Arch Linux Users at Risk Again as AUR Hit by Another RAT
Arch Linux Users at Risk Again as AUR Hit by Another RAT
A new pest appears in the Arch User Repository.Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS News)
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Yeah but thats not really steamOS using the aur.
SteamOS using the aur would be unlocking the root folder, doing a pacman update and then using the AUR which I assume very very few users do.
I only mention this because everytime arch is mentioned steamOS gets dragged up as if its the same thing when they're worlds apart.
Using the AUR via distrobox can be done on every distro.
Yes but thats not relevant. Its like me saying windows users dont use the AUR and then you saying um actually im on windows and I run arch in a VM and use the AUR. Like ok thats still the AUR being used on arch.
Like the topic is AUR malware and someone was like arch users and steamOS users. But steamOS users dont need to be worried or lumped in because they aren't using the aur unless they're also using arch through vm or distrobox or whatever.
Am I making sense?
Belarus creates special operations brigade in region bordering Ukraine
Belarus creates special operations brigade in region bordering Ukraine
Major-General Vadim Denisenko emphasized the strategic importance of strengthening the southern sector, describing it as the most tense and unpredictable areaTASS
Pokrovsk on the Brink: Ukrainian Lines Shatter as Russians Enter The Streets
Pokrovsk on the Brink: Ukrainian Lines Shatter as Russians Enter The Streets
The thunder of Russian artillery echoes through the streets of Pokrovsk as the city teeters on the brink of collapse....Anonymous103 (South Front)
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Wall Street opens lower as Trump tariffs and weak jobs report hit global markets
Employment growth across America has been much weaker than previously thought over the last three months – a sign that the US labor market may be cooling.
The latest non-farm payroll, just released, shows that US employment rose by just 73,000 in July, rather weaker than the 110,000 new jobs expected.
But the big shock comes in the latest revisions to payrolls, with previous estimates for both May and June being revised sharply lower.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics now estimates that just 19,000 new jobs were created in May, 125,000 fewer than the 144,000 previously estimated.
Wall Street falls as Trump tariffs and weak jobs report hit global markets – as it happened
Just 73,000 jobs created in July, and employment in May and June was 258,000 lower than previously reportedGraeme Wearden (The Guardian)
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Putin offers no hint of concessions as he says he wants ‘stable’ peace in Ukraine
Vladimir Putin has said he wants a “lasting and stable peace” in Ukraine but given no indication that he is willing to make any concessions to achieve it, after a week in which Russian missiles and drones again caused death and destruction across Ukraine.
“We need a lasting and stable peace on solid foundations that would satisfy both Russia and Ukraine, and would ensure the security of both countries,” said Putin, speaking to journalists on Friday, a week before a new deadline imposed by Donald Trump for hostilities to cease.
Trump has said if Russia and Ukraine do not come to an agreement to end the war by next Friday, 8 August, he will impose a package of economic sanctions on Russia.
Before he took office, Trump had promised to end the war in 24 hours, but since he became president his repeated overtures to Putin have achieved minimal results. In recent weeks, Trump has markedly changed his rhetoric on the conflict, appearing less conciliatory to Putin and more amenable to enhanced support for Ukraine. He called Russia’s continued attacks on civilian areas “disgusting” on Thursday.
Putin offers no hint of concessions as he says he wants ‘stable’ peace in Ukraine
Russian president’s remarks come as Kyiv rescuers find more than a dozen dead in apartment block after strikesShaun Walker (The Guardian)
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Donald Trump issues threat to Canada over "statehood of Palestine" move
President Donald Trump has said that Canada's support for a Palestinian state will make any trade deal between Washington and Ottawa "very hard."
In a post on Truth Social, Trump referred to comments made by Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney that Canada was planning to recognize a Palestinian state at the United Nations in September.
Trump wrote: "Wow! Canada has just announced that it is backing statehood for Palestine. That will make it very hard for us to make a Trade Deal with them. Oh' Canada!!!"
Donald Trump Issues Threat To Canada Over 'Statehood of Palestine' Move
President Donald Trump says Canada's support for a Palestinian state will make any trade deal between Washington and Ottawa "very hard."Brendan Cole (Newsweek)
Donald Trump issues threat to Canada over "statehood of Palestine" move
President Donald Trump has said that Canada's support for a Palestinian state will make any trade deal between Washington and Ottawa "very hard."
In a post on Truth Social, Trump referred to comments made by Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney that Canada was planning to recognize a Palestinian state at the United Nations in September.
Trump wrote: "Wow! Canada has just announced that it is backing statehood for Palestine. That will make it very hard for us to make a Trade Deal with them. Oh' Canada!!!"
Donald Trump Issues Threat To Canada Over 'Statehood of Palestine' Move
President Donald Trump says Canada's support for a Palestinian state will make any trade deal between Washington and Ottawa "very hard."Brendan Cole (Newsweek)
What Can a Cell Remember?
