●● IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Thursday, December 09, 2021 ●● ● Dec 09 [00:12] *altlink_4a9 has quit (connection closed) [00:12] *altlink_d8c (~altlink_d8c@2f7u5j6f87p9g.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [00:30] *altlink_d8c has quit (connection closed) [00:30] *altlink_565 (~altlink_565@2f7u5j6f87p9g.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Dec 09 [01:25] *liberty_box_ has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [01:25] *liberty_box has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [01:27] *liberty_box (~liberty@suig26pxj59pi.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [01:29] *liberty_box_ (~liberty@suig26pxj59pi.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [01:47] *psydroid2 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [01:47] *liberty_box_ has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [01:47] *liberty_box has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [01:52] *liberty_box (~liberty@suig26pxj59pi.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [01:52] *liberty_box_ (~liberty@suig26pxj59pi.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [01:58] *lightbringer has quit (*.net *.split) ● Dec 09 [02:11] *lightbringer (mincer@freenode/user/lightbringer) has joined #boycottnovell [02:17] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) 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[07:13] *Now talking on #boycottnovell [07:13] *Topic for #boycottnovell is: TechRights.org | Channel #boycottnovell for http://TechRights.org | Free Software Sentry watching and reporting maneuvers of those who oppose software freedom :: please also join channels #techrights and #boycottnovell-social [07:13] *Topic for #boycottnovell set by schestowitz!~roy@haii6za73zabc.irc at Tue Jun 1 20:22:10 2021 [07:14] *cg (~rianne@suig26pxj59pi.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [07:21] Techrights-sec gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/12/08/protecting-graveley-at-microsoft/ [07:21] Techrights-sec The summary text is missing the key information which was relayed in the image. [07:21] Techrights-sec It needs a line saying something about that the date of the post in some site [07:21] Techrights-sec shows that Graveley is still working on behalf of M$ in an official capacity. [07:21] Techrights-sec Also the court docket scan could be described a little. [07:21] Techrights-sec Should FOSSForce be added to the automated links? [07:21] schestowitz-TR I will do a followup soon [07:21] schestowitz-TR yes, let's add that rss feed, remember there's some google tracking cruft in its urls [07:29] schestowitz https://twitter.com/GyroGen_TM/status/1468734864228855809 [07:29] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@GyroGen_TM: @schestowitz Garbage, garbage, garbage . . . Maybe ONE good one??? [07:30] schestowitz https://twitter.com/zoobab/status/1468672835413594121 [07:30] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@zoobab: @schestowitz Bit by bit copy is available on any OS, not the same when it comes to creating partitions and formatti https://t.co/jgj9h8VRKD [07:30] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@zoobab: @schestowitz Bit by bit copy is available on any OS, not the same when it comes to creating partitions and formatti https://t.co/jgj9h8VRKD [07:30] schestowitz https://nitter.eu/zoobab/status/1468672835413594121 [07:30] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-nitter.eu | zoobab "NO Software Patents" (@zoobab): "Bit by bit copy is available on any OS, not the same when it comes to creating partitions and formatting with special filesystems." | nitter [07:30] schestowitz https://twitter.com/zalmut/status/1468555597415010304 [07:30] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@zalmut: Yeaa got it again https://t.co/j5Qsa09AqN [07:30] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz: Winners in the Month of LibreOffice, November 2021! https://t.co/jffpY31g3C #libreoffice #freesw [07:30] schestowitz https://twitter.com/Capetok_/status/1468434591669276676 [07:30] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@Capetok_: Si su VPN es Surfshark y usted se siente seguro, lea esto y saque sus conclusiones https://t.co/ozs5JFwbBb [07:30] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz: NEWS #KrebsOnSecurity Ubiquiti Developer Charged With Extortion, Causing 2020 Breach https://t.co/4tLokpa0XP [07:36] schestowitz-TR I was under pressure of time, working 1am-9am and doing lots of private messaging. hence lack of articles yesterday and very short ones [07:42] schestowitz-TR bug found in my new code, so now we finally have a case of oops [07:42] schestowitz-TR basically, lines too long for irc, will correct [07:47] schestowitz-TR I've just overwritten xhtml-to-to-text with your latest version of it [07:59] schestowitz On Wed, Dec 08, 2021 at 09:22:37AM +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote: [07:59] schestowitz > > People who say "darkweb" help the likes of BBC perpetuate ruinous myths, [07:59] schestowitz > > e.g. about a forum that requires a username/password to access. [07:59] schestowitz Let me be clear about my position on the BBC. I worked