Årets #CTF från #cert_se är släppt:
https://cert.se/2024/09/cert-se-ctf2024.html
I helgen ansluter Ulug till The Internyet Party som är ett internetfrånkopplat LAN-party. Där håller vi lördagens hackträff.
https://www.ulug.se/post/2024-10-05-hacktraff-under-internyet-party/
“We should ban surveillance advertising. Period. Companies should not be allowed to collect our data without our meaningful opt-in consent, and if that was the standard, there would be no data-collection:”
— @pluralistic
Everything advertised on social media is overpriced junk :
https://pluralistic.net/2023/04/08/late-stage-sea-monkeys/#jeremys-razors
More about healthy #iSpaces - BBC's Rethink: Is the internet getting worse?
Once again remind people about my new #photography related @pixelfed instance https://pixel.kushaldas.photography/kushal I hope you will enjoy the photos there.
Please boost this post so that more people can see the photos. As I post a lot of #demonstration and #protest photos, the traditional applications don't like the hashtags :)
phosh 0.42.0 is out 🚀📱:
There's 🐛 fixes and improvements, check out the full release notes at https://phosh.mobi/releases/rel-0.42.0/ for details or see below short 🧵
🙏 to everyone who contributed to this release.
#phosh #librem5 #pinephone #gtk #wlroots #gnome #linux #mobile #LinuxMobile
1/n
Det här är vansinne och måste stoppas. Skamligt att #Sverige är en del av det.
Om du inte är insatt, läs på och agera. Om du är insatt och aktiv i motståndet: keep up the good work!
Over 300 scientists from 33 countries have signed yet another open letter criticising Hungary's proposal for EU #ChatControl:
Client-side scanning of ALL end-to-end encrypted private communication (messages, email..)
In other words: mass surveillance!
https://homes.esat.kuleuven.be/~preneel/Open_letter_CSAR_aug24_still_unacceptable.pdf
Apple bows down to another authoritative regime to stop citizens from downloading VPN apps https://www.phonearena.com/news/Apple-bows-down-to-another-authoritative-regime-to-stop-citizens-from-downloading-VPN-apps_id163159
@libreoffice is 14 years old.
What a triumph it is: a Free (and free) office suite, available for multiple operating systems.
Lisa Magnusson briljerar om Chat Control
Sverige gör tummen upp till chat control – förstår politikerna ens vad det innebär? undrar Lisa Magnusson - DN.se
https://www.dn.se/ledare/lisa-magnusson-sverige-gor-tummen-upp-till-chat-control-forstar-politikerna-ens-vad-det-innebar/
"Byt bank om du inte är nöjd" är ju sparekonomernas främsta råd till besvikna bankkunder.
Bra att detta råd smulas sönder och bankmarknadens orimlighet blottläggs.
https://www.dn.se/debatt/listrantans-enda-syfte-ar-att-lura-bankkunderna/
Ungerns Chat Control-förslag kommer upp på Justitieutskottets möte torsdag 26 september!
C, V, MP och SD har tidigare sagt nej till Chat Control och massövervakning:
https://konstellationen.org/2024/09/19/chatcontrol-rapport/
Jag har nu mailat och påmint dem.
Jag har även mailat Liberalerna: info@liberalerna.se, martin.melin@riksdagen.se, robert.hannah@riksdagen.se
Min uppmaning är:
- Säg nej till Ungerns Chat Control förslag
- Rösta för att utskottet ställer sig bakom EU-parlamentets förslag
Boosta gärna!
📣NEW paper! Don’t believe the hype: bigger AI ≠ better AI. @SashaMTL, @GaelVaroquaux and me on how the race to bigger, and bigger AI has bad consequences and isn't necessary.
1. Smaller AI models often perform better than big models in context
And
2. obsession with bigness has severe collateral consequences, from climate costs, to concentrated power, to more surveillance, to the capture of AI research.
All of this, and what we can do instead 👇
arxiv.org/abs/2409.14160
New blogpost: Running a law firm on Free software (2024 edition)
It has been a couple of years since I last wrote about decoded.legal's (almost entirely FOSS) tech stack.
I was chatting with someone about it yesterday, so now is as good a time as any for an update.
It's not particularly law firm specific; probably more generically "small business" oriented.
I'm always happy to hear friendly constructive feedback :)
https://decoded.legal/blog/2024/09/running-a-law-firm-on-free-software-2024-edition/
Seach engine comparison: Mojeek vs Duckduckgo
Today's search: "skitsystem"
Search result quality: Mojeek is better, includes quality links such as http://javlaskitsystem.se/ and "Boktips: Jävla skitsystem - boken om den digitala arbetsmiljön"
Privacy: Mojeek is better, uBlock Origin blocks lots of bad things for Duckduckgo but nothing for Mojeek. Also, Duckduckgo shows links to "facebook" and "youtube" which are very bad regarding privacy.
Winner in both categories: Mojeek
Today, 20 September 2024, is the last day to take part in the EU consultation where everyone can have a say, as FSFE explain here:
"Bring Back Free Software Funding: Give Your Feedback to the European Commission"
https://fsfe.org/news/2024/news-20240911-02.en.html
I just filled it out, it's quite easy, so now my opionions ("the EU should support Free Software more!") will be in there.
For those reading this, if in the EU: Please take part you too! Today is your last chance. Do it!
Human being. Programmer, sailor, researcher, teacher, student, parent, child, etc. Free/libre and open-source software (FOSS/FLOSS) enthusiast. Likes human rights, including digital rights such as privacy of communication. Lives in Stockholm. He/him. No DMs.