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   The Penguin of Evil (etchedpixels@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 24-Aug-2025 05:50:42 JST The Penguin of Evil

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   • cybergibbons

   @cybergibbons A long time ago in student days we added the following to the .login of someone who forget to log themselves out

   echo "sleep 1" >>.login

   It took them about a week to notice their login was really slow.

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     cybergibbons (cybergibbons@infosec.exchange)'s status on Sunday, 24-Aug-2025 05:50:46 JST cybergibbons

     If you hacked the firmware of an electric toothbrush to increase the amount of time each 30 second phase took by 0.5s each time the toothbrush was used, how long do you think it would be before someone noticed?

     Every 2 months, you'd spend another 2 minutes brushing your teeth.

     At the end of the year, you'd be spending 14 minutes brushing your teeth.

     Would you notice? Would you slowly go mad.

     #WorstPsychologicalThrillerPlotLines

     Ryan Castellucci (they/them) :nonbinary_flag: repeated this.