[Article] Human breathing patterns are as unique as our fingerprints
Just like fingerprints, your breathing patterns may be a unique identifying feature. Scientists have found they can identify people with 96.8% accuracy using only their breathing patterns. And it's not just simple identification, researchers say they can even predict Body Mass Index (BMI), state (sleeping or awake), and cognitive traits (anxiety or depression) from the way you breathe.
Human breathing patterns are as unique as our fingerprints
Just like fingerprints, your breathing patterns may be unique. Scientists found they can identify people using only breathing patterns. And it's not just identification, researchers can predict BMI, and anxiety or depression from the way you breathe.Jay Kakade (New Atlas)
Emmanuel Macron’s Bid to Divide the Left Is Paying Off
One year since the New Popular Front won a surprise election victory, France’s left looks more divided than ever. This month’s Socialist congress showed how much the party is at loggerheads with Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s France Insoumise.
Democratize AI or Make the AI Oligarchy an Inevitability
Artificial intelligence technologies are leading us to a critical juncture, forcing a fundamental rethinking of both work and the welfare state. This is a field where early surrender, allowing capital to shape the future, is not an option.
Hurricane-killing particles could sabotage storms before they grow
There have been some wildly ambitious schemes to knock the power out of hurricanes and cyclones over the years. Now, scientists believe they have come up with a way to successfully subdue these destructive storms, long before they have a chance to reach land.
Hurricane-killing particles could sabotage storms before they grow
There have been some wildly ambitious schemes to knock the power out of hurricanes over the years. Now, scientists believe they have come up with a way to successfully subdue these destructive storms, long before they have a chance to reach land.Bronwyn Thompson (New Atlas)
Trump’s Iran War Is a Betrayal We All Saw Coming
It took less than half a year for Donald Trump to renege on the promises he incessantly made on the campaign trail and plunge the country into another dumb, potentially bloody Middle East war no one wants.
After Trump's Bombing, Sanders Condemns 'Lies' Over Iran Nuclear Threat
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders condemns Trump's lies justifying bombing of Iranian nuclear facilities, warns against repeating history of disastrous wars based on falsehoods. #NoMoreWar
After Trump's Bombing, Sanders Condemns 'Lies' Over Iran Nuclear Threat
"We cannot allow ourselves to be dragged into another Middle East war based on lies."julia-conley (Common Dreams)
Zohran Mamdani vs. New York Landlords
The real estate industry is pouring millions into Andrew Cuomo’s mayoral campaign in an effort to stop the robust pro-tenant candidacy of Zohran Mamdani.
The Liberals Are Bailing Out Canada Post Management Again
The federal government is doing management’s bidding by undermining CUPW and forcing a vote on a substandard offer.
Moth flying into the hot light bulb: Bzzt Gets fried
190 Millions years of evolution lost to human progress, onwards!
Calls for Impeachment Grow as Trump Floats 'Regime Change' in Iran
President Trump floats regime change in Iran as calls for impeachment grow in response to U.S. strikes on Iran.
Calls for Impeachment Grow as Trump Floats 'Regime Change' in Iran
The striking of Iranian nuclear sites without congressional approval, said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, "is absolutely and clearly grounds for impeachment."eloise-goldsmith (Common Dreams)
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US | House Bans WhatsApp on Congressional Staff Devices Over Security Concerns
The U.S. House chief administrative officer has banned WhatsApp from congressional staffers' government devices citing data vulnerability concerns. The cybersecurity office deemed the messaging app "high-risk" due to lack of transparency in data protection, absence of stored data encryption, and potential security risks, according to an email obtained by Axios.
Met Police chief 'shocked' by planned Palestine Action protest in London
Met Police chief 'shocked' by planned Palestine Action protest in London
The force says it cannot legally stop Monday's protest in support of the pro-Palestine group.Jacqueline Howard (BBC News)
‘Never give up nuclear weapons’: what Israel-Iran conflict tells North Korea
How Israel-Iran conflict hardens North Korea’s nuclear resolve
With lessons drawn from Ukraine and now Iran, Pyongyang’s commitment to its ‘irreversible’ nuclear status is firmer than ever, analysts say.Park Chan-kyong (South China Morning Post)
What is the best degoogled tablet for an artist?
