kurmudgeon

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[–] kurmudgeon@lemmy.world 16 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I don't think you'll need to uninstall. If I'm reading the article correctly, it looks like they plugged the hole in their update process by switching hosting providers to one that's even more hardened and secure. So requests from the updater should go to the correct place now and not the state-sponsored hacker.

Then in about a month, the next version of notepad++ that is released will also properly validate/verify any downloaded update files from the server.

You could also just disable the checks for updates from within the application too. Or better yet, use something like winget to handle the updates instead of the built-in updater.

[–] kurmudgeon@lemmy.world 11 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I'm just wondering then why Apple would even push this if a president was already set with Epic. What a bunch of greedy corporate bastards.

[–] kurmudgeon@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

And why would anybody want to buy anything from the United States anyway if they're going to have a tariff war over any transactions that could occur at any time in the future?

[–] kurmudgeon@lemmy.world 22 points 6 days ago (4 children)

So couldn't patreon just argue in court that this precedent was already set with epic?

[–] kurmudgeon@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

Good, a well deserved ass-beating to the Nazi-in-chief. Fuck Elon and his company.

[–] kurmudgeon@lemmy.world 27 points 1 week ago (1 children)

And hand size.

[–] kurmudgeon@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

To the surprise of absolutely no one.

[–] kurmudgeon@lemmy.world 50 points 1 week ago (5 children)

I'll believe it when I see it. The current Democrat leadership is nothing but a bunch of flip-flopping pussies.

[–] kurmudgeon@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

The democratic party has absolutely no spine. They toss around a concept of standing up for the American people, then cower like scared children.