Hans-Christoph Steiner @eighthave@librem.one
Joined Aug 2019
@Gina if you need tips from a local, just let me know!
Looks like #Texas voters might have just spared us an ever increasing #AI onslaught:
“Amid data center backlash all across the country, Texas was supposed to be an AI oasis, where people would be able to build data centers no matter what was happening in the rest of #America... This election totally changed that.”
https://www.politico.eu/article/elon-musk-dealt-major-blow-in-midterm-elections-2026/
Hans-Christoph Steiner
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@gwagner that's the clearest display I've seen of the actual motivations of those who decide to start these wars.
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Some say, digital advertising is compromised. I'd rather say, it works as intended, and it's a systemic security threat.
Some more background on the role of the advertising industry in ad-based spyware delivery, as exposed in our new Citizen Lab report published last week.
I just checked #eMudhra on a fully patched #Apple #macOS machine and I was shocked to see that they still haven't updated the system certificate store (/etc/ssl/cert.pem). So any software that hasn't updated this themselves is still vulnerable `/bin/bash -c "$(curl https://install.sh)"`, what could go wrong? 😂😑😱
Shows why #DigitalSoverignty is so important. #BigTech have massive resources but #monopoly control mean they don't really have to care
To fix it yourself
https://emudhra.we-have-a-problem.com/#workarounds
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**4/4**
I wrote *Gardens, Not Roads* last year about open source projects as communities of practice, not just codebases to maintain.
Their knowledge, relationships, and governance can't be reduced to individual fixes. Can commercial remediation strengthen those communities, or are we building parallel institutions whose priorities are set elsewhere?
https://tarakiyee.com/gardens-not-roads-cultivating-open-source-communities/
@tarakiyee as someone who has worked in many different free software communities since 1994, this is so spot on. It is a great post!
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"The United States has renewed a warning that it will not lower #tariffs on #EU steel products and a range of other goods unless #Brussels softens its enforcement of the #DigitalMarketsAct #DMA.
The European Commission relayed the message from the #Trump administration to EU capitals at a meeting last week, two people with knowledge of the matter told POLITICO.
The European Commission declined to comment."
@lehtimaeki Nice overview of how to do it! Perhaps I'm a bit biased, your points about Android are totally true, but I don't think we can just rule AOSP out. There is already quite a bit of developer activity on AOSP outside of Google. If we can all get organized around an AOSP fork, we can free it from Google. I suppose Android emulation on non-Android is one tool there but I think it'll always be clunky, so not a complete solution, but rather a migration tool.
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The quietest cities aren't created by chance.
They're designed that way.
Beyond its long-term sustainability commitment, Zaragoza is tackling one of Europe's most overlooked environmental challenges: noise pollution.
Instead of reacting to noise issues after they happen, the newly designated 2028 European Green Capital is building quieter neighbourhoods and green buffers right from the start.
Discover how 🌿 https://link.europa.eu/BVvBnN
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Our goal cannot be trying to replicate Silicon Valley in Europe. We must build something better!
This is my take on European Digital Sovereignty.
"Open Source Alone Won't Make Europe Digitally Sovereign" - Juhani Lehtimäki on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDj1HWgnNTo
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RE: https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@digitaleu/117484207178987606
EU money to support #journalism: €20 million
EU money to build #AI data centres that destroy journalism: €30 BILLION
Priorities. 🤷
Source: https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-launches-e30-billion-push-build-7-giga-ai-compute-hubs/
Has anyone found a good analysis of whether #CertificateTransparency (#CT) or #CertificationAuthorityAuthorization (#CAA) provided any kind of defense against exploits using #eMudhra? CT should but isn't implemented everywhere. I guess CAA didn't help because it is a check that is implemented at the #CertificationAuthority and someone who has the #eMudhra private keys (e.g. everyone) can generate a #MITM certificate and just not check the CAA stuff.
I started my day yesterday learning about #eMudhra, then I checked #Firefox on #Debian and found it was already patched on my machine. Thanks #carnil and #Mozilla! I just checked a fully patched #macOS machine and #Safari still shows some vulnerability. And people say Firefox is less #secure and #FOSS can't keep up. I hear #Windows is still vulnerable.
Needlessly breaking the #UX users are used to goes against the core of user-centered software design. If #FOSS wants to be an actual #alternative to #BigTech not just some techies' hobby project, this must be taken seriously. We can and should handle it well, key projects have in the past. #Google delights when competitors pull the rug out on users, that hands them an opportunity to win them back. The biggest spikes in user growth in #FDroid were when Google pulled the rug out on #Android users
#BankOfAmerica is fined $1.21 billion for "money laundering and other illicit activity". Sounds like a lot, right? Now consider they are currently spending $6 billion a quarter on stock buybacks. That's $24 billion a year. This is not even a slap on the wrist, although it is the "third largest fine in US treasury’s history". Could we start punishing #criminal banks for real please?
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/oct/14/bank-of-america-fined-money-laundering
@Gina as a mixed up Austro-Germanic-Slavo-American, I can only confirm the German stare is indeed a real phenomenon and also shared by Austrians and even Swiss to a lesser degree. I have sought an explanation and until now I can only scratch my head. I do feel that Germans have next level abilities on soul penetration.
In the Austrian context, I thought its about figuring out how you know a person so you know the correct greeting to use. On the metro "are they a neighbor or just look familiar?"
I strongly believe in making programming more accessible. One of the things that makes me quite sad about this boom of #AI #LLM #GenAI #code assistants is how they cement reliance on giant companies in order to achieve easier coding. Imagine if the piles of cash were instead invested in more human programming environments and better, more engaging education. We could have easily achieved the same level of #accessibility, but then, everything an individual needed would run on their own #computer
"Ich darf nicht über mein Kopftuch entscheiden".
Ich finde einen #Kopftuchverbot eine völlig absurde Idee und ist einfach #Intoleranz pur.
Joined Aug 2019
