A Win for Encryption: France Rejects Backdoor Mandate
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A Win for Encryption: France Rejects Backdoor Mandate
In a moment of clarity after initially moving forward a deeply flawed piece of legislation, the French National Assembly has done the right thing: it rejected a dangerous proposal that would have gutted end-to-end encryption in the name of fighting d…Electronic Frontier Foundation
While #Austria wants to rush an idea of the former TurquoiseGreen government into existence, based on the #EU #chatcontrol project, but Made in Austria:
orf.at/stories/3388462/
A Loss for Encryption.
Hi, we are Anna, Berta and Clara! But you can call us the Fediverse Chicks 😎
We are proud one-week-old Spanish chicks and have neither been to Poland nor Toronto. 🐤
We're not really that big into medicine, but we're hoping to get into AxWax's vegetable field someday!
#FediverseChicks #FediChickens #Chickens
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Congrats to #AgentOrange or should we better call him Mr #Krasnov? 🤔
Is it safe to travel with your phone right now?
Customs and Border Protection searches of phones and laptops at airports are on the rise, sometimes leading to deportations. What are your rights? The answer: it depends.Gaby Del Valle (The Verge)
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![The vulnerability is best illustrated by this code snippet:
const subreq = params.request.headers['x-middleware-subrequest'];
const subrequests = typeof subreq === 'string' ? subreq.split(':') : [];
// ...
for (const middleware of this.middleware || []) {
// ...
if (subrequests.includes(middlewareInfo.name)) {
result = {
response: NextResponse.next(),
waitUntil: Promise.resolve(),
};
continue;
}
}
This was part of Next.js internals used to help avoid applying middleware recursively to requests that are re-dispatched through the framework.
Unfortunately it also meant that attackers could send a x-middleware-subrequest HTTP header with a colon-separated list of middleware names to skip. If a site used middleware to apply an authentication gate (as suggested in the Next.js documentation) an attacker could bypass that authentication using this trick.](https://friendica.rogueproject.org/photo/preview/640/332417 "The vulnerability is best illustrated by this code snippet:
const subreq = params.request.headers['x-middleware-subrequest'];
const subrequests = typeof subreq === 'string' ? subreq.split(':') : [];
// ...
for (const middleware of this.middleware || []) {
// ...
if (subrequests.includes(middlewareInfo.name)) {
result = {
response: NextResponse.next(),
waitUntil: Promise.resolve(),
};
continue;
}
}
This was part of Next.js internals used to help avoid applying middleware recursively to requests that are re-dispatched through the framework.
Unfortunately it also meant that attackers could send a x-middleware-subrequest HTTP header with a colon-separated list of middleware names to skip. If a site used middleware to apply an authentication gate (as suggested in the Next.js documentation) an attacker could bypass that authentication using this trick.")
@jscholes yeah, that's about right - the vulnerability itself doesn't shake my confidence much because every mature framework eventually uncovers mistakes like this - what matters is the response
In this case their response could have been a lot better though - see the timeline in the post, they clearly have room for process improvement there
Lee Valley Tools is Canadian, family owned and operated, has profit sharing with employers, and has a max 10x for executive salaries relative to employees.
This is the type of Canada we can build when we evict the fascist yankees and their greed capitalism out of Canada!
#CdnPoli #ElbowsUp #ShopCanada #SupportCanada
"A dark star is a hypothetical type of star that may have existed early in the universe before conventional stars were able to form"
Digital Pathways to Violence: the Tech Ecosystem Behind the Antioch Shooting
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23 March 1938 | A Polish Jewish girl, Chanita Szklarczyk, daughter of Benjamin and Esther, was born in Sosnowiec.
In 1943 she was deported to #Auschwitz, where she was murdered in a gas chamber.
@futurebird it's funny that this argument has been going on since the 1960s. It was the insistence that images matter that provided us with the iconic Blue Marble after Stuart Brand was inspired by an LSD trip.
I found some better footage so I deleted my whiny post. But I do think there is a conversation here.
Good photos have a huge impact on the public!
Playing multimedia with #Dillo.
Here is a new article on how to play and queue #YouTube videos or #Bandcamp albums in #mpv from Dillo.
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'Buoy' a Concrete & Stainless Steel table lamp.
Dimensions and weight:
Width: 11 cm / 4 ½ Inches
Depth: 9.5 cm / 3 ¾ Inches
Height: 33 cm / 13 Inches
Weight: +/- 1.2 Kg / 2.6 lbs
Already sold but still have these beautiful images of it.
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#lamp #architecture #design #stilts #interior #terrazzo #productdesign #light #lightingdesign #lightsculpture #concrete #steel #handmade #industrial #cyberpunk #industrialdesign #art
Starting this month's photo posts with some BLM images
Here: stokes croft, July 2016. Eight years later and the US government is banning use of this and similar terms in the US govt, with subservient companies copying this to show their loyalty.
I wonder how long before Elon Musk does a database join of people who have used this hashtag on Twitter and who are listed as federal employees? Because he can now – he has the data.