What Can a Cell Remember? | Quanta Magazine
A small but enthusiastic group of neuroscientists is exhuming overlooked experiments and performing new ones to explore whether cells record past experiences — fundamentally challenging what memory is.Claire L. Evans (Quanta Magazine)
Russia launches 6,400 drones, missiles into Ukraine in record-breaking month
Russia launches 6,400 drones, missiles into Ukraine in record-breaking month
The scale of Russia's nightly strikes has been steadily increasing.David Brennan (ABC News)
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Report Shows 'Financial Insecurity Is Widespread and Runs Deep' in Trump Economy
The Century Foundation commissioned a survey last month with polling firm Morning Consult and found that roughly 6 in 10 Americans say that Trump's policies are to blame for their current financial struggles. However, the report also emphasized that Americans' "financial insecurity is widespread and runs deep," and that their concerns stretch back well before Trump's second term.
"More than 4 in 5 Americans (83%) are concerned about the price of groceries, with nearly half (46%) saying they are very concerned," writes the Century Foundation. "Nearly half (47%) of Americans are worried about their current ability to pay their rent or mortgage. And nearly two-thirds (64%) worry about their ability to pay an unexpected medical expense if one should arise. Nearly half of all Americans (48%) believe they would have difficulty paying an unexpected $500 bill without borrowing."
These anxieties were particularly strong among younger Generation Z voters, as well as among Black and Latino voters across all age demographics.
Report Shows 'Financial Insecurity Is Widespread and Runs Deep' in Trump Economy
"Trump's two flagship economic initiatives—his tariffs and the One Big Beautiful Bill—are not perceived as helping the economy," said an analyst for the pollster YouGov.brad-reed (Common Dreams)
Hunger in Gaza reaches 'tipping point' under Israel's offensive as children face lifelong impacts
Gaza hunger reaches 'tipping point' as children suffer malnutrition
Starvation in Gaza under Israel’s assault has reached a “tipping point,” with deaths expected to soar if Palestinians do not get urgent relief, while many children who survive will now face lifelong consequences.Chantal Da Silva (NBC News)
What's going on with Firefox?
Second try, shorter and less confusing than before:
* DNSoverHttps interfering with my DNS block
* shown to be enabled in about:policies
* set to disabled in policies.json as well as in about:settings.
The picture shows a console window witch the respective policies.json key being set to false (disabled), while the about:policies firefox page in the background shows DoT to be enabled.
Version is 140.1.0esr on Artix (Arch). Anyone can confirm?
Edit: It's not a broken profile; same happens in a fresh one.
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Looks right to me. Does Firefox require a reboot on Linux to recognise newly added keys? (It does on Windows with the registry)
La chiesa favolosamente ornata in grado d'incarnare il sincretismo della religione armena - Il blog di Jacopo Ranieri
La chiesa favolosamente ornata in grado d'incarnare il sincretismo della religione armena - Il blog di Jacopo Ranieri
Oltre l’alto portale in pietra, il visitatore viene trasportato in un piano d’esistenza memorabile, dove ogni scorcio dello sguardo incontra e viene incentivato ad assorbire il sacro.Jacopo (Il blog di Jacopo Ranieri)
I spent decades at Columbia. I’m withdrawing my fall course due to its deal with Trump | Rashid Khalidi
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Rashid Khalidi
Fri 1 Aug 2025 06.00 EDT
Columbia’s capitulation has turned a university that was once a site of free inquiry and learning into a shadow of its former self, an-anti university, a gated security zone with electronic entry controls, a place of fear and loathing, where faculty and students are told from on high what they can teach and say, under penalty of severe sanctions. Disgracefully, all of this is being done to cover up one of the greatest crimes of this century, the ongoing genocide in Gaza, a crime in which Columbia’s leadership is now fully complicit.
I spent decades at Columbia. I’m withdrawing my fall course due to its deal with Trump | Rashid Khalidi
Rashid Khalidi
Fri 1 Aug 2025 06.00 EDTColumbia’s capitulation has turned a university that was once a site of free inquiry and learning into a shadow of its former self, an-anti university, a gated security zone with electronic entry controls, a place of fear and loathing, where faculty and students are told from on high what they can teach and say, under penalty of severe sanctions. Disgracefully, all of this is being done to cover up one of the greatest crimes of this century, the ongoing genocide in Gaza, a crime in which Columbia’s leadership is now fully complicit.
I spent decades at Columbia. I’m withdrawing my fall course due to its deal with Trump
The university’s draconian policies and new definition of antisemitism make much teaching impossibleRashid Khalidi (The Guardian)
I spent decades at Columbia. I’m withdrawing my fall course due to its deal with Trump | Rashid Khalidi
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Rashid Khalidi
Fri 1 Aug 2025 06.00 EDT
Columbia’s capitulation has turned a university that was once a site of free inquiry and learning into a shadow of its former self, an-anti university, a gated security zone with electronic entry controls, a place of fear and loathing, where faculty and students are told from on high what they can teach and say, under penalty of severe sanctions. Disgracefully, all of this is being done to cover up one of the greatest crimes of this century, the ongoing genocide in Gaza, a crime in which Columbia’s leadership is now fully complicit.
