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Change your password! #LastPass password manager has been breached by hackers https://www.fosslife.org/lastpass-breach-change-passwords-now #passwords #privacy #security #tools #PasswordManager

Magritte image-blurring tool open sourced by #Google https://www.fosslife.org/google-open-sources-magritte-image-blurring-tool #tools #Magritte #privacy #PETs #MachineLearning #encryption

New features in Rust: As interest in the programming language continues to grow, Paul Krill and Serdar Yegulalp break down what's new in the most recent versions https://www.fosslife.org/new-features-rust #Rust #Linux #kernel #programming #language #performance #tools #SoftwareDevelopment

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Learn about the history of the thumb drive along with the sometimes competing claims related to its origins https://www.fosslife.org/history-thumb-drive #ThumbDrive #MemoryStick #USB #FileTransfer #hardware #history #backup

Alison Chaiken helps you understand Linux application binary interfaces https://www.fosslife.org/understanding-linux-abi #Linux #ABI #OpenSource #FOSS #kernel

New open source content moderation tool from Meta will help platforms identify and remove violating content at scale https://www.fosslife.org/meta-announces-free-content-moderation-tool #tools #OpenSource #Meta #ContentModeration #FOSS #HMA

Learn about open technology projects that measure the energy consumption or carbon footprint of various computing tasks. https://www.fosslife.org/open-source-projects-help-measure-and-manage-energy-use #climate #OpenSource #ClimateChange #SoftwareDevelopment #Protontypes #projects #tools #energy #resources

Open Mapping: The Linux Foundation forms Overture Maps Foundation to create an "easy-to-use" ecosystem of map data https://www.fosslife.org/linux-foundation-forms-open-mapping-initiative #maps #data #OpenMapping #LinuxFoundation #AWS #Meta #Microsoft #TomTom

@meb I'm afraid I don't know about that.

@meb in the article, NIST recommends migrating to SHA-2 or SHA-3 as soon as possible. Probably best to follow the link to the NIST site to learn more https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2022/12/nist-retires-sha-1-cryptographic-algorithm

Report from HackerOne shows many ethical hackers are motivated by bug bounties https://www.fosslife.org/ethical-hacking-insights-hackerone-report #EthicalHacking #HackerOne #tools #security #vulnerability #BugBounty

10 games that can help you learn JavaScript https://www.fosslife.org/10-games-learning-javascript #languages #programming #CodeCombat #CodinGame #Crunchzilla #JavaScript #games

Use of the SHA-1 cryptographic algorithm is no longer advisable according to NIST https://www.fosslife.org/sha-1-algorithm-reaches-end-life #security #NIST #SHA1 #algorithm #cryptography

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Open source vulnerability scanner launched by #Google https://www.fosslife.org/google-launches-open-source-vulnerability-scanner #OSVScanner #OpenSource #vulnerability #tools #developer #database #FOSS