Forest @forestjohnson@pixie.town

"your computer is so old, it doesn't have a UART, it has a THOUART"

We will never accept an invitation to speak to Meta. We are not interested in speaking to Meta. We're not even on Meta's radar, but if they do for some godforsaken reason reach out to us, we will promptly tell Meta (more or less) to fuck off. That's the #GoToSocial promise, baby! Death to capitalism!

Analysis of Samsung FRP Bypass

https://blog-cyber.riskeco.com/en/analysis-of-samsung-frp-bypass/

"During this analysis, we learned that on Samsung devices, we can access a second USB configuration that opens a serial communication, allowing us to send AT commands. Moreover, some combinations of AT commands can lead to the activation of the USB Debugging before setting up the phone and thus without enabling developer options. Finally, using adb, it is possible to modify some settings in order to make the phone believe that the setup following a factory reset is done. This bypass the FRP since the FRP check is made at the end of the setup."

The analysis also comes with a git repos summarising it all into a nice python script.

#samsung #android #frp #samfw #python

BREAKING: Free Software Foundation announces that its GIMP ("GNU Image Manipulation Program") will finally shed its controversial name, becoming LIGMA ("Libre Image and Graphics Manipulation Application") in mid-2023.

My favorite part of the web is that it makes things hackable. Stuff like userscripts or even being able to muck around in devtools makes it so much more empowering than native apps that give you a "take it or leave it" approach to apps.

Mobile apps make me so mad because they give me no control over my device even with the prospect of "app permissions".

Times are rough, this casino in Vegas uses unlicenced Windows on their parking ticket machines

Okay, this is nuts!

While viewing a live #owncast stream, you can follow, as you'd expect from the #fediverse

BUT!!! When using the #liveChat you can link your identity to your #mastodon account with #FediAuth !!!! What!;?

It then sends you a DM with the AuthCode directly to mastodon!

Wow, #activitypub is awesome!!

#foss #twitch #opensource #freesoftware #streaming

you heard of 100% CI runs, but have you heard of any% CI runs

NPR’s data shows that they lost nothing after being ostracized by the psychotic white billionaire. It counters the idea that leaving Twitter is a loss. Let’s dismiss the idea that we need to be held hostage on any platform.

https://niemanreports.org/articles/npr-twitter-musk/

#NPR #Twitter #SocialMedia #Journalism #Media