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What is the best degoogled tablet for an artistwhat is the best tablet for iodeOS, GrapheneOS and LineageOS
- with smooth stylus support that is as good as apple pen
- palm rejection
- pressure sensitive stylus
- works well for krita / excalidraw / xournalapp
- latency
- at least 16GB RAM and 256GB storageFor iodeOS, it doesn't seem to support any tablet device officially
- iodéOS official supported devices - iodéFor GrapheneOS, the only choice is google pixel tablet (or maybe pixel fold). However
- pixel tablet have latency issue
- based on Google Pixel Tablet Review - YouTube
- pixel fold does not support stylus
- workaround This Stylus Pen works with the Google Pixel Fold - YouTube
- Can someone share their GrapheneOS pixel tablet experience on krita / excalidraw / xournalapp?For LineageOS
- What tablet+stylus+LineageOS has the best performance?
- What tablet+stylus+LineageOS has the best balance between price and performance?
- Can someone share their stylus experience on krita / excalidraw / xournalapp?Sincere thanks
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iodéOS official supported devices - iodé
The models below are officially supported by the iodé team. Don’t see your device in the list? Don’t panic! We also support a iodéOS GSI. You can also find here a list of unofficially supported models by the iodé community.iodé
What I don’t get is why lefty Canadians were so against Alberta leaving Canada.
Sounds like a plus to me…
Israel strikes Iran's Evin prison in Tehran
Israel strikes Iran's Evin prison in Tehran
Israel said its carrying out strikes inside Iran with 'unprecedented intensity,' destroying numerous security offices and damaging the gate at Tehran's infamous Evin Prison. DW has the latest.Jon Shelton (Deutsche Welle)
Iyo vs. Io — OpenAI and Jony Ive get sued
Iyo vs. Io — OpenAI and Jony Ive get sued
In May, legendary Apple designer Jony Ive hooked up with OpenAI to announce an unspecified gadget. [WSJ, archive] To promote this complete vaporware, OpenAI released a video of Sam Altman and Ive b…Pivot to AI
US strikes on Iran did not violate international law, NATO’s Rutte says
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Map shows where President Barack Obama dropped his 20,000 bombs | The Independent
Outgoing US leader carries out 3,000 more strikes in 2016 than year beforeHarriet Agerholm (The Independent)
Belgium: Activists blockade access to 2 companies they accuse of “complicity with Israeli genocide in Gaza”
The protest started at around 7:45 am on Monday. Protesters blocked the entrance to the Syensqo chemical company in Brussels and OIP Sensor Systems in Tournai (Hainaut Province). OIP Sensor Systems is entirely owned by Elbit, an Israeli arms company.
At Syensqo in Brussels the activists blocked all the access routes to the company and painted the front of the office building red. The company supplies parts for Israeli drones.
"Syensqo knowingly supplies a key component for a weapon known for its use in Israeli war crimes. Syensqo cannot deny its complicity in the ongoing genocide”, the activists said in a statement.
Meanwhile, in Tournai, activists entered a warehouse used by OIP, where they painted equipment that is being stored inside red.
Activists blockade access to 2 companies they accuse of “complicity with Israeli genocide in Gaza” | VRT NWS: news
Activists blocked access to 2 companies with links to Israel on Monday morning. They accuse the companies of complicity in what they describe as “genocidal acts” of the part of Isreal in Gaza.VRT NWS
"Mass layoff" provision in Trump bill sparks alarm: "Deeply concerning"
'Mass Layoff' Provision in Trump Bill Sparks Alarm: 'Deeply Concerning'
"This [bill] would basically give [Trump] carte blanche to refashion the entire federal government," Ben Olinksy told Newsweek.Sophie Clark (Newsweek)
if you want to force your way into World War 3 this seems like a brilliant idea.
Feels more like a speed run, the actors of this conflict don’t have many days left.
