DanielTux @danielst@librem.one

Israeli espionage firm hacks WhatsApp. Can install spyware with missed call.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/may/13/whatsapp-urges-users-to-upgrade-after-discovering-spyware-vulnerability

My advice: dump WhatsApp today and start using Wire (https://wire.com/en/products/personal-secure-messenger/). Tell your friends and family to do the same. (It’s a simple, free download on all app stores. Easy to use, doesn’t require your phone number, and their business model is based on charging for commercial use and for pro accounts.)

You can find more alternatives on @switchingsocial (https://switching.social/ethical-alternatives-to-whatsapp-and-skype/)

#WhatsApp

Google's announcement that they will improve controls for third-party cookies is "all well and good, but if it’s something buried in the settings then only the most privacy-conscious people are ever going to use it,” says EFF's Bennett Cyphers https://gizmodo.com/the-dumb-truth-about-googles-privacy-push-1834601357

RT @Raritania01@twitter.com

@doctorow@twitter.com Anyone (rightly) disturbed by China's blocking Wikipedia must remember we're seeing a bigger, disturbing pattern-the EU's Article 13, France's attack on Gutenberg, and the rest. What remains of the web is under attack.
https://boingboing.net/2019/03/24/how-article13-is-like-the-inq.html
https://boingboing.net/2019/04/11/one-hour-service.html

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/Raritania01/status/1127967764449308672

I see some people pressuring tech companies to build a machine that blocks entire groups from Internet Society. They must be bigger optimists than I am, all I can think of is how such a machine will be abused.

RT @Federation_OSM@twitter.com

Pour vivre l'open source au quotidien, transition en cours en interne de Google Groups vers #Framadate de @framasoft@twitter.com. Etape suivante : quitter Google Drive pour #Nextcloud. Et vous, qu'est-ce que vous faites pour rendre votre vie plus open source ? 🌅
https://forum.federation-openspacemakers.com/t/gestion-des-listes-de-diffusion-et-des-calendriers-par-cercles/70

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/Federation_OSM/status/1126541884866822144

Real #NetNeutrality protections have already passed in the House of Representatives. Tell your senators that they must do the same. https://act.eff.org/action/tell-the-senate-to-restore-full-net-neutrality-protections

The Xinjiang law enforcement app's focus on data entry reminds us that digitizing our lives is the first step towards creating a panopticon. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/05/human-rights-watch-reverse-engineers-mass-surveillance-app-used-police-xinjiang

@linux and so does Flatpak but at least flatpak is fully FLOSS, unlike Snap with proprietary server.
I'm really disappointed in FOSS community for not stressing this enough.

The ace Kdenlive video editor has published new bug-fix builds for Windows and Linux systems https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2019/05/kdenlive-19-04-1-bug-fix-update

it turns out that NYTimes "Privacy Project" was a honeypot for privacy advocates all along (who built a ladder of legitimacy for Google to climb), not just readers (who had their data pilfered by tons of Big Tech trackers). #SurveillanceCapitalism

important discovery in the article by @davywtf: "*Neither* of these windows use JavaScript but the position of the cursor in the left window is sent to the right window. This works on Tor Browser with JS disabled." #tracking #privacy https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/software/developer-creates-a-two-way-chat-using-only-css-and-html/

TIL: #bash provides pseudo devices for TCP and UDP connections:

echo "hello" > /dev/udp/127.0.0.1/1337

or

exec 5<>/dev/tcp/www.google.com/80
echo -e "GET / HTTP/1.0\n" >&5
cat <&5

I'm baffled how I've never discovered that until today.

@fribbledom Special handling of certain file names is for redirections, and it is a Bash feature.

"Bash handles several filenames specially when they are used in redirections, as described in the following table. If the operating system on which Bash is running provides these special files, bash will use them; otherwise it will emulate them internally..."

https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/Redirections.html

@jasper @nik

Copyright may be broken, but turning the Copyright Office into the court, judge, and jury for bulk copyright claims is not how to fix it. https://act.eff.org/action/prevent-copyright-trolling-tell-congress-that-copyright-claims-can-t-be-treated-like-traffic-tickets