Mastodawn

Nov 24, 2025

If I use #httpseverywhere, is there any reason to use a #VPN? #privacy #infosec

Giacomo Tesio Nov 9, 2025

Pretty proud of my second patch sent to the #ClawsMail team.

Hopefully, the next version of this MUA will have a largely improved #E2EE #UX:

a new config option in the #PGP plugins enable automatic online discovery of PGP keys (according to your existing gpg.conf auto-key-locate
whenever you recieve a mail signed by a public key missing (or expired) in your #GPG keyring, you'll have a button to trigger an online search for the key (either through #WKD or the older #keyserver based approach).

In the age of #ChatControl, I think it's time for PGP based end-to-end #encryption to be enabled by default in #email clients.

Most arguments against the complexity of the #WebOfTrust are moot, when applied to mail comunications. And given how easy is to deploy WKD protocol¹, key autodiscovery could seriously increase the amount of encrypted mails over the network, increasing people #privacy and heavily reducing the power of passive #surveillance.

#HTTPSEverywhere did not reduced global surveillance, but #PGP could!

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¹ an Italian tutorial about wkd is in the making, but... #programming was more funny. 😝

Karl Jan 12, 2025

HTTP or HTTPS?

I'm building a new static website, minimalist design etc, mostly about my hobbies and interests. Although, who knows, maybe in the future I will cover more controversial topics ...

Is there any good reason *not* to use HTTPS?

#http #https #httpseverywhere

shaun Jan 5, 2025

Maybe noteworthy to some:

If you see "https-rulesets.org" in your #DNS logs going forward, there's a #browser somewhere on your network that needs attention.

The #HTTPSEverywhere browser extension, which was retired a couple years ago by EFF, periodically checked "https-rulesets.org" for updates. That domain expired this week and got snatched up by a squatter. I don't think it resolved at all for most of 2024 and nothing should be querying it now.

Job Bautista Sep 26, 2024

Fuck it, if we're going to break #HTTPS this much already by using MitMs like #Cloudflare then let power users like us choose how to break it!

https://forum.palemoon.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=31631

#proxy #Squid #SquidProxy #Polipo #TLS #web #webdev #openweb #browser #browsers #HTTP #HTTPSEverywhere #PaleMoon

Feature request: Allow disabling certificate validation on the sites you visit when an HTTP(S) proxy is set - Pale Moon forum

Mima-sama May 8, 2024

This push for #HTTPSEverywhere would've been perfectly fine if it just focused on #HTTPS / #TLS / #SSL as an option always available. But no, it also pushed for it to be mandatory (even if it doesn't make sense if you look at the #threatmodel), and as a result pretty much everything in the #web cannot be accessed with a #browser that doesn't have an up-to-date enough TLS support. Which is fine I guess if you're on a modern computer anyway, but a pain if you're on #retrocomputing. :seija_coffee:

The #LetsEncrypt #centralization is also a serious concern, which is why I avoided using it for my #VPS.

RE: https://hamishcampbell.com/a-balanced-and-pragmatic-approach-to-native-openweb-security/