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@arne@uplegger.eu Glückwunsch, das ist in der Tat doch mal eine erfreuliche Abwechslung. :-)

@arne@uplegger.eu Hals- und Beinbruch! Die Bahn hat ja nur die vier Feinde: Frühling, Sommer, Herbst und Winter. Wurdest Du heute positiv überrascht?

Torizon and Texas Instruments Collaborate on Cybersecurity Compliance for Embedded Systems
Torizon and Texas Instruments have announced a collaboration aimed at simplifying cybersecurity compliance and development for industrial and medical embedded systems. The partnership integrates Torizon’s software platform with TI’s Arm-based, Linux-capable processors, addressing increasing security requirements such as those outlined in the EU Cyber Resilience Ac … ⌘ Read more

@arne@uplegger.eu That’s nice, but … where do they get the money for this? Must be expensive as heck. 😅

Good luck @arne@uplegger.eu !

@bender@twtxt.net @arne@uplegger.eu Hahaha, I love it! :-D

@movq@www.uninformativ.de @arne@uplegger.eu Ach Herrjeh, was für ein Interview! O_o Unfassbar. Da kannste den Sender auch gleich dichtmachen, sowas braucht ja echt niemand. Der Moderator hört sich in der Tat arg versprengt an. :-(

@bender@twtxt.net @prologic@twtxt.net The outcome was to be expected but it’s still pretty catastrophic. Here’s an overview:

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East Germany is dominated by AfD. Bavaria is dominated by CSU (it’s always been that way, but this is still a conservative/right party). Black is CDU, the other conservative/right party.

The guy who’s probably going to be chancellor recently insulted the millions of people who did demonstrations for peace/anti-right. “Idiots”, “they’re nuts”, stuff like that. This was before the election. He already earned the nickname “Mini Trump”.

Both the right and the left got more votes this time, but the left only gained 3.87 percentage points while the right (CDU/CSU + AfD) gained 14.72:

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The Green party lost, SPD (“mid-left”) lost massively (worst result in their history). FDP also lost. These three were the previous government.

This isn’t looking good at all, especially when you think about what’s going to happen in the next 4 years. What will CDU (the winner) do? Will they be able to “turn the ship around”? Highly unlikely. They are responsible for the current situation (in large parts). They will continue to do business as usual. They will do anything but help poor/ordinary people. This means that AfD will only get stronger over the next 4 years.

Our only hope would be to ban AfD altogether. So far, nobody but non-profit organizations is willing to do that (for unknown reasons).

I don’t even know if banning the AfD would help (but it’s probably our best/only option). AfD politicians are nothing but spiteful, hateful, angry, similar to Trump/MAGA. If you’ve seen these people talk and still vote for them, then you must be absolutely filled with rage and hatred. Very concerning.

Correct me if I’m wrong, @lyse@lyse.isobeef.org, @arne@uplegger.eu, @johanbove@johanbove.info.

@arne@uplegger.eu

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@arne@uplegger.eu @eapl_en@eapl.me I’m sorry if I don’t respond to a reply. I don’t have a notification system for mentions at the moment. The work is manual!

I added to my bookmark. Good job @arne@uplegger.eu 🙌

@arne@uplegger.eu Nur gebrauchtes Lego ist gutes Lego!

@arne@uplegger.eu Right, they’re great for upcycling. I knew you’d love that part. ;-)

Heute waren das Ziehkind und ich zwei Stunden lang auf drei Spielplätzen und quer durch die Stadt unterwegs. Ein riesiger Spaß!
Vorab habe ich im hiesigen Spielzeugladen ein Konvolut von Klemmbausteinen erstanden, welche wohl zu einer Polizeistation gehörten!?

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@arne@uplegger.eu Amazing!!! 😋

here is my progress so far: https://github.com/eapl-gemugami/twtxt-direct-message-php
The encryption part seems to work, if I decrypt it the message with OpenSSL.
I think it can help you for some key parts not well explained in OpenSSL documentation.

