KeePass and its many forks are somewhat advanced, as you have to implement synchronization and backup by yourself (using a trusted CSP and a 3rd party mobile app). Therefore I would not recommend it to beginners (to which this guide is addressing to)

But apart from that I do agree with you. KeePass is one of the most versatile and privacy focussed password management solutions available.

I also discovered this some days ago and was quite disappointed. One thing is committing the crime, but why would you “brag” about it years later in an autobiography?

Does anyone know if there can still be legal consequences for this?

A good starting point for people coming into the industry is usually tech support (L1). Maybe you can find a position in a company where they use many FOSS applications (they are quite widespread). From there you can specialize yourself and transition into a system admin.

But keep in mind that “breaking the power of tech gigants” will most likely not pay well (unfortunately).

Edit: depending on your degree you might also fullfill the criteria for graduate training programs. They will usually put you in a higher ranking position in a shorter period of time.

It depends on your municipality. In some they have local ballots where every candidate has to be approved. If they are denied because of racist (or similar) reasons, they can appeal the decision to a court. I believe the cow-bell-lady did that, but i dont remember the outcome.

Edit: did some research, she was granted citizenship recently. Here is an article about her (in english): https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/society/swiss-passport_dutch-troublemaker-finally-granted-swiss-citizenship/43143162

Some context: This woman was trying to prohibit farmers from equipping their cows with bells, because she felt that they made too much noise. The population in this rural and traditional village did not like that, as they disliked people interfering with their traditions (especially since she was no swiss citizen). Some months later, she asked for naturalization, which was promptly denied by the popular vote in the village.

There are two basic scenarios:

1. The legislative authority is drafting a new law. This law can be challenged and will then be voted on (this is the case for the E-ID law)
2. A suggestion for a new law can be raised by citizens. This law will then be voted on.

Indeed, the lobbying is nasty and the party financing is not as transparent as it could be.

But discrediting the whole system as undemocratic because of those “minor flaws” is just not fair IMO.

You are not required to vote. You will not be punished if you abstain from your vote. You are completely free to chose “yes” or “no” based on your own judgings.

Isn’t that exactly what democracy is about?

4. I can recommend VSCodium. It is based on the open-sourced code of VSCode. On many distros you will find it in the default repositories.

You say that you want to do this for “privacy” and “security” reasons. Those two are not the same. What is the exact use-case which you want to prevent?

Disabling WebSockets will cause some Websites not to work properly anymore. Especially such which rely on live updates without reloading the site (most common use-case for WebSockets).

Imo debloating the apps itself is not possible. To do that, you would need to somehow decomplie them, change the code, repackage them and install them as custom applications. This might be possible in theory, but is not feasible in a real-world scenario.

I recommend the following two options:

1. Use different clients where possible. For youtube F-Droid has some alternatives. For reddit I don’t know the current status.
2. Use a VPN based solution such as AdAway. It can block requests based on target IP or Domain. But keep in mind that blocking certain requests can prevent the app from working.

Thank you!

Thank you for explaining!

Can someone explain to me how that appeal-system is supposed to work? As far as I understand, the White House has “escalated” Breyer’s decision to the next instance. This instance has now decided that the measures decided on by Breyer will not take effect until a “proper” decision from the next instance is provided. Is that correct?

For switzerland the “stem” type probably only applies to farmers nowadays. The others live in a more nuclear family. 100 years ago the graphic might have been applicable ;)

You have nothing to lose, there are thousands of companies searching for developers. Inevitably, some of them won’t invite you to interviews, but there are always others :-)

Regarding blacklists, I don’t think that it is common (unless if you insult the interviewing person maybe?). In large companies, they usually have many offerings, so if you are rejected from one, you can just apply for another…

One recommendation could be to send your first application to a company which does not interest you that much. So you can gain confidence without having to be afraid

If I understand this correctly, it only affects certificates issued by public CAs (certificates for public websites, for example). So for certs issued by a company CA (e.g. for internal infrastructure), it should not apply. Can anyone confirm?

When I was working with COBOL and a 30yrs old codebase, I was always scared of majorly fucking up, even when only doing small changes.

Really glad that I am not involved in that project…

Yes sure! Unfortunately most companies which I work for (insurance and banks mostly) still use windows quite often…

From an enterprise IT stance I’d disagree. For phython you need an interpreter, while powershell is available on every random windows 20xx server. It is far easier to do this task in PS than requesting the python interpreter to be installed on the machine and then doing it in python.