Open letter against ProtectEU

New name, same problems: The EU now calls Chat Control "ProtectEU", but it comes with the same backdoor issues as before.

https://tuta.com/blog/open-letter-against-protecteu

#ChatControl #ProtectEU #encryption

So big surprise, I actually uploaded a couple videos on cyber security! In the first one I use hyprland as an example of bad practice code and why a security audit would catch things not being merged by upstream

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3NCiHybX23Q

But then the maintainer of the project talked to me over discord where we went over the different problems and he confirmed my suspicions about the security culture problem over at hyprland

(Sorry for mono audio I had to reinstall obs)

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UN_LvtWCeCA

1 month later: Spam is still an issue on matrix.org.

I am one tap away from opening CSAM and gore in public. I can't even disable picture embeds on element@mastodon.matrix.org for Android. Worse, it's a rather large notification, making it too easy to accidentally tap!

matrix@mastodon.matrix.org said they were planning some mod tools, but there doesn't seem to be any temporary fix at the moment.

Refund4Freedom https://pavia.ils.org/news/refund4freedom/

If you're using #Element X on #Android, make sure you're up to date. The #vulnerability was patched in version 25.04.2.

#FOSS #FreeSoftware #LibreSoftware #OpenSource #Security #Privacy #Matrix

@usdAG@infosec.exchange
https://infosec.exchange/@usdAG/114478194638016465

https://fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/i-want-to-love-linux-it-doesnt-love-me-back-post-1-built-for-control-but-not-for-people/

»Linux “just works”—if you can see.

If you’re blind?

You boot into a live image and get nothing.

No speech. No braille. No login prompt feedback. Maybe Orca starts, maybe not.

Maybe you know the shortcut (Alt+Super+S?) but does that even work in this session type?

Is it Wayland? Is it X11? Is the screen reader bound to a key combo that doesn’t exist on your keyboard?

You open the installer?

“Next. Button. Button. Button. Button.” That’s all Orca says.

Ubuntu MATE 12.04 had a working, labeled, navigable installer.

Ubuntu MATE 24.04? It’s garbage.

No headings. No structure. No sense of where you are. Just unlabeled buttons and blank space.

This isn’t a bug.

This is neglect.«

Thanks for writing this article, @fireborn@dragonscave.space

#Accessibility #a11y

🚨BREAKING: #Fortnite is coming to US App Store any day now!

US judge said #Apple “outright lied” to steal from app developers & increase prices for users - all to uphold its greedy #monopoly.

But the days for FEES on web transactions are finally gone.

Fortnite was submitted to the US App Store yesterday - so it now lies with Apple to publish it quickly: https://x.com/TutaPrivacy/status/1921269111373652385

Read the whole story: 👉 https://tuta.com/blog/apple-us-antitrust-ruling

Found this last night on #Reddit. Yup.

#Mastodon #SocialNetworking

We have a CI job to spot unwanted utf8 letters in #curl PRs as we have noticed that GitHub will gladly show the for example (identical) Cyrillic version of a letter next to the Latin version in a diff and it is yes, entirely impossible for a human to spot the diff. I mean the diff is shown, but the significance of it is not.

Changing just a single letter like that in a URL hostname opens up for a world of grief.

@protonprivacy@mastodon.social and @threemaapp@mastodon.social: We offer super safe #privacy made in #Switzerland! 🇨🇭🏔️

Switzerland: Let's ban #anonymity online and introduce #dataretention by decree without parliament.

https://www.heise.de/en/news/Switzerland-plans-to-ban-anonymity-and-data-retention-by-decree-10377287.html

#digitalrights #surveillance #masssurveillance

Eccolo qua. Era ora.

Non vedo l'ora di conoscere il verdetto 😁

https://www.hdblog.it/applicazioni/articoli/n618268/codacons-denuncia-meta-ai-whatsapp/

#Meta #AI #IA #WhatsApp #GDPR

Nintendo updated the EULA of the Switch 2 so that they can remotely brick your device if they want to do it.

It’s 2025 and you don’t own the things you buy.

#drm #nintendo #righttorepair #videogames #gaming

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/05/nintendo-threatens-to-brick-switch-consoles-for-hacking-piracy/

I've bridged my Mastodon account to a Telegram channel back in January and it now reached 200 subscribers! I'm happy that my informative posts/reposts can reach many more people on other platforms.

I encourage you guys on Telegram to look into what the fediverse is and to sign up to some instance, so that you can post comments and free yourself from the centralized nature of Telegram.

You can also get updates from my Mastodon through an RSS feed (https://mastodon.uno/@gianmarcogg03.rss) very easily.

“#Google wanted that”: #Nextcloud decries #Android permissions as “gatekeeping”

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/05/nextcloud-accuses-google-of-big-tech-gatekeeping-over-android-app-permissions/

#FOSS #privacy

@herhandsmyhands@romancelandia.club It's been debunked see here https://bsky.app/profile/tannerofthenorth.bsky.social/post/3lp572utm5c2c

A sketchy AI firm tried to pass off a bogus Steam breach, but it unraveled almost immediately. This one was a fake, but the next one might not be. Here's how to protect yourself.

https://appleinsider.com/articles/25/05/14/no-steam-wasnt-hacked----but-your-security-habits-still-matter?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon

Most mobile devices are not controlled by their users, but by the manufacturer and the operator.

Did you know that by switching to a #FreeSoftware operating systems in your device, such as your phone, you can extend its lifespan, enhance privacy, and ensure greater control over your personal data?

https://fsfe.org/activities/android/android.en.html

🔒 Google blocca Nextcloud su Android: è sabotaggio?

L’app Nextcloud per Android subisce un blocco da parte di Google, che ostacola il caricamento dei file!

Nextcloud denuncia l'atto anticompetitivo: https://nextcloud.com/blog/nextcloud-android-file-upload-issue-google/

Soluzione?

✅ Scarica l’app da F-Droid: https://f-droid.org/packages/com.nextcloud.client/

🌐 Vuoi passare ad un cloud etico?

Richiedi 25GB sul Nextcloud di Mastodon Uno:

➡️ https://cloud.mastodon.uno/apps/forms/s/YSCoCC37D9omTN8iXSKkQqz9

🚨 Liberiamoci dai monopoli, ora!

@internet

#Nextcloud #Google #Privacy #MastodonUno

🤯👇🏼

In 2010, Aaron Swartz downloaded 70GBs of articles from JSTOR. He faced $1 million fine and 35 years in jail. He took his life in 2013.

Meta illegaly downloaded 80+ terabytes of books from LibGen, Anna's Archive, and Z-library to train their AI models without any punishment.