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StockNail_level22

Do you use lichess on Mac or Windows or Linux?

bfchessguy

This is trendy here lately:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_engineering_(security)

This is trendy here lately: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_engineering_(security)

Ridu_106

both but not linex

AOOP09

Ah yes, Linex. My favourite operating system.

bfchessguy

@AOOP09 said in #4:

Ah yes, Linex. My favourite operating system.

Would make a great credit card company name!

@AOOP09 said in #4: > Ah yes, Linex. My favourite operating system. Would make a great credit card company name!

polylogarithmique

I've done all three of them. Objecively, windows is the worst.

Deadban

Lichess is not an application, it is a website and websites run on browsers, independently from the operative system.

SJCVChess

@bfchessguy said in #2:

This is trendy here lately: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_engineering_(security)

How/why? That's been trendy since ... well ... forever.

https://www.theverge.com/c/22889425/susy-thunder-headley-hackers-phone-phreakers-claire-evans

IMO, Deadban hit the nail on the head ...

@Deadban said in #7:

Lichess is not an application, it is a website and websites run on browsers, independently from the operative system.

If I say, "I'm a Linux user" ... this doesn't reveal other things. I could be more specific and say, I run Debian Linux. But this still isn't tell you much. I'm running Debian Bullseye (v11) ... this gives you (a lot) more info (ex, latest major version, leverages Python3 as the default instead of Python2). Probably not hardened. (Or, is it?) Am I running this in a VM, or on hardware? Maybe it's Debian over Qubes? You still know nothing about my browser, and you don't know my IP address. You don't know my software stack, networking, etc.

If not more to the point, I've projected a number of things betting some questions as I reveal what I feel comfortable saying about my system setup, or leaving you to wonder otherwise ... the most significant piece of information gleaned from this is what I know some things about security, and revealing the tid-bits I have... trivial, IMO.

Or maybe I'm running Alpine with a hardened kernel, in a VM, or on Qubes ... but you'll never know. Admins have ways of getting more specifics, but there are still things I can shield from them. Users, not so much.

Revealing your OS is irrelevant. Never reveal which specific browser you use.

@bfchessguy said in #2: > This is trendy here lately: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_engineering_(security) How/why? That's been trendy since ... well ... forever. https://www.theverge.com/c/22889425/susy-thunder-headley-hackers-phone-phreakers-claire-evans IMO, Deadban hit the nail on the head ... @Deadban said in #7: > Lichess is not an application, it is a website and websites run on browsers, independently from the operative system. If I say, "I'm a Linux user" ... this doesn't reveal other things. I could be more specific and say, I run Debian Linux. But this still isn't tell you much. I'm running Debian Bullseye (v11) ... this gives you (a lot) more info (ex, latest major version, leverages Python3 as the default instead of Python2). Probably not hardened. (Or, is it?) Am I running this in a VM, or on hardware? Maybe it's Debian over Qubes? You still know nothing about my browser, and you don't know my IP address. You don't know my software stack, networking, etc. If not more to the point, I've projected a number of things betting some questions as I reveal what I feel comfortable saying about my system setup, or leaving you to wonder otherwise ... the most significant piece of information gleaned from this is what I know some things about security, and revealing the tid-bits I have... trivial, IMO. Or maybe I'm running Alpine with a hardened kernel, in a VM, or on Qubes ... but you'll never know. Admins have ways of getting more specifics, but there are still things I can shield from them. Users, not so much. Revealing your OS is irrelevant. Never reveal which specific browser you use.

bfchessguy edited

@SJCVChess said in #8:

How/why? That's been trendy since ... well ... forever.

Which phone thread, which laptop, which OS. Do I need to enumerate all the list? Nothing more to infer than that.

Funnily there was some posting offering us free stuff as well lately.

@SJCVChess said in #8: > How/why? That's been trendy since ... well ... forever. > Which phone thread, which laptop, which OS. Do I need to enumerate all the list? Nothing more to infer than that. Funnily there was some posting offering us free stuff as well lately.

Hedgehog1963

#10

Windiz 10 on my Desktop and laptop. Android app on my Nokia.