Me waiting for Linux ROMs for my phone :1:30 PM

In an alternate universe :



I use Calyx btw1:31 PM

and my favourite custom ROM is Arch Android1:31 PM

yo what the fuck1:33 PM

why does the pocophone's Calendar app need contacts permissions1:34 PM

* and most importantly, why does denying that perm give me a pop up about basic features of my device no longer working1:34 PM

mfw smartphone privacy needs you to be rich1:35 PM

but I don't see this not being exploited for data collection1:37 PM

(not me)1:43 PM

* Why does the Mi Pay app have an option to grant camera permission1:43 PM

And Mi Credit1:43 PM

I forget payment apps are a thing1:44 PM

I'm old I use cash1:44 PM

amazon has so many permissions you can grant it that its insane1:45 PM

I've seen it denied in Contacts, Camera, Phone, Physical Activity etc1:45 PM

thankfully it has not been granted perms in any of the above categories I mentioned1:46 PM

Because someone else said https://old.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/u0g5pu/eli5_how_is_meta_data_removed_from_a_picture_and/i45wiwy/?context=31:48 PM

It depends on the EXIF removal tool used?1:48 PM

its not my device1:49 PM

a family friend's devicw1:49 PM

also hi

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Ikel Atomig 👋2:42 PM

Do I know you ?2:43 PM

I have been back here after some long time.2:43 PM

RIP you windows guide 🪦2:43 PM

* RIP your windows guide 🪦2:43 PM

By the switched to Fedora.2:43 PM

https://www.freedownloadmanager.org/blog/?p=664. Guys, Could you download the .sh file and see if it gives you any output ?

I wanna know cuz it gives Suspicious process crond found. I am kind of having a feeling that it is mixed up with something else.

If you are icky about the .sh file. Here is the contents in the paste :
https://pb.envs.net/?a5172737102367bb#4sCQ8WVfh8HKeQcyTiiT1KKw1TN5Zn9hRuwuCg6nXrWn

I only checked the post after installing the Flatpak package of freedownloadmanager.
Is this a False positive.

I am fedora user.

2:43 PM

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https://www.freedownloadmanager.org/blog/?p=664. Guys, Could you download the .sh file and see if it gives you any output ?

I wanna know cuz it gives Suspicious process crond found. I am kind of having a feeling that it is mixed up with something else.

If you are icky about the .sh file. Here is the contents in a paste :
https://pb.envs.net/?a5172737102367bb#4sCQ8WVfh8HKeQcyTiiT1KKw1TN5Zn9hRuwuCg6nXrWn

I only checked the post after installing the Flatpak package of freedownloadmanager. Is this a False positive ?

I am fedora user.

2:44 PM

* By the switched to Fedora and kind of having a problem.2:44 PM

Well, Trying to because I used it in Windows.2:45 PM

* I know this should be in off-topic. But I kinda wanna know immediately as most here are Linux people. Wanna sure I ain't affected.2:45 PM

if you do the flatpak / whatever the package manager gives you2:46 PM

I think it should be fine2:46 PM

hmmmm2:51 PM

but if it was pulling from freedownloadmanager.org2:52 PM

tbh 🤷‍♀️2:54 PM

And I wanna know it.2:55 PM

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And one thing I realized now. As I am in Fedora not Debian based ones.

And flathub is completely compartmentalized. So, It doesn't have the power to swap crond with the malicious crond.

I did convert .deb to .rpm using alien. But since it was last month. I should be getting the right package. Even then it failed during installed.

So, I guess. I am fine. But the output of the script is making me paranoid that I am infected

2:56 PM

sorry 😭3:01 PM

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So, To explain, the message was this - Suspicious process crond found. It is used to run jobs automatically basically like Task scheduler in Windows.

The affected linux packages used the crond to run their malware actions.

I checked the crond for scheduled tasks. Nothing else apart from Brave browser and system's power management.

As I understood, I stopped the process and checked using the script again. No signs of infection found. So, Basically false positive. I think they should make the script to locate that specific crond (scheduled task) than seeing the crond as a whoel.

3:18 PM

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So, To explain, the message was this - Suspicious process crond found. It is used to run jobs automatically basically like Task scheduler in Windows.

The affected linux packages used the crond to run their malware actions.

I checked the crond for scheduled tasks. Nothing else apart from Brave browser and system's power management.

As I understood, I stopped the process and checked using the script again. No signs of infection found. So, Basically false positive. I think they should make the script to locate that specific crond (scheduled task) than seeing the crond as a whole.

3:18 PM

I see3:19 PM

* ☺️4:12 PM