Frederik Braun �

1.6K Followers
611 Following
4.9K Posts

A web/browser security nerd. Working on security for Firefox and the web at Mozilla. Taught web security at Ruhr Uni Bochum.

I'm often spend my summer on multi-week #bikepacking trips with the family.

The posts here are my own and I do not speak for my employer

Websitehttps://frederikbraun.de/
LocationBerlin, Germany :club_mate:
Pronounshe/him
Signal usernamefreddy.{default HTTPS port}
An update on GitHub availability

Here’s what we’ve done—and what we’re still doing—to improve our availability and reliability.

The GitHub Blog
HiddenQuest was a success! 🏁💻
FluxFingers and MPI-SP organized a hands-on CTF workshop for 25 FINTA high school and university students to explore IT Security, CTFs, and teamwork.
Read more: https://www.mpi-sp.org/106288/news_publication_26431074_transferred?c=6054

But my favourite part of this, bar none, is how it's everyone else's fault.

It's Cursor's fault, Railway's fault, maybe even Anthropic's fault, someone's gonna hear from my lawyer.

The CEO of a company running a stochastic stack without access control, data hygiene or backups is blameless and powerless. That's AI's real selling point, after all: It's Not My Fault As A Service.

"This isn't a story about one bad agent or one bad API. It's about an entire industry ..."

Or, maybe it's you.

[Nightly Blog] VPN, Split View, and Other Goodies – These Weeks in Firefox: Issue 200! https://blog.nightly.mozilla.org/2026/04/27/vpn-split-view-and-other-goodies-these-weeks-in-firefox-issue-200/
VPN, Split View, and Other Goodies – These Weeks in Firefox: Issue 200! – Firefox Nightly News

Highlights The VPN feature is rolling out to users in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany and France! Read more about it here. And here’s more information ...

Firefox Nightly News
Words I never want to read in combination:
Anyone in Berlin from whom I can borrow an RTL-SDR (USB, ideally with antenna)? Ideally in West Berlin, near U7 or near Schlesi :)

Stop SLOP - How To Apply SLOP Sign Branding

1. Download SLOP graphic below
2. Open https://www1.lunapic.com/editor/
3. Upload >>> Choose File >>> [your slop imagename] >>> Upload
4. Edit >>> Paste from... >>> Choose File >>> [SLOP Sign filename] >>> Upload >>> Continue on to paste this image >>> place/resize >>> Apply >>> Download now

Thanks to Dave Rahardja @drahardja for the graphics work on the SLOP sign.

#SLOP #AI #StopSLOP

Officer: Have you seen anything unusual?

Me: I once saw a dolphin wearing a hat.

Officer: No, I mean around here.

Me: Nah, they live in water.

Today's #Firefox Nightly makes the profile backup feature available by default.

The profile backup feature, when enabled, will take a snapshot of your profile and pack it into a single file that you can restore from on the same or a different machine. You can choose to encrypt the backup with a passphrase.

In a recent #Firefox Nightly, visit about:settings#sync and scroll down to the Backup section to manage it.

Vielleicht wäre es dienlich, den vermeintlichen "Signal-Hack" mit "eine Art Enkeltrick" zu umschreiben? Die Berichterstattung erweckt ja wieder einen völlig falschen Eindruck, was da passiert ist.