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Crazy-to-Bike<p><a href="https://chaos.social/@floyd" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@floyd@chaos.social</a> <a href="https://fedifriends.social/@morethanevil" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@morethanevil@fedifriends.social</a><span> <br><br>Ich bin jetzt mal ganz ketzerisch:<br>Inkompatibilitäten sind in aller Regel auf der Seite des Apfelmikrokosmos zu suchen und verorten. Ziel Nr. 1 von Apple ist maximale Inkompatibilität mit allem außerhalb des eigenen Kosmos und Nichtoffenlegung eigener API etc. pp, um die Nutzer maximal ins Ökosystem zu zwingen </span>😉<span><br><br></span><a href="https://fediworld.de/tags/Apple" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Apple</a> <a href="https://fediworld.de/tags/ClosedSource" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ClosedSource</a> <a href="https://fediworld.de/tags/VendorLockIn" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VendorLockIn</a></p>
Kevin Dominik Korte<p>After thousands of articles on how insecure open-source software is, why do the large-scale hacks seem to target closed-source software? I guess it will remain a mystery.<br><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cybersecurity</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/closedsource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>closedsource</span></a><br><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-21/microsoft-server-software-comes-under-widespread-cyberattack" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bloomberg.com/news/articles/20</span><span class="invisible">25-07-21/microsoft-server-software-comes-under-widespread-cyberattack</span></a></p>
Pyngu Digital<p>You have to see it to believe it!🙄</p><p>Die Auftragsvolumina für proprietäre amerikanische Softwarelizenzen des Bundes sind schon lange außer Kontrolle.</p><p>Die Ausgaben für Oracle-Software sind besonders unverhältnismäßig hoch, was zu dem Schluss führt:</p><p>- Vendor Lock-in wird teuer bezahlt<br>- Keine erkennbare Strategie zur Kostenreduzierung (z.B. durch Umstieg auf OSS-Alternativen) sichtbar<br>- Angst vor Veränderung und Verantwortung</p><p><a href="https://social.pyngu.com/tags/Infographic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Infographic</span></a> <a href="https://social.pyngu.com/tags/ClosedSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClosedSource</span></a> <a href="https://social.pyngu.com/tags/OSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OSS</span></a> <a href="https://social.pyngu.com/tags/Software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Software</span></a> <a href="https://social.pyngu.com/tags/Bundesverwaltung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bundesverwaltung</span></a> <a href="https://social.pyngu.com/tags/Oracle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oracle</span></a></p>
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/ClosedSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClosedSource</span></a> Meets <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a>: <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a>'s Founder <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/BillGates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BillGates</span></a> and <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a>'s Creator <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/LinusTorvalds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LinusTorvalds</span></a> Cross Paths For First Time in 50yr<br>Both of them were seen at a dinner hosted by <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/MarkRussinovich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarkRussinovich</span></a>, CTO of Microsoft <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Azure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Azure</span></a><br>Gates focuses on innovation through acquisition and corporate control, but Linux's creator is all about collaboration.<br>Probably, difference in ideologies is primary reason why they haven't met, but apart from that, there isn't known enmity between them.<br><a href="https://wccftech.com/microsoft-founder-bill-gates-and-linux-creator-linus-torvalds-cross-paths-for-the-first-time-in-50-years/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wccftech.com/microsoft-founder</span><span class="invisible">-bill-gates-and-linux-creator-linus-torvalds-cross-paths-for-the-first-time-in-50-years/</span></a></p>
Christoph Schmees<p>Citrix Netscaler schon wieder sehr hohes Risiko</p><p>Die Produktlinie NetScaler begann als Marke der US-Firma Citrix. Inzwischen sind beides getrennte Marken unter dem Dach einer Firma mit Namen Cloud Software Group (CSG). - Aktuell gibt es Warnungen vor drei Sicherheitslücken in mehreren NetScaler Produkten. Die schlimmste der Sicherheitslücken, CVE 2025-5777, wird mit einem Risiko von 9,3 (von 10) eingestuft. Oder sollte man sagen Hintertür? Die Sicherheitslücke beruht nämlich darauf, dass Eingaben nicht ausreichend geprüft werden ("insufficient input validation"). Ah, ja.</p><p><a href="https://www.pc-fluesterer.info/wordpress/2025/06/25/citrix-netscaler-schon-wieder-sehr-hohes-risiko/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">pc-fluesterer.info/wordpress/2</span><span class="invisible">025/06/25/citrix-netscaler-schon-wieder-sehr-hohes-risiko/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Empfehlung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Empfehlung</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Warnung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Warnung</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/exploits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>exploits</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/foss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>foss</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/hersteller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hersteller</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/hintert%C3%BCr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hintertür</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/router" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>router</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/sicherheit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sicherheit</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/spionage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spionage</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/UnplugTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnplugTrump</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/usa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>usa</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/vorbeugen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vorbeugen</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/vpn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vpn</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/wissen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wissen</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/closedsource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>closedsource</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/propriet%C3%A4r" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>proprietär</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/citrix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>citrix</span></a></p>
