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How Encryption Powers the Internet. by refalo in c/privacy@programming.dev

[-] refalo@programming.dev 1 points 8 hours ago

I'm saying because of that I don't think tor can be said to be "for true anonymity browsing".

Motorola’s GrapheneOS phones will launch in 2027 priced higher than Pixels by refalo in c/privacy@programming.dev

[-] refalo@programming.dev 5 points 8 hours ago

Will these still be considered "criminal phones" by the governments that already make that claim against GrapheneOS users?

Motorola’s GrapheneOS phones will launch in 2027 priced higher than Pixels by refalo in c/privacy@programming.dev

[-] refalo@programming.dev 1 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

there are many decent smartphones available for less money than pixels though, even from motorola

Have you considered alternatives to Cloudflare? by refalo in c/meta@programming.dev

[-] refalo@programming.dev 2 points 14 hours ago

Personally I cannot visit most crimeflare sites because it just gives me an infinite captcha loop... so moving away from them seems like that would solve that issue.

Android users can't remove nude-scanning app as Google opens the feature to app developers by refalo in c/privacy@programming.dev

[-] refalo@programming.dev 0 points 14 hours ago

I was more complaining about the obviously-wrong title, because yes the article does explain how to uninstall it.

Android users can't remove nude-scanning app as Google opens the feature to app developers by refalo in c/privacy@programming.dev

[-] refalo@programming.dev -1 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

How would it be reinstalled if you can't uninstall it in the first place?

To me "can't remove" implies it cannot be uninstalled at all.

How Encryption Powers the Internet. by refalo in c/privacy@programming.dev

[-] refalo@programming.dev 1 points 23 hours ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sybil_attack

Snowden files also shows us that multiple world governments admit their goal is to run and control as many nodes as possible to increase chances of Sybil attack successes.

Android users can't remove nude-scanning app as Google opens the feature to app developers by refalo in c/privacy@programming.dev

[-] refalo@programming.dev 1 points 1 day ago

But the title says it can't be removed?

How Encryption Powers the Internet. by refalo in c/privacy@programming.dev

[-] refalo@programming.dev 1 points 1 day ago

Tor browser (for true anonymity browsing

I lol'ed

Beyond GPS: The Hidden Ways Your Phone Tracks You by refalo in c/privacy@programming.dev

[-] refalo@programming.dev 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Power off the phone completely.

Snowden proved this isn't always possible. There are phones that have their baseband radio continually powered on even if the main application OS is shut down... further complicated by the fact that most batteries are no longer removable (especially outside the EU).

Also, it's possible for the baseband to have its own physical connection to the device's GPS, mic, camera etc. that it can use even when the main OS isn't running. Coupled with proprietary blackbox radios known to have intentional weaknesses and sometimes backdoors... it's basically never safe to have a phone on you, period.

Immutable Linux for low end PCs? by refalo in c/linux@programming.dev

[-] refalo@programming.dev 3 points 4 days ago

Why is immutable a requirement?

YSK: you can still view Reddit posts anonymously by refalo in c/privacy@programming.dev

[-] refalo@programming.dev 7 points 5 days ago

Did you miss the part where you must disable Javascript?

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Rustdesk Server Pro allegedly violates AGPL license by not distributing source (github.com)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by refalo@programming.dev to c/opensource@programming.dev

13 comments fedilink

The free community version of Rustdesk Server (a competitor to the Teamviewer remote access software) is AGPL licensed.

https://github.com/rustdesk/rustdesk-server

The paid, proprietary Pro version builds on top of the community edition by adding extra features such as user authentication and a web backend for administration.

There exists a repo for the pro server: https://github.com/rustdesk/rustdesk-server-pro

But it only contains install scripts and no actual source code of the application.

The github releases page of this repo however, contains the compiled code of the proprietary pro version and is available for anyone to download for free.

Analyzing the disassembly of the pro and open source binaries shows that the pro version is definitely based on the open source version.

The company previously associated with Rustdesk, Purslane Limited of the UK, is no longer in operation since 2023.

The project has no CLA and so the dozens of previous contributors still hold the copyright to their code and have not given permission for it to be used in a proprietary version.

There have been multiple requests for the source code of this pro version, but either there was no response or the issue was closed without comment.

EDIT: The repo owner has completely deleted the issue, here is a screenshot: https://0x0.st/KaqD.png

To me this just proves they know what they're doing is wrong.

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F-Droid has received funds from US Congress (via OTF), just like Signal (f-droid.org)

submitted 2 years ago by refalo@programming.dev to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

33 comments fedilink

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ICPP – Running C++ in anywhere like a script (github.com)

submitted 2 years ago by refalo@programming.dev to c/programming@programming.dev

3 comments fedilink

Interpreting C++, executing the source and executable like a script.

Writing powerful script using C++ just as easy as Python;
Writing hot-loading C++ script code in running process;
Based on Unicorn Engine qemu virtual cpu and Clang/LLVM C++ compiler;
Integrated internally with Standard C++23 and Boost libraries;
To reuse the existing C/C++ library as an icpp module extension is extremely simple.

There is also a Qt helper module: https://github.com/vpand/icpp-qt

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403 on API endpoints (lemmy.readme.io)

submitted 2 years ago by refalo@programming.dev to c/meta@programming.dev

6 comments fedilink

Tried to use several different API endpoints as described in the link, but they all return 403 with a cloudflare "Just a moment..." html reply. Even tried copying an existing jwt token from a working logged-in browser but the same thing still happens.

Any idea what I could be doing wrong?

curl -v --request POST \
     --url https://programming.dev/api/v3/user/login \
     --header 'accept: application/json' \
     --header 'content-type: application/json' \
     --data '{"username_or_email": "redacted", "password": "redacted"}'
...
< HTTP/2 403
...

<!DOCTYPE html><html lang="en-US"><head><title>Just a moment...</title>
...

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Some comments not appearing? (programming.dev)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by refalo@programming.dev to c/meta@programming.dev

7 comments fedilink

I am noticing that some comments, which are coming from users on other verified (via /instances) federated instances, do not show up on a post. For example: https://programming.dev/post/13648105

Does not show this comment on it: https://lemmy.ml/comment/10803786

Any ideas why? I checked the modlog and the comment wasn't removed, and their post history to me does not look like someone that is likely to be banned from the instance, so I'm not sure what else it could be.

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Is there a way to view the frontpage of another server, or get an RSS feed of another server's single community? (programming.dev)

submitted 2 years ago by refalo@programming.dev to c/lemmy_support@lemmy.ml

12 comments fedilink

My lemmy account is on the programming.dev instance but I use newsboat for RSS reading of some lemmy.ml communities, along with browsing the local homepage of lemmy.ml and some other instances in a regular browser. Is there a way to do either of these things from the programming.dev instance so that I can easily comment on posts without having to manually locate the same post by browsing to /c/foo@lemmy.ml on my own instance?