Uwe Hermann @uwehermann@fosstodon.org

The sale of the .ORG registry to Ethos Capital would erode the safeguards nonprofits and NGOs have against arbitrary censorship and price gouging. Sign on to the petition to #SaveDotOrg. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/12/we-need-save-org-arbitrary-censorship-halting-private-equity-buy-out

#libsigrokdecode now supports the #HDCP protocol decoder (stacked on i2c).

#sigrok #hdmi

https://www.sigrok.org/blog/new-protocol-decoder-hdcp

Do not use the Android clipboard for passwords, logins, card numbers, or any kind of sensitive data.

With Android, the clipboard can be read anytime by any app. No permission needed. And the app can then send your data to someone else. If you want to see this, fetch the Clip Stack app from Fdroid, it shows you the clipboard history, and lets you access previous content. #android

https://f-droid.org/de/packages/com.catchingnow.tinyclipboardmanager

How to fight back against Google AMP as a web user and a web developer https://markosaric.com/google-amp/

I did a detailed privacy check of the Tiktok app and website. You can read my article æt Süddeutsche Zeitung. Tiktok commits multiple breaches of law, trust, transparency and data protection. Here are the technical and legal details
Long thread⤵️

#libsigrokdecode now supports the seven_segment protocol decoder.

https://www.sigrok.org/blog/new-protocol-decoder-sevensegment

#sigrok

CNAME Cloaking – the next level of ad blocker evasion to track you:

https://medium.com/nextdns/cname-cloaking-the-dangerous-disguise-of-third-party-trackers-195205dc522a

https://adguard.com/en/blog/disguised-trackers.html

– Some ad companies use DNS records to hide their identity.
– Web browsers likely can't detect this.
– uBlock Origin currently doesn't protect you against this, see https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues/780.

#adblocking #privacy #tracking #cnamecloaking #dns

There is an overview site about #CPU #vulnerabilities:

https://cpu.fail/

How lovely! 😄

#zombieload #meltdown #spectre #ridl #mds

Okay, I know we are getting lost through this forest of terms, so yes, this site is definitively needed. (And links to all these other nice attack/vuln-specific domains.)

The .org TLD is at risk. It's being sold to a private equity firm, which likely won't end well. A lot of non-profits (including the US Girl Scouts!) have signed a document protesting this. https://savedotorg.org/

#org #tld #SaveDotOrg

To developers of FOSS:

Please do not use Creative Commons/CC licenses (other than CC0) for your code! Some CC licenses are incompatible with things people may do with your code, like package it for distributions, derive new works from it, or even sell it on discs at loss to schools. The GNU GPL, BSD, MIT, etc. licenses are much better for software.

CC licenses don't target software, meaning using one could cause serious legal trouble for you.

More info: https://creativecommons.org/faq/#can-i-apply-a-creative-commons-license-to-software

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/11/google-outlines-plans-for-mainline-linux-kernel-support-in-android/

Now this is interesting. Mainline kernels on Android phones??? Sounds great 🤯

Needling Your Projects: 3D Printed PCB Probing Jig Uses Accupuncture Needles

Trying to probe a modern electronic circuit with tiny SMD components, without letting the magic smoke escape in the process, can be quite a challenge. Especially since we hacke… https://hackaday.com/2019/11/15/needling-your-projects-3d-printed-pcb-probing-jig-uses-accupuncture-needles/

Original tweet : https://twitter.com/hackaday/status/1195379708407533568

sigrok-firmware-fx2lafw 0.1.7 has been released!

Adds support for the YiXingDianZi MDSO and support for FX2-based LAs to sample at 48 MHz (as long/short as USB bus conditions allow).

Fixes a few bugs for oscilloscope devices and some sdcc related issues.

https://www.sigrok.org/blog/sigrok-firmware-fx2lafw-017-released

#sigrok

Setting up a home VPN server with Wireguard

Motivation For a moderately security conscious geek like myself, there can be a number of reasons to want to set up a home VPN server: Accessing your home…

https://mikkel.hoegh.org/2019/11/01/home-vpn-server-wireguard

Production data side band spaghetti?
🍝 Yeah I am hungry 😋 time for dinner 🥘

#OptiPNG is a lossless #PNG optimizer.

OptiPNG recompresses PNG files to decrease their size. This process is lossless, meaning the contents of the images are exactly the same once decompressed. OptiPNG can work on several formats, including #TIFF and #GIF, outputting an optimized PNG version of whatever input is given. OptiPNG can also verify the integrity of an image and recover metadata.

Website 🔗️: http://optipng.sourceforge.net/

apt 📦️: optipng

#free #opensource #foss #fossmendations

Peertube 1.4 just came out! Here’s a quick overview of what’s new… https://joinpeertube.org/en/news/#19-09-25

If you're wondering what's going on with the Olive video editor - you probably missed this post:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/29131633
#Olive #OliveVideoEditor

Two companies have begun a fight regarding GPL compliance, yet neither complies with GPL's most basic provisions. https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2019/oct/02/cambium-ubiquiti-gpl-violations/ #gplcompliance