• @comfydecal@infosec.pub
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    229 days ago

    So issue here is privacy, the library is likely scanning whatever device connected, not just the files and file metadata

    • Echo Dot
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      1128 days ago

      Seriously? The library computers are running Windows 8 I highly doubt they have the technical expertise to do anything. Also why would they?

      • @comfydecal@infosec.pub
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        228 days ago

        Yeah, with the Vault 7 releases and recent leaks showing NSA follows homeless people’s connections (who tend to hang out at libraries due to a lack of 3rd spaces), I don’t doubt there’s specific tracking, malware and other unwanted software at libraries. I don’t have any sources of this, but it wouldn’t surprise me

        Maybe I’m overly parandoid because ::gestures at everything::

    • @kent_eh@lemmy.ca
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      528 days ago

      I trust the library a lot more than I trust Staples or a similar for-profit business.