I recently wrote a post explaining that I think Privacy & Security Are Different. Following that post I’ve received some feedback questioning my rationale. This post is a response to some of that feedback. Privacy is part of security A lot of the feed…
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I’m one of those people who likes to always carry a wallet, but I don’t like to have a big bulky block in my pocket. I have been after a small, slim and useable wallet for some time now, but haven’t been very successful. My wife and I went out to dinner w…
via Kev Quirk
- December 24, 2019
+ January 3, 2020
WebAuthn, Web Authentication: An API for accessing Public Key Credentials Level 1, is a W3C Recommendation released in March 2019. It defines creation and use of strong, attested, scoped, public key-based credentials by web applications. It is very simila…
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Each month, we publish a review that covers the most important activities of the last 30 days. This month, we talk about Python 2 EOL, malicious Python libraries, technical previews by Signal, WebAuthn for iOS, and more.
tl;dr: Holy shit! This is the phone I have always wanted. I have never been
-this excited about the mobile sector before. However: the software side is
-totally absent — phone calls are very dubious, SMS is somewhat dubious,
-LTE requires some hacks, and everyt…
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There are many tools for managing your dotfiles - user-specific configuration
+files. GNU stow is an example. I’ve tried a few solutions over the years, but I
+settled on a very simple system several years ago which has served me very well
+in the time since: m…
diff --git a/warrant-canary.md b/warrant-canary.md
index edb60bc..5de5fd3 100644
--- a/warrant-canary.md
+++ b/warrant-canary.md
@@ -5,18 +5,18 @@ subtitle: The FBI has not been here
description: Watch this page carefully for changes and read up on warrant canaries. I may not be able to state anything clearly.
cover: /assets/pages/canary.png
---
-**Updated**: 2019-12-05 17:10 UTC
+**Updated**: 2020-01-04 00:12 UTC
This canary should be updated on the first of every month but could be delayed up to a week.
-# Recent stories in my RSS feed
-* [The Next Chapter in Anti-Censorship](https://blog.torproject.org/next-chapter-anti-censorship)
-* [Data Brokers are Cruising for a Bruising](https://www.wired.com/story/opinion-data-brokers-are-cruising-for-a-bruising)
-* [Stable kernels 5.4.2, 5.3.15, and 4.19.88](https://lwn.net/Articles/806393/rss)
-* [Severe Auth Bypass and Priv-Esc Vulnerabilities Disclosed in OpenBSD](https://thehackernews.com/2019/12/openbsd-authentication-vulnerability.html)
+# Recent(ish) stories in my RSS feed
+* [What You Can Help Tor Accomplish in 2020](https://blog.torproject.org/what-help-tor-2020)
+* [Writing More](https://kevq.uk/writing-more/)
+* [Use different search providers for every search with RandSearch](https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/randsearch.html)
+* [Cryptography myths](https://infosec-handbook.eu/blog/crypto-myths/)
# Statement
-I have not been contacted by any member of law enforcement from any nation regarding this site, the associated servers, the services/applications running on them, or any of the users. This is accurate as of 2019-12-05 17:10 UTC.
+I have not been contacted by any member of law enforcement from any nation regarding this site, the associated servers, the services/applications running on them, or any of the users. This is accurate as of 202-01-04 00:12 UTC.
# Further information
Read this page carefully and watch for changes. The [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warrant_canary) article may prove useful if you're not sure what something means.
@@ -26,26 +26,26 @@ Read this page carefully and watch for changes. The [Wikipedia](https://en.wikip
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-**Updated**: 2019-12-05 17:10 UTC
+**Updated**: 2020-01-04 00:12 UTC
This canary should be updated on the first of every month but could be delayed up to a week.
-# Recent stories in my RSS feed
-* [The Next Chapter in Anti-Censorship](https://blog.torproject.org/next-chapter-anti-censorship)
-* [Data Brokers are Cruising for a Bruising](https://www.wired.com/story/opinion-data-brokers-are-cruising-for-a-bruising)
-* [Stable kernels 5.4.2, 5.3.15, and 4.19.88](https://lwn.net/Articles/806393/rss)
-* [Severe Auth Bypass and Priv-Esc Vulnerabilities Disclosed in OpenBSD](https://thehackernews.com/2019/12/openbsd-authentication-vulnerability.html)
+# Recent(ish) stories in my RSS feed
+* [What You Can Help Tor Accomplish in 2020](https://blog.torproject.org/what-help-tor-2020)
+* [Writing More](https://kevq.uk/writing-more/)
+* [Use different search providers for every search with RandSearch](https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/randsearch.html)
+* [Cryptography myths](https://infosec-handbook.eu/blog/crypto-myths/)
# Statement
-I have not been contacted by any member of law enforcement from any nation regarding this site, the associated servers, the services/applications running on them, or any of the users. This is accurate as of 2019-12-05 17:10 UTC.
+I have not been contacted by any member of law enforcement from any nation regarding this site, the associated servers, the services/applications running on them, or any of the users. This is accurate as of 202-01-04 00:12 UTC.
# Further information
Read this page carefully and watch for changes. The [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warrant_canary) article may prove useful if you're not sure what something means.
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