“In a media landscape dominated by algorithmic feeds that aim to manipulate and extract, sometimes the most radical thing you can do is choose to read what you want, when you want, without anyone watching over your shoulder.”
Molly White has been using RSS for over a decade and would like you to join her in the brave new (old) world of Really Simple Syndication.
“It’s a scam. AI agents aren’t going to replace human labor. The only way we’ll replace human labor with software agents is by redesigning all these heterogeneous, competing systems owned by people who benefit from the status quo and have every motivation to obstruct this project. Good luck with that.”
Cory Doctorow reviews the ways in which companies such as Delta Air Lines, British Airways, Uber, McDonald’s and many others around the world are using nonconsensually harvested personal data and AI to further increase your costs.
“Why do people take the path less traveled and choose an operating system based on Linux over the proprietary based ones from Microsoft Windows and also the Apple Mac OS? So welcome to the intriguing world of Linux, an operating system that’s been quietly revolutionising the tech landscape.”
DJ Ware
“This third attempt to pass largely the same unlawful decision also raises questions as to the larger role of the European Commission being the guardian of the EU treaties. Instead of upholding the ‘rule of law’ the Commission simply passes an invalid decision over and over again, despite clear rulings by the CJEU.” By agreeing the Data Privacy Framework with the US, the European Commission likely prioritised diplomatic and business interests over the rights of Europeans.
Syncthing is an open source tool that synchronises data across multiple devices. It transfers your files peer-to-peer, without uploading your data to the cloud. Packages are available for Android, Windows, macOS and Linux (including Synology DSM).
The usefulness of this project cannot be overstated.
Syncthing is included in the Debian and Ubuntu repositories, respectively. These instructions are targeting the latest release of the Syncthing stable channel. It is therefore necessary to add the Syncthing repository to your list of APT sources.
In the following example, bookworm is the local username.
Add the Syncthing release key for validation of packages downloaded from the Syncthing repository.
$ sudo curl -o /usr/share/keyrings/syncthing-archive-keyring.gpg https://syncthing.net/release-key.gpg
Add the Syncthing repository.
$ echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/syncthing-archive-keyring.gpg] https://apt.syncthing.net/ syncthing stable" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/syncthing.list
Install Syncthing on your system.
$ sudo -- bash -c 'apt update && apt install --yes syncthing apt-transport-https'
Enable Syncthing for the local user bookworm.
$ sudo -- bash -c 'systemctl enable syncthing@bookworm.service && systemctl start syncthing@bookworm.service && systemctl status syncthing@bookworm.service'
You may need to edit your firewall settings to open ports for incoming and outgoing traffic.
Configure ufw to allow connections to Syncthing.
$ sudo ufw limit syncthing
Configure firewalld to allow connections to Syncthing.
$ sudo -- bash -c 'firewall-cmd --zone=public --add-service=syncthing --permanent && firewall-cmd --reload && firewall-cmd --info-zone=public'
Access the Syncthing configuration page by using your browser to navigate to the following address:
http://localhost:8384
Complete your setup by referring to the Syncthing documentation.
“Security is a process, not a product. Products provide some protection, but the only way to effectively do business in an insecure world is to put processes in place that recognize the inherent insecurity in the products.” Bruce Schneier acknowledges that in information technology perfect security probably doesn’t exist.
Trust the process, Tina!
“LastPass likely could have prevented this if they were more concerned about keeping their users secure than about saving their face. Their statement is also full of omissions, half-truths and outright lies. As I know that not everyone can see through all of it, I thought that I would pick out a bunch of sentences from this statement and give some context that LastPass didn’t want to mention.” Wladimir Palant helps to decode what LastPass had to say about their latest security breach.
“Soziale Medien werden von Plattformbetreibern dominiert, die das eigene Interesse in den Vordergrund rücken und jede Entscheidung daran messen, wie sich eine Profitmaximierung erzielen lässt. Hat man das einmal verinnerlicht, wirft sich einem unweigerlich die Frage auf, was an sozialen Medien eigentlich sozial ist. Sozial bedeutet anderen zu helfen, was auch bedeuten kann, die eigenen Interessen zurückzustellen. Also im Grunde genau das Gegenteil dessen, wie kommerziell ausgerichtete Plattformen wie Twitter, Facebook und Co. agieren.” @kuketzblog erklärt die Idee des Fediverse und unterstreicht damit, warum es sich so grundlegend von Platformen wie Twitter und Facebook unterscheidet. Dieser Beitrag ist von großer Wichtigkeit, nicht nur für Nutzer sozialer Medien.