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Notices by Mike Gerwitz (mikegerwitz@social.mikegerwitz.com), page 12

  1. Mike Gerwitz (mikegerwitz@social.mikegerwitz.com)'s status on Saturday, 10-Feb-2018 23:02:16 EST Mike Gerwitz Mike Gerwitz
    An interesting story/article describing how much information can be obtained through very basic traffic analysis of a "smart" home's IoT devices:

    https://gizmodo.com/the-house-that-spied-on-me-1822429852

    Someone with more experience could derive far more information.

    #privacy #security #iot #metadata #iwillnotspendtimeinyoursmarthome
    In conversation Saturday, 10-Feb-2018 23:02:16 EST from social.mikegerwitz.com permalink

    Attachments

    1. The House That Spied on Me
      from Gizmodo
      In December, I converted my one-bedroom apartment in San Francisco into a “smart home.” I connected as many of my appliances and belongings as I could to the internet: an Amazon Echo, my lights, my coffee maker, my baby monitor, my kid’s toys, my vacuum, my TV, my toothbrush, a photo frame, a sex toy, and even my bed.
  2. Mike Gerwitz (mikegerwitz@social.mikegerwitz.com)'s status on Wednesday, 31-Jan-2018 22:25:58 EST Mike Gerwitz Mike Gerwitz
    This is a couple days old, but:

    https://social.mikegerwitz.com/url/35124

    Fitness trackers were exposing GPS data of users at military bases and other classified sites.

    The fact that the US military and CIA didn't consider such an obvious threat is beyond me. This is the very first thing I think of every time I see them on someone's wrist (which is nearly every day).

    Some people want to be tracked. That's their choice. But people need to be informed on these topics. I can't imagine that someone on a military or CIA base, knowing full well that their location is being reported to third parties, would continue to wear such a device.

    #privacy #security
    In conversation Wednesday, 31-Jan-2018 22:25:58 EST from social.mikegerwitz.com permalink

    Attachments

    1. U.S. soldiers are revealing sensitive and dangerous information by jogging
      from Washington Post
      Strava’s Global Heat Map shows where soldiers may be sleeping, exercising, patrolling and eating in some of the most sensitive and secretive military sites in the world. 
  3. Free Software Foundation (fsf@status.fsf.org)'s status on Tuesday, 30-Jan-2018 12:05:10 EST Free Software Foundation Free Software Foundation
    You may have heard about this yesterday, but it bears repeating: the anonymous Pineapple Fund has donated $1 million worth of Bitcoin to the FSF to promote and defend free software, computer user freedom, and digital rights! https://u.fsf.org/2gf
    In conversation Tuesday, 30-Jan-2018 12:05:10 EST from status.fsf.org permalink Repeated by mikegerwitz
  4. Mike Gerwitz (mikegerwitz@social.mikegerwitz.com)'s status on Friday, 26-Jan-2018 12:47:59 EST Mike Gerwitz Mike Gerwitz
    • dave stranding
    @dthompson I felt the same; I just didn't have anywhere else to put it. If Ludo's script is a good base for moving forward with, then it may be better to begin integrating the behavior into something like that; `guix environment` doesn't seem like it was intended as a general-purpose container tool.
    In conversation Friday, 26-Jan-2018 12:47:59 EST from social.mikegerwitz.com permalink
  5. Mike Gerwitz (mikegerwitz@social.mikegerwitz.com)'s status on Thursday, 25-Jan-2018 23:01:35 EST Mike Gerwitz Mike Gerwitz
    • Christine Lemmer-Webber
    • dave stranding
    @cwebber @dthompson

    https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-patches/2018-01/msg00601.html

    I also posted my current package and script for containerized IceCat, but as of posting this notice, it hasn't yet been archived. The message is a child of the thread that Chris originally posted.
    In conversation Thursday, 25-Jan-2018 23:01:35 EST from social.mikegerwitz.com permalink
  6. Mike Gerwitz (mikegerwitz@social.mikegerwitz.com)'s status on Wednesday, 24-Jan-2018 14:04:10 EST Mike Gerwitz Mike Gerwitz
    • Nick Doty
    • Anna Lauren
    @npd @annaeveryday Yes, please do get into contact with me via mtg@gnu.org. I'm just about to begin my research into work others have done on the topic; my plan is to integrate as much existing literature as I can and then fill in any gaps with respect to the specific topics that I'm looking to cover. The goal is to relate these ethical concerns to other fields in such a way that it provides perspectives that others can relate to. When dealing with computers, it's easy to forget how it affects people in real life, since it's often so abstract or detached from reality.

