I have migrated my blog to https://hannes.hauswedell.net
It is now also statically generated. It should still be aggregated at the planet!
So long, and thanks for the infrastructure, FSFE!
Retroactively replacing git subtree with git submodule
Combining multiple git repositories today is rather common, although the means of doing so are far from perfect. Usually people use git submodule or git subtree. If you have used neither or are happy with either method this post is completely irrelevant to you. Continue reading
Why Privacy is more than Crypto
During the last year hell seems to have frozen over: our corporate overlords neighbours at Apple, Google and Facebook have all pushed for crypto in one way or another. For Facebook (WhatsApp) and Google (Allo) the messenger crypto has even been implemented by none less than the famous, endorsed-by-Edward-Snowden anarchist and hacker Moxie Marlinspike! So all is well on the privacy front! … but is it really?
OpenBSD on the Thinkpad X250
Since posts like these often helped me setup some device, I thought I’d write one as well this time. Also it is advertising for a good free operating system.
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Secure Texting Part II
Last summer I blogged about secure messaging and why FSFE cares about it (and why you should, too!). Since then a few things have changed, and I want to give you an update on the situation. Continue reading
Encrypting cron’s daily mail
Most you have probably set your system aliases to receive root’s e-mail, and that of course is a very good idea so you are kept up to date. On the other hand you do send a lot of information about your system through the wire, often package diagnostics with information about locally installed vulnerable software and many other things that might help a person or entity gain access to your computer. Now living in a world, where we know that all unencrypted mail is automatically parsed and possibly filtered and stored that is something you might want to avoid. The natural answer is to encrypt the mail which is what I am going to explain in the following.
Photo of the Month — 2014-09
With a minor delay, here is the photo of the month for September. It was taken this February in Zermatt, Switzerland.
Photo of the Month — 2014-08
Originally I had wanted to post a different picture, but sadly the war against the Palestinian people has seen yet another level of escalation, so here’s a picture in solidarity with the Palestinians and all other people suffering from war and oppression. I shot it in Ramallah, Westbank, 2011.
[advertising] A nice Indie-Game
I have just backed a wonderful looking independent dystopian RPG on Kickstarter! It’s called Insomnia, it looks like it uses the Free Software Engine Ogre3d (although its not Free Software itself) and it will feature native Linux support. They still need money, so if you enjoy special video games, go help them out and pre-order your DRM-free copy!
Photo of the Month — 2014-07
I decided to start a photo-of-the-month series; hopefully I will be able to keep it up. Unfortunately the upload limitation on this platform is 1MB per picture so you won’t get high-res for now. The picture was taken last fall in Oberengadin, Switzerland, close to Salecina House. It was a breath-taking sunset and I was very tired from a day of hiking, but thankful for having been there right at that moment!
