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The issue (June 2024) and discussion : https://github.com/daniebeler/pixelix/issues/64

Fossify Paint is your go-to app for effortless sketching and creative expression. Whether you want to doodle something fun or craft detailed digital art, Fossify Paint is built to give you complete control while respecting your privacy.

TL;DR

I booted Debian Linux on a 4-bit intel microprocessor from 1971 - the first microprocessor in the world - the 4004. It is not fast, but it is a real Linux kernel with a Debian rootfs on a real board whose only CPU is a real intel 4004 from the 1970s. The video is sped up at variable rates to demonstrate this without boring you. The clock and calendar in the video are accurate. A constant-rate video is linked below.

Tails 6.6 2024-08-13

Changes and updates

Update Tor Browser to 13.5.2.

Update Thunderbird to 115.14.0.

Update many firmware packages. This improves the support for newer hardware: graphics, Wi-Fi, and so on.

Fixed problems Persistent Storage

Increase the maximum waiting time to 4 minutes when unlocking the Persistent Storage before returning an error. (#20475)

Made the creation of the Persistent Storage more robust after starting a Tails USB stick for the first time. (#20451)

Prevent the Persistent Storage settings from freezing after opening a link to the documentation. (#20438)

Prevent Additional Software from crashing when installing virtual packages. (#20477)

Networking

Fix connecting to the Tor network using default bridges. (#20467)

Allow enabling multiple network interfaces again. (#20128)

Tails Cloner

Remove 30 seconds of waiting time when installing by cloning. (#20131)

For more details, read our changelog.

F-Droid core

It’s no secret that F-Droid continues to live and thrive thanks in part to you, the users that donate, but also in part thanks to different grants we’ve received along these 14 years of existence. Our recent post covered the endangered NGI program and its importance.

The Guardian Project has been a long time supporter of F-Droid, pouring in not only grant money but also human resources. They are now looking for a part-time Grant Administrator so if you find the list of their achievements tempting and your skills match the bullet points, don’t be shy and get in contact. Who knows, maybe you can be featured here next. 😛

Back in May we’ve highlighted the work contributors around F-Droid have done in order to shine a light onto the app downloads stats. The Divested (thanks!) hosted page just got an update, covering the weeks since then: https://divestos.org/pages/fdroid_stats

/PS: if you are involved with the project(s) that download Termux packages 300.000 times per week, two advices: first, do get in contact with us because we’re curious about your work, and second please try to setup a round robin script of sorts that downloads from mirrors instead since we have plenty of those and it’s not in anyone’s benefit that you download 25-30Tb of data from our servers each and every week. 😐

cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/14981035

But as I and others looked closer, and thought about it more deeply, things became concerning.

These logs include:

Your precise GPS locations (which are also sent to their servers).
Your WiFi network name.
The IDs of nearby cell towers (even with no SIM card inserted, also sent to their servers).
Your internet-facing IP address.
The user token used by the device to authenticate with Rabbit's back-end API.
Base64-encoded MP3s of everything the Rabbit has ever spoken to you (and the text transcript thereof).

cross-posted from: https://piefed.social/post/163062

Last year Danny Mekić wrote this article : https://dannymekic.com/202310/undermining-democracy-the-european-commissions-controversial-push-for-digital-surveillance which was published in a newspaper and then the author got shadow-banned on X. Today the same Dutch newspaper reported that Mekić won two court-cases about this.

• Dutch article about the verdict - paywall : https://www.volkskrant.nl/tech/x-mag-gebruikers-niet-meer-zomaar-shadowbannen-oordeelt-amsterdamse-rechter~befb7fd0/

• Archived copy : https://archive.ph/ckW2a

• tl;dr English translation :

X is not allowed to shadow-ban users easily the judge said. Only during the court-case X explained why the account of Meki was shadow-banned : He had shared an article about the CSAM law on X. "I still
do not understand why X this only said in the court hall, rather than telling me right away when I
asked about it" Mekić said.

• Mekić on Mastodon : https://mastodon.social/@DannyMekic
• The author's username on X : DannyMekic
• Article from last year by WIRED : https://www.wired.com/story/csar-chat-scan-proposal-european-commission-ads/