Hans-Christoph Steiner @eighthave@librem.one

@tarakiyee as someone who has worked in many different free software communities since 1994, this is so spot on. It is a great post!

@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.

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.

https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000342767/maedchen-ueber-verbot-ich-darf-nicht-ueber-mein-kopftuch-entscheiden

@je5perl Thanks for that. So far, with other laws like EU DSA or UK Online Safety Act, there are size-based regulations. I feel like we have to repeat this whole discussion all over again. The same stuff is all relevant here. So for example, one person sets up app distribution for their family, then they'll have to do age ratings and restrictions? With the F-Droid tooling, it really is that simple.

There is this story that when times get tough, then #governments need more powers and #secrecy to provide #security. But this is not based on the facts, but fiction. Shows like Homeland or movies like Bourne portray that. Facts and real world experience tell a very different story, that overall, this approach leads to domestic abuses and escalation of foreign conflicts rather than resolution, although it can help in specific circumstances
https://www.politico.eu/article/europe-intelligence-agencies-gain-powers-russia-china-threats/