Was an honour to present the @fsfe 's work for #softwarefreedom at #libreoffice Conference 24. (slides uploaded to events.documentfoundation.org/… )
Thanks to all the @libreoffice contributors out there 👏
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Something looks suspicious about the IA attack, and I suspect the goal is to change sentiment about *something*, probably the Internet Archive, but it's not clear what, and it may be more than one thing. It seems like someone probably paid a hacking agency to do this, very possibly a publishing house upset about copyright claims, and I say that especially because:
- "See you on Have I Been Pwned", but really, this is one of the least dramatic things to end up on HIBP of all time: it's names and email addresses sure, but all the passwords are properly hashed and there isn't much else. So why gloat about it?
- There seems to be an attempt to lower public impression of IA in terms of talking about its tech "held up with sticks". It is old tech, so maybe, but why the focus on that?
- If you analyze the HN thread about it for comments in terms of when posted, there were a bunch of sockpuppet accounts created almost immediately after the post was made, seemingly to add comments: news.ycombinator.com/user?id=N… news.ycombinator.com/user?id=h… news.ycombinator.com/user?id=1… news.ycombinator.com/user?id=M…
- An allegedly pro-palestinean militant hacking group is claiming responsibility, but their rationale doesn't make sense: they say it's because the IA is an American company, and the US is helping Israel. But why the IA *specifically*? This seems like a false flag operation either to draw attention away from the real perpetrators, or possibly to try to turn technically inclined people against pro-palestinean activists x.com/sn_darkmeta/status/18441…
The IA *is* engaged with several fights with publishers and people who have beef on copyright grounds. It's entirely possible one of them hired a nation-state affiliated hacking group (of which there are quite a few) that had a side beef, or that group is trying to throw the public off its tracks, but regardless, sock puppets like this typically appear after a hacking attack when there's a paid organization.
Regardless, nobody else is keeping the internet's history alive, and yes, the IA has made some mistakes sometimes, but I stand behind them and wish their staff strength in dealing with this time.
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Autocrat and authoritarian now means independent from the US and refusing to be vassalized.
Der App-Zwang nimmt Nutzern die Wahlfreiheit, zwingt zur Nutzung von Apple- und Google-Diensten und macht Datenschutz ohne technisches Know-how fast unmöglich. 👇
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#android #ios #datenschutz #digitalpolitik #politik #app #appzwang #dsgvo #tdddg #verbraucherschutz #FreiheitImNetz #DigitaleSelbstbestimmung
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Fecha límite: 24 de octubre.
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This is my favourite episode so far. Kirsten found a collection of bizarre husband and wife facts from the 1890's and 1950's to read to us, and I react to them.
Are any of them applicable these days, or are they all simply of their time?
Which ones will make you stop in stunned horror or silence and exclaim 'What the actual?'
Let us know.
#StroongeCast E05: Fascinated By Cheese youtube.com/watch?v=a7mf_r0Gze…
On the web: onj.me/media/stroongecast
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Apple’s decision to put satellite connections in iPhones is already saving lives, and as Hurricane Milton threatens Florida, now is the time for every US iPhone user to learn how the system works.
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I appreciate the smaller indie developers, particularly in the Apple world, who specialise in a certain field and do it well, and take pride in being accessible. Rogue Amoeba is one. Their audio products are one of the best advertisements for Mac. Agile Tortoise is another, with the fabulous Drafts app. And another is Flexibits, who make the Fantastical Calendar app. This is a sound investment for management of the several calendars I keep. And they care a lot about #accessibility.
I use their Openings and proposals feature regularly in my professional life. Now they have added RSVP. Here’s the explanation from their blog. If you’ve not checked out Fantastical yet, I did a demo on Living Blindfully and they have plenty of videos and help guides. I highly recommend it.
How a UK treaty could spell the end of the .io domain: theverge.com/2024/10/8/2426544…
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between that and the seamless integration with JR's conventional rail network...my ideas of what transit & mobility should look like changed dramatically 😅
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