@andros@twtxt.andros.dev reading your spec I wrote a few notes here: https://github.com/eapl-gemugami/twtxt-direct-message-php/blob/main/direct_message_spec.md

@arne@uplegger.eu I haven’t check your repo yet, although you are using sodium, right?

@arne@uplegger.eu Here are the results of the german jury:

Known salt (B64): Tb9oj07UhwU= (8)
Known key (B64): MII0yj+MC0mHNx254Voar80bi9P7jmocs0+x+inaxBE=
Known iv (B64): l/PvkDjOKMFZe73KptrvWw== (16)
Shared Key (B64): ql8zvN03p6kroSwNrcKbxk4zSBQFkgQZEumvqVIDMAE=
** DECRYPT **
Encrypted Message: ...
Decoded Salt (B64): Tb9oj07UhwU= (8)
PBKDF2 KEY (B64): MII0yj+MC0mHNx254Voar80bi9P7jmocs0+x+inaxBE=
iv (B64): JanbU1jI30lb6yfjq/adjA== (16)
Decrypted Message: 

😭

@arne@uplegger.eu With the OpenSSL option -p one can get an output of salt, key and iv. My stupid PHP-code can get everything right from the encrypted data (from OpenSSL) - except the iv! Damn “evpKDF” 😔

@arne@uplegger.eu I think you want to use the sodium_crypto functions/modules for PHP 🤔🤔

@arne@uplegger.eu Hi! I love that you’re implementing it! Maybe, when we’re both done, we could test the clients by communicating both.
I don’t think I’m going to be able to help you much, my knowledge of OpenSSL and PHP is not as high as I’d like it to be.
Maybe the OpenSSL version uses SHA-1 by default in PHP. Or that the IV is derived together with the key (not generated separately). But I’m not able to answer your questions, sorry.
I’m invoking the commands directly, without any libraries in between. Maybe that would help you?

@arne@uplegger.eu Well, just for my understanding. The command:
echo "Lorem ipsum" | openssl enc -aes-256-cbc -pbkdf2 -iter 100000 -out message.enc -pass file:shared_key.bin
will take the input string from echo to openssl. It then will

1. use the content of shared_key.bin as password
   
2. use PBKDF2 with an iteration of 100000 to generate a encryption key from the given password (shared_key.bin)
   
3. use the PBKDF2 generated key for an aes-256-cbc encryption
   

The final result is encrypted data with the prepended salt (which was generated by runtime), e.g.: Salted__q�;��-�T���"h%��5�� ....

With a dummy script I now can generate a valide shared key within PHP ‘openssl_pkey_derive()’ - identical to OpenSSL.
I also can en-/decrypt salted data within my script, but not with OpenSSL. There are several parameters of PBKDF2 unknown to me.

Question:

1. Is the salt, used by aes-256-cbc and PBKDF2 the same, prepended in the encrypted data?
   
2. Witch algorithm/cipher is used within PBKDF2: sha1, sha256, …?
   
3. What is the desired key length of PBKDF2 (https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.openssl-pbkdf2.php)?
   

To be continued …

@arne@uplegger.eu

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I’m continuing my tt rewrite in Go and quickly implemented a stack widget for tview. The builtin Pages is similar but way too complicated for my use case. I would have to specify a mandatory name and some additional options for each page. Also, it allows me to randomly jump around between pages using names, but only gives me direct access the first, however, not the last page. Weird. I don’t wanna remember names. All I really need is a classic stack. You open a new fullscreen dialog and maybe another one on top of that. Closing the upper most brings you back to the previous one and so on.

The very first dialog I added is viewing the raw message text. Unlike in @arne@uplegger.eu’s TwtxtReader, I’m not able to include the original timestamp, though. I don’t have it in its original form in the database. :-/

Next up is a URL view.

@arne@uplegger.eu Der Real-O-Mat ging neulich auch rum: https://real-o-mat.de/ (Ändert bei mir im Ergebnis nix, die Antworten/Begründungen sind aber interessant(er).)

