Linux

As part of Debian’s project in Google Summer of Code, I’ll be working with two students, Kai-Chung Yan and Komal Sukhani, and another mentor from the Debian Java Team team, Markus Koschany. We are going to be working on getting the Android SDK and tools into Debian, as part of the Debian Android Tools team, building upon the existing work already included from the Java and Android Tools teams. [Read More]

Update: now you can do this with Tor Onion Services Many software update systems use code signing to ensure that only the correct software is downloaded and installed, and to prevent the code from being altered. This is an effective way to prevent the code from being modified, and because of that, software update systems often use plain, unencrypted HTTP connections for downloading code updates. That means that the metadata of what packages a machine has installed is available in plain text for any network observer, from someone sitting on the same public WiFi as you, to state actors with full network observation capabilities. [Read More]