If you're near Portland, Oregon, Michael Downey @downey will give a talk entitled "BlueHats: Public servant advocates for software freedom" during FOSSY 2025 at the end of this month 🧢
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It’s so damn ironic, painfully ironic that in an era before retina displays we had this gorgeous, super-detailed Mail icon, and now… this other fucking abomination.
I gave this keynote at OpenSSF Community Day NA 2025 in Denver, Colorado.
There will be a YouTube video recording available at a later date.
This talk was given as the Security-Developer-in-...
while maintainers are often not security experts, I think a challenge is that security for your particular project often requires a lot of domain specific expertise that not just "any random security person" has, and in fact might more or less require the maintainer(s) to be involved in the security process anyway...
Definitely, that's a challenge too. I don't think we can completely hand over security to other contributors, we have to think about backwards compatibility, performance, releases, and all of that.
I think having maintainers "in-the-know" about other contribution types is necessary too, to varying extents (docs, community, governance, funding, etc).
I'm pleased to announce that once again I have collected the results, generated the graphs and pondered over conclusions to make after the annual curl user survey.
i was surprised that windows 11 is the most used amongst windows versions (in my mind win11 is still dogshit and everyone used win10); also didn't know there was a ssh backend?? does this mean we can download files over scp with curl?
I know you may not have the users on hand, but I’d love to learn more about the mTLS issue on Windows with SChannel; that sounds like a gap I should close :)
My personal favorite is MQTT support. With only Windows in-box tools(*) I can do a wide range of IoT things? It blows my mind every time.
* this makes it sound like I keep curl in Windows for selfish reasons. No comment :D
hi, thanks for the survey. I think this is my first year answering.
I downloaded the ZIP, and expected to find an index.html. I eventually stumbled upon survey.html, so all good, just my expectation was wrong. Maybe a future change? No big deal.
@garrett I should put this up for sale to a good home. I haven't used it in many years and it takes gorgeous photos. Have four lenses, fancy cases, accessories, etc... Pentax/Asahi stuff.
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Hi! Is there any chance we can encourage you to trend #NVIDIA when that's the company you mean, please? I know what their NASDAQ handle is, but #NVDA is much more widely known as the name of the screen reader we make and the #NVDA hashtag is very widely used for the screen reader. It will save both our communities polluting each other's feeds. If you'd like to find out more about the screen reader, our website is nvaccess.org/ - Thank you!
Curious about a report on audio subsystems across Mac/ Linux and why Windows sucks? I had GPT throw one together based on some our connversation, nuances and a deep research: (it did pick fairly good sources, so accuracy may not be bad, but be cautious.) docs.google.com/document/d/e/2…
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When I asked them about it a while back they did say they were aware of WCAG and tried to code by it but I gave it a super brief look and already found awkward labeling within the first few minutes so I'm not sure how well that's going for them. You can get a free trial I believe so it should be easy to check
Looks like @openproject are here on Mastodon (on Fosstodon with us in fact!) Hi OpenProject! Do you have any information on the accessibility of your project, particularly to blind users relying on screen readers like NVDA, (which we make: nvaccess.org/ ) - but even accessibility in general?
@NVAccess Hi there! Yes, accessibility is an important topic to us. Our founder and CEO Niels Lindenthal recently published an article summarizing the topic: openproject.org/blog/accessibi…
If you have any specific concerns or wishes, please reach out. 🙏 You can also find accessibility topics we're working on here: community.openproject.org/proj…
@openproject Brilliant! Thank you so much! I didn't have any questions but was just trying to help @menelion find out - André, do plesae let us know how you go with Open Project (even if you aren't using NVDA :) )
@NVAccess @openproject To be honest, yes, NVDA is not my primary screen reader, but I do use it for tests and when… my primary screen reader can't cope with a thing NVDA can do correctly (though, situations where it's the other way around aren't also rare 😊)
@openproject No problem at all - we as much as anyone appreciate that there IS competition in this market - which makes things better for everyone. But of course, if there is anything NVDA doesn't do well, we are always interested in hearing about it so we can improve.
