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Jan Walzer

@jwalzer@infosec.exchange

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Jan Walzer 42m ago

Nice: https://github.com/grindsa/dkb-robo #dkb

Nochmal sicherheitshalber alles runtergeladen damit, das Konto ist dann jetzt mal gekündigt. 🧹
Zu den Gründen gehören
- keine sinnvolle Möglichkeit zum Bargeld einzahlen
- Echtzeit bewusst auf den letzten Drücker (Oktober afaik)
- App startet lahm
- App fährt sich -vermutlich durch blockierte Tracker im Netzwerk- ua bei Überweisungen dauernd fest und braucht Neustart damit das geht

Edit: und das ich für Bulkdownload selbst im Web dieses Tool gebraucht habe, das sagt auch schon was aus...

GitHub - grindsa/dkb-robo: library to access the internet banking area of "Deutsche Kreditbank" to get account information and transactions

library to access the internet banking area of "Deutsche Kreditbank" to get account information and transactions - grindsa/dkb-robo

GitHub

Jan Walzer 45m ago

scy Dec 12, 2022

omg i just noticed

all those funny fediverse domains we’re using?

it’s basically just like with irc bouncers 20 years ago

Jan Walzer 1h ago

@steeph @wortezimmer @Cheatha hipp, hipp, hurra!
Alles ist besser, als es gestern war.

Jan Walzer 1h ago

Aber am meisten vermisse ich die Zukunft, so wie sie früher einmal war.

Jan Walzer 1h ago

Manawyrm | Sarah 6h ago

Do I happen to know anyone in the EU with a LaserDisc + Domesday Duplicator setup?

I really want to have a digital rip of a rare laserdisc, but I really don't feel like getting into a whole new ecosystem.

Willing to pay for the time and effort.

EDIT: My disc is a Japanese NTSC release, making things even harder...

Jan Walzer 1h ago

jonny (good kind)18h ago

RIP gpu-free-ai , which was taken down from PyPI: https://pypi.org/project/gpu-free-ai/

In its short life, we explored the possibilities of an all-garbage future, but the present was not ready for a package that explicitly implements the Features that "AI" implements implicitly, such as directly posting any keys in your environment directly to pastebin. Even though these Important Features were opt-in gated behind an environment variable, I suppose it is against the rules to upload Literal Malware to PyPI even if it is performance art.

The project remains at https://github.com/sneakers-the-rat/gpu-free-ai/

#SciPy #SciPy2025

Jan Walzer 1h ago

Friedri Schmerz 8h ago

Während Milliardäre auf den Straßen verhungern, feiern Bürgergeldberechtigte Champagner-Parties in ihren Privatjets. Wer das nicht glaubt hat den Bezug zur Politik völlig verloren.

Jan Walzer 1h ago

Sebastian Kübeck 5h ago

Microsoft marketing: “Your data stays in Europe.”

Microsoft’s Legal Director (under oath, in French Parliament): “No, I cannot guarantee that.”

Still think Microsoft Teams is a sovereign solution?

Credit @ponceto91 for the meme

https://x.com/wire/status/1944851027381117019

EDIT: The statement was made by Anton Carniaux of MS France and can be read at page 23 of https://www.senat.fr/fileadmin/cru-1750816532/Structures_temporaires/commissions_d_enquete/CE_Commande_publique/r24-830-11.pdf#page=23

Thx @Linkshaender!

#microsoft #DataPrivacy #DigitalSovereignty #europe

Jan Walzer 8h ago

Der Link dürfte doch den @isotopp interessieren: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJnyhPGH2cw

Tech Bros Invented Trains (Again...)

YouTube

Jan Walzer 1d ago

Never forget what Jonathan Ive took from us

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effeindi Jun 29

Save future videogames from planned obsolescence!

There is an initiative asking the EU to regulate or at least clarify video games being made inaccessible remotely by publishers.

The initiative is on an official channel provided by the EU itself, if it reaches one million signatures the European Commission will have to look into the matter and provide a response, there is still a month until 31 July.

https://eci.ec.europa.eu/045/public/#/screen/home

#stopdestroyinggames
#stopkillinggames #retrogaming #gaming

@effeindi They also have a petition to the UK for those that can sign that https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/702074/

Petition: Prohibit publishers irrevocably disabling video games they have already sold

The government should update consumer law to prohibit publishers from disabling video games (and related game assets / features) they have already sold without recourse for customers to retain or repair them. We seek this as a statutory consumer right.

