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GrapheneOS Finally Ready To Break Free From Pixels https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/10/16/0234244/grapheneos-finally-ready-to-break-free-from-pixels?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon

GrapheneOS Finally Ready To Break Free From Pixels - Slashdot

GrapheneOS, the privacy-focused Android fork once exclusive to Google Pixels, is partnering with a major Android OEM to bring its hardened, de-Googled OS to Snapdragon-powered flagship phones. Android Authority reports: Until now, GrapheneOS has been available only on Pixel phones, making Google's ...

Vudú Oct 3, 2024

Adam Katz Oct 3, 2024

Look at somebody and know their life story in seconds.
This is why I don't have photos of myself online.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iWCqmaOUKhKjcKSktIwC3NNANoFP7vPsRvcbOIup_BA/mobilebasic #privacy #facialrecognition #doxxing

I-XRAY

I-XRAY: The AI Glasses That Reveal Anyone’s Personal Details—Home Address, Name, Phone Number, and More—Just from Looking at Them Builders: AnhPhu Nguyen & Caine Ardayfio Special thanks to Pavan Pandurangi, Alyssa Suh, Matthew Fisher, Jake Lewin, and Aida Baradari for contributing to the proje...

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Vudú Jul 21, 2024

Ian Coldwater 👻🌿Jul 20, 2024

PSA: delete your old Photobucket account now! Don’t put it off.

You know those emails you’ve been getting for a year from Photobucket threatening to delete your old account and you were like lol who cares and ignored them?

Turns out they didn’t delete them anyway, they repurposed the business as a broker of biometric data to AI companies and they’re using your old pictures for that. You have to actually go in and delete your account to opt out, and you only have until Monday, July 22 to do it.

Vudú Jul 19, 2024

Emelia 👸🏻Jul 19, 2024

Two big new Mastodon Issues created today, to try to improve the reporting and moderation tools and experiences for both users and moderators alike:

Ability to exchange updates about Reports for Users and Moderators: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/31083

Ability to discuss a Report with a local account: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/31081

Relatedly, there's also Federation of Report Notes in https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/27562

#mastodon #activitypub

Ability to exchange updates about Reports for Users and Moderators · Issue #31083 · mastodon/mastodon

Motivation At present, Mastodon does not provide any feedback to users in response to reports, the only feedback that is provided is to the reported account in the form of an Account Warning, if th...

GitHub

Vudú Jul 12, 2024

Proton Jul 12, 2024

You asked, we delivered! You can now set an extra password for Proton Pass in addition to your Proton account password, allowing for better compartmentalization and peace of mind.

Be sure to store your extra password securely. Rolling out now and available for everyone in the coming days: https://proton.me/support/pass-extra-password

How to secure Proton Pass with an extra password | Proton

All Proton Accounts are secured using strong, robust encryption, but for more peace of mind, you can secure Proton Pass with an extra password.

Proton

Vudú Jul 12, 2024

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andscape Jul 12, 2024

This is old drama at this point. I’ll repeat what’s been said the previous times this was posted.

Proton did what they were legally required to do in the jurisdiction where they operate as a legitimate business. As an encrypted email provider they offer privacy but not necessarily anonymity, and they’re open about that. They even have multiple blogposts about how to use their service more anonymously. If you thought that by using ProtonMail you were getting full anonymity that’s your mistake.

In both the cases mentioned the users made OpSec mistakes: not using a VPN in one and linking their personal Apple email as a recovery email in the other. In the first case Proton wasn’t even logging the user’s IP until the police forced them to.

Vudú Jul 12, 2024

Jeff Fortin T. (風の庭園のNekohayo)Jul 12, 2024

Every #GNOMECalendar user owes a HUGE amount of gratitude to @khemicalkoder for solving the timelines backend bug that flew under the radar for years! It was causing at least two heisenbugs and obfuscating testing for a bunch of other bugs in the #GNOME calendaring application. This merge request was absolutely amazing: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-calendar/-/merge_requests/459

In addition to the 2 bugs fixed, these two other issues become clear enough for newcomers to fix:
* https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-calendar/-/issues/936#note_2165531
* https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-calendar/-/issues/59

timeline: notify subscribers to remove event outside their range (!459) · Merge requests · GNOME / gnome-calendar · GitLab

Timeline subscribers (i.e week_view, month_view, agenda_view, date_chooser) were not properly notified of event(s) moved out of their listening ranges. We notify them to remove these events....

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Vudú Jul 2, 2024

Simon Phipps Jul 1, 2024

Switzerland passes law requiring #OpenSource software in the public sector. "All public bodies must disclose the source code of software developed by or for them, unless precluded by third-party rights or security concerns" Well done @maemst, great work!

https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/collection/open-source-observatory-osor/news/new-open-source-law-switzerland

New Open Source law in Switzerland

Switzerland has enacted the "Federal Law on the Use of Electronic Means for the Fulfilment of Governmental Tasks" (EMBAG), establishing a mandatory requirement for open source software within public sector bodies.

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Vudú May 27, 2024

Distributed Denial of Secrets May 26, 2024

NEW exclusive from USA Today and #DDoSecrets reveals which US gun sellers are behind Mexican cartel violence https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/investigations/2024/05/22/mexican-cartels-supplied-trafficked-guns-from-us/73700258007/

Massive data leak ties names of American shops and buyers to thousands of guns recovered at Mexican crime scenes.

Hacked data reveals which US gun sellers are behind Mexican cartel violence

Another headache for the gun industry just emerged. Names on thousands of gun traces in Mexico leaked in a massive data hack.

USA TODAY