RE: https://social.tchncs.de/@kuketzblog/116034644267703808

Heißer Flamewar und Hot Takes in den Kommentaren

In der Theorie sollten Passkeys so wie SSH-Keys für das Web funktionieren und schneller, bequemer und sicherer als Paßworte sein.

In der Praxis ist das alles komplett fucked, es ist unklar, was wann von wem wo gespeichert wird und wie man es wiederherstellt, und wie man es portiert, wenn man Geräte wechselt. Oder wie der Recovery-Flow aussieht und ob der sicher ist.

Ich habe daher auf allen meinen Geräten Passkeys blockiert und warte noch fünf bis zehn Jahre ab. Bis dahein Bitwarden gegen Vaultwarden und OTP. Und ich archiviere die QR-Codes zur Initialisierung der OTP-Generatoren für jede Site, sodaß ich dem Recovery-Flow der jeweiligen Sites geflissentlich fern bleiben kann – ich lerne einfach ein neues Gerät nacheinander mit den Screenshots der archivierten Codes an.

Mein Rat an jeden der mich fragt ist: Macht halt Passkeys, wenn ihr glaubt, daß ihr wisst ob und wie es funktioniert und ihr das managen könnt.

Für mich lösen sie keine Probleme und schaffen nur neue, funktionieren unzuverlässig und das Management ist unklar.

We knew this was coming, but now the clock is running. From Privacy International:

"Yesterday the Trump Administration announced a proposed change in policy for travellers to the U.S. It applies to the powers of data collection by the Customs and Border Police (CBP)."

"If the proposed changes are adopted after the 60-day consultation, then millions of travellers to the U.S. will be forced to use a U.S. government mobile phone app, submit their social media from the last five years and email addresses used in the last ten years, including of family members. They’re also proposing the collection of DNA."

PI linked to and summarized a Federal Register entry describing the proposed requirements:

-All visitors must submit ‘their social media from the last 5 years’

-ESTA (Electronic System for Travel Authorization) applications will include ‘high value data fields’, ‘when feasible’
‘telephone numbers used in the last five years’
-‘email addresses used in the last ten years’
-‘family number telephone numbers (sic) used in the last five years’
-biometrics – face, fingerprint, DNA, and iris
-business telephone numbers used in the last five years
-business email addresses used in the last ten years.

https://www.privacyinternational.org/news-analysis/5713/trump-administration-wants-your-dna-and-social-media

The Federal Register entry says comments are encouraged and
must be submitted (no later than February 9, 2026) to be assured of consideration.

Federal Register entry: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-10/pdf/2025-22461.pdf

Whenever you think @mozilla could not get lost any further, Hiob has got news for you:

#Firefox „now lets you access Microsoft #Copilot from the sidebar”

🤡🗑️🔥

https://www.ghacks.net/2025/09/05/firefox-nightly-now-lets-you-access-microsoft-copilot-from-the-sidebar/

#AIslop #AIcraze

@osuosl has been around for 22 years. They kindly host our gitlab for 6 months now, and provide important services for more than 150 other free and open source software communities such as @alpinelinux, @chimera , @debian, @fdroidorg, @gentoo, @gnome, @LineageOS, #ReplicantOS, @torproject. Now their future is in jeopardy 😢

We usually don't ask this, but please boost for reach, this is important infrastructure for so many FLOSS projects!  

https://osuosl.org/blog/osl-future/

#osuosl

The EU is introducing an energy label for phones, together with mandatory requirements for phones sold in the EU;

- 5 years of software updates (AFTER they stop selling the device in the EU)

- providing important hardware parts (during sale and for 7 years after), including free software (if needed), to every repair shop, within 5-10 business days

- batteries have to make 800 charging cycles and still be above 80% original capacity

And on top of that, phones and tablets need this energy label (which also includes a fall damage durability and repairability score), and abide by the above requirements, from 20 June 2025.

(https://energy-efficient-products.ec.europa.eu/product-list/smartphones-and-tablets_en)