I spent decades at Columbia. I’m withdrawing my fall course due to its deal with Trump | Rashid Khalidi
Rashid Khalidi
Fri 1 Aug 2025 06.00 EDTColumbia’s capitulation has turned a university that was once a site of free inquiry and learning into a shadow of its former self, an-anti university, a gated security zone with electronic entry controls, a place of fear and loathing, where faculty and students are told from on high what they can teach and say, under penalty of severe sanctions. Disgracefully, all of this is being done to cover up one of the greatest crimes of this century, the ongoing genocide in Gaza, a crime in which Columbia’s leadership is now fully complicit.
I spent decades at Columbia. I’m withdrawing my fall course due to its deal with Trump
The university’s draconian policies and new definition of antisemitism make much teaching impossibleRashid Khalidi (The Guardian)
I spent decades at Columbia. I’m withdrawing my fall course due to its deal with Trump | Rashid Khalidi
Rashid Khalidi
Fri 1 Aug 2025 06.00 EDT
Columbia’s capitulation has turned a university that was once a site of free inquiry and learning into a shadow of its former self, an-anti university, a gated security zone with electronic entry controls, a place of fear and loathing, where faculty and students are told from on high what they can teach and say, under penalty of severe sanctions. Disgracefully, all of this is being done to cover up one of the greatest crimes of this century, the ongoing genocide in Gaza, a crime in which Columbia’s leadership is now fully complicit.
I spent decades at Columbia. I’m withdrawing my fall course due to its deal with Trump
The university’s draconian policies and new definition of antisemitism make much teaching impossibleRashid Khalidi (The Guardian)
In the United States, what makes a 'libertarian' right wing?
Prominent historian cancels course at Columbia University over Trump deal
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/34000402
Dani Anguiano in Los Angeles
Fri 1 Aug 2025 06.00 EDT
“Although I have retired, I was scheduled to teach a large lecture course on this topic in the fall as a “special lecturer” but I cannot do so under the conditions Columbia has accepted by capitulating to the Trump administration in June,” Khalidi wrote.Columbia announced last week that it would pay more than $200m in a settlement with the federal government after the White House claimed the university failed to adequately address alleged antisemitism on campus amid protests over the Israel-Gaza war, and threatened to pull significant funding.
Prominent historian cancels course at Columbia University over Trump deal
Dani Anguiano in Los Angeles
Fri 1 Aug 2025 06.00 EDT“Although I have retired, I was scheduled to teach a large lecture course on this topic in the fall as a “special lecturer” but I cannot do so under the conditions Columbia has accepted by capitulating to the Trump administration in June,” Khalidi wrote.Columbia announced last week that it would pay more than $200m in a settlement with the federal government after the White House claimed the university failed to adequately address alleged antisemitism on campus amid protests over the Israel-Gaza war, and threatened to pull significant funding.
Prominent historian cancels course at Columbia University over Trump deal
Rashid Khalidi, in open letter published by the Guardian, accuses university of ‘capitulating’ with $200m settlementDani Anguiano (The Guardian)
Prominent historian cancels course at Columbia University over Trump deal
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/34000402
Dani Anguiano in Los Angeles
Fri 1 Aug 2025 06.00 EDT
“Although I have retired, I was scheduled to teach a large lecture course on this topic in the fall as a “special lecturer” but I cannot do so under the conditions Columbia has accepted by capitulating to the Trump administration in June,” Khalidi wrote.Columbia announced last week that it would pay more than $200m in a settlement with the federal government after the White House claimed the university failed to adequately address alleged antisemitism on campus amid protests over the Israel-Gaza war, and threatened to pull significant funding.
Prominent historian cancels course at Columbia University over Trump deal
Dani Anguiano in Los Angeles
Fri 1 Aug 2025 06.00 EDT“Although I have retired, I was scheduled to teach a large lecture course on this topic in the fall as a “special lecturer” but I cannot do so under the conditions Columbia has accepted by capitulating to the Trump administration in June,” Khalidi wrote.Columbia announced last week that it would pay more than $200m in a settlement with the federal government after the White House claimed the university failed to adequately address alleged antisemitism on campus amid protests over the Israel-Gaza war, and threatened to pull significant funding.
