dbread @dbread@qoto.org

@mhoye hashonyms. such a timesaver. and what a boon to clarity.

Without promoting it, here’s the Right-Wing plan to deconstruct the administrative state by firing qualified government experts and replacing with Trump loyalists and religious zealots.

“The Project 2025 document outlines four main aims: restore the family as the centrepiece of American life; dismantle the administrative state; defend the nation’s sovereignty and borders; and secure God-given individual rights to live freely.”

i'm really excited to show https://compost.party to the world! it's a web server on an old, broken phone, getting energy from the sun using one of those portable solar chargers that you may also have lying around.

it's a real oddity and a real beauty

Ever wanted to hook some work-in-progress to the Internet for testing but afraid that someone breaks or vandalizes it?
Just hook nginx reverse proxy with client certificate authentication on it and you can be quite sure only those you trust can access.
Wrote a short guide: https://blog.puhuri.com/2024/07/how-to-easily-protect-development.html
Thanks for @Viss Security Fest presentation about the idea.
#infosec #devops

Request for recommendations for #FOSS and #infosec podcasts!

Today in 1994, 30 years ago: Spain suffers a heat wave. Murcia has a maximum temperature of 47.2 °C, the highest recorded in the Spanish provincial capitals. Record also in Alicante with 41.4°C.

#OnThisDay

#Whatsapp also stores the local history in plain text but stores the data in a location accessible by any process/app/script started by the user. The user won't get a permission prompt.
#Signal only stores the text part of the local history in an encrypted file -- the encryption key is stored in Keychain. However, media attachments (such as photos you send and receive) are stored locally without encryption. … 🧵
#WhatsApp #Apple #privacy #infosec #macos

Hey #AskFedi,

Does anyone know of any #Linux email or contact manager programs that can handle contact groups (not mailing lists). This is implemented as the "CATEGORIES:" field in #vcf

I have one Android app (Fossify Contacts) that can use it (and it works great), but neither Thunderbird nor KAddressBook seem to support it.

what are some movies that have a lot of CYBER in them. #askfedi

Trillion-dollar companies aren't going to stop just because their activities are hurting the planet. They would rather see the world end than say NO to money.

#CorporateGreed #Capitalism #Monday #SocialMedia #Mastodon #Megalodon #Tusky #Fediverse

Wer die Nachrichten in den USA nicht verfolgt hat – hier die Zusammenfassung. https://www.thenation.com/article/society/trump-immunity-supreme-court/