Franky_Tegeler :friendica:<span class="h-card"><a href="https://soc.schuerz.at/profile/jakob" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>jakob</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://troet.cafe/users/energisch_" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>energisch_</span></a></span> Leider bieten nicht alle Forks die Möglichkeit von <a href="https://friendica.a-zwenkau.de/search?tag=PWA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PWA</span></a> an. <a href="https://friendica.a-zwenkau.de/search?tag=Fennec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fennec</span></a> kennt das auch nicht und das ist momentan mein bevorzugter <a href="https://friendica.a-zwenkau.de/search?tag=Browser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Browser</span></a> auf dem Tablet, da <a href="https://friendica.a-zwenkau.de/search?tag=PrivacyFirst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrivacyFirst</span></a> an erster Stelle steht. Und <a href="https://friendica.a-zwenkau.de/search?tag=ClosedSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClosedSource</span></a> nutze ich nicht.
Dendrobatus Azureus<p>Today I learned the following. Journaling and journaling are two separate distinctly separate manners of keeping file systems in Sync.</p><p>When microsoft talks about journaling in NTFS you should never, ever think about the robust journaling system that Ext4 has</p><p>In comparison EXT4 journaling is a god while en NTFS journaling is not even an ant</p><p>I have EXT4 file systems connected to an extremely unstable machine. This thing crashes to green screens more than 64 times a day.</p><p>{It's a Gigabyte Mini PC in case you're interested never buy those. The machine came with overheating errors from the beginning. The factory installed a fan for the APU which is not even suitable for a GPU that was made a decade ago}</p><p>I've not even lost one bit of data on those EXT4 file systems.</p><p>Those NTFS file systems with journaling? I lost all of them. All NTFS file systems were lost</p><p>I didn't lose data because I have backups the file systems just keeled over simply because the machine kept rebooting </p><p>Thank you for being so robust EXT4 </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Journal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Journal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/filesystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>filesystem</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/EXT4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EXT4</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/NTFS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NTFS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/ClosedSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClosedSource</span></a></p>
Jürgen :verigreen:🌗🪐🌌<p>Vieleicht eher <a href="https://tyrol.social/tags/unpopularOpinion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unpopularOpinion</span></a>:</p><p><a href="https://tyrol.social/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> ist DAS BESTE was Europa (längerfristig gesehen) passieren konnte!</p><p>Auch wenn gewisse Dinge dadurch momentan (sehr) schwierig sind, aber die Ambitionen die sich nun entwickeln sich ENDLICH loszulösen von den vielen US-Abhängigkeiten ist schon mehr als zig-Jahre überfällig!</p><p>"<a href="https://tyrol.social/tags/KritischeInfrastruktur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KritischeInfrastruktur</span></a>? Das machen die Amis für uns." 🤦‍♂️<br>Sorry, aber als nicht IT-ler muss ich fragen: wie blöd kann man eigentlich sein?</p><p>Ohne <a href="https://tyrol.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> hätte man sich noch mehr in diese Abhängigkeit gegeben, weil es ist ja einfach, da kümmern sich andere drum. 🤦‍♂️</p><p><a href="https://tyrol.social/tags/Digitalesouver%C3%A4nit%C3%A4t" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Digitalesouveränität</span></a>, sooo extrem wichtig, aber niemanden hat es bisher gestört.<br>Wird zwar noch etwas dauern, aber Trump verändert hier wohl NACHHALTIG etwas zum Guten.</p><p><a href="https://tyrol.social/tags/UnplugTrum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnplugTrum</span></a> <a href="https://tyrol.social/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://tyrol.social/tags/ClosedSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClosedSource</span></a> <a href="https://tyrol.social/tags/InternationalerGerichtshof" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InternationalerGerichtshof</span></a> <a href="https://tyrol.social/tags/IStGH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IStGH</span></a> <a href="https://tyrol.social/tags/KarimKhan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KarimKhan</span></a></p>
Radio Azureus<p>Reading this article by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@stefano" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>stefano</span></a></span> with great interest.</p><p>Many things can be learned here. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Apple</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/iPhone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>iPhone</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClosedSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClosedSource</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/iMac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>iMac</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mach</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/kernel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kernel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SteveJobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SteveJobs</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://my-notes.dragas.net/2025/05/14/apple-devices-reliability-question-20-plus-year-user-retrospective-updated/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">my-notes.dragas.net/2025/05/14</span><span class="invisible">/apple-devices-reliability-question-20-plus-year-user-retrospective-updated/</span></a></p>
