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WhatsApp, le produit de Meta (ex-Facebook), vous savez, la messagerie qui prétend protéger la vie privée, a laissé fuiter 3,5 milliards de numéros de téléphone suite à une faille de sécurité...signalée il y a 8 ans. Les mots me manquent. 9to5mac.com/2025/11/18/whatsap… et web.archive.org/web/2020010808…) ;

WhatsApp security flaw exposed 3.5B phone numbers – inc yours

Update, 7:11 p.m. ET: A Meta representative reached out to 9to5Mac and provided the following statement: “We are grateful to...
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SuspiciousDuck

všetky nikotinové výrobky ktoré som mal doma a nepoužíval (ako liquidy, iqos, iné liquidy, e-cigarety, rôzne nástavce atď) podotýkam nepoužíval mali hodnotu ~80€ a to podľa mňa nie je normálne

edit: ráno kašlem a neznie to veľmi sexy to preto, v podstate sa dá kašľať zo všetkého len to inak znie tabak/iqos/e-cig/liquidy

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Curtis Wilcox

They're an accessibility feature!

funjp.com/blog/2024/3/31/birds…

Birds Chirping Sounds at Train Stations .

I've been asked several times about why are there those birds chirping sounds at train stations here in Japan . The reason is the same as why you see those yellow blocks on the ground at train stations and on walkways in Japan .
Cristiano Missao Uyeno (funjp)
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jer

it's complicated :(

Up until a couple months ago there wasn't even such a thing as encrypted RCS. What Google's been doing for several years now is having Google Messages do its own encryption that had nothing to do with RCS, but then sending the encrypted text over the RCS connection.

Then when Apple was forced (by China) to add support for RCS, they said they'd only support exactly what was in the RCS spec, so no encryption. Subsequently the RCS people have added TLS encryption to the spec and Google has slowly begun rolling out it in Google Messages, but Apple has not yet implemented the new encrypted version, despite participating in its specification process.

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Another notable feature merged in the GNOME Calendar live coding session today: the ability to export an entire calendar as an .ics file.

This was originally added to the wishlist 10 years ago: gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-c…

Thanks to @FineFindus's dedication towards implementing this (alongside the individual event .ics export feature) this year, you will be able to use this feature in #GNOME 50 (or the nightly flatpak version of Calendar today): gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-c…

#GNOMECalendar #calendaring


Allow exporting an entire calendar as a file (#31) · Issues · GNOME / gnome-calendar · GitLab

Originally reported by Tin Man on 2015-10-26 in Bugzilla bug (#757125): For backup purposes, it would nice...
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#gnome #calendaring #gnomecalendar @FineFindus

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Today I am stepping down from my role as the CEO of #Mastodon. Though this has been in the works for a while, I can't say I've fully processed how I feel about it. There is a bittersweet part to it, and I think I will miss it, but it also felt necessary. It feels like a goodbye, but it isn't—I intend to stay on and continue to advise the new leadership and contribute, because Mastodon—and the fediverse—is one of the very few beacons of hope for a better web.

blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/11/…

My next chapter with Mastodon

Reflections on my time leading Mastodon and what's to come next.
Mastodon Blog
#Mastodon

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Buried in this nicely-detailed RCA is a pretty damning fact:

Cloudflare left .unwrap() in mission-critical Rust code.

For non-Rustaceans, .unwrap() handles a type called Result that can either be Ok with a value, or an Err with an Error. The whole point is to gracefully handle errors and not let panics make it to production code.

I use .unwrap() sometimes! Usually when there's a logical guarantee that the result can never be an error. But I make sure to purge it from critical processes for exactly this reason.

blog.cloudflare.com/18-novembe…

Rust code using .unwrap() at the end of a function call chain

Cloudflare outage on November 18, 2025

Cloudflare suffered a service outage on November 18, 2025. The outage was triggered by a bug in generation logic for a Bot Management feature file causing many Cloudflare services to be affected.
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There was a time where you could simply put some html-Files into some directory which would directly be served to the Internet... like magic!

😎 AN HOMAGE TO 90s ~/PUBLIC_HTML HOSTING

Remember when the web was FUN?! 🌈

public.monster/

#hosting #cloud #internet #web #infrastructure #90s


public.monster

Remember when the web was fun? Upload your HTML and go live instantly.
public.monster
#web #hosting #cloud #infrastructure #Internet #90s

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Decided with the direction that @freedomscientific is taking JAWS that it's time for me to cancel my home annual subscription and switch over to @NVAccess as my screen reader on my personal machine. NVDA does what I need on it (web surfing, email, writing, and some coding) fine, so I figure why not. And I can always pick the subscription back up if I really need it for something.
@NV Access @Freedom Scientific / Vispero

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Vanadium version 142.0.7444.171.0 released

Changes in version 142.0.7444.171.0:

  • update to Chromium 142.0.7444.171

A full list of changes from the previous release (version 142.0.7444.158.0) is available through the Git commit log between the releases.