there in radio [07:59] schestowitz in the late 90s and loved it, happy times. Practically, the [07:59] schestowitz organisation itself was great, they bought equipment I asked for, paid [07:59] schestowitz invoices and expenses on time, treated people politely and had good [07:59] schestowitz grub in the canteen. And there were smart, engaging people there, a [07:59] schestowitz culture I miss. [07:59] schestowitz Yet politically the organisation was, and is, a hive of cultivated [07:59] schestowitz naivety and cowardice. Like all big agencies, government, intelligence [07:59] schestowitz etc, it has its's own internal narrative that is totally [07:59] schestowitz delusional. In their minds they were never complicit in spreading lies [07:59] schestowitz that started the Iraq war - they literally believe that. But on a more [07:59] schestowitz personal level to see how "circles of silence" actually operate was [07:59] schestowitz enlightening. Everyone would say Jimmy Savile is a pederast and [07:59] schestowitz necrophile. Prominent people said to my face "you know he likes to [07:59] schestowitz fuck dead kids, especially the disabled ones that are most helpless? [07:59] schestowitz ... but never say that!". Anyone who said it too loud disappeared. [07:59] schestowitz Being made party that "shop talk" was a rite of acceptance (Blutkitt [07:59] schestowitz in Nazi parlence) even for peripheral auxiliaries like me. Everyone [07:59] schestowitz knew (as John Bowlby put it) what they were not supposed to know, and [07:59] schestowitz were compliant in keeping it an "open" secret within the business. I [07:59] schestowitz first heard that in '96 and it didn't really surface publicly until [07:59] schestowitz 2016. So to my firsthand knowledge at least two decades passed where a [07:59] schestowitz known child molestere operated with impunity within the highest levels [07:59] schestowitz of the establishment. [07:59] schestowitz As a student of organisational dynamics and psychology I hold the BBC [07:59] schestowitz no more or less accountable than any other institution stuffed with ● Dec 09 [08:00] schestowitz snivelling cowards, failed creatives, hopelessly failed leaders and [08:00] schestowitz narcissistic psychopaths - all the human waste that institutions [08:00] schestowitz attract and amplify at senior levels. [08:00] schestowitz > But first about Tor. The project used to have a more detailed page [08:00] schestowitz > explaining its user base, but the gist remains: [08:00] schestowitz I've written extensively on overlay networks, the US Navy remit and [08:00] schestowitz the demonisation of privacy respecting networks by mass media. Not [08:00] schestowitz sure how much made it into Digital Vegan. [08:00] schestowitz > Another use-case is it provides a steady address as well as the [08:00] schestowitz > ability to "NAT punch" for road warriors and those in similar [08:00] schestowitz > situations. [08:00] schestowitz I routinely use several mainstream sites (DDG and BBC) that have [08:00] schestowitz hidden servivce. Often if I'm travelleing and in hotel rooms Tor is [08:00] schestowitz the only access I can and will use to get out to the world. One of [08:00] schestowitz the biggest threats to privacy and security on the web in my mind is [08:00] schestowitz therefore Cloudflare and other CDNs that make almost half of the web [08:00] schestowitz off-limits to me (no real loss afaics as its mainly trash sites). [08:00] schestowitz > Now about self-signed certificates, I too observe that the major web [08:00] schestowitz > browsers, and allied institutions and businesses, have oriented their [08:00] schestowitz > software and activities to discourage, disparage, and/or block [08:00] schestowitz > self-signed certificates for web sites. Note the bad "safety" rating [08:00] schestowitz > that Netcraft gives such HTTPS sites. [08:00] schestowitz > However, the harm is greater and more insidious than it looks like at [08:00] schestowitz > first glance: the self-signed part does not refer to the certificate [08:00] schestowitz > signing itself. The self-signed part refers to the act when an [08:00] schestowitz > institution (project, business, school, whatever) signs its own. Those [08:00] schestowitz > discouraging self-signing are doing no less than attacking the authority [08:00] schestowitz > of those institutions to be allowed to testify themselves as to the [08:00] schestowitz > integrity and confidentiality of their own communications. [08:00] schestowitz This is an excellent point that bridges security engineering and [08:00] schestowitz law. Since there is no link between self-signing and "safety" it seems [08:00] schestowitz like a case of libelous misinformation. I wonder how exposed to [08:00] schestowitz liability Netcraft or Google are for misleading potential customers of [08:00] schestowitz self-signing sites? [08:00] schestowitz > for c in /etc/ssl/certs/*; [08:00] schestowitz > do openssl x509 -text -noout -in $c; [08:00] schestowitz > done | awk '($1=$1) && $1=="Issuer:"' | sort | less [08:00] schestowitz It would be interesting to plot the output of this over time [08:00] schestowitz to see the inevitable convergence on "trust