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Jak tak čtu titulky ohledně #ChatControl, nestačím se divit. To ten návrh žádný z kolegů novinářů nečetl? Největší problém, povinné skenování konverzací, které ohrožovalo koncové šifrování, z něj vypadl 🥳 A dobrovolné skenování na dětské porno funguje už řadu let, jen v poslední době na výjimku, kterou návrh Rady EU legalizuje (proto taky původně vznikl, že ano). Ta výjimka totiž na jaře vyprší. Ano, jsou tam háčky (více o nich zde: lupa.cz/aktuality/rada-eu-ma-s…), které se snad podaří zatrhnout v trialogu. Hlavním problémem IMO je, že návrh přímo říká, že Evropská komise bude o povinné skenování usilovat v budoucích návrzích legislativy, takže je třeba pořád být na pozoru. Ale kvůli návrhu fakt nebude "Facebook a spol. šmírovat lidi ve velkém", jak píší Seznam Zprávy (to už mimochodem dávno dělá i bez #ChatControl).

Rada EU má shodu na ochraně dětí online, povinné skenování soukromých chatů z návrhu vypadlo

Rada Evropské unie po dlouhém vyjednávání schválila svůj návrh nařízení, které má ochránit děti před online riziky. Vypadla z něj původně prosazovaná…
David Slížek (Internet Info, s.r.o.)
#chatcontrol

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Looks like Deloitte has used AI to defraud another government agency, in Canada this time, by writing a report with made up citations: theindependent.ca/news/lji/maj…

Major N.L. healthcare report contains errors likely generated by A.I. – The Independent

$1.6 million Health Human Resources Plan from Deloitte cites research papers that don’t exist, making it the second major government policy paper called into question in as many months
Justin Brake (The Independent)

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RE: climatejustice.global/@parents…

Ruft mal bitte bei der Roßmann-Hotline an und lasst Support und Lob da. Die Dame an der Hotline meinte eben, dass sie heute viel Hass für die Entscheidung bekommen haben. Oder schreibt Emails. Überlasst den vermeintlichen "Diskurs" nicht den Blaubraunen.

via @giselawehrl (🟦 )

▶️ rossmann.de/cms/service-hilfe/…

Parents For Future :verified: (@parents4future@climatejustice.global)

"Rossmann kündigt Mitgliedschaft bei Familienunternehmer-Verband (https://www.lebensmittelzeitung.net/politik/nachrichten/wegen-afd-annaeherung-rossmann-kuendigt-mitgliedschaft-bei-familienunternehmer-verband-187960) versus "Christoph Werner, Chef …
Parents For Future :verified: (Climate Justice Global)
@Gisela Wehrl
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Fundraiser news: Adopt a KDE dragon!

10 KDE dragons turned up on our doorstep today looking for families to adopt them. Contribute €100 or more to our fundraiser and one of these amigurumi cuties will go and live with you!

kde.org/fundraisers/yearend202…

All Konqis are hand-reared with care and love by a kind lady from Barcelona and are all different and unique.

#fundraiser #dragons #FreeSoftware #OpenSource

A cute, cheeky-looking aqua-blue amigurumi dragon called "Karmen" looks into the camera.

Reaching the Inflection Point

Help us bring KDE’s software catalogue into the mainstream! Plasma 6 is a stable, usable and accessible desktop environment that brings us closer to meeting the needs of private citizens, companies and public institutions
Reaching the Inflection Point
#FreeSoftware #opensource #fundraiser #dragons
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... Or a KDE Kaiju will adopt you🦖!

These three amigurumi monsters are also looking for families! Donate €200 and choose between the ferocious Konqisaurus Rex, Kinq Konq or Konqzilla:

kde.org/fundraisers/yearend202…

#kaiju #amigurumi

A composite showing the KDE Kaijus enjoying some mayhem in a Jurassic jungle, climbing the Empire State Building, and in downtown Tokyo.