A 50,000-Year-Old Block of Ice Paints the Most Chilling Picture of the Future Ever
A 50,000-Year-Old Block of Ice Paints the Most Chilling Picture of the Future Ever
The highest CO2 levels in 50,000 years is still 10 times less than our current anthropogenic climate nightmare.Darren Orf (Popular Mechanics)
Tensor Manipulation Unit (TMU): Reconfigurable, Near-Memory Tensor Manipulation for High-Throughput AI SoC
Tensor Manipulation Unit (TMU): Reconfigurable, Near-Memory Tensor Manipulation for High-Throughput AI SoC
While recent advances in AI SoC design have focused heavily on accelerating tensor computation, the equally critical task of tensor manipulation, centered on high,volume data movement with minimal computation, remains underexplored.arXiv.org
How the Rubin Observatory Will Reinvent Astronomy
How the Rubin Observatory Will Reinvent Astronomy
IEEE Spectrum takes you inside the most advanced sky-mapping instrument ever built—and reveals its stunning first imagesEvan Ackerman (IEEE Spectrum)
How the Rubin Observatory Will Reinvent Astronomy
How the Rubin Observatory Will Reinvent Astronomy
IEEE Spectrum takes you inside the most advanced sky-mapping instrument ever built—and reveals its stunning first imagesEvan Ackerman (IEEE Spectrum)
It's true but I prefer my criticisms without ad hominems
Where's the source for discrediting the statement?
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"Can you prove Iran doesn't have nukes? Because Israeli intelligence told me they do!"
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Met Police linked to Israel as it gears up for pro-Palestine protests
Met Police linked to Israel as it gears up for pro-Palestine protests
Senior Metropolitan Police officers are regular attendees at a think tank closely tied to Israel’s military and intelligence services and have accepted hospitality from its embassy in London.JOHN McEVOY (Declassified Media ltd)
'There Is No Intel': Trump's Attacks on Iran Were Based on Vibes, Sources Say
Trump’s Attacks on Iran Were Based on ‘No Intel’: Sources
Trump’s decision to strike three Iranian nuclear facilities was not based on new intelligence, administration officials say.Andrew Perez (Rolling Stone)
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Is there a way to block browser JavaScript from executing commands that retrieve sensitive information from my local machine, while still allowing JavaScript that is only used for rendering web pages?
As a security-conscious user, I've used NoScript since Firefox's early days, but its restrictive nature has become frustrating. I'm often forced to go unprotected just to access websites with multiple scripts running on different domains, which defeats the purpose of using NoScript and balances security and usability that it once provided.
Is there a way to block browser JavaScript from executing commands that retrieve sensitive information from my local machine, while still allowing JavaScript that is only used for rendering web pages?
by sensitive information I'm referring to
- local machine time
- local machine ram
- local machine operating system + version
- local machine hardware
- Serial Number
- Hardware ID
- UUID
- Windows Device ID
- Windows Product ID
- ...
greatly appreciate any insight
EDIT:
could be possible solution
discuss.grapheneos.org/d/16025…
- ~~LibreJS: GNU LibreJS aims to address the JavaScript problem described in Richard Stallman's article The JavaScript Trap.~~
- JShelter: Mitigates potential threats from JavaScript, including fingerprinting, tracking, and data collection. Slightly modifies the results of API calls, differently on different domains, so that the cross-site fingerprint is not stable. Applies security counter-measures that are likely not to break web pages. Allows fine-grained control over the restrictions and counter-measures applied to each domain.
Most of those things cannot be collected through JavaScript.Local time can.
RAM can only be approximated to protect user privacy. Edit: And it’s not available on Firefox.
OS+version are already in your browser’s user-agent string that is sent out with every request you make.
Machine hardware cannot be enumerated. JavaScript can try to guess your GPU based on what it can do with WebGL.
There is no way to get a serial number or similar.
To spoof timezone/OS+version/browser+version ... and disable WebGL, use sereneblue.github.io/chameleon…
- lemmy.world/post/31885153
Vanadium and what to use on desktop - GrapheneOS Discussion Forum
GrapheneOS discussion forumGrapheneOS Discussion Forum
Never found a better plugin - chameleon
sereneblue.github.io/chameleon…strongly recommend
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Harsh question: Do you have a real need to prevent this data from being collected, or are you investigating just for ~~funsies~~ best practice advice? There are a lot of posts like this where people overestimate the threat model they have and insist on needing to block things that are nearly impossible to, or at least have significant tradeoffs like you are dealing with now.
Javascript is also not the only source that sites can use for these pieces of info from your machine. Local time in particular can be estimated by looking up the rough location of your IP address then matching to a time zone.
Anyway.
I would assume you could technically fork localCDN (replaces remote javascript libraries with local copies) and then manually edit the local javascript library copies to remove the calls you are concerned about.
