> On November 28th, 2012, Randall Munroe published an xkcd comic that was a calendar in which the size of each date was proportional to how often each date is referenced by its ordinal name (…) "In months other than September, the 11th is mentioned substantially less often than any other date. It's been that way since long before 9/11 and I have no idea why." After digging into the raw data, I believe I have figured out why.

https://drhagen.com/blog/the-missing-11th-of-the-month/

Our teammate Leonid had a look on Synology. He discovered a leaked credential that allowed anyone unauthorized access to all Microsoft tenants of organizations that use Synology's "Active Backup for Microsoft 365" (ABM), including sensitive data such as all Teams channel messages. #synology #disclosure #modzero #infosec

https://modzero.com/en/blog/when-backups-open-backdoors-synology-active-backup-m365/

Canadians, pay attention: Bill C-2 is a quiet threat to your privacy and civil liberties.

With so much happening around the world, it’s easy to miss what’s going on in our own backyard. But Bill C-2, now in the House of Commons, deserves your attention.

It lowers the threshold for law enforcement to access your private data—without a warrant. All it takes is "reasonable suspicion."

What kind of data?

* Internet and cellphone metadata

* Your location and activity logs

* Information shared across borders with foreign agencies

All accessed more easily under vague “exigent circumstances”

As a person who’s been accosted based on “reasonable suspicion” due to…. existing, I’m concerned that this bill expands surveillance powers and erodes due process protections that Canadians have long relied on.

I keep seeing arguments like, “If you’re not doing anything wrong, you have nothing to worry about.”

Let me be clear: that’s not how rights work.

Free societies are built on the principle that the law protects the innocent—not that we must prove we have nothing to hide.

If you're concerned (and you should be), reach out to your Member of Parliament. Let them know you oppose C-2 and support real protections for Canadian privacy and civil rights.

You can read the full bill here:

https://www.parl.ca/DocumentViewer/en/45-1/bill/C-2/first-reading

Let’s not sleepwalk into surveillance. We deserve better.

PS The Citizen Lab has an excellent write up https://citizenlab.ca/2025/06/a-preliminary-analysis-of-bill-c-2/

PPS If you're a Canadian resident, find your Member of Parliament here: https://www.ourcommons.ca/members/en

#PrivacyMatters #BillC2 #Canada

Loved reading @_elena's "This is what resistance to the digital coup looks like"

https://news.elenarossini.com/this-is-what-resistance-to-the-digital-coup-looks-like/

"The mere act of posting on the Fediverse sends a clear message: another way is possible"

This is also one of the reasons why I bring Romanian-centric news to my Fediverse profile. If this is to be a nurturing garden for diversity, I want to contribute to a diversity of politics, grounded in lived experience and grassroots activism.

I'm collecting data regarding No Kings protests and sizes, looking to ballpark how many people showed up. Feel free to share this post hither and yon.

https://app.nocodb.com/#/nc/form/a5f54d4c-3ae8-437f-8a2e-75690b5b26e3/survey

https://forms.gle/nJayCqPiQ9CEvB6o8

https://forms.office.com/r/EJJWCsjSwi

Each of the offered surveys should all be more or less identical; you don't need to use all of them, I'm just providing options for people's comfort.

All information I distribute as a result of these surveys will be anonymized.

#NoKings #protest