🔊2024 was a year of growth, global engagement, and amplified impact for OFE: From our first UN event with OSPOs for Good 2024 and OFE joining the Digital Public Goods Alliance to welcoming new supporters and participating in the European OSAwards initiative.
Our 2024 Year In Review reflects on this year’s achievements and highlights the unprecedented number of activities we have been working on to realise OFE’s potential and to expand the depth and breadth of our impact.
We thank you for your continuous support and we are looking forward to working with you in 2025 in these important times to define the EU’s digital future. The EU Open Source Policy Summit 2025 will be the first opportunity in the early stages of the new EU legislative cycle to discuss what open source can do for Europe.
Happy to have a piece of this #FNN article on the #USA #government accessibility and the Accessibility chapter of the @httparchive.org's Web Almanac. #Accessibility is important to citizens & can do better in making their sites usable for everyone.
GSA has said that limited staffing and resources are key drivers of agencies’ ongoing challenges with digital accessibility and Section 508 conformance.
I wanted to keep you posted on #PixelOver migration to Godot 4. It was a lot of work, but the basic functionalities are now working (of course, there are still many fixes to make). First alpha version should come soon!
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Repeat offenders drive bulk of tech support scams via #Google #Ads
"Search engines, and Google’s in particular, are our gateway to the web. Yet, that door sometimes opens up to unsavory places thanks to sponsored search results, AKA ads."
This is part of the reason I recommend using an #adblocker (whether in browser, on device, or network-based.)
Under Elon Musk’s leadership, X has throttled traffic to links, brought back racist accounts, scared advertisers, shared falsehoods often and discredited journalists by sharing dozens of posts against them every month. -Reuters Institute reutersinstitute.politics.ox.a…
Apple now has a dedicated iCloud Passwords add-on designed for the Firefox browser, which means Firefox users can access passwords and logins stored...
Whoa. NYT reports the CEO of UnitedHealthcare was fatally shot in Midtown Manhattan in what appears to be a targeted attack: nytimes.com/live/2024/12/04/ny…
The executive, Brian Thompson, was shot and killed in what people briefed on the investigations said appeared to be a targeted attack. The police will provide an update on the search for his killer.
Wow, the comments here somewhat mirror those on Youtube videos about the shooting (e.g "good!" "hero!" "give that person a reward!" etc). It's a safe bet that other CEOs (and potentially other would-be "heroes") are taking note.
Findmnt is a free and open source utility usually included in the core packages of all the major Linux distributions. It is able to list all mounted filesystems…
Europol was in touch with The Reg overnight to ensure no one imagined the "Matrix" app had any connection to the open protocol for secure decentralized comms of the same name, saying: "The Matrix protocol ( @matrix ) is by no means connected to the Matrix secured communication service that was targeted in OTF Continental."
I was near certain I joined spreading the word, but now I can't find any post so I must have written it but forgot to press send 😅 . Are these stickers also available elsewhere, like a webshop?
Well I can't find any message back so I'm pretty sure it's on me 😅 . My account isn't big enough yet to be undefinable.
I'll send you a message, big thanks! I make sure you get a good place on my work-laptop's lid of "good things to use/support": for every friend & work relation to see 😃 !
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Music: Reach for Success, CC by Scott Holmes: freemusicarchive.org/music/Sco… Spinning Earth: Pigment Ajans, Stock Footage, Dinner photo: Florian Effenberger Hackfest photo: Collabora Productivity Other photos: Enio Gemmo, Lenny Horstink, Teodor Mircea Ionita, Gabriele Ponzo Thanks to Eike Rathke, Christian Lohmeier and Franklin Weng
Barrierefreiheit: Neues beim #38C3 – Ein Problem mit Barrierefreiheit im CCH ist gelöst: Alle Hörschleifen sollten funktionieren. Es wird Braille-Schilder geben. Die Säle haben wieder Behindertenplätze events.ccc.de/2024/12/03/38c3-…
Wie barrierefrei ist der Congress dieses Jahr? Wir haben beim letzten Mal viel gelernt. Es gibt einige Verbesserungen:
Was ist neu oder anders dieses Jahr? Ein Problem mit Barrierefreiheit im Congress Center wurde gelöst: Alle Hörschleifen sollten fu…
plexmanager saw its last release 1.5 years ago, and its repo was archived in September. If it's still fine, we can keep it at #IzzyOnDroid a bit longer – but if not, it should be removed.
I am hosting my own server at plex.ashpex.net and nope, the app doesn't work for me. I tried with the token from this tutorial: support.plex.tv/articles/20405…
@ashpex Thanks! Looks like @benny_r got it working. Can you check with him if some step is missing at your end and which? Or maybe it has to do with the version of the Plex server used, or the Android version on device (though the error doesn't seem to indicate the latter)?
"Ceratopsian" will be the default theme for Debian 13: The theme "Ceratopsian" by Elise Couper has been selected as the default theme for Debian 13 "trixie". The theme is inspired by Trixie's (the fictional character from Toy Story) frill and is also influenced by a previously used theme called "futurePrototype" by Alex Makas.
After the Debian Desktop Team made the call for proposing themes, a total of six choices were submitted. The desktop artwork poll was open… bits.debian.org/2024/12/cerato…
The theme "Ceratopsian" by Elise Couper has been selected as the default theme for Debian 13 "trixie". The theme is inspired by Trixie's (the fictional character from Toy Story) frill and is also influenced by a previously used...
If your ISP is compromised how do you stay private?
The FBI knows it’s suddenly a real problem, and they are advising people to use Signal. They know that Signal is not backdoored, and they know that encryption is a Net win for people, especially in these circumstances.
Long term, we need to be looking to solutions like Veilid Framework to deny any adversary from having access to our metadata…
Amid an unprecedented cyberattack on telecommunications companies such as AT&T and Verizon, U.S. officials have recommended that Americans use encrypted messaging apps to ensure their communications stay hidden from foreign hackers.
Day 4 - #adventOfIOSAccessibility. Important information is often conveyed visually through icons, badges, or progress bars... These details can easily be overlooked. Please make sure they're part of your UI's components' accessibility labels or values for a more inclusive experience.
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Apple Music free scripts are updated. Note these can now only be used within JAWS 2024 or 2025.
New in build 3.
JAWS is now far better at detecting field labels and album information. This is the final build of the scripts prior to Christmas. hartgen.org/AppleMusicScripts
It's repo had been archived half a year ago, and the last release was made almost 3 years ago – so it would be good to know if we should still keep it at #IzzyOnDroid or have to remove it as "no longer working".
@elbullazul Thanks! My question is more for people having that app still installed and want to keep it, even when changing devices or having to perform a factory reset. Good to know about the alternative, though!
Did you know that ISO27001 says that "application security requirements should be identified" and include requirements you find in #OWASP #ASVS and #MASVS ? OWASP Cornucopia help you define these requirements. Play the game at copi.owasp.org ? #cybersec #appsec #infosec #threatmodeling #isms
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