monopolists" [08:00] schestowitz > On 12/8/21 11:26, Roy Schestowitz wrote: [08:01] schestowitz >> another noteworthy aspect is: the extra complexity and risk of [08:01] schestowitz >> non-renewal (why expiry so rapid in LE?) encourages outsourcing and [08:01] schestowitz >> centralisation. Complexity like systemd, which might help sell support [08:01] schestowitz >> contracts rather than hire competent engineers in-house. [08:01] schestowitz >> [08:01] schestowitz > [08:01] schestowitz > That kind of complexity appears to be in pursuit of decommodification. [08:01] schestowitz > All the companies seem to be aiming to take part of the commons [08:01] schestowitz > proprietary. [08:03] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@joseon-rmogvn.g0d7.dtdf.mc4289.IP) has joined #boycottnovell [08:03] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@t25x9hgy9xhrc.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [08:17] *liberty_box (~liberty@suig26pxj59pi.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [08:18] *liberty_box_ (~liberty@suig26pxj59pi.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [08:18] *altlink_565 has quit (connection closed) [08:18] *altlink_f3f (~altlink_f3f@2f7u5j6f87p9g.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [08:20] *rianne (~rianne@suig26pxj59pi.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Dec 09 [10:07] *psydroid2 (~psydroid@cqggrmwgu7gji.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [10:31] schestowitz-TR will watch carefully next night: 1) irc bot [10:31] schestowitz-TR 2) whether the output in gmi is still OK [10:31] schestowitz-TR could use another pair of eyes ;-) [10:31] schestowitz-TR next week I have two days taken off work [10:36] *liberty_box has quit (Quit: Leaving) [10:36] *liberty_box_ has quit (Quit: Leaving) [10:37] *liberty_box (~liberty@suig26pxj59pi.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [10:38] Techrights-sec 0c19b1a..e04cfde [10:38] Techrights-sec added fossforce [10:38] schestowitz-TR cool! [10:38] schestowitz-TR I've rebuilt my relations with that site, which gives TM traffic [10:38] schestowitz-TR no more bruce byfield dominating that site [10:39] Techrights-sec Excellent. They also appear to use a decent CMS which is easy to parse. ● Dec 09 [11:11] Techrights-sec That's good news. He was kind of against FOSS and at best damning it with [11:11] Techrights-sec faint praise. [11:11] schestowitz-TR yes [11:11] schestowitz-TR he is till active in linuxmag [11:13] Techrights-sec :( [11:28] schestowitz " [11:28] schestowitz [SUEPO] Challenging the New Career System: Complaint against the general decision CA/D 10/14 -> DEADLINE 15 DECEMBER 2021 [11:28] schestowitz Dear SUEPO members, [11:28] schestowitz In May 2021, SUEPO distributed templates and instructions to file complaints against the New Career System (NCS) on the basis of the individual decisions of lack of automatic step and the transposition letter. [11:28] schestowitz On 17 September 2021, Ms Simon (VP4) issued a rejection decision on appeal RI/2017/041 against the general decision CA/D 10/14 of the NCS. [11:28] schestowitz SUEPO recommends appellants to also file a complaint in front of the Tribunal on this basis. This publication explains how. SUEPO members receive the required instructions and templates by email. [11:28] schestowitz If you are a SUEPO member and have not received by email the instructions and templates, or need help, please contact your local SUEPO committee:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [11:28] schestowitz The deadline for filing is 15 December. [11:28] schestowitz SUEPO Central [11:28] schestowitz " [11:29] schestowitz " [11:29] schestowitz Back in 2015, SUEPO invited staff to file (around March 2015) a management review to [11:29] schestowitz the Administrative Council (AC) against the general decision CA/D 10/14 of the New [11:29] schestowitz Career System. [11:29] schestowitz [11:29] schestowitz In its 144th meeting, which took place on 24 and 25 June 2015, the Council decided to [11:29] schestowitz dismiss the requests as manifestly irreceivable and published its decision on 9 July 2015. [11:29] schestowitz In a letter to the requesters dated 14 July 2015, the Chairman of the Council stated that [11:29] schestowitz the Councils decision to reject these requests constitutes a final decision which may be [11:29] schestowitz challenged in front of the Tribunal. [11:29] schestowitz [11:29] schestowitz SUEPO invited staff to file (around October 2015) a complaint in front of the Tribunal. The [11:29] schestowitz complaint was registered under the reference AT-5 4193. [11:29] schestowitz [11:29] schestowitz In a letter dated 13 February 2017, the Chairman of the Council notified the complainants [11:29] schestowitz that in view of Judgment 3796, the rejection decision of the Council was withdrawn and [11:29] schestowitz remitted the case to the President. The remittal was later endorsed by the Tribunal in [11:29] schestowitz Judgment 4255 on 10 February 2020. [11:29] schestowitz [11:29] schestowitz On 12 April 217, the President rejected the request for review under the reference MR [11:29] schestowitz 2017-0031. 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