What is Hackers' Pub?

Hackers' Pub is a place for software engineers to share their knowledge and experience with each other. It's also an ActivityPub-enabled social network, so you can follow your favorite hackers in the fediverse and get their latest posts in your feed.

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Eugen Rochko @Gargron@mastodon.social
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You voted for this slogan and now it's here! We have a new batch of super nice t-shirts (they're 100% organic cotton with a thick, soft feel) with a cute screen printed design from @dopatwo. "My friends are not for sale"—because your connections to other people are more than a bargaining chip for big tech companies to keep you from leaving them.

shop.joinmastodon.org/products

A beautiful woman with dark hair, gold earrings and red lipstick, wearing a french navy colored t-shirt with a colorful screen printed design on the front, while holding a red Plushtodon on her head.The design on the front of the t-shirt, which is the phrase "My friends are not for sale", a beige Mastodon giving a red Mastodon a piggyback ride while the red Mastodon is flying a kite, which has little wings and a little Mastodon face.
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Privacy Guides @privacyguides@neat.computer
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🚨 New research from ETH Zurich has found that popular password manager's zero-knowledge encryption claims don't fully hold up if their servers are compromised. ⚠️

🔑 LastPass, Dashlane & Bitwarden were identified as being affected, this is significant because cloud password managers commonly claim that their user's data would be unaffected if they were compromised. 👾

theregister.com/2026/02/16/pas

Password managers don’t protect secrets if pwned

: Researchers demo weaknesses affecting some of the most popular options

www.theregister.com

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William Lindsey :toad: @wdlindsy@toad.social
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"Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office by police investigating the former prince’s dealings with the convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

In unprecedented scenes, unmarked police cars and plainclothes officers were seen at Mountbatten-Windsor’s residence at Wood Farm on the Sandringham estate at about 8am."

~ Jamie Grierson


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theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/f

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office

King expresses his ‘deepest concern’ and says ‘law must take its course’ as former prince arrested at Sandringham estate

www.theguardian.com · the Guardian

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Zack Whittaker @zackwhittaker@mastodon.social
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NEW: A bug in a student admissions website exposed the personal information of parents and their children, including their names, dates of birth, home addresses, pictures, and details about their school.

The bug, now fixed, was a sequential IDOR. At least 1.63 million student records were exposed.

techcrunch.com/2026/02/19/bug-

Exclusive: Bug in student admissions website exposed children's personal information

Ravenna Hub, which lets parents apply and track the status of their kids' applications across thousands of schools, allowed any logged-in user to access the personally identifiable data associated with any other user, including their children.

techcrunch.com · TechCrunch

Link author: Zack Whittaker@zackwhittaker@mastodon.social

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Patrick Breyer @echo_pbreyer@digitalcourage.social
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🇩🇪Jetzt warnt auch der höchste EU-Datenschützer vor "flächendeckendem Scannen" durch 1.0: edps.europa.eu/press-publicati

Nur noch wenige Tage, um die LIBE-Europaabgeordneten anzurufen und zu überzeugen!
🗣️ Skript & Nummern in den Bildern! 👇

Sharepic „Chatkontrolle stoppen – Ruf jetzt deinen Abgeordneten an!“ mit ausführlichem Telefonskript. Schwarze Box mit Formulierungshilfe: Man stellt sich mit Namen vor, sagt, dass man wegen der geplanten Verlängerung der Verordnung 2021/1232 („Chatkontrolle“) anruft, fragt nach der Haltung des/der Abgeordneten im LIBE‑Ausschuss, ob er/sie sich gegen massenhafte, verdachtslose Durchleuchtung privater Nachrichten ausspricht und ob es schon eine Fraktionslinie gibt. In einer roten Box die zentrale Bitte: Der/die Abgeordnete soll sich beim Schattenberichterstatter der Fraktion dafür einsetzen, dass die anlasslose Massenüberwachung nicht verlängert wird, weil der aktuelle Entwurf weiterhin Hash‑Scanning privater Chats erlaubt. Danach Argumente: Kinderschutz ist wichtig, aber Fehlalarme und Überlastung der Behörden sprechen gegen Massenscans; auch der Europäische Datenschutzbeauftragte warnt vor allgemeinem Scannen. Am Ende soll um eine kurze Rückmeldung per E‑Mail gebeten werden.Sharepic im Kampagnendesign „Chatkontrolle stoppen – Ruf jetzt deinen Abgeordneten an!“. Schwarzer Hintergrund, oben Titel in Weiß und Neongrün. Darunter ein Raster mit 17 deutschen EU‑Abgeordneten: Anja Arndt (AfD), Katarina Barley (SPD), Özlem Demirel (Die Linke), Lena Düpont (CDU), Daniel Freund (Grüne), Monika Hohlmeier (CSU), Mary Khan (AfD), Moritz Körner (FDP), Erik Marquardt (Grüne), Verena Mertens (CDU), Hannah Neumann (Grüne), Jan‑C. Oetjen (FDP), Oliver Schenk (CDU), Alexander Sell (AfD), Birgit Sippel (SPD), Martin Sonneborn (Die PARTEI), Axel Voss (CDU). Jede Kachel zeigt Foto, Partei, die Überschrift „Büro Brüssel“ und die Telefonnummer. Grüne Kacheln mit Häkchen markieren Abgeordnete, die klar gegen Chatkontrolle sind; dunkle Kacheln mit rotem Fragezeichen solche, deren Haltung unklar ist und deren Büros laut Aktion angerufen werden sollen. Unten die Adresse „fightchatcontrol.de“.
Patrick Breyer @echo_pbreyer@digitalcourage.social
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🇪🇺Now even the EU data protection supervisor warns against "indiscriminate scanning" as a result of 1.0: edps.europa.eu/press-publicati

