If financial sovereignty is outlawed, only outlaws will have financial sovereignty.

You installed that browser extension to make browsing the web more accessible but what you also got was an extension that was reporting on every website you visited and AI chat logs.

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is a service that constantly scans published browser extensions to determine what they're truly doing. Before you install that browser extension, check their score and determine if that convenience is worth the privacy invasion. #privacy #security

Phishing is becoming increasingly sophisticated and it's easy to fall prey to these attacks. Here's a tip that could save you. When you receive an email that requires you to take immediate action, the first thing you should do is PAUSE. It's unlikely that taking five minutes to critique the email would materially change the outcome of what might have already begun. The urgency is usually the first social engineering attack. Take your time to scrutinize the email. This email says I have a recovery contact request and yet the body says I have successfully approved a request to add a recovery contact to my Google account. Which is it? If it does not make sense, do not take immediate action; investigate further. If you're not technically savvy, ask someone who is. Stay safe.

The more I use netbox, the more I realise how many problems it solves. I can't believe how I've managed to do sysadmin work all these years without it. 🤦‍♂️ #sysadmin

One reason why it's hard to teach people to value their privacy and take steps to protect it can be observed in the personal health space; just like your health, privacy is something you don't value until you lose it. #privacy

Freedom is not free. #abc25

Is there a mimetype for cashu tokens? @calle @npub1cj6n...86t6 @Tim Bouma #asknostr #ecash #cashu

Today I sent a friend e-cash in an e-mail (pun intended). Of course the e-mail was encrypted using PGP. I pictured it as literally sending cash in the mail except that the mail was sealed and guaranteed not to be opened but by the intended recipient. I'm living in the future. #ecash #cashu #bitcoin

First they ignore you (aeonbtc's blocklist), then they laugh at you ("knots' users are stupid; I hope they get rekt 🤣🤣🤣"), then they fight you (portlandhodl's attack on knots nodes), then you win! #knots #core #bitcoin #filters

Bitcoin projects are not nearly as complex as the Linux kernel but there's something to learn here. #oss #git #security

for something as important as verifying binaries for bitcoin software, it's a wonder that very few people do it. 1. few developers sign their binaries 2. few users verify those binaries we can do better and for those developers who sign their binaries, unless you suspect your master key has been compromised, there's no need to rotate it. that's what subkeys are for. gm!

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anyone out there still playing #pathofexile2? playing solo has been a bit boring! #poe2 #gamestr View quoted note →

one of my favourite features of uptime kuma (https://uptime.kuma.pet) is definitely certificate expiry monitoring. as much as you can automate renewals, some setups require manual handling. View quoted note →

I bit the bullet and switched to #NixOS a little over a year ago. After spending a year with #Nix, I’m attempting to nixify all the things and wondering why I can use Nix on my phone! 😐

I remember ad blocking extensions being a niche thing. Now realizing that Google going after ad blockers means that ad blocking has gone mainstream - to the point that it’s directly affecting Google. It’s a clear signal that users consider ads as being an impediment to their use of the web and want something better. #privacy #browsers #google

The client you use as your daily driver has an outsized impact on your #Nostr experience. It’s like the difference between using Coinbase and Sparrow to send bitcoins. It’s hard to know what you’re missing out on until you’ve tried something else. Most Nostr clients are good — for the regular user, even great but for someone who needs something more and doesn’t want to murk around on the command line, you should check out @npub1n0st...k6h0. I initially dismissed the client because it lacks that polish that makes it a very good looking client. Looks are important and you don’t always get to make a second impression. However I keep most of the clients around because I like to follow their evolution. All of that “lacks polish” impression flew out of the window when I started to murk around in the settings. You know that feeling when you desire a certain feature but you don’t complain about what you’re given because you didn’t write the client but then you find this one client that implements not just one, two or three of the things on your wish list but like MANY of them? That’s what I found in Nostur and why it’s now my favourite client. I don’t have to go through all the features but the fact that I can: 1. Choose what relays I want to read from, write to and search 2. See what relays I’m seeing a note from and that I posted to (sometimes you need to rebroadcast a note in case a relay missed it) 3. Share an actual image of a note with other apps 4. Use a custom NIP-96 media upload service 5. Configure your own web of trust filtering system and (specifically) restrict loading media to your web of trust 6. Choose what relays to publish as your reading and writing relays among others, makes it the most powerful client I’ve used to date. Basically, this is the mobile (and desktop) client for power users and it’s become my daily driver. Beauty is not only in physical appearance but in character.

Who would’ve thunk it that to dismiss a #Nostrnest broadcast on @npub1n0st...k6h0, you had to swipe up on the pill button? 🤷‍♂️

Zapping is the highest form of content engagement. #v4v

Is there a workflow to transfer ecash tokens online? I’m aware you could use Lightning but I was wondering if someone is working on a mechanism to make online payments directly using ecash? @calle #cashu #ecash