A few years ago I designed a way to detect bit-flips in Firefox crash reports and last year we deployed an actual memory tester that runs on user machines after the browser crashes. Today I was looking at the data that comes out of these tests and now I'm 100% positive that the heuristic is sound and a lot of the crashes we see are from users with bad memory or similarly flaky hardware. Here's a few numbers to give you an idea of how large the problem is. 🧵 1/5
https://netbsd-jails.petermann-digital.de/
TIL: @NetworkManager 's `nmcli dev wifi` shows available networks nicely, is colored and even has a small graph:
TIL about Illegal Primes, which are prime numbers that contain digital information that is illegal to possess or distribute under laws like the DMCA.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegal_number#Illegal_primes
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1rloybf/til_about_illegal_primes_which_are_prime_numbers/
But if that were true, there's like a Fermi paradox, because where is all this software? Where's all the good new exciting things being developed?
⚖️ Companies are trying to use #pseudonyms to get out of GDPR compliance. This could soon be made easier – at least if the EU Commission's #DigitalOmnibus passes. Watch now to learn more!
👤 featuring data protection lawyer Levan Lobzhanidze
It's nice and quiet back here...
#webcomics #comics
RT: @adequatehousing I have issued this press release with other UN experts. Gaza needs a reparative, rights-based approach to reconstruction. Not the colonial Board of Peace-led real estate fantasies.
We want to thank the Proton community for giving a large donation to NLnet and 9 other organizations that promote digital freedom. Each year the Proton Foundation organizes a fundraiser for online freedom and invites its community to participate. This year over 50.000 people joined & raised $1,273,800!
The fellow online freedom proponents are: @edri @digiges @hackclub@social.dino.icu WITNESS humanetech Transparency International, Lighthouse reports, Open Markets Institute & The Insider.
https://proton.me/blog/2025-lifetime-fundraiser-results
How OpenAI is trying to shut down its critics.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnOmUWd-OII
We're happy to announce a long-term partnership with Motorola. We're collaborating on future devices meeting our privacy and security standards with official GrapheneOS support.
https://motorolanews.com/motorola-three-new-b2b-solutions-at-mwc-2026/
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