There's also options like uBlock Origin's methods of only whitelisting specific scripts. Much more flexible than NoScript. You can block scripts that are third party and only allow site specific ones fairly easily, without digging deep into the settings.
Bear in mind that your specific combination of installed extensions can also be a unique identifier though.
Do you have a real need to prevent this data from being collected
maybe
or are you investigating just for best practice advice?
yes
There are a lot of posts like this where people overestimate the threat model they have and insist on needing to block things that are nearly impossible to, or at least have significant tradeoffs like you are dealing with now
could you explain why it is nealy impossible from only blocking javascript from attaining "local machine operating system + version
"? I don't think this kind of information is relevant for webpage displaying. I dont think webpage will break if we ban js from doing so
I would assume you could technically fork localCDN (replaces remote javascript libraries with local copies) and then manually edit the local javascript library copies to remove the calls you are concerned about.
that could work I guess when I have enough js knowledge
There’s also options like uBlock Origin’s methods of only whitelisting specific scripts. Much more flexible than NoScript. You can block scripts that are third party and only allow site specific ones fairly easily, without digging deep into the settings.
is it possible to adjust uBlock Origin whitelisting and disallow js that retrieve "local machine operating system + version
" from running?
Bear in mind that your specific combination of installed extensions can also be a unique identifier though.
Does this mean website can see all the extensions I installed?
Some browsers have built in fingerprint resistance techniques you can enable:
support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/r…
I wouldn't entirely trust it, but enabling this feature in strict mode would tick a few of your listed boxes.
Resist Fingerprinting | Firefox Help
Firefox's Advanced Preferences to resist fingerprinting can help prevent websites from uniquely identifying your device but can cause problems. Learn more.support.mozilla.org
Xlibre 25.0 : summer solstice release
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Just quoting the readme so there's no misinterpretation:
This is an independent project, not at all affiliated with BigTech or any of their subsidiaries or tax evasion tools, nor any political activists groups, state actors, etc. It's explicitly free of any "DEI" or similar discriminatory policies. Anybody who's treating others nicely is welcomed.
It doesn't matter which country you're coming from, your political views, your race, your sex, your age, your food menu, whether you wear boots or heels, whether you're furry or fairy, Conan or McKay, comic character, a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri, or just a boring average person. Anybody who's interested in bringing X forward is welcome.
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Also the guy got told off by Linus Torvalds for being an anti-vaxxer theregister.com/2021/06/11/lin…
So imo this isn't a project that should be supported
Linus Torvalds tells kernel list poster to 'SHUT THE HELL UP' for saying COVID-19 vaccines create 'new humanoid race'
: 'Any Linux discussion list isn't going to have your idiotic drivel pass uncontested from me'Simon Sharwood (The Register)
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completely disconnected from the software world ?
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If he uses his software work to promote potentially dangerous believes, I don't think the project should be supported or promoted
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Tbh, I'm far more concerned by the hostility to this fork.
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Hence we can assume that the first DEI entrance is dei-as-implemented-by-xorg-team, which
he obviously doesn't like. Simple assumption, the best would be to ask him.
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Don't worry, it'll be fine. If this file were the only issue with this world, we'd live in a paradise.
What is there to fear? Seriously. Pretending like this has anything to do with fear is the most childishly narcissistic framing possible. Grow up.
Xorg is nearly dead and buried. Nobody actually cares about Xlibre. Notice how the only thing being mentioned is the sidenote that this fork is run by a racist troll whose been kicked for cause from several prominent OSS projects. Literally the only reason XLibre exists is because this individual needed to start his own project because he's worn out his welcome in many others.
And, considering the geopolitical state of affairs at the moment. It's pretty plainly obvious that the only sort of person who is "anti-DEI" are fascists. And the only people making excuses for the fascists are other fascists. So, thanks for letting us know who you are.
This isn't coherent, and even if it was, the burden of stance interpretability is context-dependent.
He is the one with the politically charged README that reads plainly like the thoughtless garbage MAGA types in America put out. I mean cmon man, "[...] we'll make X great again"?
Also your shallow and brainless dismissal of all this criticism coming from his "detractors" (and who would not become a "detractor", after actually investigating his terrible dribble?) is defeated easily by just reading the actual words he said.
