Another lock-in is that for a sane backup experience you need to use iCloud storage (that is virtually unencrypted and available for lawful interception)
I think the real moral of this story is that (like the fun vulnerabilities on Flash and Java that we might remember), a combination of keylogger or strange daemon might be running suddendly on your machine, scanning your files, either on OSX or Windows. Simply visiting a website.
So better (as said) is to use a separate VM to access trusted domains (and yes, also VMs aren't these days so trustable).
Better to use 2FA and ciphering on-disk sensitive info and loose the habit (if any) of storing a large number of files that streams from locally mounted cloud accounts, like Google file stream, Onedrive files-on-demand and so on.
So better (as said) is to use a separate VM to access trusted domains (and yes, also VMs aren't these days so trustable).
I would use the VM for accessing untrusted domains. If an exploit has your host system, then it also has the trusted VM.
ciphering on-disk sensitive info
If an exploit has root-kitted your system, encryption does not help much. Presumably you have the unencrypted volume mounted, moreover, the attacker could log keystrokes.
If your machine is compromized, it is basically game over. Change all your bank accounts, e-mail, etc. credentials immediately, wipe the disk. By suspicious about any file the malware may have touched.
I have been a donating member of the now defunct everydns.net, acquired by DYN in the 2010, sadly then acquired by Oracle in 2016 for some strange reasons, probably because DB experts are always fascinated by DNS experts.
Somehow I am then a VIP user of dyn/Oracle, and I have received two emails.
One is the aforementioned, containing inflated marketing words for 'Action required please migrate to the best cloud (i.e. Oracle)', the other is 'don't worry, for you VIPs, DYN will remain a separate business unit. No action is required on your part at this time'. AT THIS TIME.
I think I will install for my personal domains a good chrooted bind (or powerdns) on a couple of public facing linux servers. AT THIS TIME sounds too intimidating to me.
Basically M$ is pushing hard to switch off Skype For Business (SFB) in favor of Teams, especially when still on-premise.
The new features are being developed only for Microsoft Teams and the user base is a click away from a decent Slackish app.
Another killer feature of Teams (inherited from Lync and SFB) is the trunking possibility with a legacy SIP PBX (so called Microsoft Team Direct Routing, or some form of similar creative name from Redmond market intelligence).
So, I think that the future of Slack is probably the same as the future of Spotify, both like the article says incidentally direct-listed at the NYSE (and not via a formal IPO).
Both will have a trusted user base, a better interface, but motivated tech giants competing into the same market.
Modern crawlers can easily follow javascript or some basic POSTs.
So, apart from the insane state-changing GET requests in the code, unless you are spidering your own application, I would not give a crawler admin credential. Anyway a very nice anecdote of the two-thousands decade. Never ever forget the basics.
It will be interesting to see how the well known economy concept of "Optimum currency area" (see Robert Mundell, 1961) would apply in that case of a stable money anchored to a mixture of dollar/euro/yen. If it is like what happened to Euro in the face of a systemic crisis, that should be labor mobility and low wages for low-productivity countries.
For interested folks, there is an experimental route bike from the center of Rome (i.e. the Vatican) to the sea and the ancient port of Fiumicino. Here is the article (in italian) you can translate via google: https://www.viagginbici.com/cicloturismo/cicloturismo-nel-la...
