Sam Schlinkert @schlink@octodon.social
Casually and non-expertedly interested in open source, books, security, Rust, Linux (Kubuntu, atm), and Neovim. Work at CNN. Secure contact: https://gist.github.com/sts10/4a4e01021b3a5ad42e9b73e0abd7b7e3
Joined Apr 2017
.@torproject is hosting a livestream about the latest release of the Tor Browser
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arjXJ2NY--E&feature=youtu.be
"Google Docs is being used as a protest tool. That could put the company in a tight spot."
https://www.protocol.com/google-docs-protests-black-lives-matter
I guess some better alternatives would be the ones found here? https://www.privacytools.io/software/productivity/
and here's a look at the upcoming KeePassXC in what looks like a dark mode (plus the new default entry icons)
wow, the forthcoming version of KeePassXC (2.6+) looks great!
(images from this recent pull request: https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/pull/4791)
delighted to see some recent discussion on the issue of bringing font ligatures to Alacritty, a terminal written in #rust
This service that appears to mail customers "plant-based", ready-to-bake nuggets "operates like a software company" in that they have a "release notes" page
"Access Denied: Faulty Automated Background Checks Freeze Out Renters"
New investigation from The Markup and the New York Times on automated tenant screenings
"Free as in Smash the Surveillance State: Alison Macrina on Library Freedom Project and Tor Browser"
> To me, privacy is the Trojan horse. Then when I get in the building, I'm like, “Alright, let's actually talk about capitalism.” Privacy is important, but what we're really talking about is the newest frontier of exploitation by capital.
y'all have favorite flip flops?
context: Today Freedom of the Press Foundation says Signal "is _signalling_ that they’re moving beyond phone numbers."
'Beyond Signal phone numbers'
https://freedom.press/training/blog/beyond-signal-phone-numbers/
I don't really understand Signal's new PIN feature. Is it primarily a defense against SIM-jacking/lost phone?
TIL about conduit, "A Matrix homeserver written in #rust”
one of the most consistent things about me over the years has been that I've always been a sucker for upbeat songs with horns
https://open.spotify.com/track/1C5utO1I8FoSIn6g1R5DAZ?si=IUSg9lNmSDexWfFN42C0ZQ
Freedom of Press Foundation is doing a series on the privacy aspects of various popular video conferencing services.
Zoom: https://freedom.press/training/blog/what-we-know-zoom/
Jitsi Meet: https://freedom.press/training/blog/what-we-know-jitsi-meet/
huh, this seems bad
"macOS 10.15: Slow by Design"
> Apple has introduced notarization, setting aside the inconvenience this brings to us developers, it also results in a degraded user experience, as the first time a user runs a new executable, Apple delays execution while waiting for a reply from their server. This check for me takes close to a second.
https://sigpipe.macromates.com/2020/macos-catalina-slow-by-design/
huh, looks like Zoom just put up an "End-to-End Encryption Whitepaper" on Github
the new Charli XCX album — which i think she recorded entirely during isolation -- is good!
https://open.spotify.com/track/5gNTRfMRPZg1U07j7KSSaG?si=CDQjkvL_QhCfYRQgFnMhHQ
I re-read this profile of a man named Eustace Conway the other day and I thought some of you might like it
idk who needs to hear this but today's as good a day as any to start using a password manager
#np — "I See You" by Phoebe Bridgers
https://open.spotify.com/track/6Xa2Y4EP6wossxPv1kUy2c?si=Rh90GWd7Si62PDqp8vUtkQ
Casually and non-expertedly interested in open source, books, security, Rust, Linux (Kubuntu, atm), and Neovim. Work at CNN. Secure contact: https://gist.github.com/sts10/4a4e01021b3a5ad42e9b73e0abd7b7e3
Joined Apr 2017