@prologic@twtxt.net In the EU there are Laws, Rules and Regulations for many things. I’m not an expert, but your case may sound like it could match to the EU Digital Services Act.

[…] for example, the obligation to establish points of contact for authorities and citizens […]

To all my EU friends out there, is it this hard™ to reach a human in European companies that allow, perform or permit silly shenanigans? 🤔 Or is it just US companies? 🤔

@arne@uplegger.eu Ohjemine, TYPO3! O_o Lass mich schreiend davonlaufen!

Mit dieser absoluten Katastrophensoftware vor dem Herrn haben wir mal ein Studienprojekt gemacht. Die hat alle Vorurteile komplett übererfüllt. Angefangen von Fehlerseiten, die statt 4xx oder dergleichen immer mit HTTP 200 ausgeliefert wurden oder auch, dass das generierte HTML leider einfach ungültig war. Über die Implementierung von Löschen durch einen Deleted-Schalter in der Datenbank, das Speichern von Passwörtern im Klartext bis hin zu völlig umständlichen Bedienungskonzepten. Alles hat immer brutal viele Schritte gebraucht. Das Zeilennummernrumgeeier im TYPO-Script erinnerte eher an Basic. Uns kam es auch so vor, als ob man damit nicht ernsthaft was sinnvolles machen könnte.

Zu allem Überfluss hatte irgendwer noch ein ganz hundsmiserables Buch ausgegraben, das als Vorbereitung dienen sollte. Ich kann mich zum Glück weder an den Titel noch den Autor erinnern, aber ich weiß noch, wie das komplett inkonsistent geschrieben war. Anfangs gabs mehrere Seiten zu Unicode und UTF-8 wurde angepriesen, aber alle Beispiele haben dann auf ISO-8859-1 gesetzt. Gezeigter Beispielcode war häufig unterste Schublade. Selten hab ich so merkwürdige Erklärungen gelesen: „Wenn Sie die Sicherheitswarnhinweise stören, kommentieren Sie doch bitte im Quelltext die die()-Funktion in $ZEILE aus.“ Oder ein anderer Klassiker: „Ausgeschrieben würde der Code wohl folgendes tun…“. War sich der Autor also nicht ganz sicher, ob sein Codeschnipsel vllt. doch in Wahrheit was ganz anderes tut.

Seit diesem gigantischen Trauma (das hat mich wirklich sehr nachhaltig geprägt, wie man Dinge nicht machen sollte) hab ich erfolgreich einen Bogen um das TYPO3-Universum gemacht.

Ich kann nur hoffen, dass es zwischenzeitlich ein wenig besser geworden ist. Aber Deinem Kurzbericht zufolge scheint da ja immer noch der Wurm drin zu sein. Mein Beileid! :-(

@arne@uplegger.eu Manchmal HASSE ich TYPO3! 💩

@arne@uplegger.eu Operation geglückt, Patient tot - oder so. Die nächsten Tage dann die Aufräumarbeiten. 😒

@arne@uplegger.eu Und los geht die wilde Fahrt!

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@arne@uplegger.eu Eis im Januar, ja sapperlott, ist denn schon wieder Sommer im hohen Norden!?

Heute war ich mit dem Ziehkind in der Stadt unterwegs.
Mitten beim Eisschlecken fährt die Polizei in einem zivilen Wagen quer durch die Fußgängerzone. An der Bank am Markt dann weitere Uniformierte und kein Einlass für Kunden.
Da mussten wir uns in der Stadtbibliothek erst einmal Material zu dem Thema besorgen.

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@arne@uplegger.eu Whoop! Whoop! Es klappt!

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Danke an @arne@uplegger.eu, der mich hier in einen komplett neuen Kosmos gebracht hat! Ich bin gespannt!

