Dennis @dennis@social.bankmann.name

The map is not the territory.

World Mercator Projection with True Size Country Added
Source: http://ow.ly/9VUw30mzr7S
#Waps #World

Toot 1.1 is finally out! It is, as usual, available on the App Store.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/toot/id1229021451?ls=1&mt=8

If you have it already, you should see an update soon!

americans are asleep. make posts with reasonable date formats and units of measurement

#programmers

Mastodon security:

Additionally to the vulnerabilities discussed here [1], there are two other vulnerabilities fixed in Mastodon 2.5.2:

– nokogiri (1.8.5)
– XSS vulnerability

The remaining question: How many instances are vulnerable this time and remain vulnerable for weeks/months?

[1] https://mastodon.at/@infosechandbook/100940522638417331

#mastodon #security #vulnerability #infosec #security #cybersecurity #nokogiri #doorkeeper #xss

It's finally here! v1.0 of Toot! has been officially released on the app store!

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/toot/id1229021451?ls=1&mt=8

For those who have not been in on the beta test already, this is an Mastodon client for iOS, full of character and whimsy. It is multi-instance, multi-account, it is fast, it is comfortable and it is above all a lot of fun!

It has a strong focus on user experience, animation, and attention to detail, as well as being the best client for Mastodon around. Try it now!

Mastodon security:

In August, Mastodon 2.4.4 was released which contains two fixes for security vulnerabilities.

Today, 39.5% of all Mastodon instances which show their version number are still running vulnerable Mastodon < 2.4.4.

We already checked this twice:

– 10/1/18: 42% vulnerable
– 8/23/18: 38.6% vulnerable

Either the remaining instances are all unmaintained or admins refuse to update.

#mastodon #security #vulnerability #infosec #security #cybersecurity

So happy about this icon for @tootapp that I finally managed to put together.

My favorite IBM design though is their 1980s cloth-bound manuals, designed by Massimo Vignelli. These are a joy to use and to look at.

Boost if you remember #retrogaming

Escher's relativity, in Lego .. http://www.andrewlipson.com/escher/relativity.html

Amazing video about game design and development tricks in crazily limited amounts of RAM.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWQ0591PAxM

#retrogaming #nes

Holy crap. Malware hidden in a strand of DNA hijacks the computer that analyzes that particular gene sequence.

We're going to live in a very weird world man.

https://www.wired.com/story/malware-dna-hack

Our golden age ended on September 11th, 2001. The day we decided to make fear our ultimate ruler, when we succumbed to the false promises of safety in exchange for liberty, when we chose to rate our believes higher than our knowledge, when we started to reject the stranger instead of welcoming him and when we turned our eyes from the future towards the past.

My favorite DOS all-in-one is the stunning IBM PS/2 Model 25. #retrocomputing

Text files are the cockroaches of the modern information ecosystem.

They might not look pretty and they scare kids, but they are SUPER well adapted and functional and they'll survive almost anything short of total hard disk failure.