@magnetic-drummer.bsky.social
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The House narrowly approved legislation Thursday to eliminate the next two years of federal funding for public media outlets.
The measure passed 214 to 212, with two Republican lawmakers switching their votes from "no" to "yes" to push it over the finish line.
The measure passed 214 to 212, with two Republican lawmakers switching their votes from "no" to "yes" to push it over the finish line.
House votes to kill funding for public media
The U.S. House voted Thursday on a rescission bill to claw back money for foreign aid programs, along with the next two years of funding for the public media system. The measure now goes to the Senate.
n.pr
June 14, 2025 at 5:20 AM
The House narrowly approved legislation Thursday to eliminate the next two years of federal funding for public media outlets.
The measure passed 214 to 212, with two Republican lawmakers switching their votes from "no" to "yes" to push it over the finish line.
The measure passed 214 to 212, with two Republican lawmakers switching their votes from "no" to "yes" to push it over the finish line.
Oi @fairphone.com, this seems like a great opportunity for you!
We need an Android OEM or someone working at one to provide us with early access to the Android 16 sources in order to have a smooth port this year. We need this before June. We requested it to help with this very difficult situation and still need it.
bsky.app/profile/grap...
bsky.app/profile/grap...
One of our two senior developers has been forcibly detained and conscripted to participate in a war. When they first went missing, we revoked their repository access as a precaution. We soon learned their disappearance was completely unrelated to GrapheneOS. Our priority has been keeping them safe.
May 8, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Oi @fairphone.com, this seems like a great opportunity for you!
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Experts told WIRED on Friday that, by definition, TM Signal's archiving feature undermined the end-to-end encryption that makes the actual Signal communication app secure and private.
Signal Clone Used by Mike Waltz Pauses Service After Reports It Got Hacked
The communications app TeleMessage, which was spotted on former US national security adviser Mike Waltz's phone, has suspended “all services” as it investigates reports of at least one breach.
www.wired.com
May 5, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Experts told WIRED on Friday that, by definition, TM Signal's archiving feature undermined the end-to-end encryption that makes the actual Signal communication app secure and private.
Apparently there's an ongoing upheaval at #OrganicMaps
In an open letter, the community raises fears around the possibility that it's shareholders may come to sell the project.
openletter.earth/open-letter-...
In an open letter, the community raises fears around the possibility that it's shareholders may come to sell the project.
openletter.earth/open-letter-...
Open Letter to Organic Maps Shareholders
openletter.earth
April 18, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Apparently there's an ongoing upheaval at #OrganicMaps
In an open letter, the community raises fears around the possibility that it's shareholders may come to sell the project.
openletter.earth/open-letter-...
In an open letter, the community raises fears around the possibility that it's shareholders may come to sell the project.
openletter.earth/open-letter-...
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Sweden wants to #backdoor #encryption. But we, together with 230+ orgs, are saying no.
#NoToBackdoors 💪
Read our open letter to the Swedish Riksdag: 👉 tuta.com/blog/open-le...
#NoToBackdoors 💪
Read our open letter to the Swedish Riksdag: 👉 tuta.com/blog/open-le...
April 8, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Sweden wants to #backdoor #encryption. But we, together with 230+ orgs, are saying no.
#NoToBackdoors 💪
Read our open letter to the Swedish Riksdag: 👉 tuta.com/blog/open-le...
#NoToBackdoors 💪
Read our open letter to the Swedish Riksdag: 👉 tuta.com/blog/open-le...
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📢 The Internet Archive needs your help.
At a time when information is being rewritten or erased online, a $700 million lawsuit from major record labels threatens to destroy the Wayback Machine.
Tell the labels to drop the 78s lawsuit.
👉 Sign our open letter: www.change.org/p/defend-the...
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At a time when information is being rewritten or erased online, a $700 million lawsuit from major record labels threatens to destroy the Wayback Machine.
Tell the labels to drop the 78s lawsuit.
👉 Sign our open letter: www.change.org/p/defend-the...
🧵⬇️
April 17, 2025 at 4:51 PM
📢 The Internet Archive needs your help.
At a time when information is being rewritten or erased online, a $700 million lawsuit from major record labels threatens to destroy the Wayback Machine.
Tell the labels to drop the 78s lawsuit.
👉 Sign our open letter: www.change.org/p/defend-the...
🧵⬇️
At a time when information is being rewritten or erased online, a $700 million lawsuit from major record labels threatens to destroy the Wayback Machine.
Tell the labels to drop the 78s lawsuit.
👉 Sign our open letter: www.change.org/p/defend-the...
🧵⬇️
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NEW: Can we not? @lhn.bsky.social reports www.wired.com/story/cve-pr...