Gemini AI needs to be disabled on Android or it will override your privacy settings and gain full access to your texts, calls, and WhatsApp - even if you’ve turned off Gemini Apps Activity.
They store data for 72 hours because that's how long it takes for them to train models on your data. Then they can delete it because they don't need it anymore.
As far as I can tell, there is no Gemini on my phone, due probably to the fact that I only install and update via a third-party website, have no Google account on it, and have as much dialled-down and disabled as possible.
I currently have both Assistant and Gemini disabled on my Google Pixel Fold (original). No Gemini app to select and change the settings of. Will keep an eye on it and see what happens after the 7th.
Genuine question: if I completely disable Gemini on my Pixel I am sent "back" to Google Assistant. Is my data actually safer in that case? I see it reads the screen anyway if I activate it (mostly by mistake) and it absolutely does not have the same settings as Gemini.
@TimWardCam It is Google's AI assistant. It is on every Android device and in the google browser as the "AI summary" function. Failure to explicitly opt out of this on July 7 will result in Gemini digesting absolutely all of your personal information. Once this happens, nothing can stop "prompt injection" from being used to extract it by a malicious actor, and it will have the capability to perform actions on your behalf that require touching sensitive personal information, and even the most basic weak privacy boundaries are breached. This system is reprehensibly invasive and broken, but it is being pushed out anyway. This deserves everyone's attention.
Step one says "Open the Gemini app from your Android device". But doesn't tell me how to do this. This is typical of the "how to do X on your phone" instructions I come across.
it's kinda nice running an android phone that's apparently too old for them to bother fucking with. Gemini can't run at all on Android 8, so guess what I run? No app to delete.
thnx for this tutorial, excellent stuff. What if you don't see the Gemini app in your app list? I have android14, it's also updated.. not sure if i disabled it before, but can't find it in the disabled apps either..
i still have a samsung device with me. But i have removed almost all google and samsung apps(only kept some important ones. Without them it would bootloop).
The first time I booted my new phone I was able to remove the Gemini app, when I finished the Google FI set up, it came back and I am no longer able to uninstall the app, just disable it..
Looks like sometimes it can be an advantage that your phone is no longer supported with software updates. But of course it doesn't make it easier to shop for a new phone.
Does anyone know if this is still the case if I've never used the Gemini app? I looked into disabling the settings, and on the "Review key info to access Gemini" screen, (I had never enabled it) It gives options for "Use Gemini" and "No thanks" If I click No thanks, should I be not using it, or allowing it at all?
Seems surprisingly clear, in the "Ask me later" generation of apps.
@meduz It's not AI, the website detects your browser settings and changes to this language. If you scroll down, to the right, you can switch back to English.
Okay, thanks. My UI recommendations: - handle the change server side and not while I’ve started reading in the UI - move the language selector in the main navigation at the top - before switching language, ask the user (e.g. show a banner “This article is also available in {detected language}.” With a button “Change language to {language}”.
I can't find any of these options on mine, so it's probably device- or region-specific. I know I have something gemini-ish on there because if I hold down the home button a few tens of miliseconds too long it decides to interpret that as a 'voice prompt gemini' press.
I don't have WhatsApp, and I don't see Gemini listed in my apps. But it keeps trying to turn on AI in all my searches. Even though I turn it off and hit save. Every time I reboot it's on again. Now what?
Yet more companies laying off employees not because AI is replacing them, but because they need more money to fund their AI. I can't remember the last time I saw sunk cost fallacy at this scale.
Laura Loomer is an advisor to Trump, and she's quite clear that what's going on is not "deporting criminal aliens" but the ethnic cleansing of all 65 million Latinos in the US. In fact she's pretty clear she wants this to be the genocide of the US Latino population.
I'm not sure many people recognize we're already a few lines into the "first they came for the..." poem. But we are.
