2026-04-12T15:24:43Z https://yabu.me Ben Tasker https://yabu.me/npub1mp9cvfvtlxsq55jzq24zuk5u7calkpuvfjps7v9wef24yyph0jcszkvcju https://mastodon-media.fgnvm.upcloudobjects.com/accounts/avatars/109/336/582/632/115/804/original/2d36c33cd868d7cb.jpeg https://mastodon-media.fgnvm.upcloudobjects.com/accounts/avatars/109/336/582/632/115/804/original/2d36c33cd868d7cb.jpeg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsravl2yy948a5rtkef380x7z0glu4mqhrmvmgjdxydaenfvap75cgzyrvyhp3930u6qzjjggp25tj6nnmrh7c833xgxres4m9925ssxa7tzhsx3rs Other people see this and think &#34;holy hand grenade&#34; right?<br/> <img src="https://mastodon-media.fgnvm.upcloudobjects.com/media_attachments/files/116/193/762/480/474/331/original/b0f733e72ae07726.jpg"> <br/> 2026-03-08T13:23:18Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsr6wkk0d5fvads7dhsvqg5dl5tk2h9qk3l9m0q09pnllwt9p00puqzyrvyhp3930u6qzjjggp25tj6nnmrh7c833xgxres4m9925ssxa7tz66lpqw New #Documentation: #SelfHosting a #Firefox #Sync Server<br/><br/>I decided to look at the feasibility of moving syncing off Mozilla&#39;s servers and onto one that I control.<br/><br/>It turned out not to be too much work as someone else had already done the legwork<br/><br/><a href="https://www.bentasker.co.uk/posts/documentation/linux/selfhosting-a-firefox-sync-server.html">https://www.bentasker.co.uk/posts/documentation/linux/selfhosting-a-firefox-sync-server.html</a> 2026-01-03T16:40:27Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdu0eptzpyrntq0f9wex64d22cgksednppvu0hr3p6qdtaj6hl0fgzyrvyhp3930u6qzjjggp25tj6nnmrh7c833xgxres4m9925ssxa7tzvcdysl In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqx32q56w5qftu58e8dt2ajgtm9lym8vpglnn7nfvhsqxsdugtxkqulu6en'>nevent1q…u6en</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>How weird and frustrating...<br/><br/>The highlighting works fine for me.<br/><br/>Looking at 1password&#39;s about, though, I&#39;m running 8.11.16.35 which appears to be 3 releases out of date, so it probably breaks in a newer release.<br/><br/>Browser on another my machines has 8.11.18.36 and highlighting works there.<br/><br/>Which leaves the 8.11.20 and 8.11.22 updates as likely culprits 2025-12-16T13:21:06Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs03wnzgx7r94v76uukjn04s8vcwez4wdpsqk9p2dn7wu23e6afsfczyrvyhp3930u6qzjjggp25tj6nnmrh7c833xgxres4m9925ssxa7tz9n5xje I&#39;ve found this weekend&#39;s mission:<br/> <img src="https://mastodon-media.fgnvm.upcloudobjects.com/media_attachments/files/115/423/191/428/001/247/original/200d460384c8cdad.png"> <br/> 2025-10-23T11:16:13Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs20c2yun6ymu8fwyspf2ezr63kv9xzlt4w4np6azwjwfj6zsf8ghgzyrvyhp3930u6qzjjggp25tj6nnmrh7c833xgxres4m9925ssxa7tzg3swa9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx5t8aqysz8944el0xedj4lqt6ya8nwv7jhk225pvfraez7p7kj7cq5rfex'>nevent1q…rfex</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>People I know are sometimes a little shocked by what I pay<br/><br/>But, I&#39;m also never stood around complaining about my connection being crap - something that I feel like I hear quite a lot from those with lower bills 2025-09-12T10:56:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswlfhlz2n5adzwmq7eashjt3ddeplyja6gd5nehhy4m3hj9tlgflqzyrvyhp3930u6qzjjggp25tj6nnmrh7c833xgxres4m9925ssxa7tzq6crch In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0evgpxljusjwt9qydf5zwe6rr5erut50vl2sa00ex83llld9c6eq6fyl65'>nevent1q…yl65</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Should that say 4.2.22 or are you in the process of cutting a follow up tag? 2025-07-02T14:46:32Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8t8naheaywss3ur3dsdzyqdafdrpuls9eq9zfjpa030r99ak2dugzyrvyhp3930u6qzjjggp25tj6nnmrh7c833xgxres4m9925ssxa7tz29dm3t In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstnvxgrxve04m7wfmk0ejqwfj4c00e5h45sa2zt2nty5mpzw40a7qqmk08h'>nevent1q…k08h</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>That doesn&#39;t seem to say that they log the IP?<br/><br/>It sounds like they keep your IP* in memory so you don&#39;t get reprompted about a site that you&#39;ve chosen to bypass warnings on.