Simon Zerafa (Status:   😊)

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Old school IT Technician and Cyber Janitor.
Interests in InfoSEC, History, Physics and SciFi.

Anti-fascist. Wacky Improvisation and Drive by Philosophy Specialist.

The header image is a panaroma photograph of the view from the summit of Eryri on a clear sunny day. That's rare enough to be noteworthy 🙂

My avatar is a high resolution scan of a 120 film negative version of my portrait. You're not missing anything of artistic merit.

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RE: https://troet.cafe/@impfmilf/116249289782409995

Ahh, solche Fotos sind noch besser als Grip*stad (sorry bin noch krank)🤧😍 Danke für den schönen Stimmungsaufheiterer am frühen Montag. Ich wünsche allen, die das in den Timelines sehen können, einen hoffentlich gesunden und sonnigen Start in die neue Woche❤️🍀 ich muss hier mal langsam aufholen, so viele Nachrichten warten noch beantwortet zu werden 🥹

Spotted my first tiny balancing sheep in the wilds of Wales!

#tinybalancingsheep #wales

GrapheneOS Refuses to Comply with Age-Verification Laws - Slashdot

An anonymous reader shared this report from Tom's Hardware: GrapheneOS, the privacy-focused Android fork, said in a post on X on Friday that it will not comply with emerging laws requiring operating systems to collect user age data at setup. "GrapheneOS will remain usable by anyone around the world...

This is true.

A good litmus test for the morality of software is asking the developers if they would let their kids use it.

Meta execs: Fuck no!

XMPP devs: Yes, that's why I started this project.

Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare. ~ Audre Lorde

Dear UN Member States,

As I prepare to deliver my 8th report to the UN, I reiterate: Israel poses a threat to international peace and security.

I have documented its most egregious crimes. Now the obligation to act, and stop it, sparing innocent lives, rests with you.

Yeah, China.

“China is offering solar energy to Cuba, an old ally left without power amid the US oil embargo, in a show of strength for Chinese renewable-energy credentials and a sign of Beijing’s economic footprint in Latin America.“

Hopefully US doesn’t blow up the ships.

https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3346978/china-help-cuba-solar-energy-amid-us-oil-blockade-and-total-power-outage

China to help Cuba with solar energy amid US oil blockade and total power outage

Beijing will ‘intensify its support’ to Havana after around 10.9 million people were left without power amid an ongoing energy crisis.

South China Morning Post

Interesting article regarding GrapheneOS; which contains this observation:

"If Motorola sells devices with GrapheneOS pre-installed, those devices would need to comply with local regulations in every market where they ship, or Motorola may need to restrict sales geographically."

https://www.tomshardware.com/software/operating-systems/grapheneos-refuses-to-comply-with-age-verification-laws

#GrapheneOS #AgeVerification

GrapheneOS refuses to comply with new age verification laws for operating systems — group says it will never require personal information

Doesn’t care if its devices can’t be sold in regions that require ID verification.

Tom's Hardware
Because…why not?