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@TimePencil@infosec.exchange
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Ex-mil, ex-sec, ex-treme, & ex-plosive.
Go ahead. Squeeze me. Crack that vial and watch the fireworks erupt.

Ditching Windows as it has become spyware and adware.
Flipping to Linux.

#defenestrate
#defenestrating
#defenestration
#defenestratewindows
#linux

Fuse Views7h ago
Catalin Cimpanu9h ago

US House bans WhatsApp on Congress devices

https://www.axios.com/2025/06/23/whatsapp-house-congress-staffers-messaging-app

Scoop: WhatsApp banned on House staffers' devices

The House's cybersecurity office deemed the messaging app "high risk" due to its treatment of user data.

Axios
Fuse Views8h ago
Mark Holtom (aka Kingbeard)9h ago
A scene of modern Britain
Fuse Views8h ago

Meta just doesn't understand the concepts of privacy and security.

Headline:
●WhatsApp banned on House staffers' devices

•Andy Stone, a spokesperson for WhatsApp parent company Meta, said ...
"We know members and their staffs regularly use WhatsApp and we ... "

Let me stop you right there, Andy.

The very fact that Meta can, and does, use WhatsApp as spyware is the reason why you can say that.

Meta tracks the locations and contacts (and more) of all WhatsApp users, WHICH IS WHY IT MUST NEVER BE INSTALLED ON ANY GOVERNMENT DEVICE!

Join Signal.

https://www.axios.com/2025/06/23/whatsapp-house-congress-staffers-messaging-app

#privacy
#Signal
#Meta
#WhatsApp
#EFF

Scoop: WhatsApp banned on House staffers' devices

The House's cybersecurity office deemed the messaging app "high risk" due to its treatment of user data.

Axios
Fuse Views2d ago
Sue is Walking the Earth 🌱2d ago
10/10 no notes
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Qasim Rashid, Esq.3d ago

As Trump attacks students who dare speak up for basic justice for Palestine, a student at the University of Florida Law School named Preston Damsky wrote a paper arguing that the Constitution only applies to white people & Jews and non-whites should be “abolished by any means necessary.”

A Trump-nominated judge named John L. Badalamenti who teaches the class gave Damsky the highest grade and awarded him the Book prize.

University of Florida Law School defended the decision as “free speech.”

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GrapheneOS3d ago
Many companies and individuals are trying to mislead people about the future of GrapheneOS to promote their insecure products and services. GrapheneOS is not going anywhere. We've made it clear we're shipping Android 16 soon and that the supported devices will remain supported.
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TracketPacer 🚀Jun 7

happy Pride! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

remember to bring plenty of water, snacks, & sunscreen to the parade ok

Fuse ViewsMay 29

I need some advice from any #Linux gurus out there, please.

I'm using an aged laptop (with Mint) and to preserve what's left of the battery, I wish to limit its charge to around 50% of rated capacity. (It's always on AC power.)

There's a Flatpak app called "TLP-UI" which is a "TLP configuration utility".

However, the size of this app is "783MB to download, 2.6GB of disk space required". (Yep, you read that correctly - HUGE!)

com.github.d4nj1.tlpui

With only one review, and an enormous (apparent) filesize, it looks kinda dodgy to me.

Thoughts, anyone?
Alternate solutions?

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AaronDavidMay 25
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CiaraMay 23

They are 3D-printing a new street in our neighbourhood

#Aarhus

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daniel:// stenberg://May 20

"thank you for your existence" - I do get lovely emails as well in my #inbox

https://daniel.haxx.se/email/2025-05-20.html

Show threadSiim OšurMay 20
@bagder boost! Oh and thank you very very much for existing! :)
Show threadBen Zucker 🍰May 20
@bagder Couldn't have said that any better 👏
Show threadOto ŠťávaMay 20
@bagder So lovely! Adding my "thank you for existing" as well. I can only imagine how thankless of a job yours can be a lot of the time!
Show threadChilly  🛡️ May 20
@bagder
Awwww 🥺so precious
Show threadspvMay 20

@bagder all that for the hobby of some guy who has no business being used by a billion people :P

lmao, cheers!

Show threadLohan GunaweeraMay 20
@bagder <3
Show threaddark was the night 🌚May 20
@bagder I thank you as well!
Show threadKai May 20
@bagder mate, you are a literal hero fighting the good fight.
Show threadDan CrossMay 20
@bagder that's genuinely really nice.
Show threadEdwin G. May 20
@bagder Thank you for all your work.
Show threadAlexandre OlivaMay 20
double points because it's not even on the ILoveFS day! awesome!
Show threadYaksh BariyaMay 20
@bagder ❤️
Show threadShirley EugestMay 20
@bagder
Thank you for existing. 🙂
Show threadNicolas HolzschuchMay 20
@bagder These sort of mails are like coke to indie developers. That's a huge boost to the morale. (Also, thank you for the existence of curl. Did I mention that curl was one of the first programs I cross-compiled for iOS? just because that's the basis for building a terminal: you need to be able to download stuff. Before that there was "ls", because you need to check that the download worked...)
Show threadGeorge Baird 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿May 20
@bagder Thank you for keeping libcurl smooth and reliable. You're one of the internet's own!
Show threadTevinMay 20
@bagder
People should do more humane things like this.
Here's my thank you for your existence.
Show threadWeraweltMay 20
@bagder
I also sign this 🤩
Show threadWild Eyed Boy From FreecloudMay 20
@bagder I don't need to hit a website to test something very often, but I did today with curl!
Show thread[GRLC] Natalie May 21
@bagder yes we curl!
Show threadDavid W. JonesMay 21
@bagder
And I thank you, too, Daniel!
Show threadNewkMay 21

@bagder

Your existance pleases me as well.

Show threadMārtiņš BruņenieksMay 21
@bagder are you in Nebraska? https://xkcd.com/2347/
Dependency

xkcd
Show threadDrew NaylorMay 21
@bagder Seeing this reminded me that it's used in Xenoblade X DE (probably the original too, but didn't check the legal notices) as well. Thank you so much for making it.
Show threadRynn the Cyberwitch 🌙May 21
@bagder :salute: I use curl a dozen times per work day just for verifying WAN connectivity and returning IP from ifconfig.me - thank you very much