Debian, along with 30+ organizations, recently signed the Affirmation of the Open Source Definition. https://opensource.org/node/966 #opensource #freesoftware
This is the sort of crap that just grinds me down and makes me want to throw in the towel on #mailpile.
Google wins, they can just own e-mail. Fuck it.*
Their guidelines actually demand I create a video demonstrating how the app works: https://support.google.com/cloud/answer/9110914#check-verification
It so happens that I've decided to get some videos made... but this is not what I had in mind. And that project will also take weeks, maybe even months. Ugh.
*) venting, not really, fuck no
OnionShare is an open source tool by Micah Lee for securely and anonymously sending and receiving files using Tor onion services.
The newest version adds anonymous dropboxes, supports new Tor addresses, and is translated into a dozen new languages.
https://micahflee.com/2019/02/onionshare-2/
Stop saying, ‘We take your privacy and security seriously’
"The truth is, most companies don’t care about the privacy or security of your data. They care about having to explain to their customers that their data was stolen."
https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/17/we-take-your-privacy-and-security-seriously/
Today I went for a walk in #Luxembourg City following the Alzette and went in a couple of museums/art and cultural exhibitions.
One of them was about Nazi #Propaganda and Hitler's ascent to power.... history seems to be repeating itself and nobody seems to be noticing.
~=8 Character Passwords Are Dead=~
New benchmark from the Hashcat Team shows a 2080Ti GPU passing 100 Billion password guesses per second (NTLM hash).
This means that the entire keyspace, or every possible combination of:
- Upper
- Lower
- Number
- Symbol
...of an 8 character password can be guessed in:
~2.5 hours
(8x 2080Ti GPUs against NTLM Windows hash)
Pwning WPA/WPA2 Networks With Bettercap and the PMKID Client-Less Attack
Hackers Destroyed VFEmail Service – Deleted Its Entire Customers' Data Servers and Backups
https://thehackernews.com/2019/02/vfemail-cyber-attack.html
—by @Swati_THN https://t.co/nouubK3KOf
perfect-ass website 😀
Reporter Kashmir Hill spent six weeks blocking Amazon, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and Apple from getting her money, data, and attention, using a custom-built VPN. Here’s what happened.
https://gizmodo.com/i-cut-the-big-five-tech-giants-from-my-life-it-was-hel-1831304194
HP seems to again block non-original cartridges. HP printers forums are full of similar messages in recent weeks.
#HP #printers #cartridge_issues
Clearly not a vendor, we would use again.
Nice list for de-googlify-ing the life
Russia is planning to disconnect from the internet as part of an experiment https://www.zdnet.com/article/russia-to-disconnect-from-the-internet-as-part-of-a-planned-test/
To the #degoogle and #deletefacebook advocates, the #privacy and #FOSS advocates, please consider contributing editing to #OpenStreetMap. I want a good and usable alternative to current popular #maps apps.
🗺
Hello, World!
This is the first blog post about Marmota, a distributed and Free Software alternative to Spotify (and by extension the majority of the music streaming services)
https://blog.marmota.nefixestrada.com/posts/weekly-1/
Boosts and feedback appreciated!
RT @Luxembourg_RTO@twitter.com
#earlybird #register until 20/02/2019 to the #International #Symposium2019 on #SmartCities that will be held at #BelvalInnovationCampus #Luxembourg on 5-7 March 2019 > https://www.symposium-managementpublic.com/programme-registration/registration-and-pricing/