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Tell HN: XZ: Windows Potentially Affected
Microsoft expanded Explorer's list of supported archive formats in Windows 11 KB5031455 (Oct 31, 2023). See discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38084314 (the question of security has been raised)
It uses libarchive, which, I believe, depends on XZ.
To clarify, it is not affected by the specific vulnerability, but since the XZ seems to have been maintained by a bad actor for 2 years, there might be other ones.
The update in question: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/october-31-2023-kb5031455-os-builds-22621-2506-and-22631-2506-preview-6513c5ec-c5a2-4aaf-97f5-44c13d29e0d4
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39881768
Points: 2
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How can I tell C++ that I want to discard a nodiscard value?
Article URL: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20240329-00/?p=109592
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39881764
Points: 1
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Show HN: Ragdoll Studio (fka Arthas.AI) is the FOSS alternative to character.ai
Article URL: https://ragdoll-studio.vercel.app/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39881758
Points: 1
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Show HN: Write JSON processor queries (jq) in natural language
Article URL: https://github.com/AgentOps-AI/Jaiqu
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39881753
Points: 3
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Refurb weekend: Data General/One (and the worst LCD in the world)
Article URL: http://oldvcr.blogspot.com/2024/03/refurb-weekend-data-generalone-and.html
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39881749
Points: 2
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Opinion: We're desperate for half-truths about human origins
Article URL: https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2024-03-30/opinion-geroulanos-on-prehumans
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39881742
Points: 1
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Sex, war and cannibalism: The impossible hunt for the Neanderthal mind
World Backup Day
Article URL: https://www.worldbackupday.com/en
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39881705
Points: 3
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Smart TV is snooping on you. How to limit the personal data it gathers
Rootclaim $100k Lab Leak Debate
Article URL: https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/practically-a-book-review-rootclaim
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39881589
Points: 1
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GPT4 Could Have Spotted the Xz Backdoor
The Insane Engineering of the Gameboy [video]
Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKm45Az02YE
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39881585
Points: 1
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Japanese gang figures got new livers at UCLA (2008)
Article URL: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-may-30-me-ucla30-story.html
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39881581
Points: 2
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CodeQL Gains Copilot Autofix
Deep Learning is Hitting a Wall (2022)
Article URL: https://nautil.us/deep-learning-is-hitting-a-wall-238440/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39881521
Points: 1
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RIP Redis: How Garantia Data pulled off the biggest heist in open source history
Article URL: https://www.gomomento.com/blog/rip-redis-how-garantia-data-pulled-off-the-biggest-heist-in-open-source-history
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39881518
Points: 2
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Strange string in the xz backdoor
Article URL: https://gist.github.com/sgammon/ec604c3fabd1a22dd3cdc381b736b03e
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39881511
Points: 3
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The Upload
Article URL: https://www.swyx.io/the-upload-short-story
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39881477
Points: 1
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Stopping Violence over Prison Phone Time? There's an App for That
Article URL: https://www.themarshallproject.org/2021/08/12/stopping-violence-over-prison-phone-time-there-s-an-app-for-that
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39881466
Points: 1
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World War II Began [video]
Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2uyH6cMNb4
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39881464
Points: 1
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