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Christoph Stoettner @stoeps@infosec.exchange

· 2w ago

New post: Keeping Ansible Passwords out of the File System I have used the HCL Connections automation project for years. I abandoned my own Ansible roles for deploying Connections and switched to it. The project works, but it misses some basic practices, it stores passwords in clear text, and its variable inheritance makes environment-specific settings … https://stoeps.de/posts/2026/ansible-vault-environment-passwords/ Reply to this toot to leave a comment - replies will appear below the article automatically. #omb #ansible #automation #security

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Keeping Ansible Passwords out of the File System

I have used the HCL Connections automation project for years. I abandoned my own Ansible roles for deploying Connections and switched to it. The project works, but it misses some basic practices, it stores passwords in clear text, and its variable inheritance makes environment-specific settings hard to follow.

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Christoph Stoettner @stoeps@infosec.exchange

· 2mo ago

Hersteller antwortet auf mein Ticket: Could you please confirm if you or your team are actively working on a fix for this ticket... Ähm nein, weil das ist euer Job? Ich tippe ja auf ne KI Antwort, aber wer weiss.

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Christoph Stoettner @stoeps@infosec.exchange

· 3w ago

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Ja die lieben Kleinen. Ich merke Erziehung und Gene auch täglich. Alles richtig gemacht. @netzwerkgoettin@konfigurationsmanufaktur.de

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Christoph Stoettner @stoeps@infosec.exchange

· 5mo ago

New post: My Pain Point With Immutable Linux Desktops

I started using Bluefin and Fedora Silverblue at the end of 2023. The concept of primarily using cloud technology and containers matched perfectly with my workflow.

https://stoeps.de/posts/2026/my-painpoints-with-immutable-linux-desktops/

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#bluefin #fedora #silverblue

My Pain Point With Immutable Linux Desktops

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My Pain Point With Immutable Linux Desktops

After more than two years on immutable desktops, it was time to try a new Linux distribution.

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Christoph Stoettner @stoeps@infosec.exchange

· 5mo ago

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Was mich dabei am meisten nervt, warum haben die das bereits gespeichert? Da steht ja auch Gewerkschaftsmitgliedschaften und sexuelle Orientierung. @leyrer@23.social

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Christoph Stoettner @stoeps@infosec.exchange

· 5mo ago

New post: Engage 2026
https://stoeps.de/posts/2026/engage-2026/

Btw big shout to @PaulHarrison@mas.to, he fixed my all thumbs with the mobile app in seconds. The app helps a lot during such conferences.

#engageug

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Engage 2026

I attended Engage.UG 2026, here you read the summary.

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Christoph Stoettner @stoeps@infosec.exchange

· 5mo ago

I do a troubleshooting talk next week. First 10 slides contain 2 tulip images and one from ancient rome. I think it gets funny.

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Christoph Stoettner @stoeps@infosec.exchange

· 2mo ago

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@ck2@mainz.social der hat 2 in ähnlicher Grösse: Gerade bei #Kleinanzeigen gefunden. Wie findest du das? https://www.kleinanzeigen.de/s-anzeige/terrarium-mit-schiebescheiben-50x30x30cm/3472006497-313-21328?utm_source=sharesheet&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialbuttons&utm_content=app_android

Kleinanzeigen

Terrarium mit Schiebescheiben - 50x30x30cm

Zum Verkauf steht aus einem Nichtraucherhaushalt: Ein Terrarium mit...,Terrarium mit Schiebescheiben - 50x30x30cm in Rheinland-Pfalz - Beindersheim

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Christoph Stoettner @stoeps@infosec.exchange

· 5mo ago

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@bkastl@mastodon.social Geburtsdatum sind 8 Zahlen (zw. 1930 und 2026, 01-12, 1-31), evtl 2 Punkte. Das ist per Bruteforce, wenn das PDF abgegriffen wird, in unter 2 Sekunden geknackt. Das abtippen der richtigen Passworte dauert vermutlich länger. Wer redet denn den Leuten so ein Verfahren ein?