Only a few days left to call LIBE MEP offices and convince them to stop it!
🗣️ Script & phone numbers in the images 👇

Black campaign graphic titled “STOP CHAT CONTROL – Call your MEP now!”. In the centre a dark box labelled “Phone Script” gives an English script for calling an MEP’s office. It suggests: introduce yourself and country, say you’re calling about the planned extension of the “Chat Control” regulation (2021/1232), and ask for the MEP’s position on the mass scanning of private messages. A red highlight box contains the key request: ask the MEP, via their staff, to contact their group’s shadow rapporteur this week and urge them not to extend indiscriminate mass surveillance, because the current draft still allows mass scanning of private chats of unsuspected citizens (hash‑scanning). The script ends by saying that protecting children is important, but mass surveillance is not the solution, and thanking them. At the bottom is the website fightchatcontrol.eu.Campaign graphic on a black background with the headline «STOP CHAT CONTROL – Call your MEP now!». Below is a very large grid of portrait tiles showing many Members of the European Parliament from different countries. Each tile includes a name, political affiliation, Brussels office phone number and a phone icon. Some tiles are bright green with a check mark, indicating MEPs who are clearly against Chat Control. Others are dark with a red question mark, meaning their position on mass scanning of private chats is unknown and they are the priority to call. At the bottom centre is the campaign website: fightchatcontrol.eu.
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yawnbox :rebel: @yawnbox@disobey.net
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@hpod16Hannah Grace

I think URL shorteners are (speaking as someone who professionally manages TLS intercept proxies):

1) a security risk - to your point - because they obfuscate the true destination. further, some URL shorteners, even today in 2026, do not use TLS - meaning network adversaries can trivially inject new behavior.

2) a privacy risk - because shorteners are almost always designed to track clicks to companies selling data likely in breach of GDPR. Usually the forwards include multiple domain changes meaning multiple third-parties are extracting tracking data to potentially thousands of data brokers. and again, some URL shorteners, even today in 2026, do not use TLS - meaning even ISPs can see the full URL, meaning more pathways to more data brokers.

3) unnecessary. Since, idk, 2010? social media companies like Twitter auto-shortening any link to a maximum size in a way that massively long links dont count towards max character limits.

4) something that should be "against the law" on the fediverse for the above 3 reasons, and is even worth soemthing blocking accounts for doing.

@Em0nM4stodonEm :official_verified:

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에스텔 뉴스계정 @transborder.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy
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[단독] 젠슨 황 "AI투자 시작 단계…버블은 없다" 수정2026.02.19. 오전 2:13 엔비디아 CEO 단독 인터뷰 "수십조弗 인프라 프로젝트 초입에 서있어" SK엔지니어들과 치맥…"韓반도체와 원팀" www.hankyung.com/article/2026...

[단독] 젠슨 황 "AI투자 시작 단계…버블은 없다"

[단독] 젠슨 황 "AI투자 시작 단계…버블은 없다"

[단독] 젠슨 황 "AI투자 시작 단계…버블은 없다", 반도체 INSIGHT 엔비디아 CEO 단독 인터뷰 "수십조弗 인프라 프로젝트 초입에 서있어" SK엔지니어들과 치맥…"韓반도체와 원팀"

www.hankyung.com · 한국경제

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The Rt. Rev. Fumire, Ph.D. :twitter__verified_organization: @fumire@uri.life
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낮 동안 우리를 활기 있게 하신 저의 주님, 날아다니는 스파게티 괴물 님,
당신과 함께 있으리니, 자는 동안도 지켜 주시어 편히 쉬게 하소서.

"1. 저의 주님, 날아다니는 스파게티 괴물 님, 오늘 하루 저희가 겪은 모든 일 위에 당신의 면발을 덮어주시고, 평온한 밤의 쉼을 허락하소서."

🍝 날아다니는 스파게티 괴물 님께서 여러분과 함께.
😋 또한 주교의 면발과 함께 하소서.
🍝 기도합시다.
저의 주님, 날아다니는 스파게티 괴물 님, 이 밤을 편히 쉬게 하시고, 거룩한 죽음을 맞게 하소서.

