In some parts of Australia you cannot insure your home any longer due to climate change.

A.I. means Assumed Intelligence

Paywalled , or so horribly broken that you cannot scroll past the first page using Firefox Focus on Android.

Sounds like a two-for-one deal. Win! Win!

So, the bug requires that the attacker can execute pg_dump to compromise the database?

So, they need to have access to the database already, and to pg_dump, presumably on the host?

Why does this have a severity of 8.8?

Why are you linking to some random site and not the postgresql announcement here:

https://www.postgresql.org/support/security/CVE-2024-7348/

Likely it was a tradeoff between various competing and contradictory constraints, most of which will probably never be revealed.

If you don't have mobile coverage, the local library or community centre. MacDonalds is also a popular option.

I'm glad you defragged it, rather than fragged it..

In Perth, Western Australia, we have electronic "Smart Rider" cards with a balance that uses NFC to register your ticket purchase as you enter and exit the station, bus, or ferry.

Some stations have turnstiles, but most don't.

If you tag on, but forget to tag off you are charged to the end of the line.

Ticket inspectors roam the network checking cards.

Currently to address cost of living concerns, fares are capped, so if you have a long commute, your ticket charge has drastically reduced.

You can top up your card either at a machine in the station, or via credit card payment. If you pay via card your fare is discounted. If you go a step further and automatically top up when your card drops below an agreed balance, your fare is further discounted.

Student ID cards also serve as Smart Rider Cards and IIRC travel is free.

You can link your car and bicycle to your card and tap to pay for parking at a station. You'll get fined if you don't travel within a set time of parking.

During COVID the government promoted free travel and could set pricing as required for specific times. (In WA we had our borders closed for much of the pandemic and only had a few lockdown events, travel was encouraged to stimulate the economy.)

Melbourne has a similar, "Myki" system, you can use the NFC in your phone to tag on and off. Perth has threatened to introduce that functionality, but it hasn't happened yet.

On the whole, the system seems to work.

I just pirate media I like

In other words, your computer is downloading stuff from other computers, that's potentially receiving stolen property, but a potential argument might be that you didn't know that it was stolen. It's not a good argument, but it's an argument. So you're an individual who potentially broke the law. Depending on how much money you have, you might get a knock on your door.

But then, you also distribute that potentially stolen property to other computers, because that's how BitTorrent works, and now you're part of a distribution network dealing with stolen property. The chances that once you've discovered you come away with just a slap on the wrist are slim to none.

How do they find you?

Through your IP address.

How?

By figuring out who owns that address, who loaned it to you to get online at that specific time. One packet at a time the research will bring them closer to knocking on your door.

So, is it a big deal that your public IP address is linked to torrenting? Yes it is.

Is this the whole story? Not by a long shot, but it's not my job to teach you how to break the law.

Apparently Microsoft disclosed the attack in January and it's still ongoing three months later.

This is an excellent idea. It's gateways like this that will continue to offer options that are not available on other platforms.

Look forward to seeing how this evolves!