[vbox-dev] Unsubscription Incident

[Metztli Information Technology]

On Mon, Oct 25, 2021 at 1:14 PM Slade Watkins <slade at sladewatkins.com> 
wrote:
>
> On Mon, Oct 25, 2021 at 2:34 PM Shannon Nelson <snelson at pensando.io> wrote:
> >
> > On 10/25/21 10:04 AM, Slade Watkins wrote:
> > > On Mon, Oct 25, 2021 at 12:43 AM Benjamin Poirier
> > > <benjamin.poirier at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >> On 2021-10-22 18:54 +0300, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> > >>> On Fri, 22 Oct 2021 at 18:53, Lijun Pan <lijunp213 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >>>> Hi,
> > >>>>
> > >>>>  From Oct 11, I did not receive any emails from both linux-kernel and
> > >>>> netdev mailing list. Did anyone encounter the same issue? I subscribed
> > >>>> again and I can receive incoming emails now. However, I figured out
> > >>>> that anyone can unsubscribe your email without authentication. Maybe
> > >>>> it is just a one-time issue that someone accidentally unsubscribed my
> > >>>> email. But I would recommend that our admin can add one more
> > >>>> authentication step before unsubscription to make the process more
> > >>>> secure.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Thanks,
> > >>>> Lijun
> > >>> Yes, the exact same thing happened to me. I got unsubscribed from all
> > >>> vger mailing lists.
> > >> It happened to a bunch of people on gmail:
> > >> https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/1fd8d0ac-ba8a-4836-59ab-0ed3b0321775@mojatatu.com/t/#u
> > > I can at least confirm that this didn't happen to me on my hosted
> > > Gmail through Google Workspace. Could be wrong, but it seems isolated
> > > to normal @gmail.com accounts.
> > >
> > > Best,
> > >               -slade
> >
> > Alternatively, I can confirm that my pensando.io address through gmail
> > was affected until I re-subscribed.
>
> Hm. Must be a hit or miss thing, then.
>
> > sln
> >
> >
> >
>
>              -slade

Well, it seems it is making the rounds in 2022. I have not received an 
email from Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel at vger.kernel.org> (and 
neither the Virtual Box developers mailing list
< 
https://www.virtualbox.org/pipermail/vbox-dev/2022-February/015710.html 
 > ) since sometime within Jan. 26, 2022, to the present; hence, I 
assume somebody (or some skiddie) unsubscribed me.

  The last Jan. 26, 2022, email I sent to the list also included the 
reiser4 developer as an addressee -- as I have experienced some issues 
with newer kernels (and thought someone else might even provide a hint).
< https://lkml.org/lkml/2022/1/26/204 >

Apropos (off-topic, sorry, yet if this email makes it to the Linux 
kernel mailing list and other developers know him), I am somewhat 
concerned about Mr. Shiskin's well being  -- as his continued Reiser4 
work for the Linux kernel is appreciated by at least those of us who -- 
in stark contrast to 'the chosen ones' -- we do not pretend to be 
morally superior to judge and pontificate to others.

Last reiser4 patch (hack) that is working decently for me:
< https://metztli.it/bullseye/reiser4-ryzen.png >

I will resubscribe to Linux Kernel Mailing List 
<linux-kernel at vger.kernel.org>; unless, of course, I have been placed on 
a black list by the Penguins and/or their 'morally virtuous' 
govt/corporate overlords ;-)


Best Professional Regards.

-- 
Jose R R
http://metztli.it
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