Prominent historian cancels course at Columbia University over Trump deal
Rashid Khalidi, in open letter published by the Guardian, accuses university of ‘capitulating’ with $200m settlementDani Anguiano (The Guardian)
Prominent historian cancels course at Columbia University over Trump deal
Dani Anguiano in Los Angeles
Fri 1 Aug 2025 06.00 EDT
“Although I have retired, I was scheduled to teach a large lecture course on this topic in the fall as a “special lecturer” but I cannot do so under the conditions Columbia has accepted by capitulating to the Trump administration in June,” Khalidi wrote.Columbia announced last week that it would pay more than $200m in a settlement with the federal government after the White House claimed the university failed to adequately address alleged antisemitism on campus amid protests over the Israel-Gaza war, and threatened to pull significant funding.
Prominent historian cancels course at Columbia University over Trump deal
Rashid Khalidi, in open letter published by the Guardian, accuses university of ‘capitulating’ with $200m settlementDani Anguiano (The Guardian)
El Salvador Changes Constitution, Ending Term Limits for Nayib Bukele
El Salvador’s National Assembly on Thursday approved sweeping changes to the nation’s Constitution, paving the way for President Nayib Bukele, who is in his second term in office, to run for re-election indefinitely.
The legislature, in which Mr. Bukele’s party holds a supermajority, voted to end presidential term limits and extend a president’s term in office from five years to six, according to the National Assembly's X account.
Mr. Bukele was first elected in 2019 and successfully ran in 2024 for a second term, even though legal scholars said at the time that El Salvador’s Constitution barred a president from serving consecutive terms. After Mr. Bukele’s legislative allies installed new judges on the Supreme Court, the court reinterpreted the Constitution and cleared the way for the president to run again.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/world/americas/el-salvador-bukele-term-limits.html
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The mathematics of starvation: how Israel caused a famine in Gaza
Emma Graham-Harrison
Chief Middle East correspondent
Thu 31 Jul 2025 10.49 EDT
“The idea is to put the Palestinians on a diet, but not to make them die of hunger,” a senior adviser to the then prime minister, Ehud Olmert, said in 2006. An Israeli court ordered the release of documents showing the details of those macabre sums two years later.Cogat, the Israeli agency that still controls aid shipments to Gaza, calculated then that Palestinians needed an average minimum 2,279 calories per person per day, which could be provided through 1.836kg of food.
Today, humanitarian organisations are asking for an even smaller minimum ration: 62,000 metric tonnes of dry and canned food to meet basic needs for 2.1 million people each month, or around 1kg of food per person per day.
The mathematics of starvation: how Israel caused a famine in Gaza
Israel controls the flow of food into Gaza. It has calculated how many calories Palestinians need to stay alive. Its data shows only a fraction has been allowed inEmma Graham-Harrison (The Guardian)
Iran demands US compensation for war damage before any talks
Iran will not return to nuclear negotiations unless the United States agrees to provide compensation for damages sustained during last month’s war, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told the Financial Times.
"They should explain why they attacked us in the middle of... negotiations, and they have to ensure that they are not going to repeat that," Araghchi said in an interview published on Thursday.
The official added that the US must take responsibility for striking Iran during ongoing diplomatic exchanges and that talks cannot resume without financial redress.
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Virginia Giuffre’s family expresses shock over Trump saying Epstein ‘stole’ her
The family of Virginia Giuffre, who was among Jeffrey Epstein’s most well-known sex trafficking accusers, said that it was shocking to hear President Donald Trump say the disgraced financier “stole” Giuffre from him and urged that Epstein’s former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, remain in prison.
Giuffre, who had accused Britain’s Prince Andrew and other influential men of sexually exploiting her as a teenager trafficked by Epstein, has been a central figure in conspiracy theories tied to the case. She died by suicide this year.
Her family’s statement is the latest development involving Epstein, who took his own life in a New York jail in 2019 while facing federal sex trafficking charges, and the Republican president, who was his one-time friend. Trump denied prior knowledge of Epstein’s crimes and said he cut off their relationship years ago, but he still faces questions about the case.
Trump said to warn Jewish donor that MAGA world ‘starting to hate Israel’
US President Donald Trump recently warned a Jewish campaign donor that his MAGA base was beginning to turn on Israel, the Financial Times reports.
“My people are starting to hate Israel,” Trump is quoted as having told the unnamed donor recently, citing a Mideast expert, also unnamed, with contacts inside the Trump administration.
Trump said to warn Jewish donor that MAGA world ‘starting to hate Israel’
US President Donald Trump recently warned a Jewish campaign donor that his MAGA base was beginning to turn on Israel, the Financial Times reports.
“My people are starting to hate Israel,” Trump is quoted as having told the unnamed donor recently, citing a Mideast expert, also unnamed, with contacts inside the Trump administration.
Russia launches 6,400 drones, missiles into Ukraine in record-breaking month
Russia launches 6,400 drones, missiles into Ukraine in record-breaking month
The scale of Russia's nightly strikes has been steadily increasing.David Brennan (ABC News)
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NixOS, ProxMox, Debian or Ubuntu for Docker installation
Sorry.