This update is available to GrapheneOS users via our app repository and will also be bundled into the next OS release. Vanadium isn't yet officially available for users outside GrapheneOS, although we plan to do that eventually. It won't be able to provide the WebView outside GrapheneOS and will have missing hardening and other features.


Comparing 142.0.7444.158.0...142.0.7444.158.0 · GrapheneOS/Vanadium

Privacy and security enhanced releases of Chromium for GrapheneOS. Vanadium provides the WebView and standard user-facing browser on GrapheneOS. It depends on hardening in other GrapheneOS reposito...
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#grapheneos

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The Final Straw: Why Companies Replace Once-Beloved Technology Brands

What causes a business to abandon hardware, software, or tools it once relied on? Enumerating the common reasons helps you recognize when it’s time to move on.
functionize.com/blog/the-final…


The Final Straw: Why Companies Replace Once-Beloved Technology Brands

Discover the reasons companies abandon once-favored technology brands.
Esther Schindler (Functionize Inc.)
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it's missing 🎃 --> 39c3

the original .ogg seems to be lost media, but i have an idea on how you may be able to retrieve it:

  1. go to studio.youtube.com
  2. find that specific video, open the details page
  3. there should be an “original file” field where you can re-download exactly what you uploaded

if it’s the same ogg as in the torrent, can you seed it for a bit? I already added it to my client and i’ll seed it indefinitely (if I ever receive the file)

YouTube

Sdílení videí s přáteli, rodinou a celým světem.
studio.youtube.com

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The Cadence uses a technology best described as micro-magnetic bistable actuators. "Bistable" means the pin is stable in two positions: fully UP and fully DOWN. It uses a pulse of energy only to flip the switch. Once the pin is up, a permanent magnet (not electricity) locks it in place. It sits there for free. You could leave the device on a single page for 100 years and it wouldn't drain the battery. Fascinating. Imagine a tiny permanent magnet attached to the bottom of the pin. Surrounding it is a copper coil. To raise the pin, the device shoots a quick millisecond pulse of electricity through the coil, repelling the magnet and shooting the pin up. Once it hits the top, it "latches" (magnetically sticks) to a metal plate or catch. To lower it, it shoots a reverse pulse, pulling it down where it latches again.
look up: US Patent 10,249,217. US Patent 10,163,367. US Patent 9,812,033.
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Tamas G

@KaraLG84 not quite. It uses a motorized mechanical carriage (a tiny motor and cam system) that physically drives underneath the cells to push the pins up or down. This is why the Orbit refreshes cell-by-cell (like a wave) rather than the whole line popping up instantly. The motor has to travel across the line to set the pins. Once the motor pushes the pin up, it rests on a mechanical ledge. It is rigid (signage quality) like the Cadence, but it got there via a slow motor, not a fast magnetic pulse. Cadence dots can be pushed down, although not as squishy as older Piezo tech, just not fully firm like Orbit's. Still, when you push down, you feel a resistance under your finger, so heavier-handed Braille readers would still be "checked" by Cadence, and thoose with neuropathy in their fingers could read it.
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Tamas G

It's on tactile Engineering's site: tactile-engineering.com/cadenc… - I'd also recommend the Youtube video Double-tap put out: youtube.com/watch?v=0ixTjffDMS…
Cadence put this other video out where they use it. Pin sounds and usage is heard on their video, but I think a bit louder than usually with their microphone closeness to display: youtube.com/watch?v=LQgPhYU2N-…

Cadence Braille Display

In this episode of Double Tap, Steven Scott and Shaun Preece speak with Brian Clark and Wunji Lau, the Director of Marketing from Tactile Engineering, about ...
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"WhatsApp flaw allowed researchers to scrape data of 3.5 billion users"

Things that can never happen in #ArcaneChat since there is no phone number or any personal data required

cyberinsider.com/whatsapp-flaw…

#meta #WhatsApp #privacy


WhatsApp flaw allowed researchers to scrape data of 3.5 billion users

Researchers uncovered a flaw in WhatsApp's contact discovery mechanism, allowing them to enumerate over 3.5 billion active accounts.
Alex Lekander (CyberInsider)
#privacy #whatsapp #meta #arcanechat
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