Opentrash @opentrash@linuxrocks.online

Due to timezone fuckery and my Nana needing a chat app for her holiday to contact my family, we are now all using #Matrix and #Riot on a daily basis. Working perfectly of course, family is happy with it all, and I'm happy there's a little more FLOSS love out there (otherwise it would have been WhatsApp and I wouldn't have joined that one)

R.I.P. HAL: Douglas Rain, Voice Of Computer In '2001,' Dies At 90

https://www.npr.org/2018/11/12/666883376/r-i-p-hal-douglas-rain-voice-of-computer-in-2001-dies-at-90

@opentrash Noah's username is @Kernellinux and he does use Mastodon. Little known fact, LinuxRocks.online Mastodon instance is actually provided by the Ask Noah Show :D

A backdoor is a vulnerability by definition. When Politicians demand backdoors to encryption, they are not asking us to choose between security and privacy. They are asking us to choose no security: https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/why-a-backdoor-is-a-security-risk

#Fight4Privacy #No2Backdoors

The episode that changes everything is here. Destination Linux Episode 95. You don't want to miss this announcement.

https://youtu.be/xv6d8yBgO6w

Me: I'd like to trust this self signed certificate.

Firefox: No, that's insecure, user.

Me: I'm aware. I'm a big girl. Add the exception.

Firefox: No, please contact your administrator.

Me: Listen here you little #$@! I *am* the administrator. Add. The. Exception.

Firefox: I'm afraid I can't do that Val…

Me: *opens about:config*

Destination Linux is probably the best Linux podcast. Family friendly, informative, a good balance of hosts between user and technical perspectives, and crucially no controversial nonsense to garner clicks.

Linux 4.20, guys. Finally.

Google macht gerade massiv Offline-Werbung in Form von riesigen Plakaten und Co.:

"Mit dem Privatsphärecheck entscheiden Sie selbst über wichtige Einstellungen"

Merke: Bei Google gibt es keine Privatsphäre - egal welche virtuellen Stellschrauben im Google-Konto verstellt werden. Wer Privatsphäre möchte muss sich in erster Linie von Google verabschieden.

A letter from Ikey. https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Solus-Open-Letter

Season 11 Episode 34 - The 34th Degree https://youtu.be/k76BnhcKs-A

In case you have missed it and you are currently a Patron of our Patreon (https://patreon.com/solus ), please cancel your donation and read https://getsol.us/2018/10/27/in-full-sail/ for more info.

Patreon has been unwilling to assist us despite multiple support tickets. - @JoshStrobl

We've now published In Full Sail, our update on the state of #Solus, our project founder, services which we use, as well as our plans for the project and future Solus releases.

https://getsol.us/2018/10/27/in-full-sail/

Many people now realize their personal data is used for ad targeting, but that's only the shallow end of a deep pool of nefarious data uses.

Here is a list of 10 instances when data can be used against you, like the gig economy, politics, & social media.

https://privacyinternational.org/feature/1064/invisible-manipulation-10-ways-our-data-being-used-against-us

Original tweet: https://twitter.com/DuckDuckGo/status/1055455698803404800