I wanted to write this post because I want the Fedora project to have better security throughout their operating systems. I believe the first step to doing that, is to use another memory allocator that mitigates heap memory corruption and use-after-frees, alongside lots of other features to harden one of the most important functions in all modern systems as far as I am aware. hardened_malloc[1], by the GrapheneOS project, fits this description perfectly. Using this benefits not just the Fedora project, but it will also push other distributions to using hardened_malloc, and then the Linux ecosystem will benefit as a whole from the provided security. Good security is an essential part of good privacy, so this will also benefit the privacy of all Linux distributions.

Given the above paragraph, I want you to promote this thread[2] to anyone who is interested in security and privacy. You can also help by testing hardened_malloc on your own Linux systems and sharing your results with me through any means of contact, so that I can replicate the behaviour and make bug reports where necessary. For that, please see this page[3] for my preferred methods of contact.

I don't think I'll be able to attract a lot of people with this post on my own, so boosting will be massively appreciated. Thank you for reading this until this point. This isn't my longest toot yet but I feel like this is my most passionate, as I deeply care about security, GrapheneOS and the Fedora project. Again, thank you! (^_^)

[1]: https://grapheneos.org/features#exploit-mitigations
[2]: https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/migrating-to-another-malloc-implementation/173172
[3]: https://amadaluzia.is-a.dev/contact

#fedora #grapheneos #security #privacy #linux #tech

My favourite experience regarding Wii homebrew so far has to be NetBSD. I wanted to use my Wii as a computer for a while now, and NetBSD being available as an operating system you can install and get going on an SD card and a Wii with the HBC is definitely the highlights of my Wii homebrew experience. I don't use my Wii much at the moment, as I don't even have a monitor I can use for my Wii yet, but I have used it for a while on a TV and it was nice.

Networking is a bit hard, at least on the Wii however. I tried to get WiFi included in as a Wii image of NetBSD to burn, this was during my time on FreeBSD, and I just couldn't compile it. I was doing something weird where I would alternate between GCC and clang but that would have been a waste of time once it got to booting.

Other than that, it was nice writing a fetch program entirely written in C using vi and man pages to get by. It was a nice break from writing things without an LSP to help, although I still love using modern features many editors provide, obviously excluding AI, so I will stick with that. I also found that Lua existed on it which definitely helped whenever I didn't want to write C.

First *BSD post in a while, as I forgot to talk about the time I used NetBSD. I'll probably talk about Linux more at some point but I wanted to talk about *BSD a little again. Try NetBSD if you get the chance!

#netbsd #homebrew #wii #tech #computers #programming

#firefox #mozilla #AI #GenAI #GenerativeAI #SmartIsSurveillance #tech #dev #web

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- browser.ml.chat.sidebar
- browser.ml.enable
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- browser.ml.smartAssist.enabled
- browser.tabs.groups.smart.enabled
- browser.tabs.groups.smart.userEnabled
- extensions.ml.enabled
- sidebar.notification.badge.aichat 

Enter "about:config" in the browser bar and then search for each of these and disable them, turn them off, or set them to false as appropriate.

Depending on which version of Firefox you have you may not have all these configuration options.

Check your smartphone browsers too!

#firefox #mozilla #AI #GenAI #GenerativeAI #SmartIsSurveillance #tech #dev #web #NoAI #AICruft #antifeatures

Meta shut down internal research into the mental health effects of Facebook and Instagram after finding causal evidence that its products harmed users’ mental health, according to court filings. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/23/tech/meta-buried-social-media-harm/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #meta #facebook #instagram #socialmedia #mentalhealth #us

Investing in QR codes before the supply runs out.

#stupidtakes #tech #qr #meme

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Fun fact QR codes are 80% depleted.

In 2026 #Transip gaat wederom de prijzen verhogen.

Inmiddels vind ik met name (👀 😉) de domeinnamen prijzen niet meer in relatie staan tot de dienstverlening.

Voor een VPS en opslag kijk ik nu naar #Hetzner in Duitsland, maar ik twijfel nog over domeinnamen.

Op deze grijze druilerige woensdag vraagt de babbelbox zich af:

Waar registreer & host jij je domein namen en DNS eigenlijk?

#Tech #Hosting #SelfHosting #Registar #Internet #Autonomie #Inflatie #Krimpflatie #TeamBlue #VC #Capitalisme

@Lazarou #AI is incredibly overvalued, along with most #tech.

After companies are dumping billions and even trillions into AI, the ROI is so low it can be categorized as statistically insignificant.

#dev #tech #web #resilience #DarkPatterns #DownDetector #cloudflare #CloudflareOutage #EverythingIsBroken

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#tech #dev #web #DarkPatterns #DownDetector #cloudflare #CloudflareOutage #EverythingIsBroken

@stefano I am certain they are. So far, #tech companies are pouring billions into #AI but there is little to no #roi.

For AI to be used correctly it needs to serve some otherwise mundane function, not replace staff with decades of institutional #knowledge.

So far, we've seen AI churn out glitchy #pictures and #erroneous #text #generation.

Call me a #Luddite, but this is definitely an instance where going back to the olden days is necessary, i.e. a decentralized #internet run by #humanbeings.

RE: https://toot.community/@newsyc250/115570599688055197

Is X down? Please postpone restoration as long as possible! 😆

#tech #BigTech #x #twitter #internet #web #cloudflare

Looks like there's a BIG cloudflare outage atm, at least from a UK / London perspective.

#cloudFlare #outage #tech #london #uk #code #hugops

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