●● IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Monday, April 18, 2022 ●● ● Apr 18 [02:22] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@v6xmmrhxmbafc.irc) has joined #techbytes [02:49] schestowitz https://twitter.com/mark1854now/status/1515591326498185217 [02:49] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@mark1854now: DuckDuckgo!! https://t.co/sPcguWolJX [02:49] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes--> techrights.org | Why People Should Never Ever Use DuckDuckGo | Techrights [02:49] schestowitz https://twitter.com/dcavedon/status/1515421920992407552 [02:49] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@dcavedon: Why you should avoid #DuckDuckGo https://t.co/lRCzT51Uo4 #privacy [02:49] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes--> techrights.org | Why You Should Avoid DuckDuckGo (DDG) 2021 Edition, Now Microsoft-Hosted and With Extra Privacy Risks | Techrights [02:49] schestowitz Artur. (@0xA43): "dokadajc do tego ciekawe rewelacje - https://web.archive.org/web/20201110130019/http://techrights.org/2020/07/02/ddg-privacy-abuser-in-disguise/ wychodzi na to, e ddg od dawna jest syfem. Na szczcie mamy jeszcze swisscows, whoogle, searx" | nitter https://nitter.eu/0xA43/status/1515249240083251204 Source: nitter [02:49] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-nitter.eu | Artur. (@0xA43): "dokadajc do tego ciekawe rewelacje - https://web.archive.org/web/20201110130019/http://techrights.org/2020/07/02/ddg-privacy-abuser-in-disguise/ wychodzi na to, e ddg od dawna jest syfem. Na szczcie mamy jeszcze swisscows, whoogle, searx" | nitter ● Apr 18 [03:32] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) ● Apr 18 [07:43] *GNUmoon2 has quit (connection closed) ● Apr 18 [08:03] *psydroid2 (~psydroid@memzbmehf99re.irc) has joined #techbytes [08:12] schestowitz
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    Ubuntu Continues Falling Like a Rock as a Gaming Distro
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    Ubuntu has also pushed for installing apps using their snap solution, often done without the user knowing that specific packages were installed this way rather than through the regular apt package manager mechanism. While they are still many derivatives based on Ubuntu, its not the only standard anymore and it has clearly lost its leadership. Gaming require fast moving updates and upgrades and a rolling [08:12] schestowitz distro is best suited for that, which is why the ProtonDB data shows that the Arch block (Arch Linux + Manjaro + other Arch derivatives) accounts for almost half of the distro share here, where they used to be at most 20% a few years back.

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    New OpenSSH version uses stronger key-exchange mechanism by default
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    An advisory from developer Damien Miller said the new release, OpenSSH 9.0, switched scp, the secure copy tool which is part of the app, from using the legacy scp/rcp protocol to using the SFTP protocol by default.

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    OpenSSH is run by the OpenBSD project which is headed by Theo de Raadt. SSH or secure shell is a program used to log into another computer over a network, to execute commands in a remote machine, and to move files from one machine to another.

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    90 days out and in
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    That said, Im not sure to what extent this will continue: even if the source code to Firefox and the tooling that supports it is technically open source, outsiders like myself really have very limited visibility into what Mozilla is doing these days. This makes it difficult to really connect with much of whats going on or know how I might be able to contribute. While it might be [08:15] schestowitz theoretically possible to join Mozillas Slack (at least last I checked), that feels like a rabbit hole Id prefer not to go down. While Im still interested in supporting Mozillas mission, I really dont want more than one workplace chat tool in my life: theres a lot of content there that is no longer relevant to me as a non-employee and (being honest) Id rather leave behind. Theres lots more I could say about this, but probably [08:15] schestowitz best to leave it there: I understand that theres reasons why things are the way they are, even if they make me a little sad.