Der TwtxtReader (Dummy) hat ein leichtes Re-Design bekommen. Die Devise lautet “mobile first”!
Eine Mehrsprachigkeitsunterstützung ist nun per YAML-Dateien drin.
Besonders stolz bin ich auf die Zeitangabe der Beiträge, mit Singular-Plural-Unterscheidung in unterschiedlichen Sprachen. Dafür gibt es extra einen eigenen Fluid-ViewHelper zur Übersetzungsschnittstelle.
Fortsetzung folgt …

@dfaria.eu@dfaria.eu Farewell! 👋

@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org Danke! Ja, es gibt noch unzählige Stellschrauben an dem Ding. Deine Anmerkungen werde ich einarbeiten. Eine mobile Ansicht wär auch noch schön. Derzeit sitzt es auf dem Smartphone doch noch recht stramm.

@Unterhaltungen: Die von gestern zu verschlüsselten Nachrichten war ausschlaggebend für die Umsetzung. In “Timeline” und “Yarn” haben mich die Lösungsansätze bisher nicht überzeugt. Aber wir können ja alle etwas von einander lernen.

@arne@uplegger.eu Uuuuhhh, das fühlt sich klasse an, gute Arbeit mein Lieber! :-)

Besonders positiv hervorheben muss ich die Rohdatenansicht. Sowas hab ich mir auch schon in der Vergangenheit hin und wieder gewünscht. Wie toll es doch wär, direkt den Eintrag im Original zu sehen, ohne erst im Feed mühsam auf die Suche gehen zu müssen, was auch noch einen Wechsel auf den Browser oder den Editor erzwingt. Das werd ich mir definitiv auch einbauen. Insbesondere für die Entwicklung absolut hilfreich. Die Textarea könntest Du noch mit einem readonly-Attribut ausstatten.

Die Gesamtbaumansicht einer Unterhaltung gefällt mir ebenfalls. Davon bin ich ja ein großer Verfechter. Nicht nur die direkten Antworten zu sehen, sondern alle. Klar, bei tief verschachtelten Unterhaltungen und sehr langen Beiträgen verliert man da doch mal den Überblick, aber die kommen in der Praxis meiner Erfahrung nur selten vor.

Die zwei Elemente in der Fußzeile eines Beitrags würde ich auch noch versuchen in die Kopfzeile zu verschieben, dann wird die Darstellung insgesamt kompakter, gerade bei Unterhaltungen könnte das von Vorteil sein.

Weiter so!

@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org Du kannst selbst gern mal im TwtxtReader-Dummy herumklicken. Da ist natürlich alles auf meinen Feed eingestellt.
Bildschirmfotos wirken irgendwie nicht.

@arne@uplegger.eu Klingt gut, Du darfst uns gern mal ein paar Bildschirmfotos vom aktuellen Stand zeigen. :-) Die erste Aufnahme sah bereits recht aufgeräumt aus.

Ich müsste auch endlich mal an meinem Client weitermachen. Aber heut nimmer.

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@arne@uplegger.eu Hahaha, vor Dekaden hab ich auch mal einen „XML“-„Parser“ selbst gebaut. Der wollte dann pro Zeile entweder einen öffnenden oder einen schließenden Tag oder aber einen Wert haben. :-O Ganz übel, aber für den damaligen Anwendungsfall hat’s gelangt. War halt bloß kein XML. :-D

Was konkret war dann das Problem von dem zu sauberen XML in Deinem Fall? Und schön zu hören, dass Du das Gerät vor dem vorzeitigen Elektroschrotttod bewahrt bekommen hast. :-)

Zum Abschluss noch ne ganz doofe Frage, ganz offensichtlich hab ich von Radios keinen blassen Schimmer. Wieso muss denn das Ding überhaupt mit XML rumfuhrwerken? O_o

While the US politicians and tech billionaires are going full-on fascist mode, here is a reminder that there are European alternatives for many well known digital and online services: https://european-alternatives.eu

There are European alternatives for many well known digital and online services: https://european-alternatives.eu

@arne@uplegger.eu nice work with the client.
I also see you are using the Yellow CMS for your website🍋

@arne@uplegger.eu Welcome! 🤗

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EU Not Reassessing Apple and Google Antitrust Investigations, But New Administration Could Shift Priorities
The European Union is “reassessing” its investigations into big U.S. tech companies like Apple, Meta, and Google, claims Financial Times, though a spokesperson from the European Commission has denied that such a review is taking place.

