Matrix retentions - messages & media

Mon, 27 Jun 2022 20:13:00
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"No news, no new tutorials!?" That's right!

We're working more behind the scenes at the moment and have been cleaning up the server a bit, mainly our Matrix instance. It's taking up a little of space and it was time to start doing something about it soon enough before it grew too fast. The backups...

Microsoft Office 365 banned in German schools over data privacy

Mon, 27 Jun 2022 19:23:00
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Declaring that Windows 10 and Microsoft Office 365 are not compliant with EU General Data Protection Regulation, schools in Germany have banned its for violating privacy of students and teachers

In a first such case globally, schools in Germany have banned the use of Microsoft Office 365, after a...

Italy Data Protection Authority Warns Websites Against Use of Google Analytics

Mon, 27 Jun 2022 19:10:00
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Following the footsteps of Austria and France, the Italian Data Protection Authority has become the latest regulator to find the use of Google Analytics to be non-compliant with E.U. data protection regulations.

The Garante per la Protezione dei Dati Personali, in a press release published l...

EU cloud providers subject to lock-in with Microsoft due to new strategy

Mon, 27 Jun 2022 19:05:00
1 minute, 14 seconds

Fair competition is essential to a healthy business ecosystem, yet tech giants seem to believe they can work around it using their market dominance and various anti-competitive activities.

3 weeks ago, Microsoft announced a new strategy shift with the aim to comply with its steady flow of legal co...

MIT researchers uncover ‘unpatchable’ flaw in Apple M1 chips

Mon, 27 Jun 2022 18:58:00
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Apple’s M1 chips have an “unpatchable” hardware vulnerability that could allow attackers to break through its last line of security defenses, MIT researchers have discovered.

The vulnerability lies in a hardware-level security mechanism utilized in Apple M1 chips called pointer authentication code...