⊥ᵒᵚ Cᵸᵎᶺᵋᶫ∸ᵒᵘ ☑️ @falken@qoto.org

A third-party surveillance tool claims it's tracking millions of Discord users across servers. Discord tells PCMag it's investigating. https://www.pcmag.com/news/discord-users-are-being-tracked-through-data-scraping-site

#WordPress help!

Please boost, since I have low follows on this account...

Does anyone know how to enable WPML translation of footnotes inserted using the block editor? I can't find reference to them anywhere.

I'm so excited about this upcoming space mission.

NASA has just confirmed that the Dragonfly octocopter will launch in July, 2028. When it arrives, it will spend at least two years flying over the organic-rich sands of Titan, Saturn's largest moon.

https://dragonfly.jhuapl.edu/News-and-Resources/news/20231128.php #space #science #nasa #life #tech

If you’ve not seen the ‘kids or dogs in pubs’ discourse I’ll seem like such a weirdo here. But basically there’s a big fight going on around various bits of the internet about whether we should let kids or dogs (or both) in pubs. And I just think... it’s absolutely fine to have a variety of spaces catering to different people.

My thoughts on the CSRB report on Microsoft's breach last year. No not that breach, the other breach. No, the other other breach. Yeah, that one.

https://www.thecyberwhy.com/p/a-meta-review-of-the-summer-2023

We fell short of where we needed to be on software updates, and we are making the necessary investments to not just deliver more timely releases, but also to communicate more broadly when we do.

wrote some stuff about the PuTTY ECDSA P-521 bug. probably useful if you want a general overview of what the problem is and who is likely to be affected.

https://chaos.social/@gsuberland/112277864549016674

Canadian political cartoonist, Michael deAdder has requested that his Washington Post cartoons be widely circulated after his recent dismissal.

Hidden dependencies in #Linux binaries https://thelittleengineerthatcould.blogspot.com/2024/04/hidden-dependencies-in-linux-binaries.html

I'm an abandonware radicalist; not only should abandoned software have its source released, abandoned hardware should be opened up to development to stop it being ewaste.

Ubuntu 24.04 (and Debian) removed libsystemd from SSH server dependencies

https://fosstodon.org/@3v1n0/112260950753323500

Discussions: https://discu.eu/q/https://fosstodon.org/%403v1n0/112260950753323500

#linux #ubuntu #unix

Was Devin's demo staged? Well, color me surprised! 😅 It is like VCs like scam artists more as they throw millions into any random AI startup. Why do governments allow this kind of fake information? Even Google got away with a phony demo of their AI. Google is a public trading company, yet no action has been taken against them. https://m.youtube.com/watch?si=xfDb-NhQfUg1zXWb&v=tNmgmwEtoWE&feature=youtu.be

Police arrested four people over $300,000 of stolen Lego kits https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/13/24129595/lego-crime-ring-arrested-los-angeles-300000-dollars

Rereading Pratchett at the moment. Sometimes things just hit home...

HUMANS NEED FANTASY TO BE HUMAN. TO BE THE PLACE WHERE THE FALLING ANGEL MEETS THE RISING APE.
“Tooth fairies? Hogfathers? Little—”
YES. AS PRACTICE. YOU HAVE TO START OUT LEARNING TO BELIEVE THE LITTLE LIES.
“So we can believe the big ones?”
YES. JUSTICE. MERCY. DUTY. THAT SORT OF THING.

#pterry #discworld #terrypratchett

@heydon maybe Uberspace?

I'm planning on being at EMFCamp again this year but also I am entirely out of ideas for anything to submit so my bias is to actually just go to an event where I don't have to care about doing so, but is there anything I could do that people would maybe be interested in?

Microsoft says it’s starting to test ads inside the Start menu on Windows 11. The software maker will use the Recommended section of the Start menu, which usually shows file recommendations, to suggest apps from the Microsoft Store. Trillion dollar corporation is so poor. They need more money by selling your data to the highest bidder. wtf? #privacy #security https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/12/24128640/microsoft-windows-11-start-menu-ads-app-recommendations

"Tesla warns owners that opening their doors or windows while installing a software update could damage the vehicle".

What do you even say, aside from "never get into a Tesla".

https://gizmodo.com/tesla-software-update-traps-woman-in-hot-car-1851407234