According to the US government, the world would be a better place if everything were written in:

„Rust, Go, C#, Java, Swift, Python, and JavaScript„

In the curl project, we should use all of them. Combine their strengths. Like in Damascus Steel.

Why do foreign worlds in Star Trek TNG/DS9/VOY often look alike? Because they are.

https://www.ex-astris-scientia.org/inconsistencies/reused_planets_angelone.htm

From TNG S01E14 to the first season of Voyager, this matte painting has been reused countless times.

Ein Statement aller #DAX Konzerne

• #GemeinsamGegenRechts •

German law is making security research a risky business.

Current news: A court found a developer guilty of “hacking.” His crime: he was tasked with looking into a software that produced way too many log messages. And he discovered that this software was making a MySQL connection to the vendor’s database server.

When he checked that MySQL connection, he realized that the database contained data belonging to not merely his client but all of the vendor’s customers. So he immediately informed the vendor – and while they fixed this vulnerability they also pressed charges.

There was apparently considerable discussion as to whether hardcoding database credentials in the application (visible as plain text, not even decompiling required) is sufficient protection to justify hacking charges. But the court ruling says: yes, there was a password, so there is a protection mechanism which was circumvented, and that’s hacking.

I very much hope that there will be a next instance ruling overturning this decision again. But it’s exactly as people feared: no matter how flawed the supposed “protection,” its mere existence turns security research into criminal hacking under the German law. This has a chilling effect on legitimate research, allowing companies to get away with inadequate security and in the end endangering users.

Source: https://www.heise.de/news/Warum-ein-Sicherheitsforscher-im-Fall-Modern-Solution-verurteilt-wurde-9601392.html