Reaching the Inflection Point

Help us bring KDE’s software catalogue into the mainstream! Plasma 6 is a stable, usable and accessible desktop environment that brings us closer to meeting the needs of private citizens, companies and public institutions
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#amigurumi #kaiju
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Manche Firmen (Rossmann, Vorwerk) setzen offen ein Zeichen gegen die AfD, doch manche Leute nölen:

☹️ PR-Aktion!

☹️ Warum waren die überhaupt jemals in dem 💩-Verband der Familienunternehmer?

☹️ Ich finde die trotzdem mies, weil sie xyz nicht richtig machen!

☹️ Alle Firmen sind kapitalistische 🐷, das ändert sich dadurch nicht!

Leudde, so wird das nix mit dem Kampf gegen Nazis!

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Vcera jsem vypimpil AI praci na iOS mobilni appce. Poctive jsem nastavil vizualni zpetnou vazbu pres Maestro. Takze AI ovlada simulator, proklikava si ho a vidi, co se tam deje.

Idea je jasna, agent muze bezet fakticky neomezene dlouho => s dobrou smyckou doda dobre vysledky.

Claude uz se 13 hodin v kuse snazi pridat soubor do targetu pres xcodeproj CLI. Kvalitne utracenych 112m tokenu.

Povede se mu to dneska zbuildit? Bude nova Unreleased appka? Zustante naladeni!

#ai #ios #music #app

#app #ios #music #AI

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I finally bought the Kindle version of Merriam Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, 12th Edition, and converted it to EPUB. In the Browse Dictionary A-Z section, all headwords are actual links. This means that with a simple search from the top of the file, you can easily find a word and press Enter on it to jump directly to its entry and definitions, just like you would when navigating inside the Paperback reading app. The definitions also contain links, so you can conveniently move to related entries.
The downside of having such an enormous number of links is the performance cost. Opening this 23.5 MB file takes time. For example, Paperback needs around 40 seconds to open it even on a very modern and powerful machine, sometimes becoming unresponsive for a few seconds during the process. Bookworm and QRead behave similarly. And any attempt to bring up a list of links in either app causes a long pause, since gathering that many links takes time.
There is a table of contents, but it doesn’t list all headwords. Only the main letters and the bridge ranges between letters, like Ca to Cf, are included.
Another issue is the use of the symbol ⁓ in example sentences instead of the actual word being illustrated, which is normal for printed dictionaries and Kindle editions. Merriam Webster explains it like this:
"These examples are enclosed in angle brackets < >, and the word being illustrated is usually replaced by a lightface swung dash ~. The swung dash stands for the boldface entry word, and it may be followed by an italicized suffix."
Naturally this makes reading more difficult for screen readers. What I did was replace this symbol in NVDA’s Speech Dictionaries with the phrase “dot dot,” with a slight pause before and after it. This way, whenever I hear it, I immediately know it marks the spot where the actual headword would appear in the example.
@TheQuinbox @NVAccess @grammargirl
@Quin @NV Access @Mignon Fogarty
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@RareBird15 I used to use Calibre for making the different formats of our eBooks. There was a plugin for Kindle. It stopped working but they might have updated it since - I now use Pandoc which is an open-source command line utility which fits well into my workflow - and according to this page: pandoc.org/epub.html there is a way to convert to Kindle (with a GUI app)

Pandoc - Creating an ebook with pandoc

pandoc.org
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8️⃣ Here's the 8th post highlighting key new features of the upcoming v259 release of systemd. #systemd259 #systemd

systemd-modules-load.sevice is an early-boot service that loads a list of kernel modules into the kernel that is configured via /etc/modules-load.d/ (and similar dirs under /usr/ + /run/ as usual). It's half a legacy feature, because nowadays kernel modules are generally auto-loaded based on "modalias" information they expose, which binds them to certain hardware vendor/product …

#systemd #systemd259
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Chat Control is back, but slightly changed:

❌ No backdoor of encryption
❌ No forced scanning
🚨 But: Age verification (no anonymity)

The update just quietly passed in the EU Council & now needs to be discussed with the EU Parliament.

👁️Big Techs like #Gmail and #WhatsApp will continue to scan your data.

Will you keep fighting against #ChatControl?

