Wow, Vienna scientists received the complete WhatsApp member directory, containing 3.5 billion user entries. Yes, it’s just the directory, no messages, but the whole directory was available online - totally unprotected.

Any more reasons for not using WhatsApp required

#whatsapp #dataleak #privacy

heise.de/en/news/3-5-Billion-A…

3.5 Billion Accounts: Complete WhatsApp Directory Retrieved and Evaluated

Vienna researchers retrieved all WhatsApp numbers. The 3.5 billion profiles represent the largest data leak in history—and it's worse than you might think.

^{Daniel AJ Sokolov (heise online)}

Leben mit #PostCovid / #MECFS

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#Rehabilitation: Ist eine #Reha bei ME/CFS sinnvoll? – Deutsches Ärzteblatt
aerzteblatt.de/archiv/rehabili…

Rehabilitation: Ist eine Reha bei ME/CFS sinnvoll? – Deutsches Ärzteblatt

^{Deutsches Ärzteblatt}

Martina Breňová pro #tydenikrespekt v anketě o neziskovkách:

„Nesmíme zapomínat na to, že sektor zaměstnává 74 tisíc lidí a dobrovolníci ročně odpracují 37 milionů hodin v hodnotě 8,3 miliardy korun. Shrnuto, neziskové organizace a jejich přínos ekonomice tvoří 0,9 procenta celého HDP. Podstatou státu není vše zajistit sám, ale vytvářet podmínky pro to, aby lidé byli aktivní a starali se o společnost společně. A k tomu právě občanská společnost všem bez rozdílu slouží.“

RE: hapyyr.com/@bogo/1155651689455…

One more try ;)

Bogomil Shopov - Бого

2025-11-17 13:02:15

Hello #FOSDEM crowd. If you know someone attending 2026 who creates some form of an #openart - under a free license, let them know that there could be a small community gathering for them. Theater producers, visual artists, actors, musicians, painters, photographers and more and more are welcomed.

codeberg.org/bogomil/FOSSArt

#Foss

FOSSArt

artists who create under a free license @FOSDEM

^Codeberg.org

#Spotted While Roaming in Aotearoa New Zealand:

A tiny human (2?) runs his fastest down a garden path to greet his big brother (5?) home from school.
Big Brother stoically accepting all hero worship.
Little Brother doing a happy skip-dance of welcome as he leads the way back into the house.

A very serious man (60s?) is doing some cycling along a beach path on a no-nonsense trail bike.
But what is this?!
A little black dog sitting on a special basket in front of the handlebars? Ears flapping in the wind and a goofy doggy grin on its face?
Ah, maybe opposites attract.

A young human (8?) is practicing doing bunny hops on his scooter.
He doesn't quite have the hang of it and there're a few stops and starts but it's okay.
He's having fun.
Grinning when he gets one right.

Six young humans (9?) are playing volleyball after school. Five have their game faces on, taking epic dives at the ball.
Meanwhile, one is doing a dreamy on-the-spot dance.
Yes there's a bit of fuss going on, but she's happy in her own wee world.

A big man (20s?) in business casual is lounging on his tummy on some grass in a park. Big Man's big dog (white staffy) is affectionately nuzzling his human's beard with his nose, tail wagging with helicopter-enthusiasm.
Birdsong in trees overhead.
A city settling in for the night.

Any typos spotted in this post are Comma Hopping Ampersands. If spotted, please suggest they spend a little while hopping off the life rollercoaster and snoozing in a park.

WhatsApp anyone?

heise.de/news/3-5-Milliarden-K…

#datensicherheit #datenschutz #security #kommunikation

3,5 Milliarden User: Gesamtes WhatsApp-Verzeichnis abgeschnorchelt

Wiener Forscher haben alle WhatsApp-Nummern abgerufen. Die 3,5 Milliarden Profile sind der größte Datenabfluss der Geschichte – und übler, als man meinen würde.

