Lance R. Vick ( @lrvick@mastodon.social )

Here is the "youtube-dl" source code GitHub took down, in image form. Let's make sure there are enough copies of this image on the internet to keep the @DMCA team busy for the geological ages.https://twitter.com/GalacticFurball/status/1319765986791157761 …

FYI all forks of a GitHub repo are stored together in the backend. If you fork the "dmca" repo and push code to a new empty branch, it is accessible from the original repo as well. Security problem, right? GitHub didn't think so. Anyone can push DMCAed code to GitHub DMCA repo.

Hey @GitHub. Remember that security bug where anyone can attach commits to repos they don't control? That bug you said you wont fix? It was used to attach the "youtube-dl" source code to your own DMCA repo. Have fun @DMCA. You two deserve each other. https://github.com/github/dmca/tree/416da574ec0df3388f652e44f7fe71b1e3a4701f …

@RIAA If you don't censor this thread, it could be used against you in court as evidence that you are unfairly applying your interpretations of your rights. If you do censor it, the internet will ensure there are 1000s of clones monopolizing all of your time forever. Your move.

Also any attempts to make brittle one-liners like this work is an exercise in futility purely to increase Streisand effect. I for one am masochistic enough to do it anyway. In general just go actually use youtube-dl and mirror it like crazy.

Note: this version probably doesn't work on most/all videos today. It is an iteration of one I wrote years ago: https://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/view/1405/stream-youtube-url-directly-to-mplayer … Thanks to @_julijane_ for testing! I may try updating it for funsies this weekend. Join #!:http://matrix.org  to help :)

Saying you can't justify the cost of a hardware security module to protect you on the internet like a Yubikey or Mooltipass is like saying you can't justify the price of condoms to go to a sex party. Please invest in basic protections for yourself and those that trust you.

How long before Apple bans web browser apps allowing access to some URLs I wonder? They could at any time and there would be nothing you can do about it. Apple can decide what you can and can't do with hardware you paid for, so is it really yours?

Remember that one time Google forced an "Anonymous Coward" to remove the ability to choose alternative search engines in Android? I can't wait to see how they explain this in the DOJ antitrust lawsuit. https://android.googlesource.com/platform/packages/apps/GlobalSearch/+/592150ac00086400415afe936d96f04d3be3ba0c …

Signal assumes no E2EE network can survive without centralization to empower rapid changes. I assume no E2EE network can survive without decentralization to resist political demands for censorship and backdoors. This is fundamentally why I always recommend Matrix over Signal.

Update: Most stable/powerful thing I have ever flown. I regret not building a 7" sooner! Clean HD footage with no vibration too. Small VTX drops so I am going to move the antenna up higher and do more range testing. Next: finding some towers to dive.

This morning on a hunch I went on github and searched for 'math/rand' encrypt' and 'rand.seed' and filtered for golang. 30 minutes in I realized there were more potential CVEs than I would ever bother to file. If anyone is bored, have fun.

95F and my driver had no A/C. Would not roll down the windows presumably to save gas. "How much discomfort is this person willing to endure for such a small optimization?" I thought. Then I realized I am the same way about tech.