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As one of more than 30 research groups, #SECUSO supported this year's German HCI event at the conference Computer and Human Interaction (#CHI 2025). This event is held every year in conjunction with the CHI conference, this year was no different and the event was held, on 30th April 2025 at the YOKOHAMA COAST garage+ in Yokohama, Japan. The event allowed participants of all academic levels as well as from industry and public organisations to network in an informal setting. Thanks a lot to the volunteers who made this great event possible.
About German HCI: https://www.germanhci.de/

German HCI

Zeki Çatav 🤔 ☕ 🕯️🎶4d ago

https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/05/infrared-contact-lenses-let-you-see-in-the-dark/

Infrared contact lenses let you see in the dark

Mice and humans were able to detect infrared light, even with their eyes closed, with limited resolution.

Ars Technica

Zeki Çatav 🤔 ☕ 🕯️🎶May 18

readbeanicecream May 18

Ancient Chinese star chart dated to 2,300 years ago may be the oldest ever, challenging astronomy history | Archaeology News Online Magazine

https://archaeologymag.com/2025/05/chinese-star-chart-may-be-the-oldest-ever/

#archaeology #ancienthistory #history #science #astronomy #china #starchart

Ancient Chinese star chart dated to 2,300 years ago may be the oldest ever, challenging astronomy history

An ancient Chinese star chart (the Star Manual of Master Shi) dated to 355 BCE may be the world's oldest, reshaping astronomical history

Archaeology News Online Magazine

Zeki Çatav 🤔 ☕ 🕯️🎶May 13

Frank Karlitschek May 13

Google is fighting Nextcloud by harming our Android app. Nextcloud now has less functionality than Google Drive. This is clear anti competitive behavior. https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/13/nextcloud_play_store_complaint/ https://nextcloud.com/blog/nextcloud-android-file-upload-issue-google/

Nextcloud cries foul over Google Play Store app rejection

Exclusive: Claims policy change is really just a way to squeeze out competition

The Register

Zeki Çatav 🤔 ☕ 🕯️🎶May 13

ploum May 12

Librewolf is exactly what Firefox should be.

To the point where I find in #Librewolf new features I was explicitly missing in #firefox (like clicking on the lock to enable/disable cookies for a specific website)

And, yet, it works perfectly in #debian thanks to extrepo. But, seriously, it should be considered as the default Debian browser.

Congratulations to the team!

Don’t wait on Mozilla, switch to Librewolf !

https://librewolf.net/

@librewolf

LibreWolf Browser

A custom version of Firefox, focused on privacy, security and freedom.

Zeki Çatav 🤔 ☕ 🕯️🎶May 7

Finally

Zeki Çatav 🤔 ☕ 🕯️🎶May 5

Hello #OpenBSD users,
I installed OpenBSD 7.6 on my old laptop. I wanted to add KDE to it. I installed 'pkg_add kde-plasma kde-plasma-extras' but I could not find any information on how to start KDE by default at startup.

Zeki Çatav 🤔 ☕ 🕯️🎶May 1

YunoHost

May 1

Mayday! #YunoHost needs your support!

YunoHost is free, but we do have expenses. According to our projections, our budget will be half covered by the end of the year.

Your generosity is already enabling us to maintain the project, but we'd like to do better: https://yunohost.org/donate.html

Whether it's giving your time, making a donation or spreading kind words, your contributions are always greatly appreciated! Thank you!

#YNH #selfhosting #donate #gratitude

YunoHost: garden your own piece of the Internet!

YunoHost is a system that installs itself on a server and allows you to install and maintain - with very little technical knowledge - digital services (apps) that you control.

Zeki Çatav 🤔 ☕ 🕯️🎶Apr 21

All Europeans 🇪🇺Apr 20

The research group SECUSO (@SECUSO_Research) at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology 🇩🇪 (@KIT_Karlsruhe) has an account in the Play Store and F-Droid where you can download lots of privacy-friendly apps like: 😀

- QR Scanner
- Games
- Finance
- Todo list, notes, shopping list
- Health and sport
- Password Generator
- Tools
- etc

PlayStore: https://play.google.com/store/apps/dev?id=8129664033892391289
F-Droid: https://search.f-droid.org/?q=secuso&lang=en

Their github: https://github.com/SecUSo

#opensource #privacy #EuropeanAlternatives