Carl Dong → obscura.net @carldong.me · 21/08/2026What should we change "Traffic is vulnerable" to? Feels a bit too alarmist RN. 000
Carl Dong → obscura.net @carldong.me · 21/08/2026Is it legal to send marketing emails like this w/o an option to unsubscribe? I never asked for this, and at minimum it's a dick move. 000
Carl Dong → obscura.net @carldong.me · 29/05/2026Turns out, you can simply tell gpg-agent's ssh support to always offer your ssh key and have pinentry wait for you to insert the key: gpg-connect-agent 'keyattr <AUTH-SUBKEY-KEYGRIP> Use-for-ssh: true' /bye For older gpg-agents, use the sshcontrol file: www.gnupg.org/documentati... 020
Carl Dong → obscura.net @carldong.me · 29/05/2026If you use a YubiKey for ssh (via gpg-agent's ssh suppport), you probably see this error often when your YubiKey is unplugged. /1 110
Carl Dong → obscura.net @carldong.me · 16/02/2026Back in my day you needed a 9/11 to trick people into giving up civil liberties. 020
Carl Dong → obscura.net @carldong.me · 10/12/2025ISPs can't even spy on your TLS traffic without breaking your internet. Obscura VPN users unaffected. 100
Carl Dong → obscura.net @carldong.me · 28/10/2025😲 Ubiquiti just made a Flipper Zero for SFP modules! 010
Carl Dong → obscura.net @carldong.me · 04/08/2025> Apple: Confirming that you've fixed X, only Y needs fixes > Us: We've now fixed Y > Apple: Please fix X > Us: You literally just confirmed that we already fixed X > Apple: Please fix X (no details added) > Us: Here's proof we fixed X > Apple: Please fix X (no details added) 100
Carl Dong → obscura.net @carldong.me · 03/08/2025British lawmakers are buying their VPN subs with taxpayer money… and telling the same taxpayers not to use VPNs. You cannot make this shit up. 112
Carl Dong → obscura.net @carldong.me · 25/07/2025“We must defend our own privacy if we expect to have any. We must come together and create systems which allow anonymous transactions to take place.” – A Cypherpunk’s Manifesto An open and private internet is more important than ever. That's what we fight for at @obscura.net 011
Carl Dong → obscura.net @carldong.me · 24/07/2025A Remote Access Trojan Malware was found in packages for Librewolf, Firefox, and Zen Browser last week 😰 If you were an Arch Linux users who tried to install these browsers via patched packages in the AUR, please check your system! 110
Carl Dong → obscura.net @carldong.me · 08/07/2025I knew there was something familiar about the American Megatrends BIOS logo... Skynet had ring-0 access the whole time! 120
Carl Dong → obscura.net @carldong.me · 04/07/2025So Gemini on Android is about to forcefully get access to your WhatsApp + Messages, regardless if you've previously turned it off? And they want to dress it up like they're helping you? Please tell me I'm misunderstanding something here... 100
Carl Dong → obscura.net @carldong.me · 08/06/2025Sec, gotta ask my ancestors for the WiFi router password real quick 020
Carl Dong → obscura.net @carldong.me · 25/05/2025Waymos in SF record video but not audio. Which is interesting for privacy… But doesn’t this mean that this camera (see pic) is recording my phone screen at all times?? 000
Carl Dong → obscura.net @carldong.me · 25/05/2025These shoes were a gift from one of @obscura.net's earliest believers. I wear them almost daily – a constant reminder to stand up for our fans and users. 000