‘Stupid and Dangerous’: CISA Funding Chaos Threatens Essential Cybersecurity Program
The CVE Program is the primary way software vulnerabilities are tracked. Its long-term future remains in limbo even after a last-minute renewal of the US government contract that funds it.
www.wired.com
April 16, 2025 at 8:22 PM
NEW: Can we not? @lhn.bsky.social reports www.wired.com/story/cve-pr...
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Android has always taken the approach of it being developed in private and then having the full sources and commit history published for each stable release. This approach used to be the norm for open source software many years ago, but now most projects do a lot of their development in the open.
March 29, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Android has always taken the approach of it being developed in private and then having the full sources and commit history published for each stable release. This approach used to be the norm for open source software many years ago, but now most projects do a lot of their development in the open.
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Today EPA chief Lee Zeldin announced that the agency is rolling back 31 regulations.
He's taking aim at mercury, soot, and toxic pollution restrictions, and federal protection of wetlands.
The EPA will also rewrite rules limiting pollution from fossil-fuel plants and cars, and more.
He's taking aim at mercury, soot, and toxic pollution restrictions, and federal protection of wetlands.
The EPA will also rewrite rules limiting pollution from fossil-fuel plants and cars, and more.
March 12, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Today EPA chief Lee Zeldin announced that the agency is rolling back 31 regulations.
He's taking aim at mercury, soot, and toxic pollution restrictions, and federal protection of wetlands.
The EPA will also rewrite rules limiting pollution from fossil-fuel plants and cars, and more.
He's taking aim at mercury, soot, and toxic pollution restrictions, and federal protection of wetlands.
The EPA will also rewrite rules limiting pollution from fossil-fuel plants and cars, and more.
Mr. Putin's Russia added nuclear terrorism to their ever expanding list of war crimes as one of there drones struck the #Chernobyl sarcophagus on the 14th. of February 2025.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernob...
#russia #drone #strike #NSC #sarcophagus #terrorism
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernob...
#russia #drone #strike #NSC #sarcophagus #terrorism
March 3, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Mr. Putin's Russia added nuclear terrorism to their ever expanding list of war crimes as one of there drones struck the #Chernobyl sarcophagus on the 14th. of February 2025.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernob...
#russia #drone #strike #NSC #sarcophagus #terrorism
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernob...
#russia #drone #strike #NSC #sarcophagus #terrorism
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I was willing to give this new US administration the benefit of the doubt, particularly on foreign policy and the war in Ukraine. But siding with Russia, Belarus and North Korea to oppose a UN resolution condemning Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine defies all common sense...
February 25, 2025 at 9:29 AM
I was willing to give this new US administration the benefit of the doubt, particularly on foreign policy and the war in Ukraine. But siding with Russia, Belarus and North Korea to oppose a UN resolution condemning Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine defies all common sense...
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#Firefox deletes promise to never sell personal data, asks users not to panic - arstechnica.com/tech-policy/... such a fall from grace: I remember when phoenix/firefox first came out...
Firefox deletes promise to never sell personal data, asks users not to panic
Mozilla says it deleted promise because “sale of data” is defined broadly.
arstechnica.com
March 1, 2025 at 9:13 AM
#Firefox deletes promise to never sell personal data, asks users not to panic - arstechnica.com/tech-policy/... such a fall from grace: I remember when phoenix/firefox first came out...
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A WIRED investigation reveals that criminals who make billions from scam compounds in Myanmar—where tens of thousands of people are enslaved—are using Starlink to get online.
Elon Musk’s Starlink Is Keeping Modern Slavery Compounds Online
A WIRED investigation reveals that criminals who make billions from scam compounds in Myanmar—where tens of thousands of people are enslaved—are using Starlink to get online.
buff.ly
February 27, 2025 at 11:35 AM
A WIRED investigation reveals that criminals who make billions from scam compounds in Myanmar—where tens of thousands of people are enslaved—are using Starlink to get online.
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We urge Congress and others in the US to pressure the U.K. to back down on these demands.
Cornered by the UK’s Demand for an Encryption Backdoor, Apple Turns Off Its Strongest Security Setting
Today, in response to the U.K.’s demands for a backdoor, Apple has stopped offering users in the U.K. Advanced Data Protection, an optional feature in iCloud that turns on end-to-end encryption for fi...
www.eff.org
February 25, 2025 at 5:23 PM
We urge Congress and others in the US to pressure the U.K. to back down on these demands.
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To filter out minors, "you have to age verify everybody,” EFF’s Sophia Cope told @latimes.com, infringing on “1st Amendment rights of adults who may not want to have their driver’s license uploaded to this site that relates to gay & bisexual relationships.”