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Christoph Stoettner @stoeps@infosec.exchange

· 5mo ago

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Man sollte halt dazustehen, dass es ein menschlicher Fehler war und nicht das Tool verantwortlich machen, bzw. auf Wire wechseln. Da kann das genauso passieren. @kaibojens

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Christoph Stoettner @stoeps@infosec.exchange

· 5mo ago

So three days conference about HCLSoftware. A bit Linux and Opensource. Meeting friends, felt like coming home (wasn't there for 3 years). I have hundreds of ideas sparkling through my head. @engageug@mas.to

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Engage User Group (@engageug@mas.to) - mas.to

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Christoph Stoettner @stoeps@infosec.exchange

· 3mo ago

New post: Open Tabs CW27/2026 Three links this week. The most interesting one is the US Supreme Court decision that the FTC isn't independent and so the basic assumption of EU-US Data Privacy Framework does no longer work. https://stoeps.de/posts/2026/open-tabs-cw27/ Reply to this toot to leave a comment - replies will appear below the article automatically. #ai #costs #cw27_2026 #energy #gdpr #tech

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Open Tabs CW27/2026

Three links this week. The most interesting one is the US Supreme Court decision that the FTC isn't independent and so the basic assumption of EU-US Data Privacy Framework does no longer work.

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Christoph Stoettner @stoeps@infosec.exchange

· 3mo ago

New post: Open Tabs CW27/2026

Three links this week. The most interesting one is the US Supreme Court decision that the FTC isn't independent and so the basic assumption of EU-US Data Privacy Framework does no longer work.

https://stoeps.de/posts/2026/open-tabs-cw27/

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#ai #costs #cw27_2026 #energy #gdpr #tech

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Open Tabs CW27/2026

Three links this week. The most interesting one is the US Supreme Court decision that the FTC isn't independent and so the basic assumption of EU-US Data Privacy Framework does no longer work.

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Christoph Stoettner @stoeps@infosec.exchange

· 5mo ago

New post: Open Tabs CW19/2026

A mix of articles I read over the last week, no special topic, but I hope interesting.

https://stoeps.de/posts/2026/open-tabs-cw19/

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#ai #arch #bitwarden #cachyos #crypto #cw19_2026 #excel #keepass #linux #mkdocs #properdocs #student #writing

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Open Tabs CW19/2026

A mix of articles I read over the last week, no special topic, but I hope interesting.

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Christoph Stoettner @stoeps@infosec.exchange

· 5mo ago

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If you're happy, keep it going. I think the Framework hardware is better supported. I just needed more stability. Until now it's scripts and chezmoi. @krizz@phpc.social @dde@social.tchncs.de

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Christoph Stoettner @stoeps@infosec.exchange

· 5mo ago

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Good idea, but should use --no-preserve-root or it won't work. @thomasfricke

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Christoph Stoettner @stoeps@infosec.exchange

· 5mo ago

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Super getroffen! @kasiandra @leyrer

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Christoph Stoettner @stoeps@infosec.exchange

· 5mo ago

New post: Open Tabs CW18/2026

A day early this week as we have a holiday tomorrow in Germany.

https://stoeps.de/posts/2026/open-tabs-cw18/

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#ai #atomic #carbs #cw18_2026 #esn #fedora #gnome #hclcnx #immutable #libreoffice #security

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Open Tabs CW18/2026

A day early this week as we have a holiday tomorrow in Germany.

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Christoph Stoettner @stoeps@infosec.exchange

· 5mo ago

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Thanks @theoheselmans it was great catching up and now I find it even more upsetting that I missed your and Hilde's last engage.

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Christoph Stoettner @stoeps@infosec.exchange

· 5mo ago

Starting my travel to Gent attending @engageug@mas.to the next days. See you there?

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Christoph Stoettner @stoeps@infosec.exchange

· 5mo ago

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@xahteiwi@mastodon.social when I look at the last 6 months and my amd-gpu issues I can feel with him. Multiple kernel panics, freezes or automatic reboots a day. Followed pretty every distro issue tracker and went back to Kernel 6.17.8, now at least 24 hours stable. All newer kernels have issues, downgrade of the amd-gpu firmware helps a bit, but not completely. If the next 24 hours keep stable, I will write a blog post on this. Since AMD announced a 30% performance boost (October 2025) it's a big pale of 💩

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Christoph Stoettner @stoeps@infosec.exchange

· 5mo ago

More zero days for NSA and other government agencies?

