Without a GUI: How to Live Entirely in a Terminal
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20303418
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“The books will stop working.”
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20297331
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Welcome to the Old Internet Again
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20297435
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Gmail's "confidential mode" doesn't prevent Google from seeing and storing the contents of users' emails. Doesn't sound very confidential, says EFF's @jenuhhveev
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kateoflahertyuk/2019/06/27/new-warning-reveals-gmails-major-privacy-problem/#37a1aed07d34
The Simple Genius of Checklists, from B-17 to the Apollo Missions
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20293246
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#Akademy-es starts tomorrow! Enjoy the vibrant city of Vigo (and its seafood!) and learn about privacy, Kirigami, AppStream, Qt for Python, hardening and security, Plasma and Plasma Mobile, and more.
https://www.kde-espana.org/akademy-es-2019
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A Learning Secret: Don't Take Notes with a Laptop (2014)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20268974
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Governments shouldn't be hosting in the public cloud:
⛔️ No control over access to your data
💽 Don’t know where your data is
💥 A single points of failure
🔕 You won’t know if you got hacked
🔪 No control over changes and features
Longest-running oil spill in history releasing more than 4,500 gallons per day
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20266878
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Building an LTE Access Point with a Raspberry Pi
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20257990
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Even The Washington Post agrees: Goodbye, Chrome: Google’s web browser has become spy software https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/06/21/google-chrome-has-become-surveillance-software-its-time-switch/
NSA Starts Contributing Low-Level Code to UEFI BIOS Alternative
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20247534
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Two-factor authentication is a simple, powerful way to add a new layer of protection to your online accounts. Which type is right for you? https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/09/guide-common-types-two-factor-authentication-web
SACK Panic – Multiple TCP-based remote denial-of-service issues
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20205566
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Carnival Cruises emits ten times more sulphur oxide than all of Europe’s cars
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20203006
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SIM swap horror story: I've lost decades of data and Google won't help
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20203482
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Did you know that with the Librem 5 smartphone you can remove the back and have access to :
- the battery
- a removable OpenPGP smart card
- a removable cellular modem
- and a microSD card so you can expand your storage later on
More here:
https://puri.sm/posts/with-purism-products-you-are-in-control/