NV Access is very pleased to introduce the OFFICIAL NVDA users email group. A community dedicated to helping people understand and use the NVDA screen reader in a friendly, safe and welcoming environment. Join at groups.google.com/a/nvaccess.o… or email nvda-users+subscribe@nvaccess.org
And so it goes, blind people unable to conduct themselves so even nvda has to babysit. I'm glad that they're willing to do this to ensure a safe space, that shows true love for the project, which is awesome
Free Software developers: your voice is needed! The Free Software Foundation Europe has launched the Digital Markets Act Interoperability Survey to gather ...
We'll fill this out for sure. Thanks for your fight against Apple - we all know how it feels to be pushed around by Big Tech. Here's our recent interaction with Apple: tuta.com/blog/dma-complaint-ap…
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Meat enjoyers, listen up. You're not going to buy this shit anymore. This exists only for convenience. It is not good, it is not fresh. You are doing yourself and your community a disservice.
From now on you're going to go to the meat counter at the grocery store. You're going to talk to the meat guy and you're gonna get it fresher. And most importantly you're going to keep these people employed.
Why? Because they do a good job and if we let their jobs disappear we will all suffer and they'll probably have to kill themselves. That's someone's uncle and you're depriving their family of strange racist rants at Thanksgiving
Seriously though the number of times in the last year that I've purchased beef and chicken that looked perfectly fine, was a long way (week+) from the Best By date, and was completely rancid when I opened it up at home is mind boggling.
This won't happen when you get it from the meat counter. They're paying attention, and they'd be able to smell it.
Additionally lack of oxygen allows the bad bacteria to thrive, so being wrapped in plastic is NOT good
Today is July 2nd, 2025. 9,131 days ago was January 1st, 2000. In 9,131 days it will be January 1st, 2050. Starting tomorrow, we’ll be closer to 2050 than to 2000. Now just live with it
Our latest blog post is here with updates on our accessibility story and new software releases, including a big update to Code and powerful new keyboard shortcut options. Plus a redesign for Bluetooth settings and ARM64 builds in Early Access!
Since the release of OS 8 we’ve been working on things like improving contrast, Dark Mode screenshots and brand colors in AppCenter, turning on or snoozing Dark Mode without canceling your schedule, expanding the “Reduce Motion” setting, and more options to reduce distracting notifications. Plus, thanks to feedback from @fireborn—who you may know from his blog series on Linux accessibility—Notifications and the Shortcut Overlay both got releases that add screen reader support
As a community that includes folks with a range of disabilities ourselves, we’re deeply invested in improving access to Open Source software. We succeed at our mission when we build open computing experiences that are available regardless of ability and fail when accessibility is considered an afterthought or a nice-to-have. This month and always, Inclusive Design is at the core of what we do and we will continue to strive towards that ideal
If you want to follow along or help us address accessibility issues in elementary OS, we’d love your help! We’re tracking issues in this GitHub project:
If you discover a new issue—accessibility related or otherwise—we’d love to get your feedback and we have a handy contributor guide to help you file a report here:
elementary uses GitHub to track issue reports and feature requests publicly. You can send feedback to the team to inform us of a problem you encountered or an improvement that you would like to see.
It won't do so automatically, I personally think there is just too much guesswork for the installer to do there (as in, too much potential for things to go horribly wrong)
but nothing is stopping you from partitioning your drive how you see fit, then giving the installer 1-2 partitions for either the root as a whole or boot+root.
Nintendo’s Switch 2 isn’t compatible with third-party docking stations because the company is using proprietary handshakes and — allegedly — encryption.
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How do you measure the value of an #OpenSource project? After all, there's no sales $$ figures you can use. Here's one way, which was used a decade ago to evaluate good old #httpd project by @TheASF
How do you measure the value of an #OpenSource project?
After all, there's no sales $$ figures you can use.
Here's one way, which was used a decade ago to evaluate good old httpd project by the The Apache Software Foundation.
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