Microsoft, Google and xAI will let the government test their AI models before launch | CNN Business
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/05/05/tech/microsoft-google-xai-government-test-ai-models

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Christoph Stoettner @stoeps@infosec.exchange

· 5mo ago

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Ja gern, komme nur voraussichtlich nicht zur GPN. @kasiandra @socialmedia

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Christoph Stoettner @stoeps@infosec.exchange

· 5mo ago

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Zur Not @leyrer mitgeben, den treff ich schon einmal. Und wieder falsch verstanden, also wenn es die auf der gpn gibt. @kasiandra @socialmedia

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Christoph Stoettner @stoeps@infosec.exchange

· 5mo ago

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It lasted 2.5 years, the longest time I ever used the same distribution. I still believe in bootc, but need a stable machine for work. It's a bit sad that rebasing between different distributions or versions is not always working. This could also help. @jorge@hachyderm.io

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Christoph Stoettner @stoeps@infosec.exchange

· 5mo ago

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@oscillator@chaos.social I stopped after TunaOS and yes I try staying with brew, distrobox and flatpak.

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Christoph Stoettner @stoeps@infosec.exchange

· 5mo ago

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@cambid83@chaos.social sorry, der Post kommt vor dem publish in der Ci, ist jetzt veröffentlicht. Ich teste wie ich das drehen kann.

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Christoph Stoettner @stoeps@infosec.exchange

· 5mo ago

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Jein, weil in der Bundestagsinstanz hätte man ein Backup aller Nachrichten, oder? Da kann man nicht automatisch löschen, "um Platz zu sparen". Die internen Nachrichten sind ja evtl nicht so interessant wie Absprachen mit externen Beratern. Nimmt man da dann Whatsapp, öffentliches Wire oder wieder Signal? @sheogorath @kaibojens

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Christoph Stoettner @stoeps@infosec.exchange

· 5mo ago

New post: Open Tabs CW17/2026
https://stoeps.de/posts/2026/open-tabs-cw17/

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Open Tabs CW17/2026

Between a conference and two train rides, I had plenty of reading time — yet only five articles survived the cut. The usual mix: no common thread, just things that caught my attention.

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Christoph Stoettner @stoeps@infosec.exchange

· 5mo ago

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Viel Glück und Spass morgen! Fangen die Nummern bei 1 an? 77km ist eher eine Fahrradstrecke. Da sind aber scheinbar noch mehr die das laufen. 😆 🏃‍➡️@svij@ruhr.social

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Christoph Stoettner @stoeps@infosec.exchange

· 5mo ago

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Geht seit ca 9 Monaten, mehrere Freezes bzw Kernel Dumps pro Tag. Kein Workaround tut, muesste den Kernel selbst bauen, das hab ich im der Pipeline nicht hinbekommen. @Wiulinu@23.social

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Christoph Stoettner @stoeps@infosec.exchange

· 1w ago

New post: Open Tabs CW39/2026 This week's links cover the fragility of US-based infrastructure, smart fridge firmware, AI-generated slop, journald, and the art of asking good questions. https://stoeps.de/posts/2026/open-tabs-cw39/ Reply to this toot to leave a comment - replies will appear below the article automatically. #omb #ai #ask #eu #firmware #fridge #genie #iot #journald #question #samsung #schneier #slop #systemd #us

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Open Tabs CW39/2026

This week's links cover the fragility of US-based infrastructure, smart fridge firmware, AI-generated slop, journald, and the art of asking good questions.

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Christoph Stoettner @stoeps@infosec.exchange

· 3mo ago

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@toheine@social.tchncs.de viel Spaß!

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Christoph Stoettner @stoeps@infosec.exchange

· 5mo ago

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@erd ist das mittig in der Interstate Auffahrt?

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Christoph Stoettner @stoeps@infosec.exchange

· 5mo ago

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Gut zu wissen dass zumindest einer das liest. Danke @Wiulinu

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Christoph Stoettner @stoeps@infosec.exchange

· 5mo ago

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@Wiulinu@23.social ja, ich hab aber grad so Ärger mit der amd-gpu und dass ich in Buefin keinen passenden Kernel bzw Firmware finde, dass ich grad CachyOS teste.

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Christoph Stoettner @stoeps@infosec.exchange

· 2mo ago

New post: Open Tabs CW31/2026 A new Gnome extension, a word worm (I thought we got over Office worms ages ago) and an OpenAI parrot attacked Hugging Face. Interesting week and some stuff to read. Have fun. https://stoeps.de/posts/2026/open-tabs-cw31/ Reply to this toot to leave a comment - replies will appear below the article automatically. #ai #cw31_2026 #extension #gnome #m365 #openai #prompt_injection #tiu #word #worm

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Open Tabs CW31/2026

A new Gnome extension, a word worm (I thought we got over Office worms ages ago) and an OpenAI parrot attacked Hugging Face. Interesting week and some stuff to read. Have fun.

