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Cake day: September 28th, 2023

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  • You’re not thinking evil enough, honestly. Two examples off the top of my head, each being fairly innocent mistakes: If you enter your phone number for 2FA, it’s not going to be public-facing. It’s their responsibility to keep that information private from internal and external threats. Ok, so what if it leaks… right? Oh, it turns out the hacker SIM swapped your phone number for the 2FA, and did a password reset on your account via support chat. Still no big deal, its just social media… Except you’ve been giving updates to all your patreon backers on your project that’s shipping soon. It suddenly vanishes off the internet, replaced with a crypto scheme, and all your supporters just flooded your bank with chargebacks. Your attempts at getting your account back are met with silence and your supporters are now furious. Was any of that your fault? No. You get $100.

    Let’s try another example: Bounty programs are used by companies to collect bugs and other possibly exploits so they can be fixed. “Too expensive, nobody will know if there’s a bug anyway.” So the app on Google Play store gets installed by 30 million users with a critical flaw… if a very specific image is opened in it, the phone bricks. All the news sites cover the bug, pushing the image to the front page. You open the app and… Your expensive phone just died. Were you at fault for that? No. You get to join the arbitration group and get an individual settlement of $12.

    Think more evil. Don’t stick with the “I have nothing to lose” because you almost always have something to lose. The fact these terms were even thought of and written means you do have a financial investment in the platform.



  • Here’s the stuff I was able to find. I think I’m missing some Command & Conquer crossover stuff, as well as some celebrity NPCs. NPC_SarahMcLachlan was probably the hardest to find.

    Some of these were DLC for the base game that was later added via expansion pack, but it should all be official EA/Maxis as far as I am aware:

    Sims 1 DLC

    BalloonArch.exe

    banyantreefar.zip

    BookshelfMagic.exe

    cheerleader.exe

    ClownCatchers.exe

    ColumnFrench.exe

    CuckooClock.exe

    Dartboard.exe

    DormBookcase.exe

    DormChairLiving.exe

    DormLampDesk.exe

    DormPainting.exe

    DormSculpture.exe

    DormStereo.exe

    DoubleDeluxe1.exe

    doubledeluxe2.exe

    doubledeluxe3.exe

    execchair.zip

    FunHouseTrack4x1-1003.exe

    FunHouseTrackLoop-1003.exe

    GardenPack.exe

    GreenBedroomSet.exe

    GuineaPig.exe

    HolidayCookies.exe

    HouseHatfield.exe

    HouseJones.exe

    HouseMaximus.exe

    HouseSnooty.exe

    HouseValentino.exe

    HPPottyPack.exe

    HulaLamp1.exe

    HungryHamster.exe

    IntelComputer_International.exe

    JackOLantern.exe

    McFoodCart_International.exe

    Moosehead.exe

    MTVSkins.exe

    NPC_FreddiePrinzeJr.exe

    NPC_JonBonJovi.zip

    NPC_RichieSambora.zip

    NPC_SarahMcLachlan.exe

    PartyBalloons.exe

    PartyLights.exe

    PepsiMachine1.exe

    PetSkinsPack1.exe

    PetSkinsPack2.exe

    PicnicUmbrellas.exe

    PlantCarnivore.exe

    Plants.exe

    QueenVivRoses.exe

    RenegadeSkins1.exe

    RenegadeSkins2.exe

    SCDrinks.exe

    ShrimpCart.exe

    sidmeierskin.exe

    SkinPack.exe

    Skin_Pack_One.exe

    SlotMachine.exe

    SSXSkins.exe

    StairsSweepingReverse.exe

    StrayAway.exe

    SweepingStair.exe

    TableSoccer2.exe

    Topiaries.exe

    Turkey.exe

    TVCommercials.exe

    TVSkins.exe

    VacationSkins.exe

    WallLightPack.exe

    WhiteHouse.exe

    workerdesk.zip





  • I’m sorry I can’t speak for Apple TV, but I do know Roku. I captured about a month of DNS with a Roku device on the network. It phones home about everything. Even better, they hardcoded the DNS server on the device to prevent tampering with ads in their menus. I had to set up a redirect to quarantine it before eventually taking it off the network completely.

    Last I recall, the most private method for general streaming was a cheap Android device from Walmart with a custom OS installed on it.