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Kevin Karhan :verified:

@txt_file nodds in agreement

I find #Invidious and #NewPipe to be essential to not get nausea and puke from the #Enshittification of #YouTube.

  • And it's not as if I became "less tolerant" but that Enshittification ramped up!

No wounder #TechIlliterate #Normies experience not just "#BrainRot" but rather "rapid onset radicalization" from being bombarded with bullshit 24/7...

YouTubeThe Alt-Right Playbook: How to Radicalize a NormieBy Innuendo Studios
#brainrot
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Kevin Karhan :verified:

Thx @lina for exposing the #Copyrightmafia's #DNS-based #internetcensorship:
cuiiliste.de

As for circumvention: Just use #OpenNIC's DNS servers...

The sheer #Zensursula-Style bullshit is the #IllicitActivity! #ISP|s should have no right to interfere with any traffic (except to defend their own infrastructure from getting hacked) unless explicitly requested by customers to do so.

I do wish @ooni would take a look at the CUII blocklist and add that to their #OONIprobe to test for.

cuiiliste.deCuiiListe.deDie CUII Liste zeigt dir, welche Domains von der CUII gesperrt sind und wie du die Zensur umgehen kannst.
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Kevin Karhan :verified:

@midtsveen Yes, #Fairphone needs to up their game, but that still does make them one of the better vendors.

Now realize most #TechIlliterate #Normies never update their devices even if they get updates at all!

#apple#smasung#google
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Kevin Karhan :verified:

@dalias @foone and that's why I stopped being nice to #SaaS garbage and the corporations that push it!

infosec.space/@kkarhan/1148625

Infosec.SpaceKevin Karhan :verified: (@kkarhan@infosec.space)One thing that really pisses me off personally is the #regression in terms of #Messenger #Apps. My personal distaste and dislike for #proprietary, #SingleVendor & #SingleProvider #services like #Signal [¹](https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/114234551915193036) [²](https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/114935952643402592), #Telegram, #Discord [³](https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/114865723904157014), #WhatsApp [⁴](https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/114873895410403238), #Slack, #MicrosoftTeams, etc. aside: - *WHY* is there no #CrossProvider #Messenger to handle that shite? - *WHY* does everyone of these shitty providers think people want to download their #bloated #WebApp that takes up triple digit Megabytes if not entire Gigabytes and will gobble up all the #RAM and #CPU each of them can?? This problem ain't new and *already got [solved for corporate social media](https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/114862619013462466) ages ago!* (Not to mention actually good messengers!) - And no, [bridges](https://toots.ch/@dalai/114862754556459439) *[don't](https://swecyb.com/@troed/114862774972645542) count*! - I mean `API 0` - [style](https://digipres.club/@foone/112685423773959519) access because obviously [none of the platforms](https://digipres.club/@foone/112685414638522984) will *allow, endorse or support such an endeavour* and [*actively fight the developers and users*](https://digipres.club/@foone/112685441496803574) ! So yeah, consider this a call for a @gajim@fosstodon.org / #Gajim or @pidgin@fosstodon.org / #Pidgin *for garbage platforms!* - Cuz back in the day we had *way worse messengers* yet people actually made #AIM, #ICQ, #MSN, #QQ, #IRC & #XMPP work just fine from one single *"phat" client*! - Can we please get that back? Cuz #WastefulComputing pisses me off! #api0 #Enshittification
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Kevin Karhan :verified:

@stman @Sempf @LaF0rge yes.

Because physical SIMs, like any "cryptographic chipcard" (i.e. @nitrokey ) did all that fancy public/private crypto on silicon and unless that was compromizeable (which AFAICT always necessistated physical access to the #SIM, espechally in pre-#OMAPI devices) the SIM wasn't 'cloneable' and the weakest link always had been the #MNO /.#MVNO issueing (may it be through #SocialHacking employees into #SimSwapping or LEAs showng up with a warrant and demanding "#LawfulInterception"):

Add to that the regression in flexibility:

Unlike a #SimCard which was designed as a vendor-independent, #MultiVendor, #MultiProvider, device agnostic unit to facilitate the the #authentification and #encryption in #GSM (and successor standards), #eSIMs act to restrict #DeviceFreedom and #ConsumerChoice, which with shit like #KYC per #IMEI (i.e. #Turkey demands it after 90 days of roaming per year) und #lMEI-based #Allowlisting (see #Australia's shitty #VoLTE + #2G & #3G shutdown!) are just acts to clamp down on #privacy and #security.

  • And with #EID being unique per #eSIM (like the #IMEI on top!) there's nothing stopping #cyberfacist regimes like "P.R." #China, #Russia, #Iran, ... from banning "#eSIMcards" (#eSIM in SIM card form factor) or entire device prefixes (i.e. all phones that are supported by @GrapheneOS ), as M(V)NOs see the EID used to deploy/activate a profile (obviously they don't want people to activate eSIMs more than once, unless explicitly allowed otherwise.

"[…] [Technologies] must always be evaluated for their ability to oppress. […]

  • Dan Olson

And now you know why I consider a #smartphone with eSIM instead of two SIM slots not as a real #DualSIM device because it restricts my ability to freely move devices.

  • And whilst German Courts reaffirmed §77 TKG (Telco Law)'s mandate to letting people choose their devices freely, (by declarong #fees for reissue of eSIMs illegal) that is only enforceable towards M(V)NOs who are in #Germany, so 'good luck' trying to enforce that against some overseas roaming provider.

