Have strong opinions, but I welcome any civil fact-based discussion.
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Have strong opinions, but I welcome any civil fact-based discussion.
Alt account: /u/[email protected]
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Vermont Republican secretly poured water into colleague’s bag over months ( www.theguardian.com )
Mary Morrissey apologizes after being filmed dumping liquid into backpack of Democratic legislator Jim Carroll
Why is currency so essential?
Why do we focus solely on this one aspect of life?
What email provider do you use for sign ups?
I used to use Protonmail, however the verification steps become tedious when creating unique emails for sign ups. I've switched to Tutanota despite it contravening their one account policy. What do you all use for one off emails (for sign ups etc )? Or do you prefer one of those 10 minute email sites?
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Smoking is Awesome ( yewtu.be )
Sources & further reading (& quitting strategy links):...
Why Your VPN May Not Be As Secure As It Claims ( krebsonsecurity.com )
Virtual private networking (VPN) companies market their services as a way to prevent anyone from snooping on your Internet usage. But new research suggests this is a dangerous assumption when connecting to a VPN via an untrusted network, because attackers on the same network could force a target’s traffic off of the protection...
EXCLUSIVE: “You Have Been Warned”: Republican Senators Threaten the ICC Prosecutor over Possible Israel Arrest Warrants ( zeteo.com )
A group of influential Republican senators has sent a letter to International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor Karim Khan, warning him not to issue international arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli officials, and threatening him with “severe sanctions” if he does so....
Finland warns of Android malware attacks breaching bank accounts ( www.bleepingcomputer.com )
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/14903482...
Last Week in Fediverse – ep 67 ( fediversereport.com )
Bridge to Bluesky silently launches to significant interest. New features for PeerTube. Increased federation between the forums, WordPress and Lemmy.
How Do I Prepare My Phone for a Protest? ( themarkup.org )
Simple steps to take before hitting the streets
[Serious] Why do so many people seem to hate veganism?
Seen a lot of posts on Lemmy with vegan-adjacent sentiments but the comments are typically very critical of vegan ideas, even when they don't come from vegans themselves. Why is this topic in particular so polarising on the internet? Especially since unlike politics for example, it seems like people don't really get upset by it...
Archaeologists identify the birthplace of the mysterious Yamnaya ( www.economist.com )
Yet they and their descendants would go on to transform Europe and much of Asia genetically, culturally and linguistically. Among the many innovations that these steppe migrants ushered in, scientists believe, are the Indo-European languages that are dominant in Europe today, and which are spoken by nearly half of humanity....
The Best Secure Email Providers in 2024 ( blog.thenewoil.org )
Like it or not, email is a critical part of our digital lives. It’s how we sign up for accounts, get notifications, and communicate with a wide range of entities online. Critics of email rightfully point out that email suffers from a significant number of flaws that make it less than ideal, but that doesn’t change the...
More and more lately, I see more large companies in hot water for another significant data breach (Dropbox, AT&T). Will this become the norm?
More specifically, are we seeing companies breached due to their (obvious?) security flaws, hackers getting better at what they do, or a combination of both?...
Bountysource Stole at Least $21,000 From Open Source Developers ( boehs.org )
This is why people say the open source ecosystem sucks.
Last Week in Fediverse – ep 66 ( fediversereport.com )
The EU pilot for the fediverse comes to an end, but the European Commission will stay on the fediverse; Ghost announces that they will support ActivityPub and build a fediverse news reading client, and Mastodon creates a U.S.-based non-profit.
How Greed Ruined Gaming ( www.youtube.com )
To most of us, this is probably just a summary of events over the past year or so. But, it's good to know that this sort of news is reaching non-gaming channels.
What do we think about the new DDG AI Chat feature? ( duckduckgo.com )
A "natural language query" search engine is what I need sometimes....
Why is Matrix mentioned more often than XMPP in self hosted forums?
I'm looking into hosting one of these for the first time. From my limited research, XMPP seems to win in every way, which makes me think I must be missing something. Matrix is almost always mentioned as the de-facto standard, but I rarely saw arguments why it is better than XMPP?...
Safest way of using WeChat
I live in Canada. My girlfriend is Chinese (also living in Canada), and while we are able to communicate via SMS, her mobile carrier isn't the best, and so there have often been issues for us with regular texting. She expressed a strong preference to use WeChat, at least as a backup option for when texting fails us. While I...
You Have Power: Making Truth Social Comply With The AGPL ( boehs.org )
Defending Mastodon from Donald Trump's social media
Google Allows Creditors to Brick Your Phone ( lemmy.world )
I installed NetGuard about a month ago and blocked all internet to apps, unless they're on a whitelist. No notifications from this particular system app (that can't be disabled) until recently when it started making internet connection requests to google servers. Does anyone know when this became a thing?...
Oregon Passes Right To Repair Law Apple Lobbied To Kill ( www.techdirt.com )
Oregon has officially become the seventh state (behind New York, California, Massachusetts, Colorado, Maine, and Minnesota) to pass “right to repair” legislation, making it easier and m…
Oregon is about to sign — or veto — the strongest right-to-repair law yet ( www.theverge.com )
So long, parts pairing?
The Best Password Managers in 2024 ( blog.thenewoil.org )
2023 was a record-breaking year for cybersecurity in a bad way. Ransomware payments hit a record high of $1.1 billion, which is likely to...
Denmark plans jail term for burning Quran in public ( www.bbc.co.uk )
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/1898872...
China using families as 'hostages' to quash dissent abroad ( www.bbc.co.uk )
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/863209...
[Userstyle] I've updated my Dracula theme for Lemmy!
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/1312795...
Blinken says Ukraine has taken back 50% of territory that Russia seized ( www.reuters.com )