Linux Mint 19 was released yesterday. I backed up my home dir on Linux Mint 18.3 and did a fresh “Cinnamon” install on a Thinkpad X220.
No problems so far and overall feels a very slick desktop Linux distribution even on a bit outdated hardware.
#LinuxMint #Linux #Thinkpad
“Your Total Security”, what a slogan for the spy van. It could be yours with just $3,5M https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2018/06/25/iphone-hacking-truck-sold-by-israeli-surveillance-company/#772b210a7690 #surveillance #MobileDevices #Android #iOS
News from the Zuckerland in 2009 https://www.sendspace.com/file/wqwtq5
“They trust me - dumb f*cks”
The last episode of the four-part The Guardian podcast I took part in titled “Digital dystopia: taking back control” is now out.
Listen online at: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/audio/2018/feb/02/digital-dystopia-taking-back-control-podcast https://mastodon.ar.al/media/5lbsWINH9O7c-EP7uJY
This four episode series “Digital Dystopia” podcast is pure, mind boggling #brainfood at its best.
Thanks @aral and all the other contributors!
#privacy #HumanRights #DigitalHumanRights #democracy #DigitalSociety #trust
#Google is trying to eat the web, one service at a time. Now they are even eating external news websites with #AMP.
This is a really disturbing development. Please resist, don't visit AMP pages if you can avoid it.
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/05/19/open_source_insider_google_amp_bad_bad_bad/ #googleamp
When you write a direct toot (DT?) to a recipient who is on an different #Mastodon instance, is it guaranteed to delivered or could the delivery be blocked “on the wires”?
When closing the darkest times of the year in #Finland, the best part is that you are almost obliged to wear wool socks.
Huh...raking leaves in the backyard is sweaty work for a nerd 🤓 But it was fun while at the same time listening to the latest episode (#535) of "Paul's Security Weekly" podcast https://wiki.securityweekly.com/Show_Notes
Good stuff about crypto in general (algorithms, implementation horros, quantum resistance and so forth) and AD and Kerberos attacks etc.
Just watched the documentary "Nothing to hide" and it was a one mind-boggling piece. Strongly recommended to everyone interested in #privacy #surveillance #MassSurveillance #democracy and #HumanRights
Makes you really think of what kind of a society you would like to live in.
I bought a bottle of “Napue Gin” a while ago and oh boy, there’s a gin worthy of it’s name.
Using this recipe http://kyrodistillery.com/recipes/napue-gin-tonic/ I prepared myself a Gin Tonic yesterday and it was so delicious. Goes straight to the top of GT recipes alongside with Hendricks&cucumber combo. Highly recommended!
Ahhh, the week of “t2’17 infosec conference” is about to start! The event itself takes place on 26th-27th Oct at Radisson Blue Seaside hotel in #Helsinki.
Schedule (https://t2.fi/schedule/2017/) looks interesting and high quality which is pretty much standard for this con.
For me it is 7th time participating this annual event and it’s just great to get to see the presentations, meet good people and to network (eq. beer :))
Are there other mastodonians(?) participating?
#t2infosec #security
Decrypting Amber Rudd
Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter & YouTube (Google/Alphabet, Inc) have formed the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism and Amber Rudd is asking them to quietly drop end-to-end encryption from their products. You should not believe a single word any of those companies tells you about end-to-end encryption or privacy on their platforms ever again. PS. WhatsApp is owned by Facebook.
https://ar.al/notes/decrypting-amber-rudd/ https://mastodon.ar.al/media/KOJ6AT1XnUy3g7ktCB8
I'm a heavy coffee drinker as majority of Finns are. There are statistics which say that Finland is on top of coffee consumption per capita in the world (http://www.worldatlas.com/articles/top-10-coffee-consuming-nations.html).
I've been drinking coffee over 30 years and always with sugar. And since I drink around 1.25-1.75 liters per day on average, that equals 50-70 grams of added sugar a day and 1.5-2.1 kilos sugar per month! 1/2
Instead of testing #HeroRealms solo challenge, I ended up playing #StarRealms online 🤓
I'm such a fishy player but it was great fun. Managed to get myself to level 2 without too much tilting 😜
Thanks #WhiteWizardGames for your great games! #Sunday #Fun
Hello Mastodon. Long time, no toots. I could try to be more active here and maybe share my experiences with #HeroRealms solo challenge later today.
But since it's still quite early Sunday morning, I seriously need coffee ☕️☕️☕️ #coffee