GNU: Microsoft's Software is Malware
Nonfree (proprietary) software is very often malware (designed to mistreat the user). Nonfree software is controlled by its developers, which puts them in a position of power over the users; that is the basic injustice. The developers and manufacturers often exercise that power to the detriment of the users they ought to serve.
This typically takes the form of malicious functionalities.
Reuters: Germany planning to ban Huawei, ZTE from parts of 5G networks -paper
Netzpolitik.org: UN-Bericht prangert an: Kampf gegen Terror nur Vorwand für mehr Überwachung
Es gebe zudem keine internationale Definition von Terrorismus und Extremismus, kritisiert der Bericht. Deshalb könnten Staaten die Begriffe selbst definieren und damit eigene Interessen verfolgen. Nur wenige stünden mit Menschenrechten und der Rechtsstaatlichkeit in Einklang.
Ars Technica: Unkillable UEFI malware bypassing Secure Boot enabled by unpatchable Windows flaw
Researchers on Wednesday announced a major cybersecurity find—the world’s first-known instance of real-world malware that can hijack a computer’s boot process even when Secure Boot and other advanced protections are enabled and running on fully updated versions of Windows.
Netzpolitik.org: Online Safety Bill in Großbritannien: Threema lässt es auf Rausschmiss ankommen
BBC: Signal would 'walk' from UK if Online Safety Bill undermined encryption
Matthew Hodgson chief executive of Element, a British secure communications company, said the threat of mandated scanning alone would cost him clients.
Adguard: Mozilla solves the Manifest V3 puzzle to save ad blockers from Chromapocalypse
The Register: FOSS could be an unintended victim of EU crusade to make software more secure
Netzpolitik.org: Datenskandal: Österreichische Post zahlt Entschädigung in Millionenhöhe
Netzpolitik.org: Chatkontrolle-Verhandlungen: So stehen die EU-Länder zur Verschlüsselung
Ars Technica: Lost and found: Codebreakers decipher 50+ letters of Mary, Queen of Scots
Schneier on Security: The FBI Identified a Tor User
Get organizations to delete your account or provide a copy of your personal information.
The Guardian: If aliens contact humanity, who decides what we do next?
If there is consensus that the signal is legit, researchers should inform the public and the secretary general of the UN.
But there is little guidance on what to do next. How should the message be studied? Should it be released in full before it has been deciphered? Would governments allow that? Should humanity respond? If so, who decides what we send back?