gnufcl @gnufcl@fosstodon.org

Interesting story from a Chrome extension developer about how bad actors try to get their malicious code inserted into the extensions or even try to buy the extensions outright.

https://micahcantor.xyz/blog/extension-developer-emails/

Aside from my trust to Manjaro and Arch repository maintainers, I think it is a wise idea to be safe than sorry and be pro-active about the situation.

I removed #Audacity from my home computer. I hope a privacy-respecting fork rises from the ashes of this fantastic tool.

For those who want to read more about the situation:
https://github.com/audacity/audacity/issues/1213

Some words on why you should:

a) Always check certificates, and
b) Periodically make sure any devices you own are too

The steps for (b) are provided.

https://ajmartinez.com/tech/posts/202126-001-tls-fail

https://multilogin.com/why-mimicking-a-device-is-almost-impossible/

JavaScript is not your friend. The internet shouldn’t know what device you are using.

rich

Python library for rich text and beautiful formatting in the terminal

https://github.com/willmcgugan/rich #python

A tale of two IRC networks:

#Freenode: kicked us out of our channels, harassed one of our ops on their home page, made supposedly "draft" policy changes to permit hate speech

#LiberaChat: participated in *our* forum to address questions about governance and non-profit structure and asked for feedback on improvements: <https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikimedia_Forum&type=revision&diff=21500928&oldid=21500771>

Hmm 🤔

Save the date! Following our webinars on #ActivityPub and #openhardware, on June 21st we bring together #NextGenerationInternet projects working on Linked Data (and other forms of metadata). We are excited to have for example @pukkamustard talk about openEngiadina & DREAM, showcase the awesome low code app dev solution Corteza (and its upcoming JSON-LD support) and many more awesome (semantic) projects! -> https://nlnet.nl/events/20210621/LinkedData/. As always, no signup needed, just join :)

What's in email tracking links and pixels?

Link: https://bengtan.com/blog/whats-in-email-tracking-links-and-pixels/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27446907

I'm happy to announce that all talks from #fossnorth 2021 are available at https://conf.tube, a #peertube instance. You find the playlist here:

https://conf.tube/videos/watch/playlist/b9a072ab-1c4d-4912-905c-3f68096582ca

You can also find the video links, abstracts and additional material here:

https://foss-north.se/2021/speakers-and-talks.html

#conference #videos #talks

LGM 2021 - The Creative Freedom Suite for Professionals by Ryan Gorley https://conf.tube/videos/watch/42d4040c-696c-4398-ad44-f5c15e07c839

curl localhost as a local host https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2021/05/31/curl-localhost-as-a-local-host/ - no more resolving it!

I do want a Linux phone. That's why the only thing I want is a good battery management but I completely agree with this post.

https://blog.brixit.nl/do-you-really-want-linux-phones/

As a owner of a pinephone I would say there is a lot work to do. I prefer a stable system at the moment instead of apps.

Well, I am done for today. Developed my github page a lot. Instad of looking only text based, I put lots of graphic elements and link text so they can get the app. Visit my page if you want.
See the commit at the end of yesterday and at the end of today to see the big difference. I am tired. Peace
https://github.com/Thewisem/foss-android-apps

It appears Freenode performed a hostile takeover of our officially-registered IRC channel.

We have moved to @liberachat. If you use IRC, please join us there.