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Five Years of Collaboration Between the Global Encryption Coalition and Internet Society Chapters

On 14 May 2020, the Global Encryption Coalition (GEC) launched to promote and defend the use of strong encryption around the world.  

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You Can Now Upgrade Ubuntu 24.10 to Ubuntu 25.04, Here’s How

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LILYGO T-Embed SI4732 Combines ESP32 S3 with All Band Radio Tuning

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Introducing oniux: Kernel-level Tor isolation for any Linux app

That's why today, we are excited to introduce oniux: a small command-line utility providing Tor network isolation for third-party applications using Linux namespaces. Built on Arti, and onionmasq, oniux drop-ships any Linux program into its own network namespace to route it through Tor and strips away the potential for data leaks. If your work, activism, or research demands rock-solid traffic isolation, oniux delivers it.

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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 30, 2023

Lock house on the C and O Canal

Updated This Past Day

  1. "Modern" Wikipedia is GAFAM and Billionaires (Follow the Money)
    The Web site every oligarch can pay to change (directly or indirectly)
  2. Bypassing the Governments, Hijacking the Courts, Bribing the Largest Media Outlets/Publishers
    So basically patent law in the EU has been 'bought' by the billionaires and their lawyers, their 'courtroom mercenaries'

    New

  3. After Linux World Domination We Ought to Promote Software Freedom
    The next milestone
  4. In 2023 Linux Has Spread 'Like a Cancer'
    GNU/Linux grew a great deal
  5. To a Year of Equity and Equality
    for all
  6. Links 29/12/2023: Arrests of Dissents and Software Patent Problems
    Links for the day
  7. [Meme] With Benefactors Like These...
    They take money from Bill, too
  8. Web3, Blockchain, Metaverse, 'Hey Hi' (AI), and Vision Pro... What Ever Happened to the Vision Pro Hype?
    Apple hype
  9. Chart of the Day: Apple's Debt Grew Nearly Tenfold in the Past Ten Years
    Jobs got it wrong
  10. Sounds Like Microsoft Will Announce More Mass Layoffs in a Number of Weeks
    Former VP speaks
  11. Another Good Year for GNU/Linux
    A world that moves away from Microsoft and Apple
  12. IRC Proceedings: Thursday, December 28, 2023
    IRC logs for Thursday, December 28, 2023
  13. Links 29/12/2023: "The Wikipedia Hustle" (Rogue Finances, Lies), Transplanting a Raspberry Pi into a C64
    Links for the day
  14. Over at Tux Machines...
    GNU/Linux news for the past day

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