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1h documentary by #Veritasium on the #XZ backdoor:
"The Internet Was Weeks Away From Disaster and No One Knew"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoag03mSuXQ

The Internet Was Weeks Away From Disaster and No One Knew

YouTube

Søren Dec 19

Erik Uden 🚩Dec 19

Wishing for a Mastodon plushie this Christmas?🎄

We’re giving away two of the new ones for free to two random people who boost and favorite this post! Winners will be announced on December 25th, just like last year.

If you’d like to support our server and projects like these, donations are always welcome:

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Thank you all for turning this year into what it has been!

#Plushtodon #ChristmasGiveaway #GiveAway #Mastodon #FediLove

Søren Dec 11

Gina Dec 11

The first article in one of our national newspapers this morning about the launch of the European Digital Infrastructure Consortium (#EDIC) today 🍾🇪🇺

Title: "Europe takes first step towards digital independence. Four European countries are taking on the American tech giants, taking the lead in developing European software." 🇳🇱🇫🇷🇩🇪🇮🇹

#digitalsovereignty #eupolicy #opensource

Go into [Settings] then [Repositories] then expand [Official mirrors] Twiddle sliders to select ones you want to use. By default, they're all turned on. I'm using f-droid Basic

Søren Apr 29, 2025

Torsten Grote Apr 29, 2025

Great news! @NGIZero will fund me to overhaul the @fdroidorg app! More info here: https://f-droid.org/en/2025/04/29/mobifree-client-funding.html

NGI Mobifree funds client app overhaul | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository

The F-Droid app was created in 2009 in the early days of Android and lots ofits code is still that old. While the ecosystem has seen many drasticshifts, the...

Søren Dec 29, 2024

c3voc releases Dec 29, 2024

Hacking yourself a satellite - recovering BEESAT-1 has been released on media.ccc.de https://media.ccc.de/v/38c3-hacking-yourself-a-satellite-recovering-beesat-1 https://events.ccc.de/congress/2024/hub/event/hacking-yourself-a-satellite-recovering-beesat-1/

Hacking yourself a satellite - recovering BEESAT-1

In 2013, the satellite BEESAT-1 started returning invalid telemetry, rendering it effectively unusable. Because it is projected to remain...

media.ccc.de

Søren Dec 22, 2024

Had a problem using AcousticID with #MusicBrainzPicard to save changes in the options. Always getting directed to fingerprinting "Please select a valid fpcalc executable." and changes where lost even when selecting Make it so! Official docu (Fedora 7 or Higher) says to compile with ffmpeg. But found a simpler solution:
dnf install chromaprint-tools
And the executable was found when enabling AcusticID. #fedora

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Søren Nov 29, 2024

Es gibt aber ein Trick (nur traurig, dass dies nötig ist). Im Chat mit einem Bot kann man die Kündigung durch bekommen, indem man immer hartnäckig bleibt. #Amazon #amazonprime #prime #verbraucherschutz

Søren Nov 29, 2024

#amazon versteckt den Kündigungs-Button. Alle Links führen auf die leere Seite, wo nur entweder die Teilnahmebedingungen oder Hilfe als Optionen zur Verfügung stehen. Letzteres wird einen wieder zurück zur leeren #prime Konto Verwaltungs-Seite führen.

Søren Feb 1, 2024

Verrückte Geschichte Feb 1, 2024

1966: Die isländische Regierung beschließt, dass donnerstags kein Fernsehprogramm ausgestrahlt werden darf. Ziel: Die Bürger sollen mehr ausgehen und sich unterhalten. Das Verbot bleibt bis 1987 bestehen.