#whatsapp #GMail #chatcontrol

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You might have noticed our main repo is currently unreachable. There are issues with its server not booting up again. We're on it and will let you know as soon as we have news; meanwhile, please use our mirrors.

You can watch the status on our monitoring server: monitor.izzysoft.de/

Thanks!

#izzyOnDroid #serviceToot

IzzyOnDroid

Welcome to the official IzzyOnDroid Status Page. This page contains an overview of the status of various IzzyOnDroid services and the official mirrors. I
monitor.izzysoft.de
#serviceToot #izzyondroid
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Sylvia

To switch mirrors:

For Droid-ify: Repositories -> long press IzzyOnDroid F-Droid Repo -> Edit -> Pick one of the other options in Address.

For Neo Store: Settings -> Repositories -> IzzyOnDroid F-Droid Repo and then either enable Mirror rotation or press Edit and pick another address.

izzysoft.de is the main (temporarily unavailable) mirror, hosted in Germany. zw.is is hosted in the US. codeberg.org is hosted in Germany by German nonprofit GitHub alternative Codeberg.

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Weeeeird: the BIOS had itself misconfigured (how can that happen?) After helpful hands in the data center having reset it to defaults, the machine came up again. All services should be available again by now (despite of monitoring claiming the primary mirror is not; give it a little, and it should turn green again as well: that item refreshes only hourly).
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@archos

Mě tam vyhovuje, že mám vyhledávání pomocí regexp a mohu udělat sed přímo ve VIM...a taky to, že to je na každém Linuxu. (občas se člověk připojí NĚKAM a je rád, že má alespoň nějaký editor)

Na cokoli jiného už většinou používám nějaký jiný editor. (Notepad++ protože Windows a Visual Code, protože to je zajímavý editor se spoustou rozšíření)

@Kankys

@Archos @Kankys

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I don’t understand all the talk show internet shows that insists that I must do video when having the interview. Every time I’ve said no, they said, well then, we can’t do the interview. I guess there’s something I’m missing. Do people like watching mouths move? In terms of interviews like this, my facial expressions are pretty blank, give or take a smile, a raised eyebrow, a quirk of the lip. I’m much more facially expressive offline and away from the microphone. For the other blind people, spare me the inevitable rhetoric of, well, we live in a sighted world. I know that. One rebuke I have is Sighted people love more audio podcasts than most blind people. The only reason where I could see where this would make sense is if the host actually told me, it makes me more comfortable if my guests are on video.

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EU member states backed a revised proposal to combat online child sexual abuse, despite opposition from Czechia, Poland, Slovakia, and the Netherlands.

The plan allows companies to voluntarily scan encrypted messages as part of risk-mitigation duties, replacing earlier mandatory detection orders. Germany’s shift secured a qualified majority.

The Council will now negotiate final wording with the European Parliament, which previously rejected the scanning.
#chatcontrol

#chatcontrol

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Love building things that don’t rely on a single platform? So do we.

Bring your ideas, your experiments, your victories (and failures!) to the Decentralised Communication devroom.

Our CfP is open until the end of the week, be quick!

fosdem.org/submit

#FOSDEM #decentralization #standards

FOSDEM 2026

Schedule, talks and talk submissions for FOSDEM 2026
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#fosdem #decentralization #standards

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On Thursday next week (Dec 4) I will do a tiny #curl webinar. Sign up for it here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

It will be made available on video after the fact.

tiny-curl is a libcurl flavor designed for the smaller devices. Same API. Same reliability. With some protocols and features cut out making a (much) smaller footprint. See curl.se/tiny/


Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: tiny-curl 101: Secure Communication with a Small Footprint. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

Join curl founder Daniel Stenberg on December 4th at 9 AM PT for a focused introduction to tiny-curl, the lightweight version of curl designed for resource-constrained environments and embedded users.
Zoom
#curl
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I just submitted our talk proposal for @roost.tools to FOSDEM! If it’s accepted, you should come to hear about how we’re bringing the open source model to trust and safety, starting with the open source Osprey project that’s already being used in production across multiple large, well-known platforms. 👀