I know that this or a similar question has been asked many times, and trying to find a decent answer i get redirected to reddit and blocked because of my VPN.
I am looking for the preferred version of the above OS's for installing Docker based on easiness and stability/reliability once installed.
Is there such a distro as DockerOS or a Distro with Docker preinstalled?
I thought I read something like that last year when I was threatening to pull my finger out the first time and get something up and running, but now I am not sure whether or not I have imagined it.
TIA
Are you going to dedicate an entire machine to this?
First, you can run Docker on any distro. Although Debian is great, the version of Docker in the repos is not. So, for Debian, you are going to want to download and install Docker from Docker. Docker is a company.
There is also Podman. This is a competitor to Docker written by Red Hat. It has some technical advantages. I use Podman myself. The command line is basically the same. They host the same containers (OCI images).
If you are going to run a lot of images on a single machine, management can get complicated. many people like Portainer for that.
thenewstack.io/an-introduction…
However, if you are going to dedicate a machine, I recommend Proxmox.
Proxmox takes over the hardware. It runs a hypervisor that lets you deploy virtual machines and containers easily. It gives you a great web-based UI to manage everything. Technically, it runs on Debian but you do not even need to know that. It deploys as on OS.
Proxmox actually has nothing to do with Docker. It allows you to deploy virtual machines (eg. Full Linux distributions or even Windows or other operating systems). It also allows you to create containers. However the container technology is not Docker but actually LXC.
When you deploy an LXC container in Proxmox, it is like launching a Linux VM. You get a full Linux distro that looks like a virtual machine and that shows up on your network like a full computer. But, it shares the kernel with Proxmox and so is incredibly light and resource efficient.
You can connect to Proxmox via a web browser and see any of your virtual machine or container desktops in your web browser (even if just command line).
Proxmox itself is always online. But you can start and stop individual machines (vm or container) whenever you want.
You really cannot appreciate how powerful all this is until you try it.
So, how does this help you run Docker?
Well, for many things, you may actually find it easier to just use a VM or LXC to install and run whatever it is you want. For many applications, I find it easier to manage a Linux distro than a Docker container.
Or, you create a VM or an LXC and run Docker inside of it. You can even run Portainer. You can run many Docker containers in a single VM. Or, create a new VM or LXC if that makes things easier.
But it is so much easier to manage in Proxmox.
For example, I run a Debian LXC container to run PiHole as an ad blocker on my network. It is super lightweight and I launched it by running a script like they suggest on the PiHole website. And I created a VM (with its own virtual disk for storage) to run Immich (photo management). Even though I run Immich with Docker compose, it is just nicer and easier to manage when it is the only thing running on the “machine” (a QEMU VM in Proxmox) with its own filesystem. I can pull up the Immich machine whenever I want and I am at the command-line where the last command was the the Docker up that I ran months ago). Same story for Jellyfin.
Do you also want a NAS? You can run one under Proxmox. But another thing to consider would be running TrueNAS as a NAS and using its built-in Docker support to run your containers.
truenas.com/truenas-community-…
TrueNAS Community Edition | Free Open Source Storage
TrueNAS Community Edition is the world's most deployed storage software. Free, flexible and build on OpenZFS with Docker.Ladislav Sirový (TrueNAS Open Enterprise Storage)
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Proxmox it is so.
I was going with NixOS and definitely going to try Podman as I've been reading all about that while downloading and copying the Isos. I will be dedicating an entire machine and if I don't do it today, I fear it will be another year before I come back to it. 🥴
I'm going to start it now . Thanks again.
Hopefully I'll have a few hours to myself after dinner.
One of my favourite things about having Proxmox on my network is how fast and easy it is to try out new distros.
I still haven’t kicked the tires on NixOS though.
What level of involvement are you looking for in setting up the host os?
I'm a NixOS fan because once you painstakingly get the configuration file set up you basically never need to do it again. If you don't need anything outside of nixpkgs it's easy, otherwise it's terrible. Docker is available in nixpkgs.
If you're going to report someone, don't also bait them to say more. That's literally trolling.
Besides, that's a sentiment many Jewish people have expressed. And you reported it as "nope"? Which doesn't make any sense and a lot of subs would ban as "abusing the report" function.
So...
Can you just chill out?
The comment is antisemitism as it directly tells Jews they should be ashamed to be Jewish for the actions of Israel. It is not himself claiming he feels shame to be Jewish.
The why question is rhetorical.
asudox
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IPFSNewOldGuard
in reply to The_Grinch [he/him] • • •Phoenixz
in reply to Spectre • • •Stop using the Internet. Seriously.
