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#Debian Bookworm and Bullseye Are Now Patched Against the “Downfall” and “INCEPTION” CPU Flaws, Update Now https://9to5linux.com/debian-systems-now-patched-against-downfall-and-inception-cpu-flaws

@debian #Linux #OpenSource #infosec #infosecurity

One of the best Browser Fingerprinting Pages...
Made by Rob Braxman

https://brax.me/geo/

Now this is fucked up.

WhatsApp Will Delete Your Account If You Don't Agree Sharing Data With Facebook
https://thehackernews.com/2021/01/whatsapp-will-delete-your-account-if.html?m=1

GNU Octave has a new release!

https://www.gnu.org/software/octave/NEWS-6.1.html

86% of websites using Google Analytics are not anonymizing their users’ full IP addresses
https://adalytics.io/blog/ip-address-leak

Microsoft: #SolarWinds hackers' goal was the victims' cloud data. Microsoft says that the end goal of the #SolarWinds supply chain compromise was to pivot to the victims' cloud assets after deploying the #Sunburst/ #Solorigate #backdoor on their local #networks.
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-solarwinds-hackers-goal-was-the-victims-cloud-data/?&web_view=true

Michigan police solved a murder with recordings of the suspect's voice stored on the victim's truck infotainment system. Michigan police pull data from cars "sometimes two to three times a week." #privacy https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/snitches-wheels-police-turn-car-data-destroy-suspects-alibis-n1251939

Start to finish howto flash/install Mobian Linux (Debian Mobile) on Pinephone with Full Disk Encryption, using Jumpdrive. #Mobian #Debian #Linux #FOSS #Pine64 #OpenSource #Encryption #Luks #cellular #Howto
https://youtu.be/vjSASi7IbIU

PinePhone users:

Out of all of the distros available for the PinePhone, what is your favorite UI?

I helped out someone's grandma last night. She wanted me to install MS Teams so that she could join a meeting.

It took half an hour just to get it installed and to open up. I had to leave before I could connect her to the meeting. But she's running Windows 10 on an older laptop and the machine is underpowered for Windows 10.

I am very tempted to format the thing and install Linux.

"Linux is not magic
It's sudo-science" -Carla Notarobot on twitter. 🤣

Linux....makes you feel like....

What Is the Signal Encryption Protocol? | WIRED
https://www.wired.com/story/signal-encryption-protocol-hacker-lexicon/

Use rss..

The trouble users had yesterday launching apps on #macOS isn't just a technical problem, but a moral one. Operating systems should service their users, not phone home to a corporation to see if they're "permitted" to run the program. #Apple

I was inspired to expand this into a full article to give myself a bit more space to talk about the issues:

https://puri.sm/posts/the-general-purpose-computer-in-your-pocket/

Did you know? LibreOffice has an alternative user interface called the NotebookBar! To try it out, go to View > User Interface > Tabbed in the menu...

If you are or are not a #signal user, please consider taking the signal user survey. Signal does not collect analytics on their users to respect privacy and I appreciate them transparently asking for the feedback instead. More information on their blog entry: https://signal.org/blog/signal-research/

Link to survey: https://surveys.signalusers.org/s3/03fb88477ded

Also, if you haven't tried signal in the last year+ they have made significant user experience improvements (new features, ease of use, stability).

I am really loving this app. Whenever I used AppImages before, I had to extract it first to get the icon file (many don't integrate with the system by default) and then create a custom launcher. Now, it's just as simple as making it executable and running it. AppImageLauncher takes care of mostly everything else.

https://github.com/TheAssassin/AppImageLauncher