The FBI has been unable to access a Washington Post reporter’s seized iPhone because it was in Lockdown Mode, a sometimes overlooked feature that makes iPhones broadly more secure, according to recently filed court records.

The court record shows what devices and data the FBI was able to ultimately access, and which devices it could not, after raiding the home of the reporter, Hannah Natanson, in January as part of an investigation into leaks of classified information. It also provides rare insight into the apparent effectiveness of Lockdown Mode, or at least how effective it might be before the FBI may try other techniques to access the device.

“Because the iPhone was in Lockdown mode, CART could not extract that device,” the court record reads, referring to the FBI’s Computer Analysis Response Team, a unit focused on performing forensic analyses of seized devices. The document is written by the government, and is opposing the return of Natanson’s devices.

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Over the last few days hackers and trolls have targeted a slew of ICE spotting apps and their users in an apparent attempt to intimidate and stop them from reporting sightings of ICE. These hackers sent threatening text messages to users of StopICE, claiming their personal data has been sent to the authorities; attempted to wipe uploads on Eyes Up, which aims to document ICE abuses; and even sent push notifications to DEICER app users claiming their data has also been sent to various government agencies.

There is little evidence that hackers have actually provided data to the government. But it shows that apps like these, many of which Apple and Google have already kicked from their respective app stores, in some cases after direct government pressure, can be targeted by hackers or those looking to harass their users.

“Yes there is a targeted spike in attacks targeting similar [sites],” Sherman Austin, the developer of StopICE, told 404 Media in an email.

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I distro hopped for a bit before finally settling in Debian (because Debian was always mentioned as a distro good for servers, or stable machines that are ok with outdated software)

And while I get that Debian does have software that isn't as up to date, I've never felt that the software was that outdated. Before landing on Debian, I always ran into small hiccups that caused me issues as a new Linux user - but when I finally switched over to Debian, everything just worked! Especially now with Debian 13.

So my question is: why does Debian always get dismissed as inferior for everyday drivers, and instead mint, Ubuntu, or even Zorin get recommended? Is there something I am missing, or does it really just come down to people not wanting software that isn't "cutting edge" release?

I’ve been getting more into self hosting lately, grabbed an optiplex 3050 for everything and I’m running Mint currently. Looking more into things though, I saw Debian come up as a more barebones distro and now I’m wondering if there is a lot of benefit to going more barebones. I’m not having any issues with my current setup but now I can’t stop thinking about it. I am newer to Linux but having to learn new things doesn’t wig me out much if there is a lot more involvement with Debian

A North Carolina man is facing multiple felony charges after he broke into a Little Caesars after closing time and started making and selling pizzas, according to police. It happened Sunday, the day after a massive snow storm hit the state, and the suspect kept all the money for himself, the Kinston Police Department said in a Feb. 2 news release.

An arrest was made after the suspect tried to break into the shop a second time, police said.

I was hoping you guys could help me with a bit of a more out-of-the-ordinary situation. My older father, who has very little technical knowledge, is the owner of a local news outlet and is in the process of modernizing the whole website and its infrastructure. He is in talks with a local developer (just one guy) who has been maintaining everything for the past 5 years to transfer everything to a new dedicated server and make some much-needed software and design changes. He is currently running everything on an older Hetzner dedicated server, which we decided to upgrade very soon to the Hetzner AX102 (Ryzen 9 7950X3D, 128 GB DDR5 ECC, 2 × 1.92 TB NVMe SSD Datacenter Edition, and a 1 Gbit/s port with unlimited bandwidth). He has asked me to try to help him achieve a favorable outcome because he is aware that, due to his lack of technical knowledge, he might be taken advantage of or, at the very least, the developer will only do the bare minimum because no one will check his work, even though this process is not exactly cheap, at least by our country’s standards.

I only possess a basic understanding of most of what hosting such a site optimally on a dedicated server entails, as this is not my area of expertise, but I am willing to learn in order to help my father, at least to the point where we don’t get scammed and we are able to take full advantage of the new hardware to make the site load instantly.

More context:

• The site is based on WordPress, and we plan to keep it that way when we make the transfer. The developer told me he would strongly prefer running AlmaLinux 10 with NGINX for our particular context and will likely use Bricks as a page builder. I would prefer not to change these, since it would likely create unneeded friction with him.
• There are about 150k–250k average monthly users according to Google Analytics, depending on the time of year and different events, most of them from our area.
• About 80% of readers are using smartphones.
• There are a few writers who publish multiple articles daily (20–25 in a 24-hour window). The articles always contain at least text and some images. There’s a strong dependency on Facebook, as most of the readers access those articles from our Facebook page. This might be relevant for caching strategies and other settings.

For now, as a caching strategy for optimal speed, Gemini analyzed my requirements and recommended a tiered “in-memory” caching strategy to handle high traffic without a CDN. Could you validate whether these specific recommendations are optimal, since I am highly skeptical of AIs?

Page Cache: it suggests mapping Nginx FastCGI Cache directly to RAM (tmpfs). It recommends using ngx_cache_purge with the Nginx Helper plugin to instantly invalidate only the Homepage and Categories upon publishing. It also advises stripping tracking parameters (e.g., fbclid) to prevent cache fragmentation.