#BlackLivesMatter #blackhistorymonth #streetart #streetphotography #bristol #uspol
Plinth of the Edward Colston statue, a statue which had been deposed, rolled over to the harbour and then thrown overboard.
It was the deposition of the statue which led the then home secretary, Priti Patel, to introduce oppressive laws about damaging statues. That is: rather than look at Britain's history in the slave trade – she made publicising its role a crime.
#blackhistorymonth #BLM #bristol #StreetArt #streetphotography
Huge improvement, still a few small defects but for a practice sample I probably won't bother.
Gonna do a high resolution scan of the entire die at 20x, stitch, then decide if I want more time at 3um or if I want to go straight to a final polish.
OK, I think I'm gonna say this is ready for the final polish (50nm colloidal alumina). Just need to get those few scratches out.
There are some larger chips at the edge of the die which is a problem I've struggled with in the past on hand polished specimens. Will likely have to run a lot of samples and experiment to see what reduces this effect. May or may not be the same source as the "chatter" I've seen during some polishing steps.
I also really need to work on my vibration issues, I had to re-shoot some of these images several times before I got one that turned out less blurry. It might be time to start thinking about spending money on more expensive vibration damping for the microscope. At 100x, it really needs it.
We're at the limits of what I can optically resolve, but in the cross sections I can see STI, tungsten (probably) via plugs, five x1 pitch copper metal layers, one larger copper layer, and one aluminum layer for a total of seven layers.
#MAGA - All signs are pointing to a coming recession as #US President #DonaldTrump imposes #tariffs on close trading partners, oversees mass firings of civil servants, and pushes for cuts to public services
> —but by firing economists, advisers, and other experts tasked with advising federal agencies on economic shifts, the administration is working to ensure that the government and the public can't read those signs. commondreams.org/news/how-will… #US #economy #recession #DOGE
As Economic Indicators Point to Recession, Trump Moves to Hide Key Data From Public
"Unfortunately tossing a scarf over the GDP numbers doesn't change the fact that their policies have us careening toward a downturn."julia-conley (Common Dreams)
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Octopus's Garden (Remastered 2009)
Provided to YouTube by Universal Music GroupOctopus's Garden (Remastered 2009) · The BeatlesThe Beatles 1967 - 1970℗ 2009 Calderstone Productions Limited (a ...YouTube
NEW BLOG POST! Weekly Style Recap: Mar. 17-21, 2025.
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Weekly Style Recap: Mar. 17-21, 2025
*tap, tap* … This thing still on? Yeah, I know it’s been a hot minute since I last wrote something original on here, let alone do a recap of my outfits for the week. Since this week was…Secure, in Style
So jealous!
I saw them just over 5 years ago, in what was one of their last pre-Covid shows, and it was absolutely amazing!
TIL why ~ is your home directory in #Unix and why HJKL is navigation in #vim. Thanks to @leyrer at #clt2025!
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Here's what we are reading today:
In an interview, Steve Witkoff, U.S. President Trump's Middle East envoy, said he 'liked' #Putin and did not think he was a 'bad guy.'
Witkoff is key in #Trump's efforts to mediate negotiations between #Ukraine and #Russia.
newsweek.com/steve-witkoff-ukr…
Steve Witkoff Says Putin Not a 'Bad Guy', Stumbles on Ukraine Geography
"I don't regard Putin as a bad guy," the Middle East special envoy told former Fox News journalist Tucker Carlson.Ellie Cook (Newsweek)
Bethesda Fountain, Central Park, NYC, 2013.
All the pixels, none of the fresh air or social interaction at flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/10…
Bethesda Fountain, Central Park, NYC
19 October 2013. Central Park, NYC. No emulsions were harmed in the making of this image. M2400196Flickr
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The composition brings to my mind "Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge", by El Lissitzky.
Samsung admits a bad software update has been bricking its soundbars
The speakers now likely need physical repair
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#news #tech #technology #audio #samsung #bricked
Samsung admits a bad software update has been bricking its soundbars
The confirmation comes straight from Jim Kiczek, the head of audio at Samsung Electronics America. In a statement to The Verge, Kiczek called it a software update...Zo Ahmed (TechSpot)
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#America Is Watching the Rise of a #DualState
For most people, the #courts will continue to operate as usual—until they don’t.
On Sept 20, 1938, a man who had witnessed the rise of #fascism packed his suitcases & fled his home in Berlin. He arranged to have smuggled separately a manuscript that he had drafted in secret over the previous 2 yrs. This book was a remarkable one. It clarified what was unfolding in Berlin…, the catalyst for its author’s flight.
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America Is Watching the Rise of a Dual State
For most people, the courts will continue to operate as usual—until they don’t.Aziz Huq (The Atlantic)
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…Today, we are witnessing the birth of a new #DualState. The #US has long had a normative state. That system was always imperfect. Our #criminal #justice system, for example, sweeps in far too many people, for far too little security in exchange. Even so, it is recognizably part of the normative state.
What the #Trump administration & its allies are trying to build now, however, is not.
#law #PerogativePower #ForTheeButNotForMe #tyranny #Dictatorship #autocracy #MafiaState #NaziState
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