ilyess

If it ain't broke, I'll rewrite it anyway.

* Enthusiast of all things #technology, #privacy, and #opensource
* Keen on #software that values the importance of open source solutions
* Always exploring new and innovative ways to enhance online privacy and security
* Strong believer in the importance of user privacy and control

#linux #foss

#fedi22

Website: https://ilyess.cc
OS: Arch Linux
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2026-01-17 13:45:20 CET

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I never understood how anyone could browse the internet without an adblocker. Yet, I regularly see people browsing the internet without an adblocker. Beats me 🤷

2025-10-21 17:20:56 CEST

Signal using AWS has no impact on its security and privacy guarantees.
Signal operates in a trust-less model, meaning client apps go to extreme lengths to not trust the server at all. Everything is e2ee, so the server is a mere dumb conduit between senders and recipients. Heck, the server could be malicious or taken over by an adversary and neither security nor privacy would take much of a hit, if any at all.
#signal #aws #awsOutage

2025-10-05 03:23:24 CEST

If you’re a German citizen, do something!
https://mastodon.world/@signalapp/115311121329278998
#chatcontrol #privacy

2025-08-30 21:03:42 CEST

Did you know Signal automatically strips EXIF metadata from every image you send? A quick way to "sanitize" a photo before posting it publicly is to forward the picture to your own "note to self" chat—Signal will strip the metadata and give you a clean copy.
How do you use "note to self"? Share your favorite tricks!
#signal #privacy #exif #infosec

2025-08-23 16:15:03 CEST

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Emacs is wonderful!

2025-08-20 19:24:13 CEST

Linux on my computer, open source in my heart, and privacy by default.
No telemetry, no bloatware - just pure, customizable freedom. The internet was meant to be open, and so is my OS.
What’s your favorite open source tool?
#openSource #privacy #FOSS #linux

2025-08-10 19:23:56 CEST

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I heard great things about Kagi. I hope they succeed!

2025-08-10 17:19:19 CEST

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And "first" here is used very loosely. Sometimes it spans multiple pages...

2025-08-10 17:18:31 CEST

If you look something up on Google and none of the first results fit exactly what you're looking for, don't beat yourself up. You're not doing anything wrong. Google search is optimized for its customers (advertisers), not the user (you).
#Google #enshitification #search #ads

2025-08-01 21:07:41 CEST

Proton adds an open-source TOTP app to its product line. The open-source world is blessed with great TOTP apps already, but the more the merrier!
https://proton.me/blog/authenticator-app
#infosec #proton #totp #2fa #openSource

2025-06-16 18:18:13 CEST

My take in 2 words: Use Signal.
"WhatsApp is rolling out ads. In an update on Monday, Meta announced that it will now show ads from businesses through its Stories-like status feature."
https://www.theverge.com/news/687519/whatsapp-launch-advertising-status-updates
#Whatsapp #Signal #ads #privacy #messaging

2025-06-04 22:33:50 CEST

I'm a sucker for a good TUI.
Feed me your best TUIs in the comments, please.
#linux #terminal #TUI

2025-05-13 03:17:37 CEST

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oh ok. I had to enable them explicitly on my end back when the feature was still under progressive rollout. Might be worth checking about:config to see if their on, still.

2025-05-13 03:09:39 CEST

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Did you enable them in about:config?

2025-04-18 01:30:23 CEST

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Thanks! I’ve never used LMDE so I’m curious to know more about your recommendation. How is Debian better than Ubuntu for new users coming from Windows?
Also, did you make your profile photo yourself? I love it!

2025-04-18 01:21:29 CEST

A family member’s Surface laptop went dark the other day. It seems to be Windows-related. I offered to “fix” it for them by installing Ubuntu. I’m thinking of going with Gnome since Unity is too different from the Windows UI, so they’re not completely disoriented. Or should I go with KDE?
If you’ve introduced a Windows user to Linux before, please share your tips!
#askFedi #askMastodon #Linux

2025-03-29 00:32:33 CET

Just learned about #openvide today. Did you give it a try? What's your experience like?
https://openvibe.social/
#askFedi #askMastodon #openWeb

2025-03-27 23:32:42 CET

Speaking of #Signal, here’s the list of all the security audits they’ve gone through over the years: https://community.signalusers.org/t/overview-of-third-party-security-audits/13243
#infosec #privacy

2025-03-06 14:20:14 CET

We crossed the 15M total user mark on the #Fediverse 🚀 Let’s make that 20!
https://fedidb.org/
#Mastodon #Pixelfed #Peertube #Lemmy
https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/114/115/681/317/809/151/original/389c4d0e827bfb00.jpeg

2024-12-14 00:18:07 CET

I wonder how many people actually use Lists on here. Do you use them?
#askFedi #askMastodon

2024-11-23 12:45:56 CET

This household got their #infosec right.
https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/113/532/088/435/167/374/original/52ead67ba5aa4e02.jpeg

2024-11-11 02:04:10 CET

How many domain names do you own? Don’t lie :P
#poll #askFedi #askMastodon

2024-11-01 12:31:10 CET

The featured hashtags feature on #Mastodon is underrated: https://docs.joinmastodon.org/user/discoverability/#featured-tags

2024-08-31 17:18:58 CEST

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Thanks! I might look into it for my website. I’m not interested in federating with Bluesky though. Just trying to understand how their federation protocol compares to ActivityPub.

2024-08-31 15:45:31 CEST

Is #Bluesky fully federated like #Mastodon yet? Last time I checked there was only one server for all users, despite the underlying protocol supporting federation.
#askFedi #askMastodon

2024-08-27 19:15:40 CEST

It’s hard to believe that tech reporters are still calling #Telegram“an encrypted messaging service” to this day. First, what they really mean is “end to end encrypted”. This is a crucial distinction, because most traffic online is encrypted - doesn’t mean it’s end to end encrypted. This very post was encrypted: your Mastodon instance encrypted it for your client and sent it over the wire to your device to decrypt and display.
👇🧵
#privacy #encryption #infosec