Thus #Impersonation attacks in GSM-based networks are easier than ever before which in the age of more skilled than ever #Cybercriminals and #Cyberterrorists (i.e. #NSA & #Roskomnadnozr) puts espechally the average #TechIlliterate User at risk.

  • I mean, anyone else remember the #Kiddies that fucked around with #CIA director #Brennan? Those were just using their "weapons-grade #boredom", not being effective, for-profit cyber criminals!

And then think about those who don't have privilegued access to protection by their government, but rather "privilegued access" to prosecution by the state because their very existance is criminalized...

The only advantage eSIMs broight in contrast is 'logistical' convenience because it's mostly a #QRcode and that's just a way to avoid typos on a cryptic #LocalProfileAgent link.

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Kevin Karhan :verified:

@GossiTheDog okay, so the #ITsec is run by criminally incompetent #MAGA|ts that have no clue that they're ruining #NatSec by refusing to patch shit as long as they can shitpost stale memes and speculate with shitcoins on taxpayers' time.

Even if I wanted to fix it (and I have no reason to do so given the #Trump-Regime basically displaced everyone I hold dear), I could be glad if they just decided to sue the shit out of me for "hacking", not try to put a bullet in my head or not forcibly disappear me into a black site like Diego Garcia.

YouTubeHow to Hack like a Ninja, courtesy of Silicon ValleyBy Night Lion / Vinny Troia
#techilliterate#nmap#hacking
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Kevin Karhan :verified:

#YouTube #ads are full of #scams and questionable financial advice by preying on #FinancialIlliterates that are #HornyForMoney.

Seriously, with all those "Matrix" refernces I wished the Wachowski Sisters or Village Roadshow Pictures or WB were to sue grifters like that.

Again: #AdBlocker are not just a necessity against #malvertising and #malware but an act of #SelfCare and #MutualDefense against #Disinformation campaigns incl. #hatespeech-based #propaganda.

#ConspiracyTheorists#ConspiracyTheory#GunnarKessler
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Kevin Karhan :verified:

@tron yes, and in essence all it needs is to be a more convenient version if @tails_live / @tails / #Tails with like @nextcloud / #Nextcloud integration for seamless sync (with like an encrypted /home for caching and convenience...

Maybe add #Dayon as convenient #RemoteDesktop solution and a basic #AutoUpdater (& Terminal) to it.

#launcher#lowres#lowdpi
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Kevin Karhan :verified:

@simonriley @fasnix @bsi @young_ullrich
Genau das ist falsch!

Wenn man von z.B. Adobe-Produkten "abhängig" ist, führt an Windows kein Weg vorbei.

Nein, #macOS macht das ganze einfacher und besser. Selbst nen fucking #Hackintosh ist stabiler als #Windows!

Und wenn es an Spiele mit Anti-Cheat-Software geht, geht es auch nicht ohne Windows.

Einfach nicht kaufen! Wer #Malware will muss halt damit leben. Und ja, #ClientSideAnticheat ist Malware genauso wie #DRM!

Und auch ich habe trotz meiner Affinität und Vorkenntnis nicht auf Anhieb bei Mint oder Manjaro alles sofort zum Laufen bekommen.

Was eher Herstellern wie #nvidia liegt denn Usern, und das ist eher Ausnahme denn Regel!

Wer einfach nur den PC nutzen will, dem ist das alles zu lästig.

Nein, die neisten sind einfach #TechIlliterate-#Konsumopfer die zur #Windows-#Enshittification groomed wurden!
youtube.com/watch?v=158bJFTETRI

I.d.R. ist denen das sogar absolut shiceegal was denen vorgesetzt wird, weil denen gehts um ne glorifizierte NSAbook, ShitExpress/eNay/Aperzon, YouNuke-Kiste mit eMail-Zugriff!

Ja, Linux hat enorme Fortschritte gemacht, ist aber immer noch nicht für jeden.

Ja, aber ich würde eher krepieren als die Redmonder Govware jemals anzufassen! Die hat 15 Lebensjahre von mir verschwendet!!!

Allen anderen helfe ich professionell wegzumigrieren!

YouTubeAdobe Reader Is LITERALLY Hitler.By Luke Smith
Kevin Karhan :verified:

@rakoo @cy yeah, tho @thunderbird nowadays has #OpenPGP / #GPG - support built in ( #Enigmail ) and that just works.

  • But @delta / #deltaChat does make things way easier for "#TechIlliterate #Normies" and provides them with a familiar #UI & #UX from other #Messengers whilst also not requiring "yet another #server / #service" to be spun up, which is a major no-no in many organizations, espechally #businesses.

  • Whereas DeltaChat using #eMail as it's backbone infrastructure works fine, and that is an important point for it like #business use [i.e. #Germany] where all business communications have to be archived for at least 10 years for tax auditability reasons, and the whole #MailArchival issue has been "solved" by multiple providers and solutions so it makes sense to just do a +chat suffix, filter said messages and have them in the same #inbox as all other eMails.

I just wished #Thunderbird would also support displaying such chats similar to deltaChat to provide a #unified experience across platforms...

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Kevin Karhan :verified:

@wolf480pl @cas it's easy...

The reasons one can despise something and the reason one appreciates it can be different.

I.e. I can appreciate #macOS for it's #accessibility right from the #installer but I can #despise it for #Apple not selling it as a commercial #Unix distro for a #subscription

Same with #bash: I can appreciate it for being better than #sh (unix-#shell) , #tcsh or #csh but I despise it for not having modernized like #fish.

It's called having "mixed feelings" or rather #NuancedOpinion.

fishshell.comfish shellA smart and user-friendly command line shell
#skiddie#techilliterate#windows
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