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  • [08:26] *Despatche_ (~desp@u3xy9z2ifjzci.irc) has joined #techbytes [08:26] *Despatche has quit (connection closed) ● Apr 18 [09:46] schestowitz = [09:46] schestowitz x https://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/59479.html [09:46] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-mjg59.dreamwidth.org | mjg59 | The Freedom Phone is not great at privacy [09:46] schestowitz = [09:46] schestowitz = [09:46] schestowitz x https://cointelegraph.com/news/the-future-of-the-internet-inside-the-race-for-web3-s-infrastructure [09:46] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-cointelegraph.com | The future of the internet: Inside the race for Web3s infrastructure ● Apr 18 [10:23] schestowitz https://stereophonic.space/objects/75ed2d7e-d8df-4cf3-8e3c-7279b2e9f059 [10:23] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-stereophonic.space | Stereophonic [10:23] schestowitz "also known as "the versions of the unix utilities with incomprehensible source code"" [10:23] schestowitz https://nixnet.social/objects/4b075c20-bac2-460b-b452-998c329d06a1 [10:23] schestowitz |"https://demo.shaarli.org/| [10:23] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-nixnet.social | NixNet Social [10:24] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 404 @ https://demo.shaarli.org/| ) [10:24] schestowitz https://nixnet.social/objects/f0abb566-6c31-4f0d-9678-f135366d0d7e [10:24] schestowitz "he estado probando la demo de Shaarli, interesante forma de tener tus marcadores, ordenados por tags, te muestra una nube de tags, nube de imgenes de marcadores, puedes tenerlos pblicos o privados y compartirlos, y parece muy rpido y fcil de instalar." [10:24] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-nixnet.social | NixNet Social [10:24] schestowitz https://linuxrocks.online/@publiclewdness/108126799270447829 [10:24] schestowitz "Without even looking at it i'm going to guess Nvidia GPU with closed source drivers; no Coreboot; and no privacy kill switches so yeah probably not for me." [10:24] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-PublicLewdness: "@tuxmachines@mastodon.technology Without even l" - LinuxRocks.Online [10:25] schestowitz https://koyu.space/@koyuchan/108115097735883527 [10:25] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 404 @ https://koyu.space/@koyuchan/108115097735883527 ) [10:25] schestowitz " [10:25] schestowitz hey @tuxmachines i really like to read your posts a lot, but all sites i browse require https from now on. can you please enable it? thanks! [10:25] schestowitz ps: it's not me being picky, but ssl is making the web more secure and you should too. [10:25] schestowitz " [10:25] schestowitz https://social.tchncs.de/@scops/108086942018296277 [10:25] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-social.tchncs.de | scops: "@tuxmachines@mastodon.technology it's a very nice" - Mastodon [10:25] schestowitz " it's a very nice piece of software." [10:37] *GNUmoon2 (~GNUmoon@vghs59im6iux8.irc) has joined #techbytes [10:43] *GNUmoon2 has quit (Quit: Leaving) [10:43] *GNUmoon2 (~GNUmoon@vghs59im6iux8.irc) has joined #techbytes [10:53] *GNUmoon2 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [10:54] *GNUmoon2 (~GNUmoon@xbduyz4e2h7j6.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Apr 18 [12:56] *GNUmoon2 has quit (connection closed) ● Apr 18 [14:03] *GNUmoon2 (~GNUmoon@5tp7bay4r63ik.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Apr 18 [15:04] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@v6xmmrhxmbafc.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Apr 18 [16:46] *BzOS (~b910266e@54n9xgft8g6u2.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Apr 18 [18:48] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [18:54] *BzOS has quit (Quit: Connection closed) ● Apr 18 [20:05] schestowitz >> Hi,guys and Good Day! So in recent days ,it was observed that many open [20:05] schestowitz >> source contributors vandalised their or someone else's project's [20:05] schestowitz >> reputation to show agendas of Russia-Ukraine war, Some even vandalised [20:05] schestowitz >> their project to destroy system in Russia and Belarus (Node-ipc being [20:05] schestowitz >> one of them) that affected many people and their trust on open-source [20:05] schestowitz >> software. So I wanted to ask How safe is Debian doing right now and how [20:05] schestowitz >> will you guys prevent contributors pushing such malicious code into your [20:05] schestowitz >> software and how will you detect a software getting vandalised to showed [20:05] schestowitz >> Anti-war agenda by abusing your OS's reputation? [20:05] schestowitz > If there are backdoors in Debian then they are harder to detect. Large [20:05] schestowitz > intelligence agencies aim for plausible deniability. Look at the [20:05] schestowitz > infamous OpenSSL vulnerability[1]. After investing so much time [20:05] schestowitz > planting agents and backdoors in Debian, they will not want to blow [20:05] schestowitz > their cover by doing something so brash. [20:05] schestowitz > [20:05] schestowitz > There has recently been evidence on Debian Community News about some [20:05] schestowitz > cases, for example: [20:05] schestowitz > [20:05] schestowitz > Paul Tagliamonte and Sam Hartman and their Pentagon connections, with photos [20:05] schestowitz > [20:05] schestowitz > Jonathan Wiltshire and Chris Lamb having GCHQ proximity, with a map [20:05] schestowitz > [20:06] schestowitz > There are approximately 1000 Debian Developers and when one of us makes [20:06] schestowitz > an upload, there is no obligation for somebody else to check it. On the [20:06] schestowitz > other hand, there is a period of days or weeks before new uploads can [20:06] schestowitz > propagate to stable systems. This may make it more robust if you only [20:06] schestowitz > use stable. [20:06] schestowitz > [20:06] schestowitz > debian-project@lists.debian.org is now being censored to stop [20:06] schestowitz > discussions like this about Debian integrity. 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