Radio Azureus<p>This is one important reason why you should rip yourself away from closed source underlords</p><p>The destruction of your privacy by ripping your adblock extensions a new <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rsehole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rsehole</span></a></p><p>I stopped using Alphabet's google chrome 100% before this came into effect</p><p>It wasn't just 30 million people using this extension by the way it was much much more (close to 300 million users?)</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@mozilla" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>mozilla</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@Timpostma" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Timpostma</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@stefano" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>stefano</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Alphabet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Alphabet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/chrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chrome</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>google</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClosedSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClosedSource</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Underlords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Underlords</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uBlockOrigin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uBlockOrigin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/adblock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>adblock</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a></p>
Kevin Dominik Korte<p>AI agents don't go rogue. They do exactly what their program tells them to. It's too bad you didn't understand the program or were able to dissect the closed-source ones.<br><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cybersecurity</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ai</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/closedsource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>closedsource</span></a><br><a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/05/06/ai-agents-identity-security-cyber-threats" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">axios.com/2025/05/06/ai-agents</span><span class="invisible">-identity-security-cyber-threats</span></a></p>
Hans-Christoph Steiner<p>"Exclusive: Google will develop the Android OS fully in private..."</p><p>Looking again at <a href="https://www.androidauthority.com/google-android-development-aosp-3538503/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">androidauthority.com/google-an</span><span class="invisible">droid-development-aosp-3538503/</span></a> I really think that was a PR piece, e.g. <a href="https://social.librem.one/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a>'s PR firm put together the story for <a href="https://social.librem.one/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Android</span></a> Authority. Its got all the markings, the "Exclusive" part, the uncritical eye "Google is simply consolidating its development efforts into a single branch", minimizing harm to custom ROMs, "custom ROMs will largely also see little change" etc</p><p><a href="https://social.librem.one/tags/AOSP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AOSP</span></a> <a href="https://social.librem.one/tags/PublicRelations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicRelations</span></a> <a href="https://social.librem.one/tags/FreeSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSoftware</span></a> <a href="https://social.librem.one/tags/ClosedSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClosedSource</span></a></p>
Dendrobatus Azureus<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://defcon.social/@dmantis" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>dmantis</span></a></span> </p><p>That's a point that I've looked at for decades and just like you said; it's much worse because the audio is something that can be so extremely intrusive when it is violated and sent somewhere else</p><p>For example most of the major providers of so-called social media, have a client in which they have a clause for usage that is literally saying that they can turn on the microphone, at will, and you can't do anything about it. They obfuscuate the message by putting it in legalese</p><p>That is more than frightening</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Infosec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Infosec</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Android</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/webcam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>webcam</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/front" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>front</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Camera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Camera</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/networkSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>networkSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/clientSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>clientSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/ClosedSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClosedSource</span></a></p>
Dendrobatus Azureus<p>For some odd reason people consider it to be normal to be very very violated when it comes down to their personal privacy.</p><p>* No one should point the camera at your face without your permission.<br>* No one should sell you a device which has a camera pointed at your face 24 hours a day and you just accept it<br>* No one should sell you a device with a battery permanently sealed in it but that's another story and another storyline<br>* No one should ever sell you the snake oil telling you that it's normal to have a camera pointed at your face 24/7</p><p>It's not 🚫 normal!</p><p>Now go and protect your identity cover that lens!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Infosec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Infosec</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Android</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/webcam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>webcam</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/front" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>front</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Camera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Camera</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/networkSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>networkSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/clientSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>clientSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/ClosedSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClosedSource</span></a></p>
