Free Soft&Hardware Enthusiast @goatwildernesscollective@librem.one

Less than eight months ago @beacondb started their repository.

#beaconDB is a public domain wireless #geolocation database. It was started because Mozilla stopped their location services.

In the months since the beginning the community collected more than:

18,944,124 networks
610,632 beacons
992,115 towers
in 151 countries

This shows the power of a collaborative #community and #opensource.

Are you already contributing? See the website how you can do this:

https://beacondb.net

#FOSS

I try to not use my title too much but in response to Zuck's recent speech:

As Queen of the Fediverse I officially declare Threads EXILED from our land

You are not welcome here, get the fuck out

phosh-osk-stub provides input purpose layouts for pin, digit and phone numbers:

7/7

A while ago I did a short thread on "expats", "economic migrants" and immigration:
https://mstdn.social/@rysiek/109931921984437190

I said:

> [Anti-immigration rhetoric is] not about making refugees not come. It's about making sure they never get the protections the local labor force already has.

> Because then they become super cheap labor. And a way to dismantle labor protections for everyone!

The problem for Musk with hiring Americans isn't that they're under-qualified, it's that they cannot be easily exploited.

Full disk encryption is an important feature for me. Many mobile Linux options lack it outright and those that have it can make it difficult to setup. FuriOS on my FLX1 not only has it but it is very easy to setup. You literally only have to go into Settings>Encryption, toggle Encryption on, choose your FDE password and the reboot. After that eevry time you boot the phone you will have to put that password in. Why every mobile Linux distro can't implement it like this I do not know.

❄️ Stay warm this winter with an EFF hoodie! ❄️
Our Stay Golden Hooded Sweatshirt is available when you donate to EFF at the Titanium level or above! https://eff.org/YEC

I finally did the remaining to part to import paired bluetooth keyboards/mouse/trackpads (at least the Apple ones) automatically for #asahilinux
This means they are useable on the first boot after installation without pairing. For dual boot systems they will connect automatically in macOS and linux without constant repairing manually exporting and importing link keys.
https://github.com/WhatAmISupposedToPutHere/asahi-nvram/pull/32

Solar power growth could slow if Trump keeps promise to kill Biden-era incentives https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/120924_solar_trump/solar-power-growth-could-slow-if-trump-keeps-promise-kill-biden-era-incentives/
The Sun Stream Complex in western Maricopa County will soon generate enough power to supply over 200,000 homes, and the first phase has been transforming Arizona’s scalding sunlight into electricity for more than three years - but such projects may not be possible much longer.
#Tucson #Arizona

The FBI’s response to Salt Typhoon is the same tired claim they’ve made for decades “where they say, ‘Encryption is OK, but we need to be able to access communications,’” EFF’s Andrew Crocker told @theintercept. “That is a circle that cannot be squared.” https://theintercept.com/2024/12/11/fbi-phone-encryption-salt-typhoon/

🇬🇧Ho, ho, ho: EU's #ChatControl dystopia stopped again today in Council committee (see voting map below) 🥂 +++ Thanks to everyone who fought with us! +++ Our digital privacy of correspondence and secure #encryption are non-negotiable foundations of the information era!

Sure he's responsible for some of the most crucial parts of our platform, yet @ebassi always comes to mind when I play a tune. What a delightful app Amberol is.

https://flathub.org/apps/io.bassi.Amberol

#gnome #apps

Flight 5

https://bird.makeup/@spacex/1845210284270682178

China successfully compromised for months the infrastructure used to do wiretaps on the AT&T and Verizon networks.

This is a huge "told you so" moment for the cryptographic community that has been saying that such infrastructure does present a huge risk to national security. China reportedly used this capability for intelligence collection, obviously without a warrant ...

https://www.wsj.com/tech/cybersecurity/u-s-wiretap-systems-targeted-in-china-linked-hack-327fc63b?st=b0mqxi9zkweti11&reflink=article_copyURL_share

The #Librem5 can run #egui :)

(It's an immediate mode #gui toolkit for #Rust .)

Here's a demo of an #opengl triangle.

This will be needed for a proof-of-concept #camera application using #libobscura (thank you @PrototypeFund for the funding!)

#linux #v4l2

i have an intense obsession with a number of old computer games that could have been super awesome but weren't (for example: amazing graphics/environments/sound/world but botched or tiresome mechanics, unfinished/rushed release (stuff in screenshots is not in the game, items are useless...), bad writing etc).