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  • SELinux has been GPL for 24 years.

    It's part of what was called Rainbow Books, but is known more widely these days as the Common Criteria.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Criteria

    It's the "Government setting standards" sort of scenario.

  • Oh boy. Some of you people watch too many movies.

    Let's get some basic stuff established:

    • This thread is about commercial platforms selling your direct message data. That's the threat model.
    • I don't live in a country where the police SWAT teams throw flashbangs without court orders
    • If the authorities want to get to me (which, again, is not the threat model of this thread). They can. Easily. They know where I live. They just have to knock on the door. It's not even locked.
    • I did, to my best knowledge, not reply to you in anywhere this thread. I'm not sure why you are replying to me.

    But sure. I'll give you this: If your threat model is dodging SWAT team flashbangs, I doubt using Signal is much use to you at that point. That just wasn't what this thread was talking about.

  • Catching this now is pretty huge, because it mainly targets distro build systems. Had this gone undetected, we'd be in shiznit creek couple of years down the line.

  • It mostly affects/targets the build systems of binary distros - infecting their build machines with this would result in complete compromise of released distro down the line.

  • Something something Privacy vs. Anonymity. But I invite you to try. Good luck getting into my phone!

  • If you want private messaging - use Signal.
    If you use any kind of messaging on commercial platforms, expect immediate loss of privacy. They call them "direct" messages for a reason.

  • I think she should use company provided software and hardware for company related work.

    Pirating stuff when your employer offers you supported way to work is just.. beyond stupid.

  • Just go ahead and try. You don't really need our permission to do that. Most distros support "live install" direct from the installation media, without making changes to your system. If you don't like it, reboot and you're back to whatever you had before

    Have fun!

    And to answer your double negation questions, yes and yes.

  • I guess the recent TIME article, with US government calling AI existential threat would have to be up there. Not that it is cyber related, but I guess soon we can just have the red AI attack the blue AI while we all retire (to bomb shelters)

  • Thanks for the update, I'm glad you found a quick solution to this!

  • It doesn't mean anything at all. Swedish SIGINT agency has been working with 5-eyes for ages.

  • Fantastic piece of software! It's important to make backups if you use Audible as they can and will remove your paid books at will/randomly. Always keep a local copy - and consider checking your local library, they might have your next audiobook for free!

  • In a memo sent to employees Mozilla says it wants to bring “trustworthy AI into Firefox”. To help it do this sooner it’s merging its Pocket, content, and AI/Ml teams.

    Yeah, I'm not sure this is the "renewed focus" we're looking for, chief

  • That's... rather disturbing..

  • So other than the shock tabloid value of it happening, there's actually no substance to any of the talking points in the interview.

  • Mimimize social media usage.
    Start a pension fund.
    Study. Get a higher education or professional qualifications.
    Exercise regularly.
    Take care of your dental hygiene. It's costly to fix.
    Find a companion to share your life. Human or animal. Having to make compromises because you have someone depending on you is great.

    Don't be a selfish prick. Show compassion and caring to your near and dear.

  • That's not quite right. Mastodon does not have any privacy at all and it's not safe to treat it as privacy platform.

    What makes Mastodon worth using is the federated model and lack of commercial engagement algorithms.