As in, for instance, the original source of his garbage antivax posturing that he posted in the linux kernel mailing list: lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/ke… .
These are not alleged opinions, he's just full of shit.
And this isn't even mentioning the fact that Xorg is going to be dead, should be dead, and will continue to die. And good riddance, too! Terrible and borderline unmaintainable.
The argument that choice diversity is good inherently is stupid, too. Wayland is a god damned protocol! There is no reason to have lots of diversity there! It has no tangible benefit.
There are already many different compositors that implement the Wayland protocol, and there are also many 3rd party extensions! Can you think of a single, material benefit to simply having different basic desktop protocols?
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Also your shallow and brainless dismissal of all this criticism coming from his “detractors” (and who would not become a > “detractor”, after actually investigating his terrible dribble?) is defeated easily by just reading the actual words he said.
I was merely pointing out that these opinions, whatever they really are, have more publicity from people
criticizing the founder. The best from your point of view would be not to speak about it.
And this isn’t even mentioning the fact that Xorg is going to be dead, should be dead, and will continue to die. And good
riddance, too! Terrible and borderline unmaintainable.
If it were true, all this hatred against the project would be pointless.
The argument that choice diversity is good inherently is stupid, too. Wayland is a god damned protocol! There is no reason > to have lots of diversity there! It has no tangible benefit.
Free software is all about freedom, and diversity means freedom of choice. If you don't agree
with that, you miss the all point.
I was merely pointing out that these opinions, whatever they really are, have more publicity from people criticizing the founder.
Why yes, friend, I will just conveniently pretend that you bringing that up is completely outside the context of whether or not to seriously consider the criticism.
And if you are trying to make a point of whether or not the ideology is seriously impacting the project, you need-only take a casual walk through the issue list, and find (among other evidence) that a suggestion to move to codeberg was criticized for... "DEI". Wow. How technically-focused.
The best from your point of view would be not to speak about it.
You are getting more and more incoherent the more of these replies you churn out. What, precisely from my point of view (which I guess apparently you know very well? the irony...) here implies that "not talking about it" is the best choice? That's absurd.
I find it very important to understand the motivations, technical and ideological, behind a project.
If it were true, all this hatred against the project would be pointless.
I don't spend any effort talking about in any other respect than telling people that they should likely disregard if for both technical reasons (it cuts out Xwayland, his commits frequently lead to very blatant regressions that are nontrivial, etc.) and ideological (his terrible, awful politics and motivations for making the project, to begin with!)
The reason I replied to your comment is mostly out of idle curiosity and a deepseated longing for genuineness and critical thinking of other people that I have not yet managed to kill (despite its impracticality in the modern age).
Free software is all about freedom, and diversity means freedom of choice. If you don’t agree with that, you miss the all point.
This is all such a massive and disheartening reduction of what software freedom is. I hope that you eventually manage to think less shallowly about this.
Tell me, do you have any particular, material distinction you are making by making a choice between desktop protocols? The desktop protocol is a purely technical thing, and I have not heard a single peep out of you in regards to specifics.
To elaborate, in Xorg, it is a very monolithic beast. It is very convoluted in its purview and carries a lot of preset implementation of its various facets. It contains an entire networking stack for deciding how to communicate windows over a network.
It is significantly less flexible and modular than Wayland, because in Wayland basically everything of significance is decided by the compositor.
This, ironically to your point, actually gives you more choice and freedom in how things work (this is also why tiling window managers love wayland to death, it's pretty easy to just build upon the basic wlroots implementation!). So I have to ask you, frankly, what in the fuck do you think you're actually saying right now?
The issue, in this way, is that you only seem to care about software freedom in the sense of the abstract concept rather than the reality. You seem to think of software freedom in the sense of "I either build and install this package, or I build and install this one", with an all-consuming disregard for the technical aspects of freedom. Which is impractical, and arguably antithetical to the very process of trying to foster software freedom to begin with. As evident by literally everything to do with this situation. My lord.
yes, apparently the development of Xorg is more or less abandoned in favor of wayland
the Xlibre fork seems more active
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US embassy wants 'every social media username of past five years' for new visas
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US embassy wants 'every social media username of past five years' on new visa applications
The embassy also wants people to set their social media profiles to public.TheJournal.ie
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