LinkedIn Is Illegally Searching Your Computer
Microsoft is running one of the largest corporate espionage operations in modern history. Every time any of LinkedInās one billion users visits linkedin.com, hidden code searches their computer for installed software, cā¦
UK planning to team up with "big tech" in next pandemic for "whole-of-society" "live location data" and AI surveillance
UK's Ā£1B pandemic strategy proposes UKHSA contact tracing system using big tech location data, targeting 2030 deployment.
Say hello to Neil Roberts šØ, new LibreOffice developer focusing on scripting support
The Document Foundation, the non-profit entity behind LibreOffice, has a new developer in its team. Neil Roberts started work this month and will initially focus on LibreOfficeās scripting support. Letās hear from himā¦ ā¦
Money Isn't Going to Solve the Burnout Problem
The xz-utils backdoor situation brought the problem of FLOSS maintained burnout into the daylight. This in turn lead to numerous discussion on how to solve the problem, and the recurring theme was ā¦
GrapheneOS Foundation Calls Out Brazil's Flawed Age Verification Law
People are going to have their personal info leaked by third party age verification services due to these laws. Children are going to be harmed by apps and websites changing their behavior to exploit them. It isn't goinā¦
GIMP 3.2.2 Released with Various Improvements and UI/UX Updates
Release news for version GIMPĆ 3.2.2
Big thing to be aware of and people are beginning to focus on problem solving. The more the merrier though. Importance of Open source robotā¦
A factory to change civilization. Immune cells hunt cancer by smell. A robotic dentist. AI discovers protein functions.
Is this Android SSH app vibe coded?
Free SSH, VNC, RDP & SFTP client for Android. Contribute to GlassOnTin/Haven development by creating an account on GitHub.
Make your own robot dog with open source hardware and software - mevius2
Contribute to haraduka/mevius2 development by creating an account on GitHub.
GrapheneOS Foundation Discusses History Of Phoney Privacy Companies Targeting The Project
Many people think these must be state sponsored attacks. However, our experience is these attacks are primarily orchestrated by companies selling dubious products marketed as private and secure. We did get targeted by sā¦
Slackware Says No to Age Verification, But Fedora Linux Says Yes
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
San Francisco has become a laboratory for police surveillance after early resistance; SFPD recorded 700 drone flights last month, up from 9ā¦
San Francisco has 98 police drones, 400 AI license plate readers, and a billionaire-funded real-time crime center. Crime is down 44%. Nobody seems to mind ā yet. But experts say the city is running an experiment with noā¦
UK iPhone users face over-18 age check to use services after update
Ofcom says decision is āreal win for children and familiesā but some users raise concerns over privacy
YouTuber f4mi reverse engineers her devices and open-sources applications to control them
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Tech bros kill FOSS as a joke (and also receive money from corporations for it, also as a joke)
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
Krita 5.3.0 and 6.0.0 Released
Today is the simultaneous release of Krita 5.3.0 and Krita 6.0.0! Depending which version of Qt and KDE Frameworks you build, the same source will result in one of the other. Both versions are almost functionally identiā¦
I protect the right to protest safely | š¬š§
Stop the Government from banning face coverings at protests!
Feel Better - A FOSS app for emotional check-in, management and building resilience
Your daily companion for mental wellness. Feel better, one day at a time.
BanjoRecomp: FOSS PC Port of Banjo-Kazooie made using N64: Recompiled
PC Port of Banjo-Kazooie made using N64: Recompiled (Windows/Linux/Mac) - BanjoRecomp/BanjoRecomp
Qt 6.11 released
Update to Qt 6.11 to improve your app performance, render graphics with new techniques, connect easier, and take a new approach to asynchronous C++ coding.
āLinkSheetā ā IzzyOnDroid F-Droid Repository
LinkSheet restores the Url-App-Chooser that was removed in Android 12+ in favor of verified app links
eYou promises to change social media. But the alternatives already exist
Mastodon, Lemmy and Pixelfed already exist. Why is no one talking about them?
A Worthy Alternative to Discord!? [Matrix] (Techsplainations)
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Compie 39 anni āCāĆØ chi dice noā di Vasco Rossi: il significato del brano che ha segnato unāepoca
Dal 1987 a oggi, una canzone che continua a parlare di libertĆ e identitĆ .
Two-way file sync, no remote agent needed
Efficient two-way sync between local and remote roots.
OpenShot 3.5 Released As One Of Their "Biggest Releases" Ever
OpenShot 3.5 hit the web today for this open-source non-linear video editor that describes the new version as one of their 'biggest releases' ever in its 18+ year history.
