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About this Episode

This week we discuss Grafana moving to the AGPL, Signal goes on offense and Grad Students infecting the Linux Kernel. Plus, how many door locks do you need?

Rundown

• AGPL
  • Grafana, Loki, and Tempo will be relicensed to AGPLv3
  • Chris Aniszczyk’s take
  • Another Thread Twitter Thread
• Hacking
  • Exploiting vulnerabilities in Cellebrite UFED and Physical Analyzer from an app's perspective
  • A Twitter Thread on Signal and Celebrate
  • Linux kernel developers do not like being experimented on
  • University of Minnesota hacks the Linux Kernel?
• Discord took our advice
  • Discord Ends Deal Talks With Microsoft

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• Security Incident Disclosure
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Nonsense

• RIP, Apple TV remote: There’s finally a replacement and it’s only $15 at Amazon
• LMAO
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