The UK PM has just announced an under-16 social media ban.

This is the 'Trojan Horse' in action. You cannot enforce a ban without an Age Verification layer, and you can’t have Age Verification without a National Digital ID or bio-metric database. They are using the 'child safety' card to build a mandatory surveillance gate for the entire internet.

Between the new taxes and the constant bans, it’s clear this government has zero respect for personal agency or digital sovereignty. If you aren't already moving your data off the cloud and into your own home lab, start now. The gap between our current society and a total surveillance state just got a whole lot smaller.

#UKPolitics #OnlineSafetyAct #Privacy #Surveillance #DigitalID #AgeVerification #MassSurveillance #DigitalRights

🚨 Atomic Arch: AUR Malware Audit Tool

The recent "Atomic Arch" campaign compromised over 1,500 AUR packages. If you synced using yay or paru between June 10-12, you might have pulled a Trojan targeting your SSH keys and API tokens.

I’ve built a privacy-focused audit tool to help you check your system.

✅ Privacy First: All processing happens locally in your browser.
✅ Live Data: Fetches the threat list directly from Arch security servers.
✅ No Trackers: Just the tool and the data you need.

Audit your system here:
https://the.unknown-universe.co.uk/privacy-security/atomic-arch-audit-tool/

Stay paranoid.

#ArchLinux #AUR #Linux #CyberSecurity #AtomicArch #FOSS #Privacy #InfoSec

Ripped out Tailscale and built a simpler WireGuard setup instead.

Tried Headscale but it felt a bit too convoluted for what I actually needed, so I kept it basic: two VPSes and plain config files. One VPS acts as the VPN hub, the other as a reverse proxy back into my home lab, letting me expose services without any inbound port forwarding.

https://the.unknown-universe.co.uk/home-lab/wireguard-vpn-two-vps

#SelfHosting #HomeLab #Privacy #Linux #Networking #Tailscale #WireGuard

Copy Fail — CVE‑2026‑31431

Allows overwriting bytes in the shared page cache. A compromised Docker container or local process can now get full root on the host; disk integrity checks won’t see it.

**It’s patched — but not fixed — until you reboot.**

Distros are now shipping updated kernels.

Check kernel version:

uname -v 

if older than Apr 22, 2026, you're likely still vulnerable

You must update the kernel package AND reboot the host. Restarting containers or services is not enough.

Treat this as critical if you self-host public services.

#Linux #InfoSec #CVE202631431 #CopyFail #SelfHosted #Docker #Kubernetes