<br/><br/>IMO, that&#39;s a *good* thing because it means average consumers won&#39;t simply switch away from the service if it accidentally overblocks<br/><br/>*In fact, not your IP, they&#39;ve gone to quite extreme lengths to anonymise - they&#39;re not just masking octets, it all gets HMAC&#39;d with a rotating key: <a href="https://142290803.fs1.hubspotusercontent-eu1.net/hubfs/142290803/DNS4EU%20Public%20DNS%20Resolver%20policy%202025.docx.pdf">https://142290803.fs1.hubspotusercontent-eu1.net/hubfs/142290803/DNS4EU%20Public%20DNS%20Resolver%20policy%202025.docx.pdf</a> 2025-06-14T11:28:47Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvgdr0xw0qzpa7saywe6rz9nnzwypyh549hkueu7rdz48rm3g82dszyrvyhp3930u6qzjjggp25tj6nnmrh7c833xgxres4m9925ssxa7tzwd2n9c New #blog post: Moving #hosting for bentasker.co.uk from US to #EU providers<br/><br/>Given the recent political upheaval in the US, I decided it was worth looking at how viable it was to move my public facing infrastructure off of US owned providers.<br/><br/>This blog post covers the providers I tried and went with as well as how I got on with them<br/><br/><a href="https://www.bentasker.co.uk/posts/blog/the-internet/migrating-my-services-away-from-us-providers.html">https://www.bentasker.co.uk/posts/blog/the-internet/migrating-my-services-away-from-us-providers.html</a> 2025-02-23T14:56:25Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs20ya08v3rjgs3lrqjs7dn7l00g79wvaqhrje0v69upykg43e49wczyrvyhp3930u6qzjjggp25tj6nnmrh7c833xgxres4m9925ssxa7tzgklm9z In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgsms0gzxaf7za02zlegufzelu5pnuasrgtc9dw2jm4esgguth8ysx2wr3v'>nevent1q…wr3v</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Also, **massive** shout-out to <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1huw9tr0cwmrnezvkg439zpqydp9sws2hphv0z6w6dlzus04ft59s6jc5x7" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Neil Brown</span> (<span class="italic">npub1huw…c5x7</span>)</a></span> for the excellent resources at <a href="https://onlinesafetyact.co.uk/">https://onlinesafetyact.co.uk/</a><br/><br/>Without those, the assessment would have taken much, much (much much) longer 2025-02-09T19:18:59Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgsms0gzxaf7za02zlegufzelu5pnuasrgtc9dw2jm4esgguth8yszyrvyhp3930u6qzjjggp25tj6nnmrh7c833xgxres4m9925ssxa7tzzsfs5l New #blog post: Doing an #OnlineSafetyAct assessment for my #Mastodon server<br/><br/>This post contains my feedback after doing an OSA assessment for my fedi server and also takes a cursory look at whether my photography site might be considered a #pornography service<br/><br/><a href="https://www.bentasker.co.uk/posts/blog/law/doing-an-osa-assessment-for-my-single-user-fedi-server.html">https://www.bentasker.co.uk/posts/blog/law/doing-an-osa-assessment-for-my-single-user-fedi-server.html</a> 2025-02-09T19:17:31Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgc97w98dyeuqph3pf62jp7afqpr36tqwt7p2q35rv2ys3jnu6dpgzyrvyhp3930u6qzjjggp25tj6nnmrh7c833xgxres4m9925ssxa7tzl4u6k8 New #blog post: Setting #zigbee2mqtt up with #homeassistant <br/><br/>To address some issues with my original coordinator, I&#39;ve moved my Zigbee network from using ZHA &amp; a Conbee stick to using Zigbee2MQTT &amp; a network bridge<br/><br/>This post describes getting it up and running<br/><br/><a href="https://www.bentasker.co.uk/posts/blog/house-stuff/moving-my-zigbee-network-from-zha-to-zigbee2mqtt.html">https://www.bentasker.co.uk/posts/blog/house-stuff/moving-my-zigbee-network-from-zha-to-zigbee2mqtt.html</a> 2025-01-29T08:37:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2hy4244pjg68vvcyuhf88xem4zps5p7h30pc9fmpvtlmyra68tdqzyrvyhp3930u6qzjjggp25tj6nnmrh7c833xgxres4m9925ssxa7tzr4rw2d In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqe4ypanyxk92s8wj754n2m5tg56fdlwnf4lxspxqjq6mmhtehqps4668q8'>nevent1q…68q8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The same is true when making something with wine based gravy (like a casserole)<br/><br/>The pot gets its glass of wine and then you &#34;test&#34; the rest of the bottle whilst it cooks - can&#39;t risk serving people food with bad wine in it, after all 2024-12-30T17:22:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstg2eekkp7yts7y3l6rtlw9ah8f89lam3fgzpd9pudfa6q6d3w4zczyrvyhp3930u6qzjjggp25tj6nnmrh7c833xgxres4m9925ssxa7tz0jpx25 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvjg07e5rxwhh2zqdr6hyvjv6jvxntyy438al7kytz9cvdzft6xjq46cnm5'>nevent1q…cnm5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I generally agree.