Roman Mindalev @r000n@librem.one
Some Clarity On The Linux Kernel's "Compliance Requirements" Around Russian Sanctions
When a number of Russian Linux developers were removed from their MAINTAINERS file in the Linux kernel, it was described as due to "compliance requirements" but vague in what those requirements entailed. Linus Torvalds then commented on the Russian Linux maintainers being de-listed and made it clear that they were done due to government compliance re…
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Compliance-Requirements
@phoronix "Geeks like to think that they can ignore politics, you can leave politics alone, but politics won’t leave you alone." Richard M. Stallman
Secure messenger with crypto wallet - nightmare for government
Official statement from @Mer__edith: the new EU chat controls proposal for mass scanning is the same old surveillance with new branding.
Whether you call it a backdoor, a front door, or “upload moderation” it undermines encryption & creates significant vulnerabilities.
"The fact that the EU interior ministers want to exempt police officers, soldiers, intelligence officers and even themselves from chat control scanning proves that they know exactly just how unreliable and dangerous the snooping algorithms are that they want to unleash on us citizens."
@fosspost Nature calming mind
Systemd 256.1 Fixes "systemd-tmpfiles" Unexpectedly Deleting Your /home Directory
https://www.phoronix.com/news/systemd-tmpfiles-purge-drama
Just when you thought Systemd couldn't get any more monstrous. 😚
@postmarketOS Please, don't make it enabled by default and undeletable
Sincerely, Alpine & Devuan user
This is another proof that systemd is an anti-pattern for security: with its crawling and ever extending web of dependencies, it extends the surface of vulnerability to orders of magnitude, and once embraced not even large distro communities can defend you from that.
2008 - AIM/ICQ/MSN
2023 - WhatsApp/Viber/Telegram
People don't care about privacy
@jeffcliff I don't use crypto, and people around me too. All these complementary currencies are useless for general population in everyday activities. Bank transfers by phone number and cash satisfy 99% needs. With 1%, who use crypto for black transfers, fight both exchanges and governments. In fact, after 11 years since registration on Villages, I can say - positive financial revolution does not happened. Just CBDC became reality...
@jeffcliff Yes, I checked out Villages recently
Telegram claimed as a secure messenger, but its ordinary chats are not end-to-end encrypted, and so-called private chats accessible in non-easy way. Coincidence?
RISC-V - stage #3 of the open (r)evolution: open software -> open hardware -> open architecture
Tried Zoom - have absolutely no fun about this toy. IRC is much more eco-friendly