Petitions - UK Government and Parliament

@effeindi @MOULE

Stupid fking brexit bs…

I can’t sign, but I’m giving my vote in spirit

effeindi Jun 29

@Beckydog @MOULE There's a petition in the UK too!
Here's the link:
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/702074/

If you need more information you can check the website for the initiative ( https://www.stopkillinggames.com/ ) or write me back, I'm not direclty affiliated with the campaign but I'm trying to help reaching the goal :)

Petition: Prohibit publishers irrevocably disabling video games they have already sold

The government should update consumer law to prohibit publishers from disabling video games (and related game assets / features) they have already sold without recourse for customers to retain or repair them. We seek this as a statutory consumer right.

Petitions - UK Government and Parliament

@effeindi @MOULE

Oh! Thanks!!! I have a lot less hope with ours, but? I have signed!! Thank you for finding that!

effeindi Jun 29

@Beckydog thank you for signing!

@effeindi just stop buying games that don't have physical versions

effeindi Jun 29

@xsevy the problem is that many games with physical copy require checking a server. If the publisher shuts down the server without patching the game in other ways, you're physical copy is useless.
"The Crew" servers shutdown by Ubisoft is the case from which the campaign started, it had both physical and digital distribution. It currently can't be played in any way or platform.

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@effeindi I don't care about Ubisoft because there's not even one good game released by them

effeindi Jun 29

@xsevy I personally I own a bunch of games in DVD from the "Game from Windows Live" era (2007-2015 circa, the more notable I own are GTA IV, BioShock and an Assassins Creed) which can't even be installed on PC because the server are offline and they get stuck verifying the code.

The only way I have to play my DVDs of those games is sailing the seas or buying them again on a online store (if they're still sold somewhere in their original version)

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Hugo Trentesaux Jun 29

C'est triste l'obsolescence de la production culturelle :(

Jan Walzer Jun 30

Why is this only Games-Specific? This happens to a lot of current software. Even the ones, thats NOT "in the cloud" is checking its valid license over the internet nowadays and so prone to be broken when the vendor decides or goes bankrupt ...

effeindi Jun 30

@jwalzer
The initiative is focused on videogames because there are legal precedents that explicity separate videogames from other software (why? Unfortunately I can't wrap my head around it). That could mean that if the initiative was about all software, videogames could be excluded again.

Another reason was that keeping the initiative focused on videogames would help making easier to spread the word with the help of gamers and gaming communities. (the campaign has no founds)

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effeindi Jun 30

Personally (having to deal with companies like Adobe and Autodesk for my daily job) I really hope that a regulation on videogames could be extended to other software.

But that's my view. Please note I'm not among the representatives in Bruxelles for the initiative, I'm just volunteering to try to achieve the signature goal. So I speak for myself having just partial knowledge about the start of the campaign and influence on the campaign.

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effeindi Jun 30

@jwalzer
We have to keep in mind that in case we reach 1M signatures the EU commision will have to research the subject and offer a response.
If they think a regulation should involve all software they can do it. The ECI is supposed to raise an issue that's dear to the citizens to the EU commission, for the better or the worse how to respond will be up to them.

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Fábio Pereira ✌🏼 🇵🇹Jul 5

@effeindi eu não tenho problemas com isto, todos os meus jogos são físicos, não necessitam de ter ligação à Internet para jogar...
E não compro jogos dos recentes por causa disso mesmo, se as pessoas não comprarem, as empresas por elas voltam atrás.

@Serzedo there are games on CD (for PC) that required an internet connection for DRM. Now that the servers are no longer online you can't install them anymore (unless you buy them in digital form again if they're still sold). I know of games from 2k, Rockstar and those that used "Games for Windows Live" DRM system, but there are probably others I don't know of.

Those won't be affected by a possible future regulation, but the goal is to prevent this from happening again in the future.

Fábio Pereira ✌🏼 🇵🇹Jul 5

@effeindi if gamers stop buying, it will have a faster result.
The EU will take years to decide about that, and the result is probably we aren't going to get those games, and countries outside EU will.

@Serzedo I get the "voting with your wallet" part, but it's difficult to do it when the entire industry is moving in one direction. Full offline DRM free games are almost never an option (and they haven't for a while)

The only way I see that has a remote change of success in inverting the trend on "owning nothing" is regulation.

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About publishers exiting the EU market, I personally don't think that will happen (EU is a huge market), but I can't deny it's a possibility. In that case they'll be replaced by other companies more willing to actually sell us games.

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