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Christoph Stoettner @stoeps@infosec.exchange

· 2mo ago

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@stdevel@chaos.social d.h. du rufst die Community um ein pinkes Theme für Gnome/Kde zu bekommen?

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Christoph Stoettner @stoeps@infosec.exchange

· 5mo ago

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Ich bin auch gespannt, meine Versuche und Erfahrungen mit Arch und Manjaro vor Jahren waren nicht so wirklich gut. @Wiulinu@23.social @dde@social.tchncs.de

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Christoph Stoettner @stoeps@infosec.exchange

· 2mo ago

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Ich pack nen Aufruf in meine Froscon Slides. @stdevel@chaos.social

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Christoph Stoettner @stoeps@infosec.exchange

· 5mo ago

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@Wiulinu@23.social Cachy hatte im Januar schon einen Fix. Wirkt grad schnell und stabil. Mal sehen. Ich bin über ein paar Probleme gestolpert, ich dachte immer, man kann kreuz und quer rebasen. Silverblue -> Bluefin usw. Jetzt steht in der Doku, dass man von Bluefin nicht auf Bluefin LTS rebasen soll, weil es bekannte Probleme gibt. Das wusste ich beim letzten Versuch nicht (dann Neuinstallation) und auch in LTS war ich nach der Neuinstallation nicht happy. TunaOS konnte bei der Installation kein Luks. Ich hab jetzt ein minimales Cachy mit Flatpak, Distrobox und Homebrew.

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Christoph Stoettner @stoeps@infosec.exchange

· 5mo ago

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Wir brauchen Steuern auf rauchende Köpfe @GrueneVictoria@gruene.social

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Christoph Stoettner @stoeps@infosec.exchange

· 3mo ago

New post: Open Tabs CW26/2026

This week's links circle around one theme: the gap between AI hype and reality — hope you enjoy them as much as I did.

https://stoeps.de/posts/2026/open-tabs-cw26/

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#agi #ai #climate #cw26_2026 #egypt #extraterrestrial #vibecoding

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Open Tabs CW26/2026

This week's links circle around one theme: the gap between AI hype and reality — hope you enjoy them as much as I did.

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Christoph Stoettner @stoeps@infosec.exchange

· 2mo ago

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Hannah Montana Linux hat die Tage released, das ist ein Zeichen. @stdevel@chaos.social

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Christoph Stoettner @stoeps@infosec.exchange

· 2mo ago

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Nicht vergessen, der Bundeshaushalt der letzten 5 Jahre war immer um 450 Milliarden, wenn da jetzt 45% davon oder zusätzlich zur Bundeswehr sollen, sehe ich furchtbar schwarz (oder blau). Das ist nicht finanzierbar. @politicalbeauty.bsky.social

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Christoph Stoettner @stoeps@infosec.exchange

· 5mo ago

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Could be the reason for not publishing it, or some country paid already to have an infinte pool of zero days to crack devices of friends, enemies and residents. But I believe it's a scam or a hoax. @iinavpov

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Christoph Stoettner @stoeps@infosec.exchange

· 2mo ago

New post: Open Tabs CW29/2026

The Open Tabs from week 29/2026, not all links are about AI. This week was more about politics and satellites.

https://stoeps.de/posts/2026/open-tabs-cw29/

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#ai #chatcontrol #consulting #cw29_2026 #eu #orbit #satellite #security #socialengineering #space

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Open Tabs CW29/2026

The Open Tabs from week 29/2026, not all links are about AI. This week was more about politics and satellites.

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Christoph Stoettner @stoeps@infosec.exchange

· 2mo ago

New post: Open Tabs CW30/2026

This week I worked on my Froscon slides and my reading time was limited, but I found a good article about OpenBao and more informations about Reflect Orbital.

https://stoeps.de/posts/2026/open-tabs-cw30/

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#cw30_2026 #dora #gitops #nis2 #satellite #secrets

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Open Tabs CW30/2026

This week I worked on my Froscon slides and my reading time was limited, but I found a good article about OpenBao and more informations about Reflect Orbital.

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Christoph Stoettner @stoeps@infosec.exchange

· 2mo ago

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Gefunden, ich dachte Abgeordetenwatch, aber es ist FragDenStaat https://fragdenstaat.de/kampagnen/verschlusssache-pruefung/

fragdenstaat.de

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