#TrustAndSafety #OpenSource #FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #FOSDEM26

#opensource #fosdem #TrustAndSafety #fosdem2026 #fosdem26 @ROOST
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@bogo this blog post is a good starting place! roost.tools/blog/open-by-desig…

Open by Design: ROOST's Approach to Safety Tool Development

Robust Open Online Safety Tools or ROOST is a new non-profit entity designed to address the urgent need for accessible, high-quality safety tools in the rapidly evolving digital landscape.
roost.tools
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Chewie

I use #LibreOffice because it is cross platform, doesn't need an account to log in, and is very stable.
Several times in the past I have used it to open Microsoft Word documents that were "corrupted" and Word couldn't open them itself, but LibreOffice Writer could!

It also supports an amazing number of file formats, and I have used to amend PDF files without needing an expensive copy of Adobe Acrobat to do simple changes.

There's none of that AI rubbish or annoying prompts trying to get you to upgrade to pointless newer versions.

❤️

#libreoffice

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Yesterday I mentioned the tremendous amount of beepage going on outside my house just before 7 AM.
They came back at approximately twenty passed 4 and were quite a bit more vocal about it this time.
Here's a two-minute clip from that time, and an article explaining why THE protest happened.
'Arrests at farmers' central London tractor protest' bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cze8nn…


Arrests at farmers' central London tractor protest

The tractors drove to Parliament on Budget day in a protest over inheritance tax.
Stuart Maisner (BBC News)

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Andre Louis

I really want to know what song one of the vehicles was trying to emulate there.
Edit: It has been suggested to me that it was 'Coffin Dance'
youtube.com/watch?v=j9V78UbdzW…

Coffin Dance (Official Music Video HD)

Watch This : https://youtu.be/nVdLW8kls50I do not own the music and videos, neither ads or monetization.all the things up there goes respectively to the owne...
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Taking a Curated Look at Black Friday Sales For 2025

A small curated list of Black Friday sales by independent creators or small businesses covering areas of technology, gaming and miscellaneous deals.

adamsdesk.com/posts/black-frid…

#blog #BlackFriday #tech #InfoSec #security #100DaysToOffload @Tutanota @b0rk

An outlined box with large print of 'Curated Black Friday' next to a red shopping bag. On the front of the shopping bag is a question mark by the word 'Sale'.

Taking a Curated Look at Black Friday Sales For 2025

Adam Douglas
#blog #infosec #security #tech #100DaysToOffload #blackfriday @Tuta @Julia Evans
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About 1.5 years ago my friend was (wrongly) accused of terrorism.

All of their electronic devices were seized, plus my stash of hard drives (stored at their place for reasons).

Of course police didn’t find any evidence. Culprit that framed my friend (and many others) got arrested recently (article in Polish).

Police returned the hardware few months ago and I found that all of my drives are now e-waste thanks to their carelessness, which made me (understandably) furious. I even considered suing them.

Said very good friend of mine entrusted me with their personal phone and pattern to unlock it. I charged and booted it for the first time since February 2024 and were curious how it was pwned. I knew police used cellebrite on it.

My crime is that of curiosity

As it turns out, police forgot to clean after themselves (there was an attempt) and left payloads, logs, and backdoor intact.

Took a peek at the first-stage payload but it’s too complex for me to reverse-engineer on my own. It’s relatively well obfuscated, but I can tell it’s using RNDIS (likely spawning a server?) and TLS-encrypted connection to talk to Cellebrite box.

If you’re a security researcher (or just curious nerd with more spoons than me) and you would like to take a look - here you go.

