Kyle Rankin @kyle@librem.one

@fribbledom I used Makergeeks but now that they closed shop I'm searching too. Right now using Hatchbox to get by.

I wrote a piece on the @purism blog on why consent is critical for #privacy, the tech industry's failure to get consent, and as a result how "Privacy has become the tattoo removal of the information age". https://puri.sm/posts/consent-matters-when-tech-shares-your-secrets-without-your-permission/

#vanlife at #DEFCON means arriving/leaving when I want and avoiding invasive airport and hotel searches. Last year my DEFCON vanlife experiment was a failure. This year I'm hopefully learning from my mistakes:

1. New AC to replace original that 110F Vegas heat killed last year.

2. Camping on strip, so no 30-min commute from camp to venue.

3. Leaving van plugged in, AC on, taking cabs to venues, so no more parking unplugged in direct sun all day (limited high-clearance parking in garages).

@palinuro I lit the post-it over my fireplace and once I felt like it wouldn't go out after I tossed it in, I tried to and discovered it was stuck to my finger! Fortunately I was able to get it unstuck before I burned my hand.

Good: burning post-it notes containing secrets after use.
Bad: holding the post-it by the sticky side as you light it. #protip #closecall

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/

@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.

@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.