IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Monday, April 18, 2022
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02:49 schestowitz; https://twitter.com/mark1854now/status/1515591326498185217
02:49 -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@mark1854now: DuckDuckgo!! https://t.co/sPcguWolJX
02:49 -TechBytesBot/#techbytes--> techrights.org | Why People Should Never Ever Use DuckDuckGo | Techrights
02:49 schestowitz; https://twitter.com/dcavedon/status/1515421920992407552
02:49 -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@dcavedon: Why you should avoid #DuckDuckGo https://t.co/lRCzT51Uo4 #privacy
02:49 -TechBytesBot/#techbytes--> techrights.org | Why You Should Avoid DuckDuckGo (DDG) 2021 Edition, Now Microsoft-Hosted and With Extra Privacy Risks | Techrights
02:49 schestowitz; Artur. (@0xA43): "dokadajc do tego ciekawe rewelacje - https://web.archive.org/web/20201110130019/http://techrights.org/2020/07/02/ddg-privacy-abuser-in-disguise/ wychodzi na to, e ddg od dawna jest syfem. Na szczcie mamy jeszcze swisscows, whoogle, searx" | nitter https://nitter.eu/0xA43/status/1515249240083251204 Source: nitter
02:49 -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-nitter.eu | Artur. (@0xA43): "dokadajc do tego ciekawe rewelacje - https://web.archive.org/web/20201110130019/http://techrights.org/2020/07/02/ddg-privacy-abuser-in-disguise/ wychodzi na to, e ddg od dawna jest syfem. Na szczcie mamy jeszcze swisscows, whoogle, searx" | nitter
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08:12 schestowitz; <li>
08:12 schestowitz; <h5><a href="https://boilingsteam.com/ubuntu-continues-falling-like-a-rock-as-a-gaming-distro/">Ubuntu Continues Falling Like a Rock as a Gaming Distro</a></h5>
08:12 schestowitz; <blockquote>
08:12 -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-boilingsteam.com | Ubuntu Continues Falling Like a Rock as a Gaming Distro - Boiling Steam
08:12 schestowitz; <p>Ubuntu has also pushed for installing apps using their snap solution, often done without the user knowing that specific packages were installed this way rather than through the regular apt package manager mechanism. While they are still many derivatives based on Ubuntu, its not the only standard anymore and it has clearly lost its leadership. Gaming require fast moving updates and upgrades and a rolling
08:12 schestowitz; distro is best suited for that, which is why the ProtonDB data shows that the Arch block (Arch Linux + Manjaro + other Arch derivatives) accounts for almost half of the distro share here, where they used to be at most 20% a few years back.</p>
08:12 schestowitz; </blockquote>
08:12 schestowitz; </li>
08:13 schestowitz; <li>
08:13 schestowitz; <h5><a href="https://itwire.com/business-it-news/security/new-openssh-version-uses-stronger-key-exchange-mechanism-by-default.html">New OpenSSH version uses stronger key-exchange mechanism by default</a></h5>
08:14 schestowitz; <blockquote>
08:14 schestowitz; <p>An advisory from developer Damien Miller said the new release, OpenSSH 9.0, switched scp, the secure copy tool which is part of the app, from using the legacy scp/rcp protocol to using the SFTP protocol by default.</p>
08:14 -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-iTWire - New OpenSSH version uses stronger key-exchange mechanism by default
08:14 schestowitz; <p>OpenSSH is run by the OpenBSD project which is headed by Theo de Raadt. SSH or secure shell is a program used to log into another computer over a network, to execute commands in a remote machine, and to move files from one machine to another.</p>
08:14 schestowitz; </blockquote>
08:14 schestowitz; </li>
08:15 schestowitz; <li>
08:15 schestowitz; <h5><a href="https://wrla.ch/blog/2022/04/90-days-out-and-in/">90 days out and in</a></h5>
08:15 -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-wrla.ch | 90 days out and in
08:15 schestowitz; <blockquote>
08:15 schestowitz; <p>That said, Im not sure to what extent this will continue: even if the source code to Firefox and the tooling that supports it is technically open source, outsiders like myself really have very limited visibility into what Mozilla is doing these days. This makes it difficult to really connect with much of whats going on or know how I might be able to contribute. While it might be
08:15 schestowitz; theoretically possible to join Mozillas Slack (at least last I checked), that feels like a rabbit hole Id prefer not to go down. While Im still interested in supporting Mozillas mission, I really dont want more than one workplace chat tool in my life: theres a lot of content there that is no longer relevant to me as a non-employee and (being honest) Id rather leave behind. Theres lots more I could say about this, but probably
08:15 schestowitz; best to leave it there: I understand that theres reasons why things are the way they are, even if they make me a little sad.</p>
08:15 schestowitz; </blockquote>
08:15 schestowitz; </li>
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09:46 schestowitz; =
09:46 schestowitz; x https://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/59479.html
09:46 -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-mjg59.dreamwidth.org | mjg59 | The Freedom Phone is not great at privacy
09:46 schestowitz; =
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09:46 schestowitz; x https://cointelegraph.com/news/the-future-of-the-internet-inside-the-race-for-web3-s-infrastructure
09:46 -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-cointelegraph.com | The future of the internet: Inside the race for Web3s infrastructure
10 AM, April 18
10:23 schestowitz; https://stereophonic.space/objects/75ed2d7e-d8df-4cf3-8e3c-7279b2e9f059
10:23 -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-stereophonic.space | Stereophonic
10:23 schestowitz; "also known as "the versions of the unix utilities with incomprehensible source code""
10:23 schestowitz; https://nixnet.social/objects/4b075c20-bac2-460b-b452-998c329d06a1
10:23 schestowitz; |"https://demo.shaarli.org/|
10:23 -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-nixnet.social | NixNet Social
10:24 -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 404 @ https://demo.shaarli.org/| )
10:24 schestowitz; https://nixnet.social/objects/f0abb566-6c31-4f0d-9678-f135366d0d7e
10:24 schestowitz; "he estado probando la demo de Shaarli, interesante forma de tener tus marcadores, ordenados por tags, te muestra una nube de tags, nube de imgenes de marcadores, puedes tenerlos pblicos o privados y compartirlos, y parece muy rpido y fcil de instalar."
