Andrea Scarpino @ilpianista@functional.cafe

I bought a dozen of "Original USB Condom"s. If anyone is interested I sell some for 8€ + shipping (I'm no earning from this); I'm based in Italy.

#security #privacy

https://shop.syncstop.com/collections/buy/products/usb-condom?variant=35430087052

After the announcement of Google+' death, I'm inviting all the cool FOSS people I follow over there to join us here. There might be a bunch of new people incoming soon :)

Ad-blocker uBlock Origin got per-site JavaScript master switch:

https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/releases/tag/1.17.0

#ublockorigin #ublock #adblock #adblocker #javascript #js #privacy

Time to rebuild a ton of docker images:

https://justi.cz/security/2018/09/13/alpine-apk-rce.html

If you used anything alpine based and used apk to install packages it's may compromised. You are advised to rebuild the image to fix it. If you use an image that is an intermediate image that is based on alpine linux, may wait a day until they are rebuild as well.

#infosec #alpinelinux #docker #container #security

Meanwhile, the EU has voted to kill the Internet as we know it and possibly aid in creating an even bigger surveillance machine in the process.

Civil disobedience is the way forward on this one. We redouble our efforts to create decentralised alternatives and if they’re deemed illegal by this myopic legislation, so be it. Fuck ’em. We go to jail if we need to.

If you had any illusions that the battle for personhood and human rights would be easier in our age, think again.

#article13

Our new Android app liberates you from using Google services. ✊ Read here how we managed to replace Google's push notification service & to publish the app on @fdroidorg 👉 https://f-droid.org/en/2018/09/03/replacing-gcm-in-tutanota.html

No kidding. Google collects more data than most think: https://www.fastcompany.com/90222071/study-says-google-is-collecting-more-data-about-you-than-you-realize

Here are great alternatives if you want to leave Google: https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/how-to-leave-google-gmail

We have a new progress report on the #Librem5

https://puri.sm/posts/librem5-2018-09-hardware-report/