Danke, @martinmuc, für die Aktualisierung auf die Mastodon Version 4.5.5!

TIL, an open source internet search engine called MarginaliaSearch exists. It mainly for text-oriented websites, specifically indexing the 'small, old, and weird' web. You can even run it on your own server if you have 32GiB of RAM and plenty of fast SSD space for the index. This is perfect for those seeking an alt search engine, but more importantly, it teaches you how to build a search system and manage its dataset. It’s a fantastic CS learning experience to satisfy your itch.

Syncthing-Fork für Android: Original-Maintainer verschwunden, Repo & Signaturschlüssel landeten bei neuem, kaum bekanntem Account. Kein bestätigter Schadcode, aber Supply-Chain-Risiko. Empfehlung: Auto-Updates stoppen und auf letzte als vertrauenswürdig geltende F-Droid-Version 2.0.11.2 einfrieren, bis die Lage geklärt ist.

Stop Putting Your Passwords into Random Websites (Yes, Seriously, You Are the PR
https://labs.watchtowr.com/stop-putting-your-passwords-into-random-websites-yes-seriously-you-are-the-problem/
#ycombinator

We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe. https://signal.org/blog/pdfs/germany-chat-control.pdf

Debian Linux version 13 is scheduled for its stable release this Saturday, August 9, 2025. Everybody get ready for the mother distro!

This is a handy tool which adds an OCR text layer to scanned PDF files, allowing them to be searched or copy-pasted https://github.com/ocrmypdf/OCRmyPDF #opensource

"We didn't include a printed manual because everything you need to know about this device can be found at this dead link."