Apple wants to become the new Google: BigBadBoldBigDataMothership as a once proud Apple user… (yes GNU Linux Debian 10 actually runs pretty well on the Intel-Macbook-Pros) yes they are beautiful spies… Pure Beauty & Nostalgia: Apple Macbook Pro 9,2 (A1278) […]
why are those data leaks problematic? because scammers and spammers will use this data to even better scam (social engineer) the affected users that is why it is essential to give those platforms (if the user needs them) as little […]
computers are no way perfect: the rise of the machines: who is scared of killer robots? who is scared of doctors, judges and police blindly trusting in AI and computer output? “we are driving in (heavy) rain right now with […]
v1.2 v1 especially in those lock down corona pandemic isolation times… users want to share family pictures to stay in touch. but how to share them in a non-privacy intrusive way? probably it would be best (of course) to […]
Update: 2021-05: https://www.golem.de/news/irland-erste-patientendaten-im-netz-aufgetaucht-2105-156599.html Drei Krankheiten: erfolgreich kaputt gespart: schlechte Bezahlung: im Vergleich mit anderen EU-Ländern und auch USA steht Deutschland schlecht da was die Entlohnung von Ärzte an geht auch schlechter als Japan und gar Italien (!) das ist vermutlich […]
contains advertisement. to be honest, it is hard to keep up the speed at which cyber incidents are reported. here is the latest take on “Russian IT Sec Updates”. have phun! SecurityLab, [28.09.20 08:20] Last month, TikTok developers rolled […]
data google tries to collect from users: (it is probably only the tip of the iceberg) this age of mass surveillance… … who is observing “the observers”? what to do to improve online privacy? use a privacy respecting DNS server by […]
SecurityLab, [14.07.20 15:35] The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has unveiled a new database demonstrating how and where us law enforcement agencies use tracking technologies. A map of the use of tracking technologies in the United States is presented (https://www.securitylab.ru/news/510018.php) SecurityLab, […]
what to do to improve online privacy? use a privacy respecting DNS server by https://www.opennic.org/ for example: 195.10.195.195 (not google’s (8.8.8.8)) use Freifunk use a VPN such as: mullvad VPN https://mullvad.net/en/help/pricing-discounts/ https://mullvad.net/en/check/ Mozilla launched it’s own VPN service https://vpn.mozilla.org/ use tor […]
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: “be careful what you reveal to your friend” (the internet) https://irlpodcast.org/season4/episode5/ data google tries to collect from users: (it is probably only the tip of the iceberg) what if – instead of security – Google […]
this age of mass surveillance… … who is observing “the observers”? Orwell left one final warning: 1984: “don’t let it happen” (alternative version) this is a “backup of the backup” that archive.org has taken from theorwellreader.com (offline since 2019) src: […]
this age of mass surveillance… … who is observing “the observers”? guess with it-security and internet-security (internet = roads, cars = computers that users use every day) it is like with real-life-security – there is no 100% security. all users […]
Tor is easier to use than ever just get the tor bundle – it is tor bundled with firefox https://www.torproject.org/download/ Is Tor essentially an NSA honeypot? in other words: is the NSA running a lot of (modified to their tracking […]
git was initially written by Linus Torvalds on the idea: how to create source code management system that does not suck. source code management is very useful when the developer team is larger than > 1 developer. it allows fast […]
this really raises the question: the mobile (complete computer) phone (number) as key to everything? is it a good idea to rely on smart phones (that are essentially a very small laptop and a cellular modem) and phone numbers to […]
either: or: Richard’s hardware: “if we could not replace a machine’s operating system with a free one, we replaced the machine instead.” (src: https://www.gnu.org/gnu/thegnuproject.html) Libre booted (BIOS with Linux overwritten) Thinkpad T400s running Trisquel GNU/Linux OS. (src: https://stallman.org/stallman-computing.html) LibreBooting the […]
now WITH SPICY COMMENTS X-D SecurityLab, [22.12.19 12:40] A Twitter user using the alias 08Tc3wBB created tfp0-an exploit that allows you to jailbreak the latest iPhone models with IOS 13.3. The functionality of the exploit has already been confirmed by […]
i really like virtualbox and i think it has great potential, what i do not like SOOO much is the CIA’s involvement with Oracle. “Larry Ellison Is A Billionaire Today Thanks To The CIA” (src) VirtualBox is mostly GPL 2.0 […]
short version: + D1 Masten nicht überbucht/gute Netzqualität bei Nutzung von LTE (muss Handy können, kostet 5€ extra d.h. für 25€ monatlich (Stand: 2020-01) kann man dann tatsächlich sein Handy auch nutzen (falls dieses kein LTE kann… sollte man das […]
update: 2021-01 “the best (most privacy & security & usability) Smart Phone solution” is yet to be found (PinePhone (yet untested) comes close) and it would be like: runs standard unmodified GNU Linux kernel 100% open source drivers comes with […]
about MAC address(es) not every switch has an IP assigned (if it has no web management interface, it does not need to) but it will have a MAC address. MAC address are per vendor and per device unique identifiers that […]
especially in times of EU-GDPR–DSGVO but also for the user’s privacy effectively shredding data is important. if the admin-user wants to wipe-shred-secure-delete entire harddisks look at this article. GNU Linux Debian 10 can do that 🙂 # install software # […]
Warum VoIP? Viele Anbieter von LTE z.B. bieten gar keine Festnetz-Telefonie an, sondern nur Internet. (das zum Teil (nicht günstiger) aber schneller (und schnurloser via Handy-Netz) als die Telekom (4G/LTE/UMTS)). D.h. man braucht dann noch einen weiteren Anbieter der die […]
don’t be evil “Google controls about 62% of mobile browsers, 69% of desktop browsers, and the operating systems on 71% of mobile devices in the world. 92% of internet searches go through Google and 73% of American adults use YouTube. […]
My Guide to free as possible do it yourself laptop, tested an worked on two x60s: 1. get a Lenovo x60s https://duckduckgo.com/?q=ebay+Lenovo+x60s 2. a fresh battery (they still produce replacement batteries) https://duckduckgo.com/?q=ebay+Lenovo+x60s+battery 3. get Atheros ar5b95 Wireless WiFi g42 cq42 […]
ONLY BUY FROM HARDWARE VENDORS THAT SUPPORT FREE & OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE! (release the sources for their drivers and documentation for their hardware) “Currently there are only a few modern wifi chipsets readily available that work with free software systems. […]
google’s security lab “project zero“ has made itself a name. (you can subscribe to their rss feed with thunderbird.) Posted by Ben Hawkes, Project Zero (team lead) (2019-05-15) Project Zero’s team mission is to “make zero-day hard”, i.e. to make […]
IPv6: Introduction it’s the year 2019, roughly 14% of the web is running ipv6. you can watch real time statistics here: (i have no clue how accurate the data is, how they are generated) https://ipv6.he.net/v4ex/sidebar/? … but it seems there […]
“The cost to companies from malware and “malicious insider”-related cyberattacks jumped +12 percent in 2018 and accounted for one-third of all cyberattack costs, according to new research published today by Accenture and the Ponemon Institute.” src: helpnetsecurity.com logical consequence: stop […]
The “NEW” SmartPhone: now with extra little tracking X-D ( i am not saying no tracking at all… because 3x cell phone towers can track you up to a precision of 10-100m) Mrs Merkel used the 6210 Nokia. But – […]