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We no longer have any active servers in France and are continuing the process of leaving OVH. We'll be rotating our TLS keys and Let's Encrypt account keys pinned via accounturi. DNSSEC keys may also be rotated. Our backups are encrypted and can remain on OVH for now.
Our App Store verifies the app store metadata with a cryptographic signature and downgrade protection along with verification of the packages. Android's package manager also has another layer of signature verification and downgrade protection.
Our System Updater verifies updates with a cryptographic signature and downgrade protection along with another layer of both in update_engine and a third layer of both via verified boot. Signing channel release channel names is planned too.
Our update mirrors are currently hosted on sponsored servers from ReliableSite (Los Angeles, Miami) and Tempest (London). London is a temporary location due to an emergency move from a provider which left the dedicated server business and will move. More sponsored update mirrors are coming.
Our ns1 anycast network is on Vultr and our ns2 anycast network is on BuyVM since both support BGP for announcing our own IP space. We're moving our main website/network servers used for default OS connections to a mix of Vultr+BuyVM locations.
We have 5 servers in Canada with OVH with more than static content and basic network services: email, Matrix, discussion forum, Mastodon and attestation. Our plan is to move these to Netcup root servers or a similar provider short term and then colocated servers in Toronto long term.
France isn't a safe country for open source privacy projects. They expect backdoors in encryption and for device access too. Secure devices and services are not going to be allowed. We don't feel safe using OVH for even a static website with servers in Canada/US via their Canada/US subsidiaries.
We were likely going to be able to release experimental Pixel 10 support very soon and it's getting disrupted. The attacks on our team with ongoing libel and harassment have escalated, raids on our chat rooms have escalated and more. It's rough right now and support is appreciated.
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Slush wallet was definitely a mistake. These promotions just worsen the UX even more
And I cant even get started on how far behind the explorers on Sui are from being good
Wallets were a mistake?
In Web3 product design, @EmanAbio argues we built complexity first and usability second. On The Schelling Point Podcast with @gsbn_trade, he makes a case for flipping that order.
Full episode here 👇
youtu.be/Lkfq55gXr3w?si=Zf2I…
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British man protested politely at Pride and was arrested by 11 cops. In UK, if you are white British, you have no right to speak. JD Vance is right.
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Time for a BIG Giveaway at 50,000 Yetis following Lofi⁉️
Like if you want a 4 digit prize value 💸
RT if you want a 5 digit reward pool 💰
The Flurry keeps growing 🧊
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Out of the mouth of Senator Mark Kelly: “He is intentionally targeting children’s hospitals to kill kids and our leader looks at him like he’s a buddy.”
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This entire narrative is so stupid. If Putin "wanted peace", as Trump says, he'd pull Russian invaders out of Ukraine and stop bombing Ukrainians every day. Putin doesn't want peace; he wants Ukraine and he needs war.
Vladimir Putin is not planning to compromise on issues regarding territories, peacekeepers, or Ukraine's neutrality, according to Western officials cited by Bloomberg. They say Putin is deliberately making maximalist demands that Ukraine and European countries are unlikely to accept, and he is prepared to continue the war if his conditions are not met. These officials doubt Putin genuinely seeks a peaceful resolution, a view that contrasts with US President Donald Trump’s belief that Putin wants peace.
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A Russian woman spoke out:
"I don't understand why I should expand my borders if my country is dying out, degrading. I have no doubt that my country's soldiers should not be on the territory of Syria, Georgia, Ukraine or other countries. I do not understand why my taxes are not spent on the development of my country, on improving the quality of life of my family, on building houses, roads, on opening schools, kindergartens and clinics. I did not give my permission for my money to be spent on missiles and shells that hit foreign countries, killing hundreds of thousands of people like me."
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So this is going to be (literally) the 26th attempt to declare an armistice in the Russian war on Ukraine since 2014-2015.
Putin violated the previous 25 declarations of ceasefire.
We’ll see.
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Supporting Ukraine is a fundamental duty for people who support Western freedom democracy and the rule of law.
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Hey Lex, any comment on what the Russians did at Dobropillya 4 days ago?
I went and saw it with my own eyes. It was the worst thing I’ve ever seen.
14 dead, 50 more injured. Ukrainian grandmothers and children burned alive in their beds. Double tap cluster munitions against firefighters and first responders. Iskander ballistic missile crater nearby nearly 10 meters deep.
Worst thing I’ve ever seen in my entire life. The reality of what Russia is doing in Ukraine. I am sorry that drones went near your luxury apartment in Moscow though.
I too pray for peace @lexfridman
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As a Musk biographer, I told you all he was going mad—the cause being a combination of depression, stress, med misuse and illicit use of illegal drugs. His Twitter feed is a testament to this derangement. Someone who cares about him needs to take him off the internet permanently.
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One thing I’m really proud of, is the more I’ve raised my voice and pushed others to do the same, I’ve seen a lot of my quiet long time followers, who liked my post for years, start diving into comments to combat misinformation.
I want you to know - I see you, I appreciate you and you should be proud of yourself.
It is not easy to raise your voice amongst vitriol.
It’s not easy to open yourself up to trolls.
But when we do it all together, it makes us stronger and the trolls weaker.
When we stand up for each other, we remind other silent readers that good people are never alone.
And more importantly we remind them the loud trolls that spread information, despite being a majority of the shouting, are a minority of the opinion.
So thank you for making your voice heard.
A tide is slowly starting to turn here - and I am grateful for those of you who are a part of that! 🙏
Keep fighting the good fight! 🫡
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WATCH: BlackRock CEO Larry Fink just issued a warning to President Trump about the danger of conducting mass deportations.
"Are we going to have enough workers to harvest the crops? I’ve even told members of the Trump team that we’re going to run out of electricians that we need to build out AI data centers. We just don’t have enough.”
I can't believe what I've just heard... WOW!