<br/><br/>I can understand why people are concerned about the risks to them, but for the most part, this seems to be a bit like GDPR - most of the effort needed went into initial assessments/documenting compliance for things you were already doing. 2024-12-20T15:57:52Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspqn9nl78t684rtt7jev6zrgy54vpcqe2au83dr47m9s6pkqn7s9czyrvyhp3930u6qzjjggp25tj6nnmrh7c833xgxres4m9925ssxa7tzqx9rsh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstwy9l5fpxzg0tnnjmv2hrh8fxyy86u6npqguj2tck4r400z0td4gcppsky'>nevent1q…psky</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Assuming that it would be covered (which is a big IF), it&#39;d mean there&#39;s an avenue by which alice could screw bob.<br/><br/>It&#39;s easy enough for Alice to set up something (or lots of somethings) which push content into Bob&#39;s AP inbox.<br/><br/>If Alice being able to search is enough, then she also has the avenue to complain.<br/><br/>I did briefly think population could be done by searching the URLs of specific toots, but that only works if you&#39;re logged in 2024-12-17T12:08:48Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsw2r3h2ugwm2rzce3tjt3qwyyp9e9kzq7v3958zqe8ney93qps9yczyrvyhp3930u6qzjjggp25tj6nnmrh7c833xgxres4m9925ssxa7tzdvv453 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxjjmfrqjd5zauwwqx60t83qqg0ag460efd9r8845fncsvjlnh5tssz7lat'>nevent1q…7lat</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yeah sorry, I should have been clearer - they can, search is available to people who aren&#39;t logged in 2024-12-17T12:01:45Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0uvv5wd6zn9sz97g0r2nd4m3zu40rrq2s0aeympsdttx9hhspl9qzyrvyhp3930u6qzjjggp25tj6nnmrh7c833xgxres4m9925ssxa7tz0vp072 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2apl22cuhr587r7nlkr82djccg2d68naxzel5xz0vd2ghecs46wcvp4vyy'>nevent1q…4vyy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Does the search built into Mastodon not risk bringing a single instance into scope of a regulated search service? I couldn&#39;t see a fitting exemption in Schedule 1<br/><br/>Section 229 does say<br/><br/>&gt; does not include a service which enables a person to search just one website or database.<br/><br/>It feels like you could argue this both ways - the content it returns is federated in, but all stored on my site (but then Google could argue similar). 2024-12-17T11:52:31Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsy64fs3mm5xxh496e4p0gpeu8r9lf809t8s7qylmlw3cmwh7cvwzszyrvyhp3930u6qzjjggp25tj6nnmrh7c833xgxres4m9925ssxa7tz59sdt2 Sadly, this is likely to be something we continue to see - OSS reaches a much wider, but also much more demanding audience nowadays<br/><br/><a href="https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2024/popular-rockchip-sbc-distro-limbo-after-maintainer-burns-out">https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2024/popular-rockchip-sbc-distro-limbo-after-maintainer-burns-out</a> 2024-11-13T18:57:01Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsx3j3p9plm7lrwr9y9pgsjh8k77g4fch46q6g673wzn0harssj0fszyrvyhp3930u6qzjjggp25tj6nnmrh7c833xgxres4m9925ssxa7tzp4swwn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdte5s5ht056sug5ez7j6u2r9mpnz4wshq2lqx6889kjn0cul8ctq3lc3rg'>nevent1q…c3rg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Nope, it&#39;s been on my list for a bit but haven&#39;t quite found the motivation/time<br/><br/>But, I&#39;m taking some leave in a few weeks, so it might well be something that I look at then<br/><br/>I&#39;m quite surprised to see that IFTTT don&#39;t seem to have added support yet 2024-09-25T09:01:31Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsd8sqyk5tzytgac9ehxhuk7z3xshqkslq094gn6uk7jwlh69ykp6qzyrvyhp3930u6qzjjggp25tj6nnmrh7c833xgxres4m9925ssxa7tz27jt4l New #blog: I&#39;m a #Pylontech recommended technicia... wait, wut?<br/><br/>My day started with a #gdpr breach, because a battery manufacturer unilaterally decided that I was part of their UK maintenance team and emailed me customer details.