    Thank you for reaching out!
    In conversation Wednesday, 24-Jan-2018 14:04:10 EST from social.mikegerwitz.com permalink
  7. Mike Gerwitz (mikegerwitz@social.mikegerwitz.com)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jan-2018 00:52:21 EST Mike Gerwitz Mike Gerwitz
    • Christine Lemmer-Webber
    • dave stranding
    @dthompson @cwebber Oh, nice. It's pretty easy to understand/hack. I have some changes, but I'm going to get a couple more together before I send patches. I feel like some of these things I want to do may be better suited to a higher-level abstraction, so I'm trying to just get some sort of implementation out there to demonstrate how it works and at least start some good discussion on where to go from there.

    @dthompson Are you going to attend LP2018, or maybe stop by like last year?
    In conversation Saturday, 20-Jan-2018 00:52:21 EST from social.mikegerwitz.com permalink
  8. Mike Gerwitz (mikegerwitz@social.mikegerwitz.com)'s status on Friday, 19-Jan-2018 14:34:44 EST Mike Gerwitz Mike Gerwitz
    in reply to
    • Mike Gerwitz
    • Christine Lemmer-Webber
    • dave stranding
    @cwebber @dthompson Actually it my solution might involve some minor `guix/scripts/environment.scm` hacking, too. I'm asking for trouble.
    In conversation Friday, 19-Jan-2018 14:34:44 EST from social.mikegerwitz.com permalink
  9. Mike Gerwitz (mikegerwitz@social.mikegerwitz.com)'s status on Friday, 19-Jan-2018 13:48:21 EST Mike Gerwitz Mike Gerwitz
    • Christine Lemmer-Webber
    • dave stranding
    @cwebber @dthompson It wouldn't have been much of a problem were it not for fonts/fontconfig.

    I took a pause on it yesterday, but I'll post what I come up with to the list in the next few days. It's been hours of research/strugging since I wasn't all that familiar with X11 fonts or fontconfig, nor am I all that familiar with the details of Guix. My solution is going to be a combination of a packaged font cache and a script to invoke `guix container`; ugly and rigid!

    Hopefully Ludo or someone will be able to provide guidance on a better way, or come up with a general solution, including the option to either run in a container or a VM depending on isolation concerns. I'm not expecting Qubes-style isolation here, though. :)

    (Typing this in IceCat running in the container right now.)
    In conversation Friday, 19-Jan-2018 13:48:21 EST from social.mikegerwitz.com permalink
  10. Mike Gerwitz (mikegerwitz@social.mikegerwitz.com)'s status on Monday, 15-Jan-2018 22:21:50 EST Mike Gerwitz Mike Gerwitz
    I just saw this; wtf:

    https://www.aldi.co.uk/reka-decorative-santa-cam/p/080878180257400

    This is not okay; this teaches children that surveillance is okay in even the most intimate places---that inescapable surveillance is okay.

    A similar argument can be applied to Elf on the Shelf, though this product is more blatant.

