Kyle Rankin @kyle@librem.one
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Technical author, FOSS advocate, public speaker, Linux security & infrastructure geek, author of The Best of Hack and /: Linux Admin Crash Course, Linux Hardening in Hostile Networks and many other books, ex-Linux Journal columnist.
Joined Apr 2019
Whoever named this needs a lesson in modern #infosec malware branding. "eCh0raix" really? NASty NAP is the obvious choice: https://www.zdnet.com/article/this-new-ransomware-is-targeting-network-attached-storage-devices/
@dallin It's the silent, non-interactive part, combined with the fact that it's a 3rd party app the user installed independently, that make it creepy. Prompting the user to update/patch would make it less creepy.
I imagine many in #infosec will conclude the ends justify the means, and I imagine most Apple users won't care, but I still think silently pushing non-interactive 3rd-party app updates to consumer devices is creepy: https://techcrunch.com/2019/07/10/apple-silent-update-zoom-app/
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“If people saw a cop sitting in front of their church or their oncologist writing down license plates, people would be concerned."
But law enforcement are using automated license plate readers to effectively do just that, says EFF's @maassive https://slate.com/technology/2019/07/automatic-license-plate-readers-hoa-police-openalpr.html
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I'm on Mastodon again... Via Librem.one :D
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This sounds cool. I tried setting it up, but I can't reach the git repo (might be my corporate firewall having a good time with me). Has anybody else done this and what did you think? Thanks for the article @kyle!
"What Really IRCs Me: Mastodon | Linux Journal"
https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/what-really-ircs-me-mastodon
@mike @ndegruchy@fosstodon.org I think of social media like a giant, busy IRC channel I moderate where I can +v any particular person I want to talk to (by following them).
@survivor303@mastodon.social @linuxjournal If your IRC client supports that then yes, I imagine it would be possible. I'm using irssi here.
@survivor303@mastodon.social @linuxjournal It posts a full URL to the media, hosted on the mastodon server, for you to open in a web browser.
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What Really IRCs Me: Mastodon
By @kyle
Learn how to use the Mastodon social network platform from the comfort of your regular #IRC client. https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/what-really-ircs-me-mastodon
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Human Contact Is Now a Luxury Good - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/23/sunday-review/human-contact-luxury-screens.html @cybette good read
@jameshjacksonjr @cybette Good read indeed. Certainly true for more affluent urban/suburban areas, but not sure how true it is in rural areas where community, family and human contact were already the top priority.
@pkimpton Thanks for checking in. I'm up North so we are on the clear.
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Lessons in Vendor Lock-in: Google and Huawei
by @kyle
What happens when you're locked in to a vendor that's too big to fail, but is on the opposite end of a trade war?
https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/lessons-vendor-lock-google-and-huawei
@thibaultamartin I'm sorry, I don't know of any helper libs but maybe other in the community do.
There's nothing like a road trip to show just how much we overpay for gasoline in California.
Our new Librem Keys are Made in USA! I wrote a brief post on why having an even more secure supply chain is so important. Watching these come off the line is even more mesmerizing than watching my 3D printer. https://puri.sm/posts/made-in-usa-librem-key/
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Technical author, FOSS advocate, public speaker, Linux security & infrastructure geek, author of The Best of Hack and /: Linux Admin Crash Course, Linux Hardening in Hostile Networks and many other books, ex-Linux Journal columnist.
Joined Apr 2019
