If anyone knows #Go and is looking for a project to help out with, Go-based #Signal protocol implementation library and a native #SailfishOS Signal client using it are in dire need of love:
https://github.com/RadicalApp/libsignal-protocol-go
https://github.com/aebruno/whisperfish

Yes, I also prefer truly decentralized protocols, but Signal is where it's at currently with a lot of people, and it's way better than other popular options... So, we need independent clients.

#InfoSec #FreeSoftware

Google is truly the new Microsoft, moving to the second phase of Embrace-Extend-Extinguish with regards to e-mail:
https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/26/18282636/amp-gmail-shopping-rsvp-forms-inbox-google-beta
https://gsuiteupdates.googleblog.com/2019/03/keep-data-secure-with-gmail-confidential-mode-beta.html

#InfoSec

I love everything about this answer: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/44804668/how-to-calculate-crc32-checksum-from-a-string-on-linux-bash/49446525#49446525

The simplicity, lack of need to install additional software or compile any code, creative use of gzip file format specifics, and the clear explanation...

Hacker ethic in a single line of shell.

As suggested by @kaniini I am hereby asking *the #Fediverse admins at large* if you are okay with *the fediverse* to become a point of discussion in a parliamentary session, specifically about #CopyrightDirective.

Please respond here.

I am assuming the admins who responded with their instance info in the other thread where I was gathering a list of instances for this purpose already voiced their approval of this. Let me know otherwise.

#Mastodon #Pleroma #GNUSocial #Funkwhale #Peertube

Calling all #Fediverse admins of instances in the #EU. The #CopyrightDirective is coming, we need to show the MEPs how massively the EU Internets will be affected.

We are preparing a list of all EU-based #Pleroma, #Mastodon, #GNUSocial, #Peertube, #Funkwhale, and any other instances.

Please *contact me*. All I need is the domain name, which EU Member State it's located in, and the rough topic of the instance. Approximate user count welcome, but not necessary.

Please help. This is important.

@dtluna @switchingsocial @humanetech @aral I actually know that regulation does work. The way I know this is because getting food poisoning in a restaurant or with store-bought food is extremely unlikely.

That's not something "the market" solved. That's regulation.

Ok, major hacker con and similar conferences plan for this year:
- FOSDEM
- IFF
- BornHack
- CCCamp
- MRMCD
- Balccon
- hack.lu
- 36C3

Did I miss anything?

Encrypted Server Name Indication is becoming a thing:
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-tls-esni/?include_text=1

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/09/esni-privacy-protecting-upgrade-https

#SysAdmin #Web #Privacy #Infosec

Oh boy.

"#Microsoft has stopped distributing its latest Windows 10 October 2018 Update. The software giant started rolling out the update during the company’s Surface event earlier this week, but some Windows 10 immediately noticed their documents were being deleted."
https://www.theverge.com/2018/10/5/17940902/microsoft-windows-10-october-2018-update-deleting-documents-issues

How do you fsck up an update so much that user files are deleted?

Hey @Gargron can we pretty please have limited Markdown formatting?.. I mean bold, italics, underline, strikethrough, monospace. That's all I'm asking for.

Ok, so, can we shout on browsers to bring back the "Subscribe to RSS/Atom feed" button in/near the URL bar?

I mean, clearly people are still using RSS/Atom. And they get annoyed they cannot find an easy way to subscribe.

@dashie

FLOSS community:
> hey let's put all our eggs in this one GitHub basket
> what could possibly go wrong
> GitHub is so convenient

Microsoft: