Of course, imagine e.g. games. Setting the refresh rate can be important for a program to work correctly and also performance.
In the case of Mull that’s a part of the Rest Finger Printing (RFP) stuff they rolled out around 102.
The high quality institutions have Linux in their labs (either a separate lab or dual boot) and a server with say access for training ML models etc.
The dodgy ones have only Windows with no software and require students to buy a second laptop and install Linux. If they don’t the students fail. Those tests were done in handwriting but they are still an accredited university :(
users knowingly opted into a feature that had a clear privacy risk.
Strong passwords often aren't at issue, password re-use is. If un-{salted, hashed} passwords were compromised in a previous breach, then it doesn’t matter how strong those passwords are.
Every user who was compromised:
Put their DNA profile online
Opted to share their information in some way
A further subset of users failed to use a unique and strong password.
A 2FA token (think Matrix) might have helped here, other than that, individuals need to take a greater responsibility for personal privacy. This isn’t an essential service like water, banking, electricity etc. This is a place to upload your DNA profile…
I didn’t realise Red Hat, SUSE, Microsoft etc. didn’t pay their staff?