1. Object Cache: It proposes using Valkey (Server-side) paired with the Redis Object Cache plugin. The specific advice is to connect them via Unix Socket (instead of TCP) for the lowest possible latency.
2. PHP Layer: It recommends PHP 8.5 with OPcache and JIT (Tracing mode) enabled, optimized to keep the runtime entirely in memory.

**I’d appreciate any thoughts or advice you might have on the overall situation, not just the caching side of things. The caching is just what I managed to study so far since the AI insisted it was particular important for this setup. **😊

The latest selloff was triggered by a new legal tool from Anthropic’s Claude large language model (LLM).

The tool – a plug-in for Claude’s agent for tasks across legal, sales, marketing and data analysis – underscored the push by LLMs into the so-called “application layer,” where these firms ‌are increasingly muscling into lucrative enterprise businesses for revenue they need to fund massive investments. If ‌successful, investors worry, it could wreak havoc across a range of industries, from finance to law and coding.

I currently have Nextcloud running, and it's stable, performant...no issues whatsoever. But it's also a LOT more than what I need, and stores files in an "unusable" state if I want to look at them outside of Nextcloud. The real kicker is that the linux client wants to download the entire cloud drive, which simply doesn't work for me.

For most cases, I think a samba share is all I need, but I do have times when I don't have internet access, so the ability to save specific files locally to sync back when I'm home would be great. Nextcloud and OneDrive have a "always keep on this device" option which has been perfect in the past.

I use Syncthing for some specific cases, but it adds extra steps I don't want to deal with all the time.

Specifically, I'm looking for something with these requirements:

• provide a virtual drive for Linux and Windows
• can keep specific files/folders from that drive offline
• point the server to a folder (or folders), and that's what it shares

And "would be nice, but not required"

• web interface to view/download files
• user-level access
• web and virtual drive can be accessed via reverse proxy

I've tried poking around, and can't find anything that seems to fit. I'm surprised there isn't a webdav client or samba config option that would do what I want, but I may also be in a mental rut and missing a key term.

Hi I got home assistant, immich, jellyfin and recently tried to set up next cloud with helm. Not everything is as smooth as I expected.

Do you guys have any other ideas for similiar setup on local kubernetes cluster?

All the ones that keep getting recommended have a UI like a cockpit of a Boeing 747 (kdenlive, shotcut, openshot, DaVinci resolve) which is so overwhelming, all I want is just make some cuts, blur a face, or something on the screen, and maybe add some subtitles.

I just want something simple, I am not gonna make the next Avatar movie.

I have a feeling there is nothing like this on linux but hey maybe one of you actually knows of one.

The Estonian state is to analyze how viable it would be to reduce dependence on U.S. tech giants such as Microsoft, Google or Amazon for its software.

A researcher recently found that young adults who receive emotional support on social media are significantly more likely to report reduced anxiety symptoms, with a few specific personality traits reporting the most improved well-being.

Among the study's findings was that people with high openness to experience, high extraversion, high agreeableness and low conscientiousness reported an increase in perceived social media emotional support. Positive interactions and perceptions may explain why young adults with these specific traits feel more supported and less anxious overall.

The article title is click bait here is the full article:

Wondering what your career looks like in our increasingly uncertain, AI-powered future? According to Palantir CEO Alex Karp, it’s going to involve less of the comfortable office work to which most people aspire, a more old fashioned grunt work with your hands.

Speaking at the World Economic Forum yesterday, Karp insisted that the future of work is vocational — not just for those already in manufacturing and the skilled trades, but for the majority of humanity.

In the age of AI, Karp told attendees at a forum, a strong formal education in any of the humanities will soon spell certain doom.

“You went to an elite school, and you studied philosophy; hopefully you have some other skill,” he warned, adding that AI “will destroy humanities jobs.”

Karp, who himself holds humanities degrees from the elite liberal arts institutions of Haverford College and Stanford Law, will presumably be alright. With a net worth of $15.5 billion — well within the top 0.1 percent of global wealth owners — the Palantir CEO has enough money and power to live like a feudal lord (and that’s before AI even takes over.)

The rest of us, he indicates, will be stuck on the assembly line, building whatever the tech companies require.

“If you’re a vocational technician, or like, we’re building batteries for a battery company… now you’re very valuable, if not irreplaceable,” Karp insisted. “I mean, y’know, not to divert to my usual political screeds, but there will be more than enough jobs for the citizens of your nation, especially those with vocational training.”

Now, there’s nothing wrong with vocational work or manufacturing. The global economy runs on these jobs. But in a theoretical world so fundamentally transformed by AI that intellectual labor essentially ceases to exist, it’s telling that tech billionaires like Karp see the rest of humanity as their worker bees.

It seems that the AI revolution never seems to threaten those who stand to profit the most from it — just the 99.9 percent of us building their batteries.

The Fedimap.de is a map of the Fediverse users. Everyone can mark or unmark themselves.

Previously known as "Fedikarte", the project recently got brought back to life under the new name Fedimap. The german community has already been very active adding themselves to the map. Maybe we can get more people from the wider Fediverse to add themselves.

Here's how you add yourself from Lemmy/PieFed:

• Grab your coordinates by clicking on a location on fedimap
• Don't use your exact location obviously
• Send a private message to @fedimap@social.linux.pizza with your coordinates like this:
• @fedimap !in 54.88889467,23.93083513

Done!

The project's code is available on codeberg.