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[WTS] [EU] [2 XMR] Pinephone Pro FULL KIT

It includes all kind of accesories and extra electronics. Very good condition.

Link: https://xmrbazaar.com/listing/wHa8/

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Moin @arne@uplegger.eu, herzlich willkommen! Ich bin gerade auf https://uplegger.eu/blog/popelfinger gestoßen und war sofort sehr begeistert. :-D Mal sehen, ob ich die anderen an einem der Feiertage davon überzeugt bekomme, das mal auszuprobieren. :-)

Das Spiel der 20 Felder: Die möglichen Regeln des 4.600 Jahre alten Spiels mit einem Entwurf für einen modernen Spielplan.

Report: Apple to Stop Selling iPhone 14 and iPhone SE in EU This Month
Apple plans to stop selling the iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Plus, and third-generation iPhone SE in European Union countries later this month, to comply with a regulation that will soon require newly-sold smartphones with wired charging to be equipped with a USB-C port in those countries, according to [French blog iGeneration](https://www.igen. … ⌘ Read more

What the EU’s new software legislation means for developers
The EU Cyber Resilience Act will introduce new cybersecurity requirements for software released in the EU. Learn what it means for your open source projects and what GitHub is doing to ensure the law will be a net win for open source maintainers.

The post [What the EU’s new software legislation means for developers](https://github.blog/open-source/maintainers/what-the-eus-new-software-legislation-means-fo … ⌘ Read more

[WTS] [EU] [0.1 XMR] LycaMobile Germany +49 ready to use

LycaMobile SIM card without credit. Can be used immediately after topping up, no registration required. Please inquire about shipping outside the EU.

Link: https://xmrbazaar.com/listing/bTW7/

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So let’s recap… We’ve got Putin waging war against Ukraine. Netanyahu waging war against Palestine. Iran getting involved. Kim Jong Un helping Russia and sending soldiers as resources for Putin’s war. And now Trump has won a 2nd term in the US where we’ll see him scrap EU sanctions and fines against US companies violating EU laws and what else? 🤔

What dafuq is wrong with this world?! 🌍

Apple Intelligence Rolling Out in the European Union Starting in April 2025
Apple plans to roll out Apple Intelligence features to iPhone and iPad users in the European Union starting in April 2025, according to information included in today’s M4 iMac announcement [in European countries](https://www.apple.com/fr/newsroom/2024/10/apple-introduces-new-imac-supercharged-by- … ⌘ Read more

[WTS] [EU] [0.1+ XMR] Monero Sticker Stand

Present your precious Monero Sticker collection with this slick 3D printed Sticker Stand. Compatible with all 10 x 10 cm² Stickers. Comes with 10 Monero Stickers.

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[ANN] BetGlide.net - a new Monero (XMR) sportsbook

Inspired by similar projects, we wanted to make a sportsbook with Monero as its native currency, but make it a little bit more full featured and easier to use. No other sportsbook in the world provides our unique combination of respect for your privacy, features, and customer support. Come check us out. (Not currently available in US/EU. See terms).

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[WTS] [EU] [0.2+ XMR] Monero Stickers 250pcs

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[WTS] [EU/US] Famous Dutch Cheese
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sim boa tarde, tudo bem, olhe eu hoje não posso ir trabalhar, não vai dar, estou a ser alvo de um ciberataque de grande escala

(se funciona pra eles, funciona pra mim)

Episódio estranho num táxi em Coimbra. Entrei depois de sair do comboio, e o taxista disse-me logo que tinha de pagar em dinheiro porque não tinha MB. Tudo ok, vamos lá. Quando chegámos ao destino, situação bem estranha:

– Ora bem, são 6.70€
– Ok, vou é precisar de fatura
– Ah não, fatura não tenho
– Como assim?
– Não posso passar fatura
– OK, então temos um problema porque eu tenho de declarar a despesa
– Amigo não lhe posso fazer nada, se não quiser não pague
– o_O como? É assim?
– Pois, se quiser não pague e vá à sua vida
– Ok, uma boa tarde para o senhor
– Boa tarde

O senhor não foi nada mal-educado, simplesmente encolheu os ombros. E eu lá fui à minha vida, sem pagar.