Payload was uploaded onto the device on 2024-02-21. If you want to re-create the environment it was executed on, you will need a:

  • Samsung Z Flip3 5G (SM-F711B)
  • Android build SP2A_220305.013.F711BXXS2CVHF

Rough execution flow:

1. USB device plugged in (Cellebrite Cheetah)
2. USB controller switches to host mode
3. Gadget switching USB VID/PID to load kernel modules
4. Module 'hid_akeys' leaks memory
5. Screen unlocked
6. ADB key '82:E5:EA:F3:DC:D1:7D:CA:65:3C:D4:58:65:CD:81:8E' added to trusted keys on the device
7. First-stage payload '/data/local/tmp/falcon' copied onto the device.
8. Second-stage payload (seemingly) executed as root:
	- /data/local/tmp/chrome-command-line
	- /data/local/tmp/android-webview-command-line
	- /data/local/tmp/webview-command-line
	- /data/local/tmp/content-shell-command-line
	- /data/local/tmp/frida-server-16.1.4-android-arm64
	- /data/local/tmp/init
9. Data extraction (photos, telegram, firefox, downloads)

# Unanswered question: What the hell is "jtcb.sdylj.axpa" running as root? Seems to have been dropped around the same time...

Have fun!

Brawo policja! Mikołaj, który podszywał się m.in. pod Niebezpiecznika został w końcu zatrzymany

Kliknij, aby przeczytać więcej
NieBezpiecznik.pl
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OpenAI has experienced a data breach. Any user who utilized their API services should assume that personal data, including their name, location, user ID, and other details, is now in the possession of the hacker

openai.com/index/mixpanel-inci…


What to know about a recent Mixpanel security incident

OpenAI shares details about a Mixpanel security incident involving limited API analytics data. No API content, credentials, or payment details were exposed. Learn what happened and how we’re protecting users.
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This week's In-Process is a bumper one - but don't miss it because as well as all the news on NVDA 2025.3.2, more on configuration profiles and the NEW Web interface for the add-on store, we've also got a BLACK FRIDAY SALE!

All that and EVEN MORE at: nvaccess.org/post/in-process-2…

#NVDA #NVDAsr #ScreenReader #BlackFriday #BlackFriday2025 #Sale #Accessibility

Quentin (NV Access) and Elise )Data Australasia) in front of the NV Access table at SVRC. Elise is trying a new Sensaball cane tip. Photo courtesy Elise Lonsdale

NV Access | In-Process 27th November 2025

www.nvaccess.org
#Accessibility #screenreader #nvdasr #nvda #blackfriday #sale #blackfriday2025

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2025 Thanksgiving!
I am absolutely not thankful for hCaptcha and their shockingly careless approach to accessibility.
When trying to sign up for their so-called accessibility cookie, this is the audio they expect us to understand.
My hearing is excellent, yet the recording is chaotic, garbled, and completely impossible to interpret. It is presented as an accessibility feature, but it is anything but accessible.
This is my fifth attempt to sign up for Bluesky and hCaptcha keeps ruining the process every single time, even when trying to sign up through Google.

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"How do you navigate by headers?" This is what I got asked the other day by a client, so I showed them how to use the accessibility rotor and navigate a page jumping from header to header.
Do you use this kind of header navigation? Let me know what you think about it! #Accessibility youtube.com/watch?v=syk7RMNZM-…

Header navigation on mobile #accessibility #accessibilitytips

It's great for accessibility to mark your headers with an accessibility trait or role saying it is a header. But why is this important? And how would your us...
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Blocking the WhatsApp messenger in Russia is "only a matter of time," said Anton Nemkin, a member of the State Duma Committee on Information Policy and a member of United Russia.

moscowtimes.ru/2025/11/26/vopr…

#Ukraine #Russia #Whatsapp


«Вопрос времени». В Госдуме предупредили о неизбежной блокировке WhatsApp

Блокировка мессенджера WhatsApp в России является «лишь вопросом времени», заявил член комитета Госдумы по информационной политике, единоросс Антон Немкин.
Русская служба The Moscow Times
#whatsapp #Russia #Ukraine
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miki

The issue is 9 months old, but it's a continuation of older discussions. It now seems that there's a workaround, but it's so well-hidden that at least 2 users in the issue + me missed it when looking at the form, and the maintainers were unwilling to explain it for some reason. Somebody finally took mercy on us and explained it in the issue comments, but that's about 15 messages deep in the thread, and there's no indication that it's even there, so unless a user is extremely patient and thorough, they won't find it either. The way the maintainers hint at it but are unwilling to explain it seems very strange and cagey.
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