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I’ve made three long posts about decentralized social media, followed by making a client that works on decentralized social media, so I&rsquo...

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New #blog post, a bit of an anthology covering the python client I made, the realization that (according to tech crunch) #Nostr may have surpassed Mastodon, and my thoughts on #BlueSky / #AT opening up.

I made a client, Nostr surpassed Mastodon, and BlueSky is open?

So after two very long posts, one complaining about web browsers and one comparing the three big non-centralized social media protocols, I thought ...

I've got my makeshift #Python client finally to a sort-of-acceptable state. It can successfully post to #Nostr #ActivityPub (via the mastodon API) and #BlueSky. There's also a keyring version of it to keep your credentials properly managed by the OS instead of the script. Might be a bunch of spaghetti code, but it's my spaghetti code so I'm still excited to share it.

GitHub

GitHub - 0n4t3/nipy: A post only Python client for Nostr, Activity Pub, and BlueSky (AT)

A post only Python client for Nostr, Activity Pub, and BlueSky (AT) - 0n4t3/nipy

It still needs some work, but it's at least in a decent state now. I'd also welcome any contributions if anybody thought it was a worthy goal with an execution that needs some work still.

Just had a service not work in systemd so no problem I'll write my own entry into the systemd services ... and I've imploded everything 😆 back to the drawing board

#asknostr what's your favorite #tech conspiracy theories? I've been binging some icebergs lately, but nobody's made a tech conspiracies #iceberg to my knowledge so I thought I would try to make one. If you've got your own favorite conspiracy theory ideas I could use help filling mine out. Draft Image: Draft explanations/cheat sheet:

Lvl 1: Whacky but True

If you're unaware, an iceberg is a collection of facts and/or conspiracy theories that make up fun rabbit holes to research (or fun content to cons...

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Tom

BitLocker encryption broken in 43 seconds with sub-$10 Raspberry Pi Pico — key can be sniffed when using an external TPM

BitLocker

A bit of a fear of mine that the titan m2 TPM on my phone plus a short password could be counteracted and that the long pword on a dumb encrypted drive on my 🐧 PC is the only long game. I know the article covers a highly specific exploit on an old device, and I really only have encryption to prevent a stolen device from being accessed by a non-tech savvy thief, but still food for thought. #technology #cybersecurity #encryption #tpm

Somebody threw away my plastic bag earlier today I've been using to bring food to work. Might not be there right now, but I'm still a New Yorker at heart and plastic bags are to hot of a commodity to just throw somebody else's out without asking. 😆

It appears #bluesky is now open for public registration. I guess that means my big blog post I finally finished a week ago is already out of date. 😟 It's good news to see though. I'm sure somebody is going to bridge it here on Nostr or to ActivityPub and thatnks to Mostr (Nostr <> ActivityPub) we'll have three interconnected protocols playing nicely together. If you want to read about my thoughts on BlueSky and the #AT protocol my slightly out of date blog post us probably still worth reading.

ActivityPub/Nostr/AT-BlueSky Compared

Note: This post is out of date, here&rsquo;s a more up to date version Update August 5th 2024 I have some good and bad news regarding this post. Fi...

It has an interesting implementation, such as splitting servers into PDSs and Crawlers, or Nostr style cryptographic accounts on ActivityPub style single servers.

Snyk Labs

Leaky Vessels: Docker and runc Container Breakout Vulnerabilities - January 2024 | Snyk Labs

Snyk Security Labs Team has identified four container breakout vulnerabilities in core container infrastructure components including Docker and run...

This is well above my pay grade, but for the smart people: there's a possible set of four exploits that can get out of a docker container. #security #docker

A Startup Allegedly ‘Hacked the World.’ Then Came the Censorship—and Now the Backlash By Wired Security

WIRED

A Startup Allegedly ‘Hacked the World.’ Then Came the Censorship—and Now the Backlash

A loose coalition of anti-censorship voices is working to highlight reports of one Indian company’s hacker-for-hire past—and the legal threats ...

#news #tech

Also, I almost forgot to share the #meme with my blogpost. Probably only mildly funny (if even that), but I probably put in more work than I should have so wanted to share it. Feel free to re-use for your own purposes if you find it funny. note1r7p0dcltenmw9tc83mgxyqs2ma2n0r4cr92zal2g2r4ae8n06kjq3ru33q

ActivityPub/Nostr/AT-BlueSky Compared

Note: This post is out of date, here&rsquo;s a more up to date version Update August 5th 2024 I have some good and bad news regarding this post. Fi...

It's a bit long, but I just finished a #blog post comparing three different decentralized social media protocols (#activitypub #nostr & AT / #BlueSky) if it sounds interesting. No concrete conclusions on anything, just a post that kept growing as I compared more stuff. One thing that did surprise me when I was making it was how AT seems like a cool implementation of decentralized blogging, too bad it's all just locked behind BlueSky at the moment. Anyway, thought it was worth sharing. If you have any thoughts or especially if I got something wrong be sure to let me know - I can't be considered an expert on any of these protocols.