I already only used open source products for decades now, and the Internet is just a network, you can use different networks, different protocols if you want, even embedded on current Internet protocols, or maybe use even something that completely sidesteps the Internet
Either way, the Internet has mostly been a failure
AMAKI
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Contributors to Wikimedia projects (Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.)Aetherion
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in reply to AMAKI • • •All of my services are in a WireGuard VPN. The Internet only transports my VPN traffic. My cloud services run in a locked box, in my house and the only thing coming out of that box is VPN traffic.
To my devices, they just think that they're on a LAN.
I do use this site, but I limit/lie about personal details and use a VPN. I assume I'm identifiable and act accordingly.
Pearl
in reply to FauxLiving • • •FauxLiving
in reply to Pearl • • •The homelab and Linux communities are a good place to start. There's a lot of very well made free and open source software (FOSS) that can, with some effort (mostly learning), replace most of the cloud services you use.
For example: I use Jellyfin (movies, TV Shows) and Audiobookshelf (books/Audiobooks) to replace all of the streaming services. HomeAssistant for home automation, power management, etc. Zoneminder(experimenting with Frigate) for security.
It's all free, for homeassistant and zoneminder you'll have to check for compatible hardware and everything requires you to set up the server/networking side of things. But if you're willing to put in the time to learn, it's a fun hobby that pays for itself (assuming you're paying for streaming, home automation, cloud storage, etc).
rottingleaf
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in reply to AMAKI • • •Nostr is one of them, but I'd learn how to set that up first before using Primal.
Also, Nostr means Notes and Stuff on Relays, and is Free Software. This is the wild west of the internet, from what I was notified by my producer, Neigsendoig.
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in reply to Phoenixz • • •I dont mind if its implemented like it has been in germany for a while with eID. With an open source desktop or mobile app that uses NFC to talk to your ID and can be used to verify your age online to a 3rd party without leaking your birthday or any other personal info to them.
I dont know why there is so much screaming about age verification going on when these cryptographically provable anonymous systems already exist. Remember that "stop killing games" EU campaign with a million signatures? That also used exactly this system.
I would prefer not having any verification, but as that is not gonna happen at this point, i think its more important to focus on HOW to implement it. I dont understand why these companies like discord arent being forced to use these existing verification systems. Those arent legally provable at all so why arent they being sued for this?
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in reply to unexposedhazard • • •Do not add Google Play Integrity integration · eu-digital-identity-wallet av-doc-technical-specification · Discussion #19
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in reply to Spectre • • •That's probably how most of us ended up here
it_depends_man
in reply to Spectre • • •Hard to say.
Sounds like the alternatives are to suck it up, leave the country for somewhere that isn't the case yet, stop using the internet...
There definitely is a line where requiring nonsense is more effort than it is worth. That line has already definitely been crossed by "news media". The quality of articles and interviews is so abysmal, that any hear say you get over three rebounds over social media is still somehow equal to the original bad source.
Social media is on the edge. I don't expect to have a serious discussion on facebook or twitter, that's why I don't go there. If it's easier to hang out in a bar near a library to hope someone worth talking to walks in or something like that. That will be the thing to do.
And also, that line will probably just never be actually crossed for internet platforms like amazon or alibaba. Shipping and ordering things online is absurdly convenient compared to go to physical locations and them needing to have the thing stocked, etc..
Most of (open source) software is already built in a way that could be taken offline completely. Internet is just a fast and easy delivery mechanism, but carrying USB sticks is extremely viable for getting code from A to B
And for entertainment, I can honestly just go back to reading books. It's not the total information super highway, but it would be something.
Showroom7561
in reply to Spectre • • •I guess I'll start pirating things like local news, weather forecasts, and garbage pickup schedules.
In the meantime, I'll continue to self-host what I can, de-couple from online services, and find alternatives to get information from.
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in reply to refalo • • •Aetherion
in reply to banazir • • •I think we need to spread the word about this more.
Thanks so much. ❤
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Autonomi.
bacon_pdp
in reply to Spectre • • •Cevilia (she/they/…)
in reply to Spectre • • •gibmiser
in reply to Spectre • • •shortwavesurfer
in reply to Spectre • • •Use only services that don't require ID and laugh at the people who do and say I told you so.
Edit: I see myself more and more turning to the tor network and hidden services for daily usage.
Ulrich
in reply to Spectre • • •Luci
in reply to Spectre • • •vane
in reply to Spectre • • •Jimmycakes
in reply to Spectre • • •LemmyThinkAboutThat
in reply to Jimmycakes • • •jsomae
in reply to Spectre • • •cookie019
in reply to Spectre • • •WhiteOakBayou
in reply to cookie019 • • •That Weird Vegan
in reply to WhiteOakBayou • • •cookie019
in reply to WhiteOakBayou • • •WhiteOakBayou
in reply to cookie019 • • •cookie019
in reply to Spectre • • •Mike Hunt
in reply to Spectre • • •eldavi
in reply to Mike Hunt • • •UncleGrandPa
in reply to Spectre • • •Gravitywell
in reply to Spectre • • •GravityWell.xYz
gravitywell.xyzWhiteOakBayou
in reply to Gravitywell • • •Nerdulous
in reply to Gravitywell • • •Gravitywell
in reply to Nerdulous • • •Feel free to create an account, the sign ups should be open. There's also Jellyseerr if you have any requests to add.
