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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I am loathe to tell people what not do without giving them some useful advice for what they should do instead. If you are relying on Proton for "secure email" please read my security 101 guide for what to do instead and the limitations of all these tools hashman.ca/security-101/

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The current round of grief protonmail is getting is the well deserved result of their own marketing.

Marketing that has always strongly implied when not outright saying that their product is more private/secure because it is not hosted in the United States.

Yes they were just complying with a legal warrant and that is the cost of doing business in a jurisdiction.

If they hadn't complied they'd probably just get popped by the NSA.

They've still spent decades overselling the privacy capabilities of GPG+Switzerland.

Also you should probably assume they've been popped by the NSA.

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I am loathe to tell people what not do without giving them some useful advice for what they should do instead. If you are relying on Proton for "secure email" please read my security 101 guide for what to do instead and the limitations of all these tools hashman.ca/security-101/

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On this Wednesday, March 11, we will ship the 273rd release ever. We call it curl 8.19.0.

It contains over 250 bugfixes, done by the help from over 75 contributors during the 63 days since the previous release.

We will also announce at least four CVEs in sync with this.

Amusingly, the 273rd release supports 273 command line options.

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Pollution et gestion de l'eau : le massacre macroniste

Un sujet passe étrangement sous les radars ces dernières semaines : le gouvernement est en train de totalement démanteler 40 ans de politiques progressives (et transpartisanes) de protection des ressources en eau.

C'est un monstrueux scandale sanitaire, écologique et démocratique, juste pour plaire à l'agro-industrie. Les conséquences sont gigantesques et multiples, ça devrait faire la "une" de tous les journaux.

lemonde.fr/idees/article/2026/

Edit [09 mars 20026 à 9h20] pour préciser :

Comme l'article se concentre sur le blocage gouvernemental du SAGE "Vilaine", j'ajoute que mon commentaire générique renvoie plus largement à des reculs structurels extrêmement préoccupants, récents ou en préparation :

👉 abaissement des seuils de pollution de l'eau (pour garder "potables" des eaux qui ne devraient plus être distribuées),

👉 réforme des CLE ("commissions locales de l'eau", instances remarquables de démocratie locale et de concertation constructive) pour augmenter la représentation agricole et industrielle, et en faire des lieux de conflit et de rapport de force au profit de l'agro-industrie,

👉 réduction de la protection des aires de captages d'eau potable,

👉 réduction de la protection des zones humides,

👉 abandon des fondements principaux de la directive européenne "Nitrates" (qui est l'un des seuls règlements protecteurs de l'eau depuis 40 ans, même si son application très imparfaite en France est pointée du doigt par les instances de contrôle de l'UE).

Sur la directive Nitrates comme sur d'autres dossiers européens de pollution de l'eau par les pesticides (règles d'évaluation) ou de protection de la biodiversité (dans la PAC), la France est l'un des pays les plus actifs en faveur du démantèlement.

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@fooneAlice Averlong🏳️‍⚧️ I know from past posts of yours that you're a keyboard guru so I figured I'd ask you: I'm trying to find a bulletproof way to let an AI agent emulate keystrokes. Every software-based attempt I've made has failed. Could a USB dongle be made that's indistinguishable from a keyboard to the machine, and which accepts AI input via some sort of MCP? Does such a beast already exist?

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Every day I’m more convinced that the Fediverse’s slow mainstream adoption isn’t really about usability.

People say it’s because it’s hard to join, the terms are confusing, or the apps aren’t polished enough. Maybe a little. But honestly… look at the platforms people already use.

Finding anything on LinkedIn is painful.
Trying to locate the original video on TikTok is a scavenger hunt.
Facebook is still full of weird bugs and odd UI choices.
Instagram hides posts behind algorithms.
Twitter/X constantly changes the rules of engagement.

None of these platforms are exactly “easy.”

People stay because their friends are there. Because the big creators are there. Because that’s where the conversation already lives.

And, if we’re honest, because these platforms are engineered around a very effective reward loop: notifications, likes, infinite scroll. A dopamine machine. You learn the confusing terms and awkward interfaces because there’s a constant reward for doing so.

So yes, making the Fediverse easier to join absolutely helps.

But what would help even more is something simpler:
more mainstream, recognizable, official accounts showing up here.

That’s how networks grow.
People follow people not platforms.

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