Re: [free-software-melb] Free-software-melb Digest, Vol 67, Issue 6

2016-07-10 Thread Jookia
Anyone here on GNU Social? I think eventually they'll all become compatible if they implement ActivityPub though. I tried Disapora once but didn't really find much on it. Jookia. ___ Free-software-melb mailing list Free-software-melb@lists.so

Re: [free-software-melb] Reclaiming unfiltered Internet access

2017-01-13 Thread Jookia
e was ongoing blocking. Recently I had to change my DNS server away from Telstra given it was blocking Instagram images. Jookia. ___ Free-software-melb mailing list Free-software-melb@lists.softwarefreedom.com.au http://lists.softwarefreedom.com.au/cgi-bin

Re: [free-software-melb] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: WIKILEAKS, Vault 7: CIA Hacking Tools Revealed

2017-03-08 Thread Jookia
not much to read, but it's VERY interesting in that a lot of the exploits are related to proprietary drivers and firmware that projects like Replicant seek to remove. For instance, GPU drivers like Adreno or Broadcom's Wi-Fi drivers. These are things people can't update. Nigh

Re: [free-software-melb] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: WIKILEAKS, Vault 7: CIA Hacking Tools Revealed

2017-03-08 Thread Jookia
out of convenience. It's such a headache that at this point I'm considering avoiding using a phone for things other than calls and messages. Jookia. ___ Free-software-melb mailing list Free-software-melb@lists.softwarefreedom.com.au http://l

Re: [free-software-melb] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: WIKILEAKS, Vault 7: CIA Hacking Tools Revealed

2017-03-09 Thread Jookia
On Thu, Mar 09, 2017 at 06:41:00PM +1100, Russell Coker wrote: > I agree that reducing the attack surface is good, but I doubt that dealing > with BIOS bugs actually achieves that goal. To get to the BIOS an attacker > has to either compromise the kernel/acpid or gain physical access to the > s

Re: [free-software-melb] Service rejected, for using a VPN

2017-04-22 Thread Jookia
On Sun, Apr 23, 2017 at 04:08:03AM +1000, Andrew McGlashan wrote: > > > On 21/04/17 21:25, Adrian Colomitchi wrote: > > If you think this is bad, wait until you won't be able to buy anything from > > outside Australia *without VPN* > > > > http://www.zdnet.com/article/ato-fails-to-rule-out-websi

Re: [free-software-melb] puri.sm: Neutralizing the Intel Management Engine on Librem Laptops

2017-06-16 Thread Jookia
o remove it, I think. It might be worth looking at the list of supported hardware of me_cleaner <https://github.com/corna/me_cleaner/issues/3> and go hunting for newer hardware than 2008 thinkpads. Jookia. ___ Free-softw

Re: [free-software-melb] Fair Copyright Oz

2017-06-20 Thread Jookia
/meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/FairCopyrightOz > > ~~ Ben M I didn't know Australia lacked fair use! This is actually a huge deal to me. The site behind it https://www.faircopyright.org.au/ seems to be a good start for more information, hopefully I'll contac

Re: [free-software-melb] Librem 5 phone - Privacy focused

2017-08-24 Thread Jookia
s well, having a somewhat cheaper but modern hackable device, pushing secure decentralized and sustainable protocols, having HTML5 and traditional Unix applications as an API instead of the proprietary Android toolchain... It would be great. Even if this flops due to the nature of open source this will

Re: [free-software-melb] Fwd: Re: Activities/CompulsoryRouters - FSFE Wiki

2018-07-03 Thread Jookia
I haven't got the NBN yet, but we currently have a Telstra technicolor modem. What interests me about it is that it does firmware updating automatically and I can't find any firmware for it online. Short of cracking it open and reading flash chips or doing traffic snooping, there's not much I can d

Re: [free-software-melb] Fwd: Re: Activities/CompulsoryRouters - FSFE Wiki

2018-07-03 Thread Jookia
On Wed, Jul 04, 2018 at 01:33:54PM +1000, Andrew Pam wrote: > On 04/07/18 13:23, Jookia wrote: > > I haven't got the NBN yet, but we currently have a Telstra technicolor > > modem. > > What interests me about it is that it does firmware updating automatically > > a

Re: [free-software-melb] Purism Librem 5 update: Unexpected good news!

2019-02-22 Thread Jookia
On Sat, Feb 23, 2019 at 05:56:40PM +1100, Ben Finney wrote: > Howdy all, > > The free-software handheld product from Purism, the Librem 5, is on > track for delivery again after an unexpected resolution of the heat > issues they were experiencing. > > [...] > > The post also gives a good progres