I have a 500mbps fiber connection with my ISP, i could upgrade to 1gbps but i've not yet reached a point to warrant it. It's about $50 a month.
If you can't get that good of a connection at home, seedboxes, which can also have jellyfin installed, are pretty affordable.
Aetherion
in reply to Gravitywell • • •Aetherion
in reply to Gravitywell • • •Aria
in reply to Spectre • • •Metz
in reply to Spectre • • •We should really start concentrating more on decentralization.
Take Freifunk as example and similar projects.
What we need is a user-run private alternative to the internet. Wireless mesh networks are a very interesting step in that direction.
As long the infrastructure is owned by the government and companies, we will never be really free.
non-commercial initiative in Germany that builds community-driven, free wireless mesh networks
Contributors to Wikimedia projects (Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.)LemmyThinkAboutThat
in reply to Metz • • •Metz
in reply to LemmyThinkAboutThat • • •Jason2357
in reply to Spectre • • •dan1101
in reply to Spectre • • •LemmyThinkAboutThat
in reply to Spectre • • •Ditto. Also:
…just to name a few.
Zerush
in reply to LemmyThinkAboutThat • • •Don't use iPhone, use Fairphone with /e/OS or any dump phone, even the old Nokia in your drawer, which for sure still works, and only for calls.
Use the I2P network
What is I2P? Complete Guide to Setup, Use, and Safety - PrivacySavvy
Abeerah Hashim (PrivacySavvy)LemmyThinkAboutThat
in reply to Zerush • • •I’ve been seriously thinking about going back to Nokia. De-googled a few years ago, stopped using iCloud and switched to cross-platform and open-source software.
Currently, the Murena Fairphone 4 is the only one you can use in the US (Fairphone doesn’t directly deal with US customers) and incompatible with Verizon and AT&T. They recommend T-Mobile for US coverage.
Also heard about Cape here on a Lemmy post But Fairphone is “not eligible yet”.
This is the old Nokia 3650 that’s in my drawer. I loved it! Then AT&T made me upgrade because they were no longer supporting the old networks.
Thank you, Zerush!
It’s nice to know that someone else thinks the same way.
Murena Fairphone 4
Murena - deGoogled phones and servicesLemmyThinkAboutIt
in reply to LemmyThinkAboutThat • • •LemmyThinkAboutThat
in reply to LemmyThinkAboutIt • • •LemmyThinkAboutIt
in reply to LemmyThinkAboutThat • • •sifr
in reply to Zerush • • •Zerush
in reply to sifr • • •Not so expensive on long term and anyway cheaper than a iPhone with similar specs, the advantage of Fairphone is, it's modular, you can substitute or fix easy everything in the phone by yourself.
If you use Murena mail, Murena (e-Foundation) is a EU Cloud provider (OpenSource, selfhostable, encrypted, no-knowledge, green energy) and author of /e/OS and NextCloud, apart asociated with FairPhone, you can buy it there (Murena Phone) with /e/OS by default. It's by far the best alternative of GDrive, made in the EU.
Murena Workspace
Murena's Workspace
Murena - deGoogled phones and servicessibachian
in reply to Zerush • • •Zerush
in reply to sibachian • • •ONLYOFFICE
GitHubsibachian
in reply to Zerush • • •Zerush
in reply to sibachian • • •I'm an old retiree and don't need a big cloud service, enough for me to store the few things locally and for this I prefer to use the online SSuite, also privacy focused, even if it isn't OpenSource. Also Html5, but without account, anonym, free and blazing fast, no ads, no trackers, nor other crap, files a stored locally. It's a hobby project from 2 electricians, which gain money with their jobs, no interests of tracking or user data to make money.
SomeAmateur
in reply to LemmyThinkAboutThat • • •Postcrossing is really cool. You send and recieve post cards across the globe!
LemmyThinkAboutThat
in reply to SomeAmateur • • •That’s awesome, SomeAmateur!
I used to love sending postcards when I was younger, can’t believe I never heard of it. Thank ypu!
In case somebody’s curious, here’s a link to the Postcrossing website.
Postcards connecting the world - Postcrossing
www.postcrossing.comSomeAmateur
in reply to LemmyThinkAboutThat • • •sifr
in reply to LemmyThinkAboutThat • • •LemmyThinkAboutThat
in reply to sifr • • •Default Username
in reply to Spectre • • •JTskulk
in reply to Spectre • • •utopiah
in reply to Spectre • • •sibachian
in reply to utopiah • • •utopiah
in reply to sibachian • • •Sure 99.99% of traffic might still go through Netflix and Spotify and YouTube... but even .01% of traffic going through The Pirate Bay or CloudTorrents or Anna's Archive (which does provide torrents) it's still billions of files shared by millions of people, directly, from their computers to yours.
