Miscellaneous Tech News
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A Surveillance Wall Is Not a Good Alternative to a Concrete Wall
If there’s one political dynamic that’s become perfectly clear in 2019, it’s this: President Trump is calling for a physical wall to be built along the U.S. southern border. Trump's political opponents, and many other groups, oppose that wall.
In response, some congressional Democrats have suggested building up a kind of virtual wall, built on surveillance technology. They’d like to expand social media screening, deploy drones, scan license plates (and not just from cars crossing the border), and even collect DNA from immigrants. All of these methods raise serious privacy concerns.
At EFF, we’re staying focused on making sure any new border measure protects the essential liberties of both U.S. residents and foreign visitors. The border shouldn't be treated like a Constitution-free zone.
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
A Surveillance Wall Is Not a Good Alternative to a Concrete Wall
If there’s one political dynamic that’s become perfectly clear in 2019, it’s this: President Trump is calling for a physical wall to be built along the U.S. southern border. Trump's political opponents, and many other groups, oppose that wall.
In response, some congressional Democrats have suggested building up a kind of virtual wall, built on surveillance technology. They’d like to expand social media screening, deploy drones, scan license plates (and not just from cars crossing the border), and even collect DNA from immigrants. All of these methods raise serious privacy concerns.
At EFF, we’re staying focused on making sure any new border measure protects the essential liberties of both U.S. residents and foreign visitors. The border shouldn't be treated like a Constitution-free zone.
Except it's pretty much just that.
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Facebook got sat down
https://media.giphy.com/media/Acju6AOdvEyEU/giphy.gifApple promptly revoked Facebook's Enterprise Certificate yesterday evening. This had the effect not only of preventing further use of the app to collect user data but also of removing Facebook's ability to use Apple's Enterprise Developer Program internally. Facebook employees must now use Apple's App Store to download the apps they have developed onto their own iPhones or iPads until the situation is resolved or a new solution is adopted. Apple's move not only affects distribution of new apps but makes existing apps inoperable within the organization.
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@nadnerB Whoops, lol
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Microsoft blames chip supply issues for drop in Windows revenue
Surface nearing $2B in revenue, cloud continues to be strong.
Microsoft has posted the results of the second quarter of its 2019 financial year, which runs up to December 31, 2018. Revenue was $32.5 billion, up 12 percent year-on-year; operating income was $10.3 billion, up 18 percent; and net income was $8.6 billion, as compared to a $6.3 billion loss due to the impact of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act one year ago. Earnings per share were $1.08, as compared to a loss of $0.82.
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@mlnews chip supply issues would also be on MS for chooses chips that can't be delivered.
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Google+ shuts down April 2, all data will be deleted
Google's failed Facebook clone will be scrubbed from the Internet.
Google's support page details exactly how the G+ shutdown will go down, and it's not just freezing posts on the site. The whole site will be taken down, and everything will be deleted. "On April 2nd, your Google+ account and any Google+ pages you created will be shut down and we will begin deleting content from consumer Google+ accounts," the page reads.
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@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Google+ shuts down April 2, all data will be deleted
Google's failed Facebook clone will be scrubbed from the Internet.
Google's support page details exactly how the G+ shutdown will go down, and it's not just freezing posts on the site. The whole site will be taken down, and everything will be deleted. "On April 2nd, your Google+ account and any Google+ pages you created will be shut down and we will begin deleting content from consumer Google+ accounts," the page reads.
It's odd because I actually liked Google+. I enjoyed the layout and how it was meant to be used. But then they made some changes to Facebook-ify it and it just got super weird.
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Xen Orchestra 5.31
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@coliver said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Google+ shuts down April 2, all data will be deleted
Google's failed Facebook clone will be scrubbed from the Internet.
Google's support page details exactly how the G+ shutdown will go down, and it's not just freezing posts on the site. The whole site will be taken down, and everything will be deleted. "On April 2nd, your Google+ account and any Google+ pages you created will be shut down and we will begin deleting content from consumer Google+ accounts," the page reads.
It's odd because I actually liked Google+. I enjoyed the layout and how it was meant to be used. But then they made some changes to Facebook-ify it and it just got super weird.
I'm always amazed that it is still around. I always found it awful, and deserted.
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@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Xen Orchestra 5.31
https://xen-orchestra.com/blog/xen-orchestra-5-31If you're using the open source version hopefully you haven't done any upgrading in the past few weeks... Delta backups are broken.
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@bnrstnr said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Xen Orchestra 5.31
https://xen-orchestra.com/blog/xen-orchestra-5-31If you're using the open source version hopefully you haven't done any upgrading in the past few weeks... Delta backups are broken.
again?
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@DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@bnrstnr said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Xen Orchestra 5.31
https://xen-orchestra.com/blog/xen-orchestra-5-31If you're using the open source version hopefully you haven't done any upgrading in the past few weeks... Delta backups are broken.
again?
I don't believe it was ever fixed. This issue is still open.
https://github.com/vatesfr/xen-orchestra/issues/3875 -
OPNsense 19.1
https://forum.opnsense.org/index.php?topic=11398.0OPNsense 19.1 is now based on HardenedBSD instead FreeBSD.
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Alpine Linux 3.9.0
https://www.alpinelinux.org/posts/Alpine-3.9.0-released.htmlSIGNIFICANT UPDATES
Linux 4.19
GCC 8.2.0
Busybox 1.29
musl libc 1.1.20
Go 1.11.5@stacksofplates
LXC 3.1
PostgreSQL 11.1
Node.js 10.14.2
Crystal 0.27
Zabbix 4.0.3
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Apple revokes Google’s enterprise iOS certificate, shuts down internal apps
Google and Facebook were both caught violating Apple's TOS, and now both are banned.
Apple's Developer Enterprise Program allows developers to distribute iOS apps outside of the walled garden of the App Store but only under the condition that they limit this distribution to employees only. Yesterday, news broke that both Google and Facebook had built data-sucking "research" apps on Apple's enterprise app program and that both companies were caught distributing these apps to research participants outside the company. Facebook's app program was public first and was banned by Apple, with the company reiterating that "Any developer using their enterprise certificates to distribute apps to consumers will have their certificates revoked."
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DragonBox is dead, submits proposed settlement in court. Ordered to pay $14.5 million
Netflix, Amazon, and Hollywood studios shut down maker of “free TV” box. Per settlement, Dragon Box will pay $14.5M and close piracy-enabling services.
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@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
OPNsense 19.1
https://forum.opnsense.org/index.php?topic=11398.0OPNsense 19.1 is now based on HardenedBSD instead FreeBSD.
I'm using this as my Lab's router. It's great!
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@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
OPNsense 19.1
https://forum.opnsense.org/index.php?topic=11398.0OPNsense 19.1 is now based on HardenedBSD instead FreeBSD.
Interesting. Nice update.
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
OPNsense 19.1
https://forum.opnsense.org/index.php?topic=11398.0OPNsense 19.1 is now based on HardenedBSD instead FreeBSD.
Interesting. Nice update.
My brother and I are pushing this out for our replacement firewalls this weekend. <<crossing fingers>>