10:24 -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-nixnet.social | NixNet Social
10:24 schestowitz; https://linuxrocks.online/@publiclewdness/108126799270447829
10:24 schestowitz; "Without even looking at it i'm going to guess Nvidia GPU with closed source drivers; no Coreboot; and no privacy kill switches so yeah probably not for me."
10:24 -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-PublicLewdness: "@tuxmachines@mastodon.technology Without even l" - LinuxRocks.Online
10:25 schestowitz; https://koyu.space/@koyuchan/108115097735883527
10:25 -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 404 @ https://koyu.space/@koyuchan/108115097735883527 )
10:25 schestowitz; "
10:25 schestowitz; hey @tuxmachines i really like to read your posts a lot, but all sites i browse require https from now on. can you please enable it? thanks!
10:25 schestowitz; ps: it's not me being picky, but ssl is making the web more secure and you should too.
10:25 schestowitz; "
10:25 schestowitz; https://social.tchncs.de/@scops/108086942018296277
10:25 -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-social.tchncs.de | scops: "@tuxmachines@mastodon.technology it's a very nice" - Mastodon
10:25 schestowitz; " it's a very nice piece of software."
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20:05 schestowitz; >> Hi,guys and Good Day! So in recent days ,it was observed that many open
20:05 schestowitz; >> source contributors vandalised their or someone else's project's
20:05 schestowitz; >> reputation to show agendas of Russia-Ukraine war, Some even vandalised
20:05 schestowitz; >> their project to destroy system in Russia and Belarus (Node-ipc being
20:05 schestowitz; >> one of them) that affected many people and their trust on open-source
20:05 schestowitz; >> software. So I wanted to ask How safe is Debian doing right now and how
20:05 schestowitz; >> will you guys prevent contributors pushing such malicious code into your
20:05 schestowitz; >> software and how will you detect a software getting vandalised to showed
20:05 schestowitz; >> Anti-war agenda by abusing your OS's reputation?
20:05 schestowitz; > If there are backdoors in Debian then they are harder to detect. Large
20:05 schestowitz; > intelligence agencies aim for plausible deniability. Look at the
20:05 schestowitz; > infamous OpenSSL vulnerability[1]. After investing so much time
20:05 schestowitz; > planting agents and backdoors in Debian, they will not want to blow
20:05 schestowitz; > their cover by doing something so brash.
20:05 schestowitz; >
20:05 schestowitz; > There has recently been evidence on Debian Community News about some
20:05 schestowitz; > cases, for example:
20:05 schestowitz; >
20:05 schestowitz; > Paul Tagliamonte and Sam Hartman and their Pentagon connections, with photos
20:05 schestowitz; >
20:05 schestowitz; > Jonathan Wiltshire and Chris Lamb having GCHQ proximity, with a map
20:05 schestowitz; >
20:06 schestowitz; > There are approximately 1000 Debian Developers and when one of us makes
20:06 schestowitz; > an upload, there is no obligation for somebody else to check it. On the
20:06 schestowitz; > other hand, there is a period of days or weeks before new uploads can
20:06 schestowitz; > propagate to stable systems. This may make it more robust if you only
20:06 schestowitz; > use stable.
20:06 schestowitz; >
20:06 schestowitz; > debian-project@lists.debian.org is now being censored to stop
20:06 schestowitz; > discussions like this about Debian integrity.
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20:59 schestowitz; Red hat uses trademark law in an effort to censor Melbourne uni alum and former Debian dev Assange https://wikileaks.org/wiki/Category:Red_Hat
20:59 -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-wikileaks.org | Category:Red Hat - WikiLeaks
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