Michael Ep @[email protected]

Would you trust a proprietary Chinese browser with your #cryptocurrency wallet? On a platform with (intentional) back doors?
https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/13/18138427/opera-cryptocurrency-wallet-android-app

Interesting that corporate media still describes a 'supply chain' incident (JavaScript poisoned) as a "cryptocurrency" issue. Also, it seems like social engineering-type #security incident, not #freesw issue per se. Will ignore these FUD 'articles'...

Bit coins

Zu Weihnachten wünsch ich mir Blockchain-Flugtaxis-Vierpunktnull in der Cyber-Edition

It's very disappointing to hear that Brave (the "privacy" browser) is going to be pushing their own advertising system.

I guess the only way to have a truly private experience is to fiddle around with Mozilla Firefox, or install either GNU IceCat or Tor browser.

https://basicattentiontoken.org/

#Blockchain Hype Exploited by the #EPO and by #Patent Law Firms to Wrongly Assert Free/Libre Software Can Coexist With #SoftwarePatents http://techrights.org/2018/11/05/swpats-in-blockchain-clothing/ #swpats

"Gab is under attack," according to GAB.

I can't help but think of cops shouting, "STOP RESISTING!"

The site isn't about #freespeech by making business out of social outcasts http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2018/07/18/gab-not-free-speech/

The “blockchain” hype continues to be exploited by those looking to #patent some #software with storage or with databases, basically substituting that software component with the hype du jour http://techrights.org/2018/09/30/swpats-painted-as-blockchains/

Latest FUD about #bitcoin https://thenextweb.com/hardfork/2018/09/20/bitcoin-core-vulnerability-blockchain-ddos/ A #ddos attack can disrupt anything at sufficient capacity levels, including Wall Street and ANY financial market

#Bitcoin [BTC]’s #censorship resistance will propel it towards mass adoption, says mining firm Argo’s head https://ambcrypto.com/bitcoin-btc-censorship-resistance-will-propel-it-towards-mass-adoption-says-mining-firm-argos-head/

TIL unicode has symbols for nearly all 1 and 2-operand logical operators;
and (∧), nand (⊼), or (∨) xor (⊻), nor (⊽), not (¬), various (non-)implications (←↛↚→,)
but not xnor!

Bitcoin is designed to avoid arbitrary money printing. Thats the whole point.

Found an interesting spam/scam scheme today:
- Attacker posts their link that redirects to a legit news article
- Twitter resolves the redirect to news article
- Twitter hides link from Tweet and displays Twitter Card with news domain
- Attacker changes redirect to spam site

The Tweet now displays a legit looking Twitter Card with the news website domain, but actually goes to the scammer.

The reason so many cryptology experts are stopped ans harassed at airports

And #encryption itself is treated with/by "export" laws skin to those which apply to hand grenades

Is because #privacy enables #autonomy and thus poses risk to #imperialism

#sweden still leading in the #WarOnCash
Which is basically a war on #privacy too https://www.thelocal.se/20180830/ikea-to-test-cash-free-store-in-sweden #ikea looks bad...

I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as Mastodon, is in fact, Fediverse/Mastodon, or as I've recently taken to calling it, Fediverse plus Mastodon. Mastodon is not a social network unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning Fediverse made useful by the GNU Social interoperability, networking tools and vital system components comprising a full Fediverse as defined by the GNU Social standard.

Many users run a modified version of the Fedivers