Dendrobatus Azureus<p>When was the last time you've properly used the camera on your Android?</p><p>No I'm not talking about the camera which points at the scenery, I'm talking about the camera which points straight to your face 24 hours a day every time you pick your Android up.</p><p>¿Well? I'm waiting. </p><p>About 990 out of 1000 people will answer this wrong. </p><p>The only proper way of using that camera is making sure that it can only record images of your face when you absolutely want to </p><p>That means that you need to put a piece of electrical isolation tape in front of the lens of the camera and it should be like that for most of the day.</p><p>Any other manner means that you do not know anything about securing yourself and about protecting your identity.</p><p>Do you consider it normal to have a barrel of a firearm pointed at your face 24 hours a day?</p><p>The question is rhetorical</p><p>Now please follow suit and do like I have done it for decades;</p><p>The only time when the camera is pointed at me, is when I want to; if I don't I either cover it, or shove the person who puts the camera in my face in such a manner that they drop it immediately, or else!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Infosec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Infosec</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Android</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/webcam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>webcam</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/front" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>front</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Camera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Camera</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/networkSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>networkSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/clientSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>clientSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/ClosedSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClosedSource</span></a></p>
Hacker News<p>Kagi Is Bringing Orion Web Browser to Linux — <a href="https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/03/kag-orion-web-browser-coming-to-linux" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/03/kag-or</span><span class="invisible">ion-web-browser-coming-to-linux</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HackerNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kagi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kagi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Orion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Orion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Browser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Browser</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClosedSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClosedSource</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LinuxWebBrowser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LinuxWebBrowser</span></a></p>
Christoph Schmees<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://climatejustice.social/@mago" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>mago</span></a></span> </p><p>Eher friert die Hölle zu. <br>Vor allem müssten erst Voraussetzungen geschaffen werden, von denen 🇩🇪 Lichtjahre entfernt ist: Eine sichere digitale Verwaltung auf der Basis von FOSS, so wie in 🇩🇰 oder 🇪🇪 . <br>Noch gilt bei uns dies: <br><a href="https://www.pc-fluesterer.info/wordpress/2023/02/11/wollt-ihr-die-totale-pkz-so-nicht/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">pc-fluesterer.info/wordpress/2</span><span class="invisible">023/02/11/wollt-ihr-die-totale-pkz-so-nicht/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/foss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>foss</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/privatsph%C3%A4re" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privatsphäre</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/datenschutz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>datenschutz</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/closedsource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>closedsource</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/politik" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politik</span></a></p>
froggfish<p>I tried to switch to lemmy but get the warning "This app is closed-source and can possible collect your data"." Use it at your own risk" .</p><p>What does that mean?</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/lemmy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lemmy</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/globalswitchday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>globalswitchday</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/reddit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reddit</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/redditmigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>redditmigration</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/closedsource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>closedsource</span></a></p>
Radio Azureus<p>The frightening story of how certain Subaru Vehicles can/ could be hacked</p><p><a href="https://samcurry.net/hacking-subaru" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">samcurry.net/hacking-subaru</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InfoSec</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Vehicle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Vehicle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Subaru" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Subaru</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hacking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hacking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/closedSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>closedSource</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/serious" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>serious</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/flaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>flaw</span></a></p>
hikari<p>I'm just trying to check using <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/loops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>loops</span></a> servers<br><a href="https://loops.fediverse.observer/stats" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">loops.fediverse.observer/stats</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/loopsvideo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>loopsvideo</span></a> has 15k users.<br>But I did not understand<br>Why can a <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/closedsource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>closedsource</span></a> application in fediverse have so many users without connecting to <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/activitypub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>activitypub</span></a> ?</p>