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Håkan Geijer

Folx frequently ask me about security culture, both technical and social, so here's a reading list (in maybe the order you should read them). There's some overlap and contradictions between the zines, but that's not a bad thing. No one is completely right (not even me), and with something as likely to have serious consequences as security errors, always get at least 2 opinions.

First up is "Confidence, Connection, Courage, Trust." It's the best zine out there for finding a starting point for developing a security culture. It discusses how to create security culture without becoming paralyzed by paranoid.

sproutdistro.com/catalog/zines

Folx frequently ask me about security culture, both technical and social, so here's a reading list (in maybe the order you should read them). There's some overlap and contradictions between the zines, but that's not a bad thing. No one is completely right (not even me), and with something as likely to have serious consequences as security errors, always get at least 2 opinions.

Zine cover. Confidence, courage, connection, trust. A short introduction to security culture. Images of rabbits on a hill.
10 May at 20:12 | Open on kolektiva.social
Håkan Geijer

Our phones are omni present, and there are probably more misconceptions about mobile phones than anything else related to security. "Mobile Phone Security" explains how phones work and how they can endanger us, and it gives concrete recommendations for a wide variety of scenarios. It's available in english, italian, spanish, and german.

opsec.riotmedicine.net/downloa

Zine cover. Mobile phone security for activists and agitators. Illustration of a cell tower with a masked person standing in front of it.
10 May at 20:17 | Open on kolektiva.social
Håkan Geijer

Noticing a lot of progressive techy people like to shit on Koletiva generally but especially today, and like... You do-gooder normies are at basically zero fucking risk of being raided by the cops because the "activism" you do is mostly useless, so may fucking cut it out with the potshots at admins here.

1 Jul 2023 at 20:18 | Open on kolektiva.social
Håkan Geijer

"Uhhhhhhh but the admin had an an unencrypted local copy of the DB."

Yes, that is not a good move, but basically everyone is constantly doing wildly unsafe computer shit because sometimes they just need to fucking make it work. FFS people still email passport photos around offices and they end up sitting on some corporate mail server (and a local copy) for a decade cuz Walter the dinosaur is still around and never empties his inbox.

"Unsafe" shit happens all the time, but also you fucking techy weirdos don't face fuckall for repression, so I'm really not interested in hearing anything from you people about this situation.

"Uhhhhhhh but the admin had an an unencrypted local copy of the DB."

Yes, that is not a good move, but basically everyone is constantly doing wildly unsafe computer shit because sometimes they just need to fucking make it work. FFS people still email passport photos around offices and they end up sitting on some corporate mail server (and a local copy) for a decade cuz Walter the dinosaur is still around and never empties his inbox.

1 Jul 2023 at 20:21 | Open on kolektiva.social
Håkan Geijer

Parler is dead

> the acquisition of Parler, the world’s pioneering uncancelable free speech platform

> the Parler app as it is currently constituted will be pulled down from operation

lol. lmao.

Starboard (Formerly, Olympic Media) announced today that it has concluded the acquisition of Parler, the world’s pioneering uncancelable free speech platform. No reasonable person believes that a Twitter clone just for conservatives is a viable business any more. By refocusing on the cloud and IT infrastructure space George Farmer has done an exceptional job at successfully leading Parlement into a critically important industry where it has already begun to excel. Starboard is the perfect home for the Parler brand and its longtime loyal users. “Parler’s large user base and additional strategic assets represent an enormous opportunity for Starboard to continue to build aggressively in our media and publishing business. The team at Parler has built an exceptional audience and we look forward to integrating that audience across all of our existing platforms.” said Ryan Coyne, CEO of Starboard. While the Parler app as it is currently constituted will be pulled down from operation to undergo a strategic assessment, we at Starboard see tremendous opportunities across multiple sectors to continue to serve marginalized or even outright censored communities – even extending beyond domestic politics. Advancements in AI technology, along with the existing code base and other new features, provide an opportunity for Starboard to begin servicing unsupported online communities – building a home for them away from the ad-hoc regulatory hand of platforms that hate them.
14 Apr 2023 at 13:17 | Open on kolektiva.social
Håkan Geijer

Just for the record, that is the home page at parler[.]com. Idiots had their app shutdown by a conglomerate so that their data could be sold to market them stupid shit like "anti-woke cargo shorts" or whatever chuds like

14 Apr 2023 at 13:20 | Open on kolektiva.social
Håkan Geijer

sneaking out of work to sneak into a university to illicitly use a staff copy machine to print zines hashtag anarchy

19 Oct 2022 at 17:42 | Open on kolektiva.social
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