Re: 9.9/10 security vulnerability affecting Linux (and others) set to be revealed on October 6th

On Sat, 28 Sep 2024 17:02:39 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:

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On Sat, 28 Sep 2024 07:52:11 -0400, CrudeSausage wrote:
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If this indeed solves the problem without compromising functionality,
all the better. Considering how it was presented, it truly seemed like
an issue whose solution involved crippling the operating system.

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The sky is falling! The sky is falling!  The tech world loves click
generating headlines just as much as the MSM.

 
1. What outfits are part of the "MSM". Is Fox News part of the MSM,
based on its popularity?

Certainly. I cast a wide net and it's all about advertising, or 'eyeballs'
as they say.

Not to get into the gun thing but 'Guns & Ammo' magazine offers 'specials'
that generally come down to $12 a year subscriptions. I also get the
'American Rifleman' which is part of the NRA membership. The format is a
little different so I decided $12 was too much for another mailbox filler
and didn't renew. I then got many warning and offers and still didn't
renew. The magazine keeps coming.

What is important for most magazines is their circulation numbers that
they use to peddle advertising. $12 is chump change compared to how many
magazines they mail each month.

Typically I read https://www.theregister.com/,  https://arstechnica.com/,
https://betanews.com/, and https://thehackernews.com/.  I haven't figured
out the first two since they don't seem to be peddling anything. The other
two a subtle or not so subtle. https://gizmodo.com/ seems fairly clean.
https://www.engadget.com/ can be interesting but it's definitely a
huckster site.

2. All sites want "clicks". It helps pay the bills.

The ones that puzzle me are the ones that don't force a registration and
don't have 'see the price on Amazon' buttons. Cui bono?