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Passkeys are **not** a trap. Use them!
If you actually read the “Passkeys are a trap. Do not use them.” post going around, you’ll find a transparent attempt to clumsily string together a conspiracy. The post is predicated on the idea that a feature of WebAut…
Global Report on the Authoritarian use of Technology
We have been observing and monitoring an increase in states’ adoption of authoritarian practices and policies. These practices are facilitated by new and emerging technologies or embodied in their very deployment to sti…
Forcing Pro VFX Artists to Use Only Free Software
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Amazon Drivers Are Now Photographing Your Home
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Open source canva alternative
Open source canva alternative. Contribute to shaongitbd/doory development by creating an account on GitHub.
Passkeys are a trap. Do not use them
Intended audience: non-technical citizens of the web
The Document Foundation gets its own logo after 16 years - OMG! Ubuntu
The Document Foundation, the non-profit steering the development of LibreOffice, has unveiled a new logo. The change means that, for the first time since
Let's Encrypt to Cut SSL Certificate Lifetimes to 64 Days in February 2027
Let's Encrypt will reduce TLS certificate validity from 90 to 64 days starting February 10, 2027, with a further reduction to 45 days planned for 2028.
Creator of free Adobe clones unveils open-source Microsoft Office Excel, PowerPoint, and Word replications — Autodesk tools and other subsc…
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Cloudflare Acquires Deno JavaScript Runtime, Core Development to End in 2027
Cloudflare acquires Deno, shifting its developers to Workers while the open-source JavaScript runtime faces an uncertain future.
Has America Become the Scariest Country in the World to Visit?
America wants five years of your social media before you visit. I followed it to Five Eyes, a 1946 alliance kept secret for 64 years.
Amber Folio: an AGPL-3.0 emulator built for SSI's Gold Box RPGs
A low-level emulator for the SSI Gold Box games. Contribute to amberfolio/amberfolio development by creating an account on GitHub.
The people holding up the internet
Four billion phones ask one text file what time it is. One lecturer keeps it in his spare time. We counted the rest.
Dallas Goes Dystopia, Outfits Garbage Trucks With ‘AI Cameras’ To Generate ‘Blight’ Citations
I’m sure whoever thought this might be a good idea — that would be the Dallas city council members who approved this contract — thought no one would ever find out about it. But no…
OpenTubeX – Privacy-first YouTube client
OpenTubeX is a privacy-first YouTube client. Encrypted sync, SponsorBlock, no tracking.
Microsoft Releases LiteBox 0.1, a Rust-Based Sandboxing Library OS
Microsoft releases LiteBox 0.1, an open-source Library OS written in Rust, designed to isolate applications and reduce security risks.
Flock CEO says drones are its fastest-growing business as it expands beyond license plate cameras
Flock, the license plate-reading company, is developing its drone business. CEO Garrett Langley says drones could help police and citizens stay safe.
LLM Policies in FLOSS Projects: Progress At All Costs
GNOME and KDE have started to consider LLM policies, and we should talk about what this is really about. KDE caught everyone's attention first by...
Meta will use your activity on other websites to personalize your feeds
You’ll still be able to opt out.
So you want to open a window on Wayland? (getting started with Wayland)
AYO provides customized AI solution for comapnies to improve their process. We take inspiration in the latest research in machine learning : deep learning, probabilistic models, neuroscience and physics.
GitHub - chicago-tool-library/circulate: A lending library management system
A lending library management system. Contribute to chicago-tool-library/circulate development by creating an account on GitHub.
Trial of live facial recognition in London stations leads to a false positive and no arrests
Freedom of information request finds six-month trial cost £320,000, used almost 100 police hours and led to just one – incorrect – alert
Privacy.com now using persona to verify ID
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youtube-dl-server
Web / REST interface for downloading youtube videos onto a server. - nbr23/youtube-dl-server
How Companies Use Design to Spy on You
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GhostBSD is Replacing MATE With a New Desktop Named After a Typo
Eric Turgeon has shown off a new desktop environment that would ship with custom components in GhostBSD.
Know Your Threat Level: GrapheneOS vs. SovereignOS — Which One Should You Actually Be Running?
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The U.S. Government Quietly Just Made It Legal to Go Through Your Phone at the Border
An Appeals Court panel has ruled that federal agents can legally search through travelers' cell phones without reasonable suspicion, probable cause, or a warrant when they cross an international border.
Neighborgoods 0.1 released
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jamovi (Powerful)
jamovi - open software to bridge the gap between researcher and statistician - jamovi/jamovi
Trump kidnapping the president of Venezuela
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YT-DLP is Being Treated as a Piracy Tool By The IFPI
Their submission to the EU's piracy watchlist places the open source tool in the same category as illegal downloading websites.
TikTok to pay Alabama $100m and limit teenage use in first state settlement
Trial had been set for Monday over claims by Alabama that TikTok misled parents about tools meant to shield children from harmful content
Squid (Simplifying Quantitive Imaging Development and Deployment) microscopes
configurable low-cost microscope
silent link esim
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Bugpocalypse, or reporting bugs in an AI age - QEMU
“…perfect software doesn’t exist. No one in the brief history of computing has ever written a piece of perfect software.”
halqe: A simple and minimalistic webring software(written in Rust)
halqe is a small and simple webring software. The development cost is partially funded by Bitcoin Cash community through this crowdfunding campaign.
Modern cars’ smart features could be used to spy on you, drivers warned
Hostile states could access cameras, microphones or GPS, says intelligence agency amid concerns over Chinese imports
LibreSSL 4.3.3 Released with OCSP Authorization Bypass Fix
LibreSSL 4.3.3 addresses an OCSP responder authorization bypass, several DTLS issues, and improves portability across macOS and Windows.
Paperweight V1 - Your inbox knows where your data lives
Your inbox knows where your data lives. Paperweight uncovers old accounts, cleans up unwanted mailing lists, and helps you remove exposed personal data.
F-Droid's New App Shows it Isn't Going Anywhere
The Compose-based 2.0 app release marks the largest update in the storefront's history.
Obscura VPN 'We View Consumer Data as Toxic Waste' | itsfoss
Obscura VPN splits your identity from your browsing across two independent companies so neither can see both. Founder Carl Dong on trust, QUIC, reproducible builds, and why the no-logs promise stopped being enough.
Court finds ALPR (Flock) was an unconstitutional search & 4A violation. (positive news)
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Microsoft’s Terrifying New Patent | LG-Style ACR for Games & Software
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Mozilla Thunderbird 157 Fixes 100% CPU Usage, OpenPGP, and IMAP Issues
Mozilla Thunderbird 157 rolls out with fixes for a 100% CPU usage bug, OpenPGP key handling, IMAP message saving, Gmail OAuth2, and CalDAV.
Open Grind: an unofficial open-source Grindr client for Android, Linux, macOS and Windows
Unofficial Grindr client. Free, open source client with no ads, no trackers and no paywalls, driven by the community.
GrapheneOS Isn't Happy With Google Over Pixel's Widening Head Start
GrapheneOS is calling out Google over its negligence in providing certain patches.
BBC reporting on DPRK (North Korea) overlaid on queen funeral procession
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