Maximus @maximus@fosstodon.org

It was nice while it lasted, @Apple.

https://twitter.com/matthew_d_green/status/1219605869647876101

@normandc And you're right, DRM free doesn't provide any direct practical advantage but I'm annoyed by all the people here linking to the Spotify website that forces us to use DRM and provide them with an alternative.

https://www.defectivebydesign.org/spotify

It's DRM software like Widevine used by Spotify that does give Google enormous leverage over users and software developers alike. Using DRM eventually undermines freedom on the web.

https://boingboing.net/2020/01/08/rip-open-web-platform.html?utm_source=moreatbb&utm_medium=nextpost&utm_campaign=nextpostthumbnails

#microsoft #windows

Enjoying the WordPress 5.3 “Kirk” release and the brand new Twenty Twenty default theme. Amazing release and a beautiful, lightweight theme. Check it out! 👏

https://marko.fyi/

I remember when I was young and naive and assumed we just wouldn’t connect nuclear plants to the Internet.

https://twitter.com/matthew_d_green/status/1188921899008643078

Calling out to the Mastodon community again: famous @fdroidorg Repomaker is looking for a new maintainer (and contributors). Should be familiar with F-Droid, Python, Django.

Please help keeping it alive!

Volunteers go to https://gitlab.com/fdroid/repomaker/issues/234 – others please boost, as usual 😉 Thanks!

#helpWanted #callingOut

I feel like the new MacBooks need a “best if used by” date, possibly set about six months after purchase — which is when everything starts getting flaky.

https://twitter.com/matthew_d_green/status/1186673398098857985

You know something is wrong with 5G when even a former Microsoft president is talking about it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSP2exnmJXg

RT @stevecheckoway@birdsite.link
This is a must-read blog post by @Riana_Crypto about encryption and censorship. https://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/blog/2019/10/william-barr-and-winnie-pooh

https://twitter.com/stevecheckoway/status/1181253701761028098

52 Android permissions, 1 Google (Firebase) + 1 Microsoft (HockeyApp) tracker.

https://reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org/en/reports/org.telegram.messenger/latest/

[The Website of Google Firebase, https://firebase.google.com/, tries cross site scripting to Youtube.]

A discussion about Telegram's encryption seems to be redundant.

Monthly review, September 2019:

https://infosec-handbook.eu/blog/2019-9-monthly-review/

– news: Simjacker/WIBattack, PDFex
– tool: signal-cli
– tip: privacytools.io
– 4 questions/answers

#monthlyreview #review #infosechandbook #infosec #security #simjacker #wibattack #signal #signalcli #privacytools

RT @random_walker@birdsite.link
When we watch TV, our TVs watch us back and track our habits. This practice has exploded recently since it hasn’t faced much public scrutiny. But in the last few days, not one but *three* papers have dropped that uncover the extent of tracking on TVs. Let me tell you about them.

https://twitter.com/random_walker/status/1177570679232876544

I decided to use "incorrect" as my password because then the system will remind me that my password is incorrect.

Thanks again, tasket, for the easiest and best #VPN set-up in #Qubes.

https://github.com/tasket/Qubes-vpn-support

Hey, I have a blind friend who might want to join us on the Fediverse. Does anyone have a guide to accessibility etc that might be more useful than me just sending her a link to an instance?

Looking for a way to contribute to the MX and/or antiX projects?

We are looking for a translations coordinator to help our current translations team!

Details here: https://forum.mxlinux.org/viewtopic.php?f=96&t=50785

I am seriously on...

Telegram, whatsapp, signal, xmpp, wire, skype, matrix, Tox, Jami, Steam, Battle net, Discord

plus:
Twitter, Mastodon, Reddit, keybase

but since I decided that Facebook was not an option, apparently I am uncontactable by certain people

#DontBlockTor #CloudFare #Tor #privacy #anonymity