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A dialog window prompting for message delivery time in from of a KMail email composer window. The email message has the subject “Private communiqué” and has status information indicating the message will be signed and encrypted.

KMail’s Send Later sent PGP encrypted emails in plain-text

I discovered a security vulnerability (CVE-2017-9604) in KMail while trying to delay sending of a PGP-encrypted private email.

Link looking out over the Hyrulian landscape. Game capture from The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.

Disappointed by own expectations for Zelda: The Breath of the Wild

I’m not a Zelda fan, but all the hype got me to play Breath of the Wild with way too high expectations.

A Raspberry Pi 3 retail box sitting on a table. The box has a small Fedora logo sticker in one corner.

Fedora specific tweaks for Raspberry Pi

Optimize your Fedora installation to run on the Raspberry Pi.

Illustration showing two webpages. The first webpage is titled “Bugs” and contains some nondistinct text and a link. An arrow points from the first page to the second webpage. The arrow is labeled “HTTP GET. Referer: bugs.bank.int.” The second page has a nondistinct headline, hero image, and body text.

Private bug trackers leak data on security and other known issues

Many bug tracking software leak information about your organization’s security problems through HTTP referrer headers.

Google Contributor Ad Removal Pass.

Google Contributor resurfaces as a subscription management platform

Google just relaunched its internet-wide Google Contributor subscription service as a way for managing “ad removal passes” on behalf of individual websites.

A toy robot looking at the DNF logo.

Should I trust Fedora to apply automated updates?

Fedora can be configured to take care of its own updates automatically. However, should I trust it to apply updates unattended on Fedora servers and workstations?

The DNF logo floating on top of a photo of a female machine operator.

How to get Fedora to take care of its own updates

Set up unattended auto-updates on Fedora Server or Workstation using dnf-automattic.

The Apple logo lit up by a red mesh-covered light.

50+ unpatched security vulnerabilities in A5-generation iOS devices

Stop using your old iOS devices when they no longer receive security updates. There are over 50 known security issues with iOS 9.3.5 to date!

A dialog with a fatal error message from steam saying “Steam needs to be online to update. Please confirm your network connection and try again.”

Trend Micro router security feature broke Steam

A “security feature” on my network router began blocking all downloads through Steam.

A photo of a colorful hot-air balloon cut in two down the middle. One side shows a high-quality image labeled “GET /image.jpeg”. The other side shows a lower-quality version labeled “GET /image.jpeg. Save-Data: On.”

New Save-Data HTTP header tells websites to reduce their data usage

The new HTTP Save-Data request header can help websites determine the bandwidth constraints of their visitors.

An open hard drive resting on a table exposing the internal disk and read head.

What I learned after 30 minutes with ReFS

A look at Microsoft’s next-generation Resilient File System (ReFS) in Windows 10: what works, and what doesn’t.

Screenshots of Ookla Speedtest side-by-side with Microsoft Network Speed Test apps running network speed tests.

Network speed testing apps on Windows 10: Ookla or Microsoft?

Is Ookla Speed Test or Microsoft Network Speed Test the best for speed testing app for your Windows 10 device?

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