Secure boot and Microsoft CA rollover: a heads-up for distributions
We've already talked about the secure boot certificates from Microsoft that are about to become invalid, but Debian EFI team member and longtime Debian contributor Steve McIntyre published a blog post with more information for users and distribution developers alike. Why are Microsoft's secure b
Get your passwords out of BitWarden while you still can
I was a long-time Bitwarden user, until a year or so ago when I started migrating my passwords first to Firefox/LibreWolf, and recently from there to a KeePass database I can transfer and use with whatever password manager application is compatible with KeePass' file format. It seems I was accidentally on time, as it'
https://www.osnews.com/story/145029/get-your-passwords-out-of-bitwarden-while-you-still-can/
How hard is it to open a file?
Sebastian Wick has a great explanation of why opening files - programmatically - is a lot more complex and fraught with dangers than you might think it is.
It’s a question I had to ask myself multiple times over the last few months. Depending on the context the answer can be:
very simple, just call the standard library function
extremely hard, don’t trust a
https://www.osnews.com/story/144825/how-hard-is-it-to-open-a-file/
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The original Secure Boot certificates are about to expire, but you probably won’t notice
With the original release of Windows 8, Microsoft also enforced Secure Boot. It's been 15 years since that release, and that means the original 2011 Secure Boot certificates are about to expire. If these certificates are not replaced with new ones, Secu
Today is Change Your Password Day 🔐
But changing passwords constantly doesn’t make you safer.
What does?
✔️ Unique passwords
✔️ Password managers
✔️ Passkeys (no passwords at all)
Why it matters →
https://www.fastmail.com/blog/change-your-password/
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