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.bentasker.co.uk/posts/blog/security/gdpr-pylontech-recommended-me-as-a-battery-maintenance-tech-but-im-just-a-customer.html">https://www.bentasker.co.uk/posts/blog/security/gdpr-pylontech-recommended-me-as-a-battery-maintenance-tech-but-im-just-a-customer.html</a><br/><br/>#security #dataprotection #infosec 2024-09-23T20:01:17Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspz5yt54pe5hatdsjukxqz56ku9qa0r9eytl6qlzudlre2xvaqhjqzyrvyhp3930u6qzjjggp25tj6nnmrh7c833xgxres4m9925ssxa7tztydtwj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszcsjk64e49zkns8mzc34q2w3lp8ve9tkl24xszrte74rtrv4m2yq4x7v38'>nevent1q…7v38</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yup, ISTR it was on the back of the guy&#39;s leg so he felt he couldn&#39;t wear shorts til it was removed 2024-09-18T19:44:23Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsg7jmt6k8wr4000t6u4ksfhf8ye7wnh06pqmh7sufj5ff4k86m52gzyrvyhp3930u6qzjjggp25tj6nnmrh7c833xgxres4m9925ssxa7tzl5agnj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrnjez6tdnhf62h7ee85yup4ma9qdclcntks9mraz8x0frujw9xhsc5yhe0'>nevent1q…yhe0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I feel like I remember seeing a news story about someone setting up a GoFundMe to try and have a tattoo of his face removed.<br/><br/>But, can&#39;t find it now because all that comes back is stories about his death. 2024-09-18T14:30:22Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz6uyul2ldrpw53szrn9taexffu0875qeg4gkyy0x94ju32fm42dszyrvyhp3930u6qzjjggp25tj6nnmrh7c833xgxres4m9925ssxa7tz40g0rd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszd233gxy5fzu3e8rlhfpt8u8lcw60hw9fgwn5cwuq9gnyehhvpgs25phaf'>nevent1q…phaf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Interesting, so it&#39;s a Powerup but with a chargeable baseline? 2024-08-14T13:05:00Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszusanm3jtzt5wq7ktxadl0t652w0tcnec8wfnkyd24qpx3ukvplszyrvyhp3930u6qzjjggp25tj6nnmrh7c833xgxres4m9925ssxa7tz5xsw4u New #Blog: Automating against #link-rot <br/><br/>A recent conversation prompted me to break ground on an idea I&#39;d been toying with for a while: extracting links from new blog posts and automating preservation of them using #linkwarden<br/><br/>This post talks about the issue and what I&#39;ve put together to try and protect myself against future link breakage.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.bentasker.co.uk/posts/blog/software-development/automatically-preserving-linked-urls-to-defend-against-link-rot.html">https://www.bentasker.co.uk/posts/blog/software-development/automatically-preserving-linked-urls-to-defend-against-link-rot.html</a> 2024-08-12T12:24:03Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8thrx78k8at6nhnyj89laf0cv7dwav08yvrdnkalcnn0qsrl7x7czyrvyhp3930u6qzjjggp25tj6nnmrh7c833xgxres4m9925ssxa7tzl3kaqa Slamming in a world with One Touch Switching (OTS) by <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub12hz33t24636gc3p7ppeyscsn8u959ge0etfw4jdxahamw89yf6vq84ynw4" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>RevK :verified_r:</span> (<span class="italic">npub12hz…ynw4</span>)</a></span> <br/><br/>I imagine, the fact that you can sidestep matching by order a business service instead is going to be a serious painpoint in future<br/><br/>(Also reminded me to go an update my surname on our A&amp;A line)<br/><br/><a href="https://www.revk.uk/2024/08/broadband-slamming.html">https://www.revk.uk/2024/08/broadband-slamming.html</a> 2024-08-09T09:59:33Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxsh4zm36udd58yrd5pjzgcuu5hdq24akne8ex0pt7nvtc3sxdlvgzyrvyhp3930u6qzjjggp25tj6nnmrh7c833xgxres4m9925ssxa7tzuve9td New #Blog: Building my own #TV station<br/><br/>After a conversation with someone, I decided to build my own linear #video channel, streaming content from our local library.<br/><br/>It means, rather than having to choose something to watch, I can just flick the telly on and be guaranteed something that I like<br/><br/>This post talks about the more interesting bits of the build<br/><br/>Also, it streams a testcard overnight...<br/><br/><a href="https://www.bentasker.co.uk/posts/blog/software-development/creating-my-own-streaming-television-channel.html">https://www.bentasker.co.uk/posts/blog/software-development/creating-my-own-streaming-television-channel.html</a><br/><br/>#nginx #ffmpeg 2024-08-07T18:55:38Z