Sam Schlinkert @schlink@octodon.social

Random reminder to use a password manager if you aren't already! It'll help you stay safe online by using long, unique passwords for each service you use.

While LastPass or 1Password are great choices, I prefer KeePassXC

Official site: https://keepassxc.org/

Official quick-start guide: https://keepassxc.org/quickstart/

My getting-started guide: https://sts10.github.io/2017/06/27/keepassxc-setup-guide.html

Is there a tool to find fediverse accounts I follow that have moved (and ideally automatically follow their new accounts that those accounts point to)?

More on Brave's new Tor integration, from The Register:

"The outfit's latest desktop release, Brave 0.23, integrates Tor, the free open-source software that aims to help netizens evade online surveillance, in its Private Tabs feature."

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/06/29/brave_browser_tor/

Maryland newsroom shooting rooted in man's harassment of a woman on social media

https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/29/politics/shooting-suspect-court-battle/index.html

Brave is introducing a new beta feature called "Private Tabs" that use Tor

https://brave.com/tor-tabs-beta/

TIL there's a subreddit just for folks looking to practice using GPG

https://www.reddit.com/r/GPGpractice/

“It’s so much easier to believe someone’s crazy than to believe all these things are happening.”

Thermostats, Locks and Lights: Digital Tools of Domestic Abuse
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/23/technology/smart-home-devices-domestic-abuse.html

Any tips on using code to convert from "Days since Jan 1, 1900" (an integer like 41181) to a useable date format (e.g. "28.08.2012")?

I'm looking to do this in #rust, but general tips may be useful. I'd fumble through it from scratch, but the thought of dealing with leap days seems like no fun...

Here's an issue about it with some more info: https://github.com/tafia/calamine/issues/116

More, from Ars Technica:

"However, the court declined to overturn the controversial "third-party doctrine," the 1970s-era legal precedent that found there was no "reasonable expectation of privacy" in data collected by a third party, like a phone company."

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/06/supreme-court-rules-yes-govt-needs-warrant-to-get-cellphone-location-data/

If this stuff interests you, I'd recommend getting a copy of 'Habeas Data' by Cyrus Farivar

Amazon link: https://www.amazon.com/Habeas-Data-Privacy-Rise-Surveillance/dp/1612196462

Just in: Supreme Court rules that government generally needs a warrant if it wants to track an individual’s location through cell records over an extended period

https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/22/politics/supreme-court-ruling-cell-phone/index.html