FWIW to get a very rough approximation, according to torrentfreak.com/bittorrent-is… BitTorrent is about ~5% of worldwide traffic.
My own perspective is that... not only streaming works well but there is also a huge economical incentive. YouTube started by facilitating the sharing of video content, including pirate one, BUT also made a way to earn money through ads. TikTok did the same with an ever bigger promise of fame. So I think the mechanism changed, namely it's not anymore about sharing content "just" to share but it's also with the hope of making an income from it. It's probably important to disentangle all that before comparing too much the trends.
PS: my own P2P (optional for transfer and with registrations closed, so mostly for me to broadcast my own content) video server video.benetou.fr/ relying on PeerTube to give also an example without any pirated content.
BitTorrent is No Longer the 'King' of Upstream Internet Traffic * TorrentFreak
Ernesto Van der Sar (TF Publishing)azuth
in reply to sibachian • • •What existed as p2p 20 years ago and doesn't today? I think they are all still here.
It's users that turned elsewhere but the p2p networks are still alive and well.
Zerush
in reply to utopiah • • •Yes, for example using Croc
github.com/schollz/croc
GitHub - schollz/croc: Easily and securely send things from one computer to another :package:
GitHubLiamBox
in reply to Spectre • • •Torrent more
Someone said I2P or TOR can be ran through port 80 but I doubt that.
mvirts
in reply to Spectre • • •Widdershins
in reply to Spectre • • •四眼心理医生
in reply to Spectre • • •yonderbarn
in reply to Spectre • • •sifr
in reply to Spectre • • •I don't use any "big brother" services. At work, it's a different story, I guess.
I wish that the internet was removed from every day reality. Or at least I wish it wasn't so invasive and obligatory.
appropriateghost
in reply to Spectre • • •I've gone long years without using any social media associated to my identity, as many others do, and i'll eat my cooked shirt if I start thinking, "hey sure why not let me into this shitty internet".
I'll be fine without using the internet if it comes down to it, at that point it'd be a liability. Dinosaurs think they can control the internet which is a hilarious proposition in the first place.
krunklom
in reply to appropriateghost • • •Resistai
in reply to Spectre • • •/home/pineapplelover
in reply to Resistai • • •SaneMartigan
in reply to Spectre • • •AntiOutsideAktion
in reply to SaneMartigan • • •Vupware
in reply to AntiOutsideAktion • • •Taleya
in reply to Vupware • • •SaneMartigan
in reply to AntiOutsideAktion • • •I used file explorer.
Much the same theme, I'm glad Calibre exists but I'd prefer to be able to copy files directly to my eReader.
borokov
in reply to Spectre • • •null
in reply to Spectre • • •atrielienz
in reply to Spectre • • •bitwolf
in reply to Spectre • • •Use Gemini even more
Spectre
in reply to bitwolf • • •rottingleaf
in reply to Spectre • • •Blaiz0r
in reply to rottingleaf • • •rottingleaf
in reply to Blaiz0r • • •Blaiz0r
in reply to rottingleaf • • •Aetherion
in reply to Spectre • • •You will need a new browser like lagrange
the first few very interesting “capsules” I found are:
gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/capcom/gemini://midnight.pub/Lagrange
gmi.skyjake.fiAetherion
in reply to bitwolf • • •It opened me to a whole new world! ❤
I think we need to spread the knowledge about this more.
bitwolf
in reply to Aetherion • • •I'm so glad you're enjoying it! 😁
Using gemini makes me feel like I'm in the 90's again just discovering the internet. It's such a nice feeling using it, its like you're interacting with people again rather than applications
FruitLips
in reply to Spectre • • •Anna
in reply to Spectre • • •Spectre
in reply to Anna • • •MTK
in reply to Spectre • • •root
in reply to MTK • • •MTK
in reply to root • • •ToiletFlushShowerScream
in reply to Spectre • • •shaggyb
in reply to Spectre • • •MTK
in reply to Spectre • • •KumaSudosa
in reply to MTK • • •𒉀TheGuyTM3𒉁
in reply to Spectre • • •If you need your id to access internet: not use it anymore, selfhosting go brrr
If you need your id for all content-sharing websites like social media or microblogging: return back to good ol webrings and static websites. Can't kill the web on its core principles. No algorithms, pure passion and creativity.
Saymaz
in reply to Spectre • • •UltraGiGaGigantic
in reply to Spectre • • •joel_feila
in reply to Spectre • • •Evotech
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in reply to Spectre • • •Korhaka
in reply to Spectre • • •Hotzilla
in reply to Spectre • • •MonkderVierte
in reply to Spectre • • •Frenchfryenjoyer (she/her)
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