@xuu@txt.sour.is I think it is more tricky than that.

https://commission.europa.eu/law/law-topic/data-protection/reform/rules-business-and-organisations/application-regulation/who-does-data-protection-law-apply_en

“A company or entity …”

Also, as I understand it, “personal or household activity” (as you called it) is rather strict: An example could be you uploading photos to a webspace behind HTTP basic auth and sending that link to a friend. So, yes, a webserver is involved and you process your friend’s data (e.g., when did he access your files), but it’s just between you and him. But if you were to publish these photos publicly on a webserver that anyone can access, then it’s a different story – even though you could say that “this is just my personal hobby, not related to any job or money”.

If you operate a public Yarn pod and if you accept registrations from other users, then I’m pretty sure the GDPR applies. 🤔 You process personal data and you don’t really know these people. It’s not a personal/private thing anymore.

@movq@www.uninformativ.de @falsifian@www.falsifian.org @prologic@twtxt.net Maybe I don’t know what I’m talking about and You’ve probably already read this: Everything you need to know about the “Right to be forgotten” coming straight out of the EU’s GDPR Website itself. It outlines the specific circumstances under which the right to be forgotten applies as well as reasons that trump the one’s right to erasure …etc.

I’m no lawyer, but my uneducated guess would be that:

A) twts are already publicly available/public knowledge and such… just don’t process children’s personal data and MAYBE you’re good? Since there’s this:

… an organization’s right to process someone’s data might override their right to be forgotten. Here are the reasons cited in the GDPR that trump the right to erasure:

• The data is being used to exercise the right of freedom of expression and information.
  
• The data is being used to perform a task that is being carried out in the public interest or when exercising an organization’s official authority.
  
• The data represents important information that serves the public interest, scientific research, historical research, or statistical purposes and where erasure of the data would likely to impair or halt progress towards the achievement that was the goal of the processing.
  

B) What I love about the TWTXT sphere is it’s Human/Humane element! No deceptive algorithms, no Corpo B.S …etc. Just Humans. So maybe … If we thought about it in this way, it wouldn’t heart to be even nicer to others/offering strangers an even safer space.
I could already imagine a couple of extreme cases where, somewhere, in this peaceful world one’s exercise of freedom of speech could get them in Real trouble (if not danger) if found out, it wouldn’t necessarily have to involve something to do with Law or legal authorities. So, If someone asks, and maybe fearing fearing for… let’s just say ‘Their well being’, would it heart if a pod just purged their content if it’s serving it publicly (maybe relay the info to other pods) and call it a day? It doesn’t have to be about some law/convention somewhere … 🤷 I know! Too extreme, but I’ve seen news of people who’d gone to jail or got their lives ruined for as little as a silly joke. And it doesn’t even have to be about any of this.

P.S: Maybe make X tool check out robots.txt? Or maybe make long-term archives Opt-in? Opt-out?
P.P.S: Already Way too many MAYBE’s in a single twt! So I’ll just shut up. 😅

Setapp Mobile Launches in Open Beta as Alternative App Store in EU
Ukraine-based developer MacPaw has announced the open beta release of Setapp Mobile, its alternative app store for iOS devices in the European Union. This launch comes in the wake of the Digital Markets Act (DMA), which mandates support for third-party app marketplaces on iOS in the EU.