2026-02-20T00:07:25+09:00


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Mastodon @Mastodon@mastodon.social
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The third in our blog post series is by @haubleshannah aubry - sharing our work and ideas around how to grow and nurture the community, for everyone.

blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/02/

Mastodon is for the people

How we're thinking about supporting the communities that rely on Mastodon every day.

blog.joinmastodon.org · Mastodon Blog

Link author: hannah aubry@haubles@hachyderm.io

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SOLARCAST @solarcast@solarcast.cc
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Nextgraph
A flourishing conversation with Niko from Nextgraph & the ELFA consortium.

@elfa@fosstodon.org
@nextgraph@fosstodon.org
@localfirst@fosstodon.org

Nextgraph

This upbeat episode features a flourishing conversation about protocol development together with Niko. From the exciting announcement of ELFA to the philosophical topic of singularity vs multiplicity to the origins of Nextgraph and the technology it builds on, follow along and learn more about the landscape of Open-Source in Europe. Listen in, learn and enjoy <3

solarcast.cc · Castopod

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Mastodon @Mastodon@mastodon.social
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The third in our blog post series is by @haubleshannah aubry - sharing our work and ideas around how to grow and nurture the community, for everyone.

blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/02/

Mastodon is for the people

How we're thinking about supporting the communities that rely on Mastodon every day.

blog.joinmastodon.org · Mastodon Blog

Link author: hannah aubry@haubles@hachyderm.io

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Freedom of the Press @freedomofpress@freedom.press
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“The hunting of whistleblowers is wrong because it is failing to address the actual problem, which is the reason they blow the whistle in the first place,” FPF's Adam Rose told Lookout Eugene-Springfield.

lookouteugene-springfield.com/

Officials investigating how Lookout obtained report on Oregon State Hospital 

Oregon state officials are investigating a leak of Oregon State Hospital records to Lookout that showed problems with patient care.

lookouteugene-springfield.com · Lookout Eugene-Springfield

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Eugen Rochko @Gargron@mastodon.social
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You voted for this slogan and now it's here! We have a new batch of super nice t-shirts (they're 100% organic cotton with a thick, soft feel) with a cute screen printed design from @dopatwo. "My friends are not for sale"—because your connections to other people are more than a bargaining chip for big tech companies to keep you from leaving them.

shop.joinmastodon.org/products

A beautiful woman with dark hair, gold earrings and red lipstick, wearing a french navy colored t-shirt with a colorful screen printed design on the front, while holding a red Plushtodon on her head.The design on the front of the t-shirt, which is the phrase "My friends are not for sale", a beige Mastodon giving a red Mastodon a piggyback ride while the red Mastodon is flying a kite, which has little wings and a little Mastodon face.
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Danie van der Merwe @danie10@mastodon.social
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Microsoft’s Copilot spills the beans, summarising emails it’s not supposed to read

“The bot couldn’t keep its prying eyes away. Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat has been summarising emails labelled “confidential” even when data loss prevention policies were configured to prevent it.”

Given that this is Microsoft, it is difficult to d ...continues

See gadgeteer.co.za/microsofts-cop

A cartoonish character in a fedora and sunglasses peeks from behind a laptop, suggesting themes of espionage or secrecy.

Microsoft’s Copilot spills the beans, summarising emails it’s not supposed to read

“The bot couldn't keep its prying eyes away. Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat has been summarising emails labelled “confidential” even when data loss prevention policies were configured to prevent it.” Given that this is Microsoft, it is difficult to distinguish between this being devious or plain sloppiness. One would have thought with a company the size...

gadgeteer.co.za · GadgeteerZA

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Primo Natura @primonatura@mstdn.social
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"French government urges citizens to ‘limit’ meat consumption to fight climate change"

euronews.com/green/2026/02/16/

French government urges citizens to ‘limit’ meat consumption to fight climate change

Au revoir steak-frites? France urges citizens to eat less meat

France has updated its National Strategy for Food, Nutrition and Climate, urging citizens to cut back on meat to reduce emissions.

www.euronews.com · euronews

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Honič Péra 24 hodin @honicpera@snac.lab8.cz
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Ve Washingtonu se koná první zasedání Rady pro mír založené americkým prezidentem Donaldem Trumpem: https://ct24.ceskatelevize.cz/clanek/svet/prvni-zasedani-trumpovy-rady-pro-mir-370497

První zasedání Trumpovy Rady pro mír

Ve Washingtonu se koná první zasedání Rady pro mír založené americkým prezidentem Donaldem Trumpem. Má se zabývat především urovnáním situace v Pásmu Gazy a jeho obnovou, na kterou podle Trumpa už členské státy rady přislíbily přes pět miliard dolarů (103 miliard korun). Jako pozorovatel se schůze zúčastní i český ministr zahraničí Petr Macinka (Motoristé).

ct24.ceskatelevize.cz

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