^{Daniel AJ Sokolov (heise online)}

I continuously experience a #cybersecurity conundrum.

A manufacturer/developer isn't investing in security because the customers don't demand security. And even less are running to pay a premium for security.

With the end users there still seems to be an "I have nothing to hide" attitude.

So I'm looking for ideas, suggestions and experiences on how to increase and generate security awareness both on the management side as well as on the end user side.

Regarding end users there is the additional challenge of another layer of indirection.
I need to enable the "sellers" to create the security awareness, as they talk to the end users.

I'm NOT looking for advice like "just tell them what can go wrong" because i don't think it works. Or at least not if it is abstract and isn't personal.

#fedipower

@NASA Discovered a Rock on #Mars 🔴 That Doesn't Belong There. Via @sciencealert #RedPlanet #Martian #Space #Astrophysics #OrbitalMechanics #Astronomy #NASA 🚀 🌌 ☄️ 🛰️

NASA Discovered a Rock on Mars...

NASA Discovered a Rock on Mars That Doesn't Belong There : ScienceAlert

More than five years into its mission, NASA's Mars Perseverance rover is still ambling across the surface of the red planet, doing what any five-year-old loves to do – stopping to look at every rock on its path.

^{David Nield (ScienceAlert)}

RE: mastodon.social/@mellifluousbo…

Only 1% of Mastodon users donate to support the team? Sure, not everyone can afford to do so, but that's still sad. Just made my own donation.

Felix Hlatky

2025-11-18 08:06:41

We’re still an absolute skeleton crew of 14 people, competing with teams sometimes 100x as large as ours. To get to our humble team size was only possible through the less than 1% community members who donate to Mastodon, a handful larger donations, & EU grants, all of which we are forever grateful for. We still have a large funding need for 2026, so please consider making a donation before the year-end if you’d like us to continue building and improving Mastodon joinmastodon.org/sponsors#dona…
(12/13)

Donate to Mastodon

Donate or become a sponsor and help us build the social web for everyone!

^{joinmastodon.org}

I've always found this discussion on timezone mismatch for both (Peninsular) Malaysia and Singapore, that is, being GMT+8 instead of our supposed GMT+7 or GMT+7.30, very interesting lol.

Eastern Malaysia (Borneo), ofc, already have it right at GMT+8 - and supposedly, that single hour daily makes a huge difference in terms of 'quality of life' for those who are lucky to be born/stationed there.

I honestly don't care either way, time is 'fiction' after all ​​, but I wonder just how feasible it is to even change it, should we want to - and if it's worth the trouble. Or maybe a fucked up 'solution' would be to keep the GMT+8 timing but enforce a GMT+7 lifestyle lmao, for example, have schools start at 8.30am GMT+8 (7.30am GMT+7) instead of 7.30am GMT+8 (6.30am GMT+7).

🔗 archive.today/2025.11.19-06181…

Today is my first day on Cloudflare!

Just had Claude clean up my code while I was vibe coding.

Committing it to main right now!

Happy to be part of the team

#programmerhumor #cloudflare

Buenos días desde la Administración Pública.

Tratando con atención y respeto a los ciudadanos, a mis superiores y a los restantes empleados públicos.

Y vosotros, ¿qué tal?

We're building something for the Fediverse. #Holos

ActivityPub running on your phone. Your own server, your data stored locally. A relay handles your stable identity when you're offline.

One account, all formats. Short text, long articles, photos, videos. The UI adapts to your mood. Switch between text mode, photo grid, video feed, article editor based on what you feel like sharing.

Same network, same followers.

Early stages, but the foundation is solid. We wanted to share the progress.

This is insane and worth reading

blog.zakkemble.net/hyperoptic-…

Hyperoptic: IPv6 and Out-of-Order Packets

Troubleshooting Hyperoptic IPv6, covering suppressed router advertisement responses and MAC-related out-of-order packet issues.

^{Zak Kemble (Zak's Electronics Blog)}