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Apple Loses Major Tax Dispute in Europe, Must Pay Ireland €13 Billion
The European Union’s Court of Justice today said it has confirmed the European Commission’s 2016 decision that Ireland had given illegal tax benefits worth €13 billion to Apple from 1991 to 2014. This is a final ruling, so Ireland is now required to recove … ⌘ Read more

EU Consumer Group Summarizes How Apple Fails to Comply With DMA
There are a number of ways that Apple, Google, Amazon, Meta, ByteDance, and Microsoft are failing to comply with the Digital Markets Act, according to an analysis published by the European Consumer Organization (BEUC). The BEUC advocates for consumer rights and provides guidance to European lawmakers.

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Eh pá eu ia jurar que acabei de me cruzar com o Daniel Radcliffe em Cedofeita

Mas como o senhor não tem redes sociais, é difícil confirmar

Que bom pra ele!

Apple Approves Epic Games Store for iPhone and iPad in EU
Apple today said it has approved the third-party Epic Games Store in the European Union, allowing the Fortnite developer to launch its alternative app marketplace in those countries, reports Reuters. ‌Epic Games‌ had [submitted](https://www.macrumors.com/2024/07/01/fortnite-epic-gam … ⌘ Read more

Este fds há #FestivalElétrico de beats open air no parque da Pasteleira no Porto, alguém vai? Eu vou arrastar-me do sofá no sábado para conseguir ir ver Tiga e Michael Mayer às 18

EU Accuses Apple’s App Store Steering Rules of Violating DMA and Opens Investigation into Developer Fees
The European Commission has formally announced its preliminary view that Apple’s App Store policies are in breach of the Digital Markets Act (DMA), specifically in relation to anti-steering rules.

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Status 2024-06-08
Evening, hackers! I feel a column coming on!

TL;DR: In which we learn about the EU parliament election, some
ruminations about the death of XMPP, MC’s flat being without drains
for two months, a visit at the Lund Linux Conference, another at the
Security Fest conference, fighting against a Supermicro server, and
some other recent shenanigans,

I voted today. Yes, I know. The EU is still a strange marvel of
functional bureaucracy and not the federated worker’s Union of Europe
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A @aiscarvalho e eu aterramos agora em Nantes para seguir para Rennes, amanhã começa a #libregraphicsmeeting!

Nestes dias conto tootar sobre o evento a partir da minha conta anglófona @rlafuente@rlafuente. Até já*

https://libregraphicsmeeting.org/2024

#lgm2024

@dfaria@twtxt.net the difference is that these other servers does not post several times a day with content that are not informative/interesting to people outside your academic context, which can be perceived as noise.

What @prologic@twtxt.net have done is what I would call curation of the service he offers to the world for free (as in beer). It’s no one right to have their posts syndicated to the frontpage of twtxt.net, it’s simply a gift he gives to the world and he is free (as in speak) to wrap is anyway he sees fit.

@dfaria.eu@dfaria.eu I hope you stay around 🌞

Added support for #tag clouds and #search to timeline. Based on code from @dfaria.eu@dfaria.eu🙏

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Aviso à navegação: cuidadíssimo com as refs multibanco por sms, eu ia caindo nesta sem pensar.

A data bate certo com a factura que eu tinha em atraso, mas calhou de ir confirmar ao site da EDP por parecer demasiado, e o valor em falta era muito mais baixo.

Voltei ao interface do banco para confirmar a entidade da referência e não era a edp, era Hipay (provider de refs multibanco para pequenos comerciantes), estou convencido que é fraude.

