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hello from @ladybirdbrowser on Windows 🤓🪟

@SakshiSugandhi They both suit a purpose. Firefox is my personal favorite because of Netscape, but, I do use Brave about equally now.

Brave says trust Brave, Firefox says trust Firefox, so who do I trust? 😭

@nikitabier I have two complaints that might just be me. First, when I open a link, it opens in X, I even changed the setting to use my browser, but it doesn't. Second, I open X, it does not open to the Following tab no matter what I do.

Today we're announcing the completion of one of the largest engineering projects in the company's history: We rebuilt the X Android app from scratch It's faster, smoother and more reliable. But most of all: it will enable us to build new features at lightning speed.

The higher your pay, the more meetings you participate in.

Today we've released the improved Brave Place Search API! Our Place Search API allows apps to access detailed location information such as businesses, landmarks, and points of interest for a fraction of the cost of Google Maps.

🚨 New Feature Alert: YouTube Ad Blocking Sick of ads interrupting your videos? Us, too. The DuckDuckGo browser now blocks most video ads, including on YouTube! On by default for iPhone, Windows and Mac. (Android users, opt in via Settings for now.) spreadprivacy.com/youtube-ad-blo…

Proton VPN has released its official Snap package for Linux, enabling one-click installation on all Snap-compatible distributions alternativeto.net/news/2026/7/pr…

Your iPhone will soon call your scammer’s bluff: Here’s how dlvr.it/TTLxyt

@lavabit_support does the service still exist??

Microsoft extends Windows 10's extra security updates program to October 2027 for free bit.ly/4etvuv0

Motorola’s tiny new Android Auto box missed its launch, but there’s good news androidauthority.com/motorola-ma2-w…

@amphichrome_ It really depends on the roommates. My experience was horrible (multiple times) and, it was completely worth every penny extra to have my sanity, privacy and space all to myself.

@bleachbit Great work!

🧹 Huge winapp2.ini update for BleachBit! Sections: 16 → 61 Rules: 2,817 → 3,714 New browsers: Arc, DuckDuckGo, Mullvad, Zen, LibreWolf, Opera GX +more More granular controls To update: enable "Winapp2.ini" in preferences, then restart #BleachBit

@vxunderground For the most part, I do agree, but, a little (emphasizing the word little) schmoozing can help when thongs go sideways. Being on both sides of that decision, sometimes it comes down to they do their job, but.

@robertgraham Anyone remember SmartWrite?

On MS-DOS, text mode, WordPerfect was better than Word. On Windows, Word was always better than WordPerfect. Partly, this is because WordPerfect was many years late, and buggy when it arrived. On MacOS, Word was awesome. It's what most of my college papers were written with.

@Laughing_Mantis Always nice to see someone try to understand, have an open conversation and try to find a resolution as opposed to instant blame. There needs to be more of this everywhere.

Had a sit down with MSRC, while I can't say full details we had a constructive discussion on the state of things aimed at the following (and remember I'm just the messenger): MSRC handling vulnerability submissions and researcher communication GitHub removal of cybersecurity repros and the pivotal need for safe harbor for TTPs and 0days I won't be commenting on the recent 0day releases being dropped by a certain researcher because that is a unique case. I will be discussing the other topics tho: While GitHub is owned by Microsoft they are still acting independently, I was assured that the removal of researcher GitHub accounts and code was NOT being authorized or done by MSRC. They fully understand the need for 0days and code to be available for testing and cybersecurity defenses is as important as it is for offensive needs, they don't not want code to be fragmented and us going back to the days of milw0rm. MSRC is going to look into these, and I conveyed the need to do this since other places like YouTube and twitch are also cracking down on cybersecurity accounts. The email between MSRC and researchers discussing 0day talks at BH / Defcon and asking them to report what they are talking about is another topic I discussed. This was actually for Microsoft to help coordinate mitigations and tech review the talks that were in their pipeline (btw they have sent this email or it's equivalent for years, it's not new). We discussed ideas to improve these emails and how things could be misinterpreted from both sides. I think MSRC has their work cut out for themselves, but I can say that there are still lots of very passionate researchers there still trying to do good things. And I'm very thankful for them taking the time to sit down with me. I've always been lucky with MSRC interactions, and if you aren't and need a line thru to them for legitimate reasons, let me know, I'm happy to meditate when it is necessary.

CISA gives agencies 3 days to patch maximum severity Ivanti vulnerability scworld.com/news/cisa-give…

@PrivacyNotesApp And, a lifetime sub it is!

Fresh coat of paint on PrivacyNotes.app. The redesign finally shows what the app actually is: notes, tasks, and journal, all end-to-end encrypted. Don't take the screenshot's word for it. Poke around the instant live demo: try.privacynotes.app