9th Circuit clears Grindr, dating app for gay men, in child sex trafficking case
Appellate court says Grindr is immune in teen-versus-tech child sex trafficking lawsuit, citing Section 230 rules
www.latimes.com
February 24, 2025 at 10:42 PM
To filter out minors, "you have to age verify everybody,” EFF’s Sophia Cope told @latimes.com, infringing on “1st Amendment rights of adults who may not want to have their driver’s license uploaded to this site that relates to gay & bisexual relationships.”
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⚡️Russian hackers target Signal accounts in growing espionage effort.
Google’s Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) has identified a rise in Russian state-backed hacking attempts to compromise Signal messenger accounts.
Google’s Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) has identified a rise in Russian state-backed hacking attempts to compromise Signal messenger accounts.
Russian hackers target Signal accounts in growing espionage effort
Google’s Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) has identified a rise in Russian state-backed hacking attempts to compromise Signal messenger accounts.
kyivindependent.com
February 21, 2025 at 12:03 AM
⚡️Russian hackers target Signal accounts in growing espionage effort.
Google’s Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) has identified a rise in Russian state-backed hacking attempts to compromise Signal messenger accounts.
Google’s Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) has identified a rise in Russian state-backed hacking attempts to compromise Signal messenger accounts.
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The UK ordered Apple to implement back doors. Apple did the right thing and simply removed support for end-to-end encrypted iCloud storage for UK customers, keeping the rest of the world secure.
Congratulations, UK!
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Congratulations, UK!
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Apple pulls data protection tool after UK government security row
Customers' photos and documents stored online will no longer be protected by end to end encryption.
www.bbc.com
February 21, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The UK ordered Apple to implement back doors. Apple did the right thing and simply removed support for end-to-end encrypted iCloud storage for UK customers, keeping the rest of the world secure.
Congratulations, UK!
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Congratulations, UK!
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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BitTorrenting copyrighted works, if caught, means fines or jail for you and me. Will Zuck face similar consequences for piracy of the exact same works, on a massively larger scale?
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
“Torrenting from a corporate laptop doesn’t feel right”: Meta emails unsealed
Meta’s alleged torrenting and seeding of pirated books complicates copyright case.
arstechnica.com
February 11, 2025 at 1:43 AM
BitTorrenting copyrighted works, if caught, means fines or jail for you and me. Will Zuck face similar consequences for piracy of the exact same works, on a massively larger scale?
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
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Först förklarade Försvarsmakten att bakdörrar inte kan byggas in utan risk för missbruk. Nu rekommenderar de uttryckligen Signal. Måtte våra bakdörrskramande politiker åtminstone fråga sig varför Försvarsmakten förespråkar säker kommunikation.
www.nyteknik.se/tech/politik...
www.nyteknik.se/tech/politik...
Försvarsmakten använder Signal – regeringen vill bryta upp krypteringen
Expert: ”Politikernas bristande kompetens om krypterade appar är skrämmande”
www.nyteknik.se
February 13, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Först förklarade Försvarsmakten att bakdörrar inte kan byggas in utan risk för missbruk. Nu rekommenderar de uttryckligen Signal. Måtte våra bakdörrskramande politiker åtminstone fråga sig varför Försvarsmakten förespråkar säker kommunikation.
www.nyteknik.se/tech/politik...
www.nyteknik.se/tech/politik...
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Apple has received a secret order from the UK office of the Home Secretary mandating the company to provide a backdoor into the end-to-end encryption offered by Advanced Data Protection for iCloud.
UK Secret Order Demands That Apple Give Access to Users’ Encrypted Data
Plus: Benjamin Netanyahu gives Donald Trump a golden pager, Hewlett Packard Enterprise blames Russian government hackers for a breach, and more.
wrd.cm
February 9, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Apple has received a secret order from the UK office of the Home Secretary mandating the company to provide a backdoor into the end-to-end encryption offered by Advanced Data Protection for iCloud.
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Have you received an email from an alleged hacker with an attached PDF that includes your name, a picture of your house, and a threat to leak embarrassing info or photos to your friends and family? Don’t panic. 🧵 (1/7)
December 13, 2024 at 10:04 PM
Have you received an email from an alleged hacker with an attached PDF that includes your name, a picture of your house, and a threat to leak embarrassing info or photos to your friends and family? Don’t panic. 🧵 (1/7)
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EFF always urges using end-to-end encrypted communications, but the government steering its own officials away from the regular phone network is "a huge indictment of the telecoms that run the nation's infrastructure," EFF’s @cooperq.com told @reuters.com.
US government tells officials, politicians to ditch regular calls and texts
The U.S. government is urging senior government officials and politicians to ditch phone calls and text messages following intrusions at major American telecommunications companies blamed on Chinese hackers.
www.reuters.com
December 18, 2024 at 8:33 PM
EFF always urges using end-to-end encrypted communications, but the government steering its own officials away from the regular phone network is "a huge indictment of the telecoms that run the nation's infrastructure," EFF’s @cooperq.com told @reuters.com.