Conclusão: Não gozar com quem cai em phishings, que isto anda mais sofisticado que nunca

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Ontem estive na CNN como representante da @d3 a comentar as desventuras da Worldcoin; é a partir da 1:04:00

https://cnnportugal.iol.pt/videos/cnn-fim-de-tarde-6-de-marco-de-2024/65e8f0ad0cf2c4edbc0d4bc1

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Slurry Sprayed Onto Brussels Street Amid Fractious Farmer Protest
The uncustomary “stench of manure” was in the air in Brussels on February 26, Politico said, as protesting farmers again descended on the EU capital, in time for a meeting of the bloc’s agriculture ministers. According to the Brussels Times, police were being “bombarded” with dung, and responded with tear gas and water cannons. Tractors were also seen driving through … ⌘ Read more

Protesting farmers jam Brussels with tractors as ministers meet
Farmers set fire to piles of tyres in Brussels on Monday in a protest to demand EU action on issues ranging from cheap supermarket prices to free trade deals, as agricultural ministers met to discuss the crisis in the sector. ⌘ Read more

Um dos últimos motivos para eu ir visitando o passaralho deixou de ter razão de ser – o @fesshole@fesshole está agora no fediverso!! 🥳

Queria mesmo tirar os domínios do Gandi, que subiu os preços, e como alternativa só parece plausível o PorkBun. Mas preferia de longe um serviço .eu.

Gostava de ouvir de quem resolveu satisfatoriamente este dilema!

O último boletim da FSF tem uma bela apresentação do JShelter, uma extensão de browser dedicada à privacidade em que nós na Manufactura Independente (a @aiscarvalho e eu) também estamos envolvidos.

E inclui uma selfie que tirei quando me cruzei com o Giorgio Maone, autor do NoScript, que também faz parte do JShelter mas que eu não tinha tido ainda o prazer de conhecer em pessoa :-)

https://www.fsf.org/bulletin/2023/fall/jshelter-helps-protect-your-online-privacy-heres-how-to-contribute/

@movq@www.uninformativ.de time to write your own browser? Or at least a fork maintained outside the EU?

Há por aí quem use o Awesome window manager? Eu sei que somos pouca gente mas ainda acredito que haja almas afins por perto

HI! My name is Dan (turboblack@torba.com) downgrade.me.eu.org

Quando eu era miúdo, ouvia o nome da empresa municipal das águas (SMAS) e pensava que era um nome de pessoa. Imaginava dois irmãos, o Tomás e o Semás.

o Playwright é maravilhoso e fez exactamente o que eu precisava à primeira ✨ (tinha um ficheiro com links e precisava de screenshots de todos)

obrigado pela pista @medecau@medecau e @raf@raf <3

How to get AI regulation right for open source
Sharing our coalition paper to inform the final negotiation of the EU AI Act. ⌘ Read more

No cyber resilience without open source sustainability
Have your say to protect open source in the EU. ⌘ Read more

Na minha opinião sobre o que aconteceu no Parlamento é que o Tiago Paiva e a I.L. não têm nada que pedir desculpa. Ele é um comediante, não é o padre da freguesia local. E que eu saiba liberdade de expressão ainda é um direito. E com uma república como esta que está no saque por corruptos que andam a governar e nada fazem. O desrespeito pelas instituições públicas é belo e moral, tal como fugir ao fisco.

The EU’s Proposed CRA Law May Have Unintended Consequences for the Python Ecosystem (as well as the entire free software movement).

Partnering with EU policymakers to ensure the Cyber Resilience Act works for developers
We’re looking forward to working with policymakers to improve cybersecurity and support developers. ⌘ Read more

Europe’s chance to be a leader in the age of AI
Below are my prepared remarks delivered at the EU Open Source Policy Summit in Brussels on Feb 3rd. ⌘ Read more

“Space Romans! Sandalpunk! The EU is just a semantic anagram of SPQR!”

Chatcontrol, searching messages for illegal content
On July 6 the EU parliament voted yes to a proposal from the EU\
commission (PDF) on a temporary law to allow services to automatically
search messages for suspicious content with a focus on child
exploitation.

We have quite strict confidentiality laws within EU even when it comes
to electronic communication. Its current basis is the … ⌘ Read more

Sociopathic innovation: how we are investing most in the most evil technologies (LONG) - Internet of Humans - Edgeryders ⌘ Read more…

EU Training ⌘ Read more…

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/may/24/fewer-bigger-more-intensive-eu-vows-to-stem-drastic-loss-of-small-farms