GrapheneOS Foundation To Never Required ID or Other PII To Use GrapheneOS
GrapheneOS will remain usable by anyone around the world without requiring personal information, identification or an account. GrapheneOS and our services will remain available internationally. If GrapheneOS devices canā¦
Letā²s dig into some vibe code
Letā²s scrutinize some vibe code that promises to change the world or whatever. Weā²ll review and analyze this code using static analysis.
Rust driver for the subGHz radio of STM32WLE5JC MCU!
Contribute to Lukrecjaaa/stm32wl-subghz development by creating an account on GitHub.
Atok cooks fried rice for Israel [Warning: actually good post]
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I built a minimalist SPA tool using eBPF/XDP to keep ports invisible. First project in Go!
High-performance, minimalist Single Packet Authorization (SPA) based on eBPF/XDP. Keeps your ports invisible to scanners and resilient to DDoS attacks by filtering traffic at the driver level. - ki...
volla, /e/, etc is a fucking shithole (or why simply renaming Google to volla will change nothing)
Here's a post where the @vollaficationist@mastodon.social clearly refers to themselves as being part of Volla and shares internal information which would only be known to someone working at Volla This account doesn't beā¦
OSS Anti Surveillance: public tracker for OS-level age signaling and related surveillance mechanisms
Document. Revert. Rebuild. Contribute to AntiSurv/oss-anti-surveillance development by creating an account on GitHub.
Typst: "as powerful as LaTeX while being much easier to learn and use"
A markup-based typesetting system that is powerful and easy to learn. - typst/typst
Master Browser Fingerprint Spoofing with Expert Techniques
Learn how to protect privacy and enhance automation by spoofing browser fingerprints. Discover tools, code snippets, & ethical considerations.
PvZ-Portable: cross-platform foss reimplementation of Plants vs. Zombies
A cross-platform reimplementation of Plants vs. Zombies by the community. Aiming to bring 100% authentic experience of GOTY edition. - wszqkzqk/PvZ-Portable
Chardet dispute shows how AI will kill software licensing, argues Bruce Perens
: Alarm bells are ringing in the open source community, but commercial licensing is also at risk
Can coding agents relicense open source through a āclean roomā implementation of code?
Over the past few months itās become clear that coding agents are extraordinarily good at building a weird version of a āclean roomā implementation of code. The most famous version ā¦
Paying without Google: New consortium wants to remove custom ROM hurdles creating an open source alternative to Google Play Integrity
Using banking and payment apps on Android smartphones with custom ROMs is a problem: A European industry consortium now wants to change that.
Russiaās crackdown on VPNs reaches new heights as internet restrictions intensify
Itās been a bad week for digital freedoms in Russia
āIt beggars beliefā: MoD sources warn Palantirās role at heart of government is a threat to UKās security
Experts say that claims UK data remains under government ownership miss the point that the company has the capability to build its own detailed picture of the British population, and even infer state secrets. Report by ā¦
The Web Scraping Consent Model Was Always Broken. AI Just Made It Obvious.
Writing about whatever topic interests me at the moment
Meta discontinues end-to-end encryption on Instagram
The company says the feature wasn't popular with users.
Serenum: a weather service that really respects your privacy
Serenum is a weather service that takes your privacy very seriously (read more).
Gimp 3.2 is officially released. The game has changed. Adobe just got punched in the face.
Weāre happy to present the first release of GIMP 3.2! This marks a year of design, development, and testing from volunteers and the community, as part of our plan to streamline releases after GIMP 3.0. Weāre excited forā¦
How Can Governments Pay Open Source Maintainers?
When I worked for the UK Government I was once asked if we could find a way to pay for all the Open Source Software we were using. It is a surprisingly hard problem and I want to talk about some of the issues we faced. ā¦
LibreOffice invites contributors and the FOSS community to submit talks, lectures and ideas for this yearās conference that will be held inā¦
Join us in Pordenone, Italy, to share what you are doing for and with LibreOffice, how you are integrating LibreOffice in your infrastructure, how you are using LibreOffice to achieve Digital Sovereignty, and how LibreOā¦
UK eyes sweeping powers to regulate tech
The U.K. government has laid two amendments that would let it sidestep parliamentary debate so it can update online safety laws.
Do you protect your USB port?
USBShield protects your Windows from unauthorized USB devices - USBShield/USBShield
LibreOffice learns to speak Markdown in version 26.2
: Plain-text fans rejoice as Writer gains native CommonMark import and export