unskilled5117

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[–] unskilled5117 23 points 1 week ago

Why would that need listening? I imagine if one is pregnant you are searching for lots of information online: symptoms, physicians, due date etc.

[–] unskilled5117 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Agreed, Cryptomator is what you are looking for

[–] unskilled5117 18 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Criticism of the country’s terrible wi-fi connections was also shared with the rest of the world. Germans seem resigned to their spotty coverage, and the country has been trying to deal with the issue for years. At this point, some residents take the problem in stride. “Of course, it’s normal that there’s no signal here, there are a lot of us in the same place,” said a German journalist after leaving a screening at the Berlin Film Festival, upon hearing the complaints of her foreign peers about the lack of reception. Some of the writers from other countries jokingly pointed out that they had better wi-fi in any remote town on the island of Mallorca than they did right there. in the center of Berlin.

I don‘t think the author knows the difference between Wifi and mobile coverage

Nevertheless it‘s true that Germany is far behind in both areas: mobile coverage and broadband

[–] unskilled5117 4 points 1 month ago

Very interesting in depth read, thanks for posting! Looking forward to interoperable Airdrop-like functionality, would love to airdrop between my iphone and linux laptop.

 

I am looking for some recommendations on how to secure the data of my physical servers (against physical theft), that I am about to set up. I am new to selfhosting but have a few years of experience running Linux on a desktop.

My usecase is a simple debian(?) server at home with Paperless ngx and Tailscale for when I am away from home. 

The question is how to encrypt the data while still being able to keep the server updated.

Coming from Desktop my first thought was to simply enable FDE on install. But that would mean supplying the password everytime the server needs to reboot for an update. Could someone provide some insights on how often updates to debian require a reboot? 

My second thought was to use an encrypted data partition. That way the server could reboot and I could use wireguard to ssh in and open the partition even when I am away from home for a longer time.

I am open to other ideas!

[–] unskilled5117 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

So much needless negativity. Not all features need to be for you.

But, given some users' sensitivity to this, these types of features will always be optional for use by people who want them.

I would welcome a local model with good integration, I have use for it.

 

It is our goal to eventually have a similar offering so that a 100% open source, freedom-respecting alternative ecosystem is available for those who want it.

Thunderbird Appointment

Appointment is a scheduling tool that allows you to send a link to someone, allowing them to pick a time on your calendar to meet

Thunderbird Send

Send is the rebirth of Firefox Send

Thunderbird Assist

Assist is an experiment that, through a partnership with Flower AI will allow users to take advantage of AI features. The hope is that processing can be done on devices that can support the models

Thundermail

Thundermail is an email service. We want to provide email accounts to those that love Thunderbird, and we believe that we are capable of providing a better service than the other providers out there, that aligns with our values

[–] unskilled5117 21 points 1 month ago

Tldr:

To balance AOSP’s open nature with its product development strategy, Google maintains two primary Android branches: the public AOSP branch and its internal development branch. The AOSP branch is accessible to anyone, while Google’s internal branch is restricted to companies with a Google Mobile Services (GMS)licensing agreement.

Beginning next week, all Android development will occur within Google’s internal branches, and the source code for changes will only be released when Google publishes a new branch containing those changes. As this is already the practice for most Android component changes, Google is simply consolidating its development efforts into a single branch.

[–] unskilled5117 9 points 1 month ago

Thanks for the detailed write up!

[–] unskilled5117 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

There is Go Map!! as an alternative on iOS. Have been using it, not as gamified but works well!

[–] unskilled5117 4 points 1 month ago

They just used the self reported labels on Apple‘s Appstore for this "study", who knows what a company "forgot" to put in there.

[–] unskilled5117 3 points 1 month ago

Ah sry, i just read through the bug report to get a grasp of the timeline.

[–] unskilled5117 17 points 1 month ago (2 children)

It has been fixed for a while for new installs, bit I agree, there should have been some kind of notification, that manual intervention is required. It was even mentioned in the bug report, so I don’t know why the dev neglected to implement the notification

 

cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/8827678

Support for FIDO2 (WebAuthn) two-step login on macOS is added with release v2025.2.1. This means you will be able to use a security key (e.g. Yubikey) as a second factor to protect your login.

It is now supported on:

  • Desktop: Windows, MacOs
  • Browser extensions: all FIDO2 supported Browsers
  • Mobile apps: Android and iOS 13.3+
 

Support for FIDO2 (WebAuthn) two-step login on macOS is added with release v2025.2.1. This means you will be able to use a security key (e.g. Yubikey) as a second factor to protect your login.

It is now supported on:

  • Desktop: Windows, MacOs
  • Browser extensions: all FIDO2 supported Browsers
  • Mobile apps: Android and iOS 13.3+
[–] unskilled5117 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The second factor is the app on your phone. It‘s not Totp. When you log in somewhere or make a transaction it will send a notification to the app asking you to confirm.

When you open the bank account you get a letter with a code to register in the app, which authorizes it to receive the notification.

 

cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/3179293

Install instructions for OpenSuse Tumbleweed/ MicroOs using Full Disk Encryption secured by a TPM2 chip and measured boot or a FIDO2 key.

Nice to see OpenSuse pushing forward on securing the Linux Desktop with FDE and measured boot. Hope to see other distros following.

 

Install instructions for OpenSuse Tumbleweed/ MicroOs using Full Disk Encryption secured by a TPM2 chip and measured boot or a FIDO2 key.

Nice to see OpenSuse pushing forward on securing the Linux Desktop with FDE and measured boot. Hope to see other distros following.

 

I use 2 different computers in 2 different locations both running Universal Blue.

I was wondering if there is any way to create a backup system where i could backup Computer1 over the internet to Computer2 and continue work like nothing happened with all the user data and installed applications being there. The goal is to only need to transfer the user data/applications and no system data (that should be the same for both because of Ublue, right?), to keep the backup size small.

To be clear, i need help figuring out the backup part, not the transfering over the internet part.

If I were to backup the directories on Computer1, which store user data, with for example borgbackup, could I restore them on Computer2 and have a working system? Or would there be conflicts because of more low level stuff missing like applications and configs? Which directories would I need and which could be excluded?

Is there a better option? Any advice is appreciated!

I also came across btrfs snapshot capabilities and thought they could possibly used for this. But as far as I understand it, that would mean transferring the whole system and not only the data and applications. Am i missing something?

 

OpenSuse leading the development in regards to boot security, an area in which Linux Distros are lagging behind other operating systems.

Full Disk Encryption is designed to protect data in cases of device loss, theft or unauthorized booting into an alternative operating system. Depending on the hardware configuration of a system, Aeon’s encryption will be set up in one of two modes: Default or Fallback.

Default Mode:

This mode utilizes the Trusted Platform Module(TPM) 2.0 chipset […], Aeon Desktop measures several aspects of the system’s integrity. These including:

  • UEFI Firmware
  • Secure Boot state (enabled or disabled)
  • Partition Table
  • Boot loader and drivers
  • Kernel and initrd (including kernel command line parameters)

These measurements are stored in the system’s TPM. During startup, the current state is compared with the stored measurements. If these match, the system boots normally.

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