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Morgen (25-Aug-2020) #cryptoparty auf dem Tempelhofer Feld​ #berlin, ab 19:00 Uhr: https://www.cryptoparty.in/berlin/k19

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Researchers from Dublin reviewed the Google Play Services that are mandatory for Covid Tracing Apps on Android. Every 20 min they transfer:
- IP adress
- phone #
- email
- IMEI
- SIM #
https://www.scss.tcd.ie/Doug.Leith/pubs/contact_tracing_app_traffic.pdf
➡️ So it's illegal, intrusive and affects large parts of the population

I'm Open Sourcing the Have I Been Pwned Code Base

Let me just cut straight to it: I'm going to open source the Have I Been Pwned code base. The decision has been a while coming and it took a failed M&A process to get here, but the code will be turned over to the public for the

https://www.troyhunt.com/im-open-sourcing-the-have-i-been-pwned-code-base/

The recent Twitter hack again demonstrates that technical security isn't sufficient if there is a "human factor" involved.

Beware of social engineering that targets our human characteristics:

https://infosec-handbook.eu/blog/social-engineering-jessika/

Follow-up by Twitter:
https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2020/an-update-on-our-security-incident.html

#SocialEngineering #Awareness #InfoSec #Security #Twitter

KeePassXC for beginners – setup and basic usage:

https://infosec-handbook.eu/blog/keepassxc-password-management-basics/

In this tutorial for beginners, we set up and show a typical use case of KeePassXC, an open-source password manager.

#KeePassXC #PasswordManagement #Passwords #InfoSec #Security #cybersecurity

Die nächste #Cryptoparty in #Bonn gibt es als BBB-Konferenz am 6.4. ab 18 Uhr unter https://bbb.jitsi.world/b/cou-n9y-3r9

@eff yes, and EFF also needs to stop calling their TWTR feed "official" & their #Mastodon feed "unofficial". EFF should not even mention their TWTR feed outside of TWTR. Send website visitors to Mastodon instead.

Next #Cryptoparty at #k19, #Berlin #Friedrichshain:

28.1., 7pm

we'll have vegan food and plenty of stuff to learn and share

cryptoparty.in/berlin/k19

Kreuziger Str. 19, #Berlin - #Friedrichshain, U Samariterstraße

A recent article on a big tech news site included this phrase:

"[...] Linux phones like the PinePhone, [...]are full of closed-source firmware from non-open components"

We'd like to clear the record: The #PinePhone has two blobs -- neither runs on the main SoC: One loaded to WiFi/BT module, other enclosed within the cell modem. In the modern world of tech, both blobs are unavoidable.

For an overview from someone with deep knowledge of both the PinePhone and Librem 5: https://tuxphones.com/yet-another-librem-5-and-pinephone-linux-smartphone-comparison/