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Author: Andreas

  • Meet John CRLF Doe

    Brother to Little Bobby Tables.

  • The History of the Rick Roll

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    Fundamental Internet History. Rick Astley’s “Never Gonna Give You Up” made it into a very special meme. And it happened to everyone at least once, I’m sure. Vice has its history.

    This video is a studious look at”Never Gonna Give You Up,” the Rick Roll, how they have impacted the career of the man who recorded it, Rick Astley, and the frustration they have inflic…

    Source: The History of the Rick Roll | Boing Boing

  • Ikea Smart Light System Flaw

    Security related ‘news’ that have Zigbee based lighting systems as the subject of their research make me feel on Groundhog Day. They show up repeatedly, and their content is about exchangeable, along with the solution. Ladies and Gentlemen, this time it’s Ikea Trådfri that Synopsys found a flaw in. The flaw exploits malformed Zigbee frames. The vendor patched the flaw in early 2022.

    Ikea Trådfri

    With just one malformed Zigbee frame, attackers could take over certain Ikea smart lightbulbs, leaving users unable to turn the lights down.

    Source: Ikea Smart Light System Flaw Lets Attackers Turn Bulbs on Full Blast

  • The metaverse remains controversial

    Apple’s CEO has doubt about the ‘metaverse’ – The Verge reports Tim Cook wouldn’t believe individuals couldn’t make up the ‘metaverse’. On we already debated the future of hardware will define the future of this mythical space. Tim Cook apparently concludes most people wouldn’t be able to spend time in the virtual world. Meanwhile, the corporate, The Verge supports the market rumours about upcoming AR and VR gear.

    It’s still reportedly developing AR and VR hardware.

    Source: Tim Cook is latest CEO to question the ‘metaverse’ – The Verge

    The same time, Germany’s #1 Internet explainer Sasha Lobo believes in the future of the metaverse.

  • Asiatische Winterspiele 2029 mitten in der Wüste

    Ja nun. Die Meldung kam gestern schon mal an mir vorbei. Zunächst habe ich gedacht es handle sich um eine Schlagzeile des Postillion. Dann habe ich es nochmal gelesen und musste es twittern.

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  • Google is shutting down Stadia

    Players will continue to have access to their games library until January 18th 2023, less than half a year from today, reports Engadget.

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    The cloud gaming service was only launched 3 years ago, with many ambitions. Google started it’s efforts with an own game studio. However, the entire service fell back behind the attached expectations and was never considered successful. The game studio already shut down last year, making this move no surprising consequence.

    What is remarkable is the almost prophetic accuracy of http://stadiacountdown.com, a single purpose website built and launched by Jason Scott.

    Stadia Countdown by @textfiles

    The tweet dates back to November 2019, the day before Stadia actually launched, predicting a lifespan of 4 years for Stadia. As of today, the counter has 412 more days for Stadia to go. Google will kill the product earlier than that.

    One thing noteworthy here is that Google products are already notorious for being very mortal. The above is based on Google Cemetery calculates average days for the life expectancy of any life and future product and came up with the ~4 years for the Stadia countdown. While this is kind of normal and necessary in the B2C market, the reputation the company builds is dangerous for its enterprise ambition.

  • War eine erfolgreiche Woche

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    Auf den Abschluss einer erfolgreichen Woche. Ein schönes Wochenende.

    https://www.instagram.com/reel/Ci5fo9OJG8O/

  • (ISC)² Chapter Germany Conference 2022

    Nur noch eine Woche bis zur (ISC)² Chapter Konferenz in Düsseldorf. Die Veranstaltung hat sechs hochkarätige Referenten. Die gesamte Agenda gibt es hier, es gibt noch die Möglichkeit sich per eMail anzumelden.

    Der Hinweis dazu auf der Seite des (ISC)² Chapter Germany: Chapter Conference 2022 in DUS

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    Das Ziel des (ISC)² Chapter Germany e.V. ist es, das Verständnis und die Bedeutung der Informationssicherheit zu fördern.

  • 42% Would Rather Clean A Toilet Than Call Customer Support

    Is calling customer support really that terrible—so much so that the idea of cleaning a toilet is more appealing?
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    It’s been more than four years since I read a stat put out by Aspect that prompted me to write about this very subject, the choice of cleaning a toilet or contacting customer support.

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    We all know the feeling. Shep Hyken, contributer to Forbes Magazine, did a survey among a thousand customers/consumers. The survey apparently was not too diplomatic on the wording and used the exact question. The quota of people who’d rather clean a toilet is a really bad report on the quality of customer report.

    Luckily, Shep does not leave customers to clean toilets, but offers 10 ideas that are guiding towards improved customer service.

    Source: 42% Would Rather Clean A Toilet Than Call Customer Support

  • Innovation makes things smaller

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    Mobility is an increasingly complex matter to society.