Tinker ☀️

If @signalapp@mastodon.world put up a crowd-sourced project fund to create a native app for linux (to support the many linux phone initiatives), I guarantee it would be funded quickly.

#signal #linux #linuxphone #privacy

I don't post my every thought here on this account. Nor do I post every action of my life here. I specifically focus on solarpunk, mutual aid, and actions that can improve our life in the here and now... with what we have to work with. And I'll occasionally post privacy or hacking related stuff. Every once in a while. So. With that. And with everything that is happening right now. I want to post a quick mundane and happy update. Tonight was the monthly meeting of my town's Free Fridge and Food Rescue group. In addition to online chat and an email newsgroup, we meet in person once a month as a sort of anchor. Tonight was special for me for one particular reason. I haven't done jack shit for the group this last month. I am going through the final bits of legally ending a previous relationship and I'm taking on LOTS of side gigs to pay for that. I am *not* in a good place financially... but I have paths forward. But that doesn't matter for this post. Here's what matters... ...the group has THRIVED without me. This is huge. I and a couple of others created the group a little over a year ago. Those other founders have had to step aside and many others have stepped up. For the first chunk of all of this, I had to have my hand in everything to keep it going. But y'all. Others have stepped up and taken leadership in initiatives. And many many others have followed those leaders and helped accomplish things. In fact, I've taken a massive step back from the Free Fridge side of things and am now focusing on Food Rescue solely (in the very small moments I have). Those that have taken over the Free Fridges are doing amazing things that I would not have thought to do. The entire group is running itself now. Without my help. And has done so for over a month. To have something you created continue on without you is an incredible feeling. Tonight was a good night. A mundane night. We discussed things we had done last month and things we plan on doing next month. Different folks talked and others brought up questions and ideas. Folks broke off and collaborated. Oh... and it was brought up that we need another potluck / BBQ. We said we would have those quarterly and, well, the last one was three months ago. So that's gonna happen here soon too. #solarPunk #mutualAid #community

So Duo (the multifactor authentication service that #infosec loves) has integrated with Persona (the privacy destroying, Peter Thiel backed, AI-linked, facial scanning and mapping "identity verification" software)

You know the recent Discord snafu that received such massive pushback and caused so many people to leave Discord that they've dropped their identity verification?

Yeah, that Persona.

Duo integrates it into Duo Premier, Duo Advantage, and even Duo Essentials...

...which means many working class folks will have no option but to be enrolled into and use Persona...

...or be fired.

https://duo.com/docs/identity-verification

#Duo #Persona #Privacy #Discord #AI

RE: @m4iler@infosec.exchange

This is a very detailed and engaging read. The perfect combination of imparting knowledge and providing entertainment.

@m4iler@infosec.exchange is a highly skilled penetration tester - a hacker and a burglar.

A company needed their building security tested and they didn't want to wait for an actual intrusion and break in. So they hired m4iler and his team to test it for them.

Nobody but leadership knew he was doing this. The guards didn't know he wasn't an actual bad guy. The cleaning lady didn't know either...

If you ever wanted to know what a real heist - not a movie heist - A real heist looks like... heck, if you ever wanted to learn how to do a heist yourself...

...read this.

At my library's repair cafe as a volunteer.

It's the first time they're running it and they're hoping to do this regularly.

I came in thinking I would help with computer troubleshooting... but they have enough people doing that.

So I figured I could help with Linux OS install... but the local Linux Install Party is here and has enough people.

Then a guy brought in a bicycle! And no one is here doing bike repair. But I brought my allen wrench set and a multitool.

So I just got done running and installing a new bicycle brake line on an older bike. Brake works just fine now!

I'll bring my full set of bike tools next time!

#solarPunk #repairCafe #bicycle #libraries

Quick public service announcement. The US government is now officially and openly posting fake AI images (both doctored and outright fabricated) and passing them off as real. While we've seen some examples of this in the past, and there has been speculation on others, it is now openly brazen with two official sources having posted contradictory images. Example Link - Fabricated Image from official US White House Twitter/X account - Image shows arrested individual as openly crying. She was not: https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2014365986388951194?s=20 Example Link - Original Image from Secretary Kristi Noem's official account - Image blurs out govt agent face, but it otherwise *appears* as a normal image and shows arrested individual with a relaxed dignified face: https://x.com/Sec_Noem/status/2014357826081071513?s=20 See attached for screenshot documentation for when they delete the above posts.

The boy in the blue cap. The girl in the red coat.

That weird feeling when your local world is falling deeper into fascism and you're just... planning work travel to go visit a client. Still gotta eat, I suppose. Just surreal.

You can't beat the US military, itself. We literally have caches of munitions and equipment in ice caves and various other places throughout the world. - A ride to the hospital costs $5,000 and is not covered by taxes/govt. College isnt covered. We have minimal pensions or worker support. Et cetera. All the public money that could go to social needs goes to violence. And we're good at it. You have to go after leadership (not a threat from me or a call to violence). The think tanks, the political apparatus, the corporations that profit from war efforts, the billionaire oligarchs. The "vote them out" stage is in one year and we have no idea if we'll even have a means to democratically transfer power. You are in it now. There is no waiting. Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, North Korea, Oligarch Russia - if you've ever asked yourself what you would do in those times and places... you are doing it right now. If you have means and power, sort out ways to counter the current regime's leadership and initiatives. If you don't have that power and are just a "normal person with a family and job", then actively join and build Community and Mutual Aid in your neighborhood. You need to feed each other. Shelter each other. Care for each other's kids. Actively take care of each other. This isn't kumbaya woo-woo feel-good shit. This is removing the threat they have over our heads. No one wants to and many can't fight back because we are all wage slaves who cant afford not to work for capitalist corporations that fund the war effort. So build apparatus that lets us get out from under the capitalist boot. Build it. Now. Right at your doorstep. Go... GO! #venezuela

We had a "good emergency" tonight at our original free fridge! Someone dropped off *too much* food and it didn't fit into the pantry and refrigerator. There was also a lot of boxes left over! So a call went out to discord and five people showed up to sort and put away what could fit, clean up the boxes, AND take the extra food to the new free fridge as well as a local "little free pantry" that a local girl scout troop set up! Oh, fun thing! While we were putting away the original food drop off, two other folks came and dropped off their own supplies. We pointed them to the other fridges/pantries for the future and took what they dropped off as well to spread around. Also, while we were there multiple families and folks came by and utilized a lot of the food! But there was still so much left over even after folks took their fill. #solarPunk #freeFridge #mutualAid #foodSecurity

Microsoft Authenticator needs me to validate with Authenticator in order to log in with Authenticator to use it to authenticate another app with Authenticator.

Here is the app telling me to open itself to validate itself with itself.

#infosec #iHateComputers