal Rocks Online Chess

Grandmaster Hans Niemann outed as a cheater but gets a $1 million offer to play naked online.

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Strap in for Drama and Stats: Major Cheating Scandal Rocks Online Chess

When Akamai is Bought, What Happens to Linode?

A mysterious private equity buyer has been stalking Akamai (Linode's owner) for months.

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When Akamai is Bought, What Happens to Linode?

How To Install Caddy Web Server On Oracle Cloud Free Tier

Back in March, LEB published Asking the Oracle, "Is 'Always Free' the future of the Low End?" The March article pointed out one of the main features of Oracle Cloud Free Tier: no credit card is requir...

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How To Install Caddy Web Server On Oracle Cloud Free Tier

Meet the Man Running His Business on a 1967 Mainframe! Plus Hugo Award Nominee Galactic Journey!

You're telling me there's a guy who runs his business on a 1967 operating system in 2022? And uses Gopher too? Yes, we are telling you that. Plus meet Hugo Award-nominated Galactic Journey and hear about their vintage mainframe experience!

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Meet the Man Running His Business on a 1967 Mainframe!  Plus Hugo Award Nominee Galactic Journey!

BRING YOUR OWN JOKE: Uber Has Many Openings in IT Security

As of this morning, Uber has the following positions open: Senior Security Engineer - Application Security Security Engineer - Penetration Testing Security Engineer II Security Incident Commander II T...

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BRING YOUR OWN JOKE: Uber Has Many Openings in IT Security

LowEndBox BUSTED for Dealing in Mind Expanding Substances

And you thought Silk Road was bad. This place is a cess pool of consciousness expanders, horizon growers, and barely legal performance-enhancing skill boosters.

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LowEndBox BUSTED for Dealing in Mind Expanding Substances
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