Tor has introduced this new cool tool they call oniux. On the page announcing it they show off a #curl command line that hasn't worked for two years... since curl nowadays refuses to resolve .onion names like RFC 7686 says.
Introducing oniux: Kernel-level Tor isolation for any Linux app. This torsocks alternative uses namespaces to isolate Linux applications over the Tor network and eliminate data leaks.
I did this The Tor Project just announced this very cool tool called oniux: oniux is a tool that utilizes various Linux namespaces(7) in order to isolate an arbitrary application over the Tor netwo...
On one hand you have people setting up LANs that have all their outbound traffic sent through Tor, and are supposed to work with any tor-unaware device.
On the other hand, saying "the LAN you're in is behind Tor" is exactly what an attacker would say to induce user devices to leak onion lookups...
Suggestion to formalize environment variable name ALLOW_DOT_ONION (or other) to be set to toggle and enable DNS lookup of the .onion TLD where an application otherwise would...
blocking special name resolution in the applications, without defined way to indicate when such resolution should be safe, were asking for this exact problem. Tor expected only whole applications to be onion enabled, not VPN-like behaviour. Perhaps special option in resolv.conf could enable passing onion names to DNS servers specified there. Local resolvers often block it properly anyway. Ideally it should have separate nsswitch module and not using common DNS plugin.
it seems to me this RFC cannot work with network or system level .onion support and should be replaced.
I think applications need API to query system resolver, whether DNS is handled by localhost or trusted resolver. And if .onion names are considered a special handled domain. I think we lack both on Linux now.
This RFC assumes only per-application support can be safe. Applications should query the OS support and enable it if indicated. But resolver related apis are ancient already.
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Shiny new features and improvements are coming to #LibreOffice! They're being developed by independent developers, who get some support as part of the Google Summer of Code: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl…
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I wonder about the connection between LibreOffice and Google? Can you explain this a little more, as I do not want to use software with a connection to Google for reasons of privacy and data protection!
@Ulli It has nothing to do with privacy or data protection. Absolutely nothing is shared with Google (or anyone else). The code is written by independent, free and open source software (FOSS) developers who work through the summer on LibreOffice. To help them to spend the time working on FOSS they get some financial help from Google. That's it!
The connection to Google will kill you in the long run. People who use your software wants to get away from those fuckers. Why do all run in the same trap? Stupid af.
That's a lot of project! About the Report Builder, you mentioned its one of the last remaining dependencies on Java, what other stuff is written in Java?
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So I have to give @atherjammoa a lot of credit for telling me about Eter. it is a radio app, but you can find it on the entire Apple ecosystem including Apple TV. they charge a one-time fee to unlock some features, but it was $8 so well spent. Apparently LWorks radio can be found in the search results. also the Voiceover support is awesome. Show them some love. You won't be disappointed. eter.apparentsoft.com/
This release brings three new features: message retraction ↩️ , blocking participants in group chats 🛡️, and updated support for modern group chat avatars 🖼️.
Message retraction is a good thing but not supported by others clients (for example #conversations for Android). I wish you implement audio and video calls like @dino does... #XMPP
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For weeks I have been telling reporters that #Trump could have the power to switch off our tech in #Europe. It felt a bit alarmist until I just read that #Microsoft, on the behest of the #US gov, has suspended the email account of Karim Khan, the #ICC chief prosecutor.
One of the most important international courts and a legal bulwark against #genocide, crimes against humanity, and #warcrimes is threatened by #BigTech dependency.
Did you know #Microsoft is shutting down Chinese universities by blocking access to their services? When will this come to Europe and the rest of the world? How dependent on Microsoft or Google is the day to day work in your organization?
it's global accessibility awareness day and georges stavracas has posted a lovely celebration of all the work that's gone into gnome #a11y so far - and a look to the road ahead:
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We've had a few iOS updates in the last few Android Progress Reports, but with more substantial iOS news, it's time for a name change! So here's the shiny, new(ish) Mobile Progress Report! ✨
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@giorgiolucas I don’t even understand what you are trying to say—making Thunderbird on Android so people buy Android phones instead of iPhones?
As restrictive and closed down the Apple ecosystem is, the only think I would remotely call “terrible” is ignoring a quarter of the population who happen to use another operating system
@cire901 "making Thunderbird on Android so people buy Android phones instead of iPhones?" A: That's exactly what I'm suggesting.
Regarding your second statement, it's complicated to give you a full answer here, but you are totally right.
However, you're assuming that iPhone users might be unhappy with iMail, or even willing to try another email client (given the cost of that change). And we are talking about a very corporative market, where Outlook, Gmail and even Yahoo have difficulties over iCloud.
I, for instance, dev and enthusiast of Open Source (just "recently" "aware" of the Free movement) have been on Apple's ecosystem for the past 9 years with the whole package: Mac, iPhone, iCloud, etc, and it's the dumbest thing being on Apple and not leverage that. It's the most smooth and productive setup. Apple knows it and tailor it that way.
@cire901 and one of the ways to that is not having yet another email client on Apple Store, which helps strengthen their apps' catalogue.
I trully believe the only way @thunderbird, #Firefox, thus Mozilla to thrive, is both strengthening and weakening Apple's ecosystem, and that means not being present there and help to strengthen where it thrives - and it's not that it thrives that much - on Android.
@giorgiolucas I totally see where you are coming from. I don’t think that a single App has the power to do that though.
I do believe however, that an E-Mail Client that supports syncing configs across devices while allowing stuff like PGP encryption has huge market-share potential.
On iOS, there is literally nothing. Looking at corporate alone I see huge potential—handing out predefined configs without a privacy compromise would be awesome!
@giorgiolucas And having that on iOS would in this scenario benefit the desktop as well, and maybe in the long run convince more people to use privacy-first open-source software
Due to that long run on Apple, I use as my primary email an icloud.com account. I've been using iMail for the past 9 years and just recently I switch to Thunderbird, and man you don't know how much it hurts to go to Thunderbird. iMail is great and Thunderbird is way behind it, no question at all!! Despite all the non-email related feature, which is another waste, iMail is on the vanguard of Apple email client, and it's just there when you get a new Mac.
The only thing that keeps me using Thunderbird now is my activism against private, corporations and US digital sovereignity. And also bacause I'm stubborn 😂😅
@giorgiolucas We'd love to hear where we could improve the desktop app, not just here but especially on connect.mozilla.org, where we gather and use community feedback. We want to be the mail client people choose not only because we're open source and privacy respecting, but also because we help people get things done everywhere, both on their desktop computer and their phones!
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and it seems like an irresolvable problem.
On one hand you have people setting up LANs that have all their outbound traffic sent through Tor, and are supposed to work with any tor-unaware device.
On the other hand, saying "the LAN you're in is behind Tor" is exactly what an attacker would say to induce user devices to leak onion lookups...
Formalize toggle override for non-Tor applications that follow RFC 7686 (#202) · Issues · The Tor Project / Core / Tor Specifications · GitLab
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in reply to daniel:// stenberg:// • • •it seems to me this RFC cannot work with network or system level .onion support and should be replaced.
I think applications need API to query system resolver, whether DNS is handled by localhost or trusted resolver. And if .onion names are considered a special handled domain. I think we lack both on Linux now.
This RFC assumes only per-application support can be safe. Applications should query the OS support and enable it if indicated. But resolver related apis are ancient already.