    #surveillance
    In conversation Monday, 15-Jan-2018 22:21:50 EST from social.mikegerwitz.com permalink
  11. Mike Gerwitz (mikegerwitz@social.mikegerwitz.com)'s status on Saturday, 13-Jan-2018 23:44:28 EST Mike Gerwitz Mike Gerwitz
    Looks like compton solved my screen tearing issues in i3. I wasn't trying to solve the problem; I just happened to notice it when reading through the i3 ArchWiki page:

    https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/I3#Tearing

    (I'm not an Arch user, but ArchWiki is often an excellent resource.)
    In conversation Saturday, 13-Jan-2018 23:44:28 EST from social.mikegerwitz.com permalink
  12. Baldur Bjarnason (baldur@toot.cafe)'s status on Friday, 12-Jan-2018 17:51:50 EST Baldur Bjarnason Baldur Bjarnason

    “Website operators are in the dark about privacy violations by third-party scripts”
    https://freedom-to-tinker.com/2018/01/12/website-operators-are-in-the-dark-about-privacy-violations-by-third-party-scripts/

    In conversation Friday, 12-Jan-2018 17:51:50 EST from toot.cafe permalink Repeated by mikegerwitz

    Attachments

    1. File without filename could not get a thumbnail source.
      Website operators are in the dark about privacy violations by third-party scripts
      By Arvind Narayanan from Freedom to Tinker
      Website operators are in the dark about privacy violations by third-party scripts
  13. Mike Gerwitz (mikegerwitz@social.mikegerwitz.com)'s status on Saturday, 13-Jan-2018 23:09:51 EST Mike Gerwitz Mike Gerwitz
    Senate could vote on Tuesday on renewing Section 702 of FISA:

    https://social.mikegerwitz.com/url/34499
    In conversation Saturday, 13-Jan-2018 23:09:51 EST from social.mikegerwitz.com permalink

    Attachments

    1. House Fails to Protect Americans from Unconstitutional NSA Surveillance
      from Electronic Frontier Foundation
      UPDATE, January 12, 2018: The Senate could vote Tuesday on a disastrous NSA surveillance extension bill that violates the Fourth Amendment. Click the link at the bottom of the page to email your Senator today and tell them to oppose bill S. 139. The House of Representatives cast a deeply...
  14. Mike Gerwitz (mikegerwitz@social.mikegerwitz.com)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Jan-2018 23:03:59 EST Mike Gerwitz Mike Gerwitz
    I try to mount my encrypted backup drive. Password incorrect, multiple times. Worry sets in.

    Turns out, `sudo` was asking me for my password.
    In conversation Wednesday, 10-Jan-2018 23:03:59 EST from social.mikegerwitz.com permalink
  15. Free Software Foundation (fsf@status.fsf.org)'s status on Tuesday, 09-Jan-2018 16:17:57 EST Free Software Foundation Free Software Foundation
    A tribute to James Dolan, co-creator of SecureDrop, who has tragically passed away at age 36: https://freedom.press/news/tribute-james-dolan-co-creator-securedrop-who-has-tragically-passed-away-age-36/
    In conversation Tuesday, 09-Jan-2018 16:17:57 EST from status.fsf.org permalink Repeated by mikegerwitz

    Attachments

    1. A tribute to James Dolan, co-creator of SecureDrop, who has tragically passed away at age 36
      In memory of computer security expert James Dolan, 1981-2017. 
  16. Free Software Foundation (fsf@status.fsf.org)'s status on Tuesday, 09-Jan-2018 15:59:33 EST Free Software Foundation Free Software Foundation
    Spread the word: the FSF tech team needs spring interns! As an intern, you work closely with FSF staff members in your area of interest, such as network administration, GNU Project support, or Web development. Apply by January 19! https://u.fsf.org/2fb
    In conversation Tuesday, 09-Jan-2018 15:59:33 EST from status.fsf.org permalink Repeated by mikegerwitz
  17. Mike Gerwitz (mikegerwitz@social.mikegerwitz.com)'s status on Monday, 08-Jan-2018 21:58:02 EST Mike Gerwitz Mike Gerwitz
    Downloading and executing arbitrary (and likely non-free) programs in your web browser was a bad idea before Meltdown/Spectre; that hasn't changed.

    https://media.libreplanet.org/u/libreplanet/collection/restore-online-freedom/
    In conversation Monday, 08-Jan-2018 21:58:02 EST from social.mikegerwitz.com permalink
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