Wait, what. Windows 10 sends info on USB devices plugged in directly to Microsoft?
And it does that using pure HTTP?
https://pastebin.com/ttYp5rLg
You gotta be kidding me.
Godwin's Law in the Age of Trump by... Godwin https://www.rstreet.org/2018/06/25/godwins-law-in-the-age-of-trump/
Canada banning some lasers near airports to prevent cockpit attacks
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/transport-minister-lasers-plane-1.4726237?cmp=rss
.@mhall119 is developing an ethical alternative to #MeetUp called #GetTogether.
There's already a flagship site up and running:
https://gettogether.community/
The dev is working on #ActivityPub support and is requesting feedback on what more needs to be done:
https://github.com/GetTogetherComm/GetTogether/issues/60
If you're interested in helping federate GetTogether, join the discussion at the link above.
@dansup When you take VC, you sell the company. No ifs, no buts. We keep getting surprised as the sale usually just takes several years to complete. C’est la “exit”.
This is why VC investment is incompatible with sustainable businesses with social missions. And why I keep harping on about how we must support projects that benefit the commons from the commons (https://ar.al/notes/encouraging-individual-sovereignty-and-a-healthy-commons/)
I'm pretty confident that whatever web 3.0 is, it's going to be a lot more decentralized, most likely with a mixture of client/server and mesh. It won't be merely a return to Web 1.0 because we've learned a lot in the intervening time.
Happy to see Blender looking at adopting PeerTube, the federated, peer to peer, ActivityPub-using video platform (especially because YouTube weirdly started blocking Blender's stuff in some countries) https://twitter.com/blender_org/status/1009077941676986368
BTW, PeerTube is currently running a crowdfunding campaign. They could use your help! https://www.kisskissbankbank.com/en/projects/peertube-a-free-and-federated-video-platform
Hey #FreeSotfware lovers!
We need you to help us grow #PeerTube into the YouTube alternative it can become.
Spread the word about #JoinPeertube https://joinpeertube.org, and fund the development of important features on https://frama.link/joinpeertube
Was going to connect my @Liberapay account to my gitlab account, but:
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This application will be able to:
Access the authenticated user's API
Full access to GitLab as the user, including read/write on all their groups and projects
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That seems to be a bit much. Isn't there a lower level of access than "read/write on all their groups and projects" ?
Now that mastodon.cloud has been transition to new administration and setup, the old password appears to be working again. Will take this opportunity to do the backup I couldn't do before.
Apparently I can't email hotmail addresses anymore. My IP and domain aren't listed on spamhaus. I have no idea why I'm being rejected and I don't see any recourse to find out.
I hate the centralization of email :(
Our plan to bring the Tutanota app to @fdroidorg is making progress: https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/secure-mail-open-source
We have just removed GCM for push from the app, the main requirement to realize the F-Droid publication! 😀 Here are details: https://github.com/tutao/tutanota/commit/449c36eac5755571f4c5d28a74dfdc13c3cdc6df
We got a nice mention in this article discussing the necessity of financially supporting #FLOSS, http://www.wired.co.uk/article/wikipedia-google-youtube-facebook-support
Backdoored images downloaded from DockerHub 5 million times https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/06/backdoored-images-downloaded-5-million-times-finally-removed-from-docker-hub/ https://kromtech.com/blog/security-center/cryptojacking-invades-cloud-how-modern-containerization-trend-is-exploited-by-attackers
Malware installed through DockerHub can also escape the container, so may continue to run.
Friends don't let friends install unreproducible black box container images.
My last known password to mastodon.cloud does not work, password reset is not sending the email, and soon my last logged in devices will lose access. This account may die and there doesn't seem to be a way to save it or the contacts that go with it.
