Varbin :arctic_fox: ​:gay_furr:

Just an arctic fox doing infosec. Also doing DIY electronics and photography.

I may talk your ear off if I know you, or something about the matter. While I do I work on it, don't say I didn't warn you!

Posts may be in English or sometimes German.

See also my Pixelfed account @varbin for pictures of fursuting, DIY electronics and macro shots of flora.

Treasurer of @Port39 — the hackerspace in Stralsund.

“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist.” — James Baldwin

I used ⁂ before it was cool.

Background image FN2A3630 is CC-BY-SA 4.0 licensed by Nixette at Wikimedia Commons (commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fil)

Pronouns
he/him, they/them, *
Species
Arctic Fox (vulpes lagopus)
Links / Contact
Varbin :arctic_fox: ​:gay_furr:varbin@infosec.exchange
2026-02-12

@mattblaze Reminds me of the song "99 Luftballons" (99 red balloons) :neocat_0_0:

Varbin :arctic_fox: ​:gay_furr:varbin@infosec.exchange
2026-02-12

@anneroth Ironischerweise geht es bei *einigen Banken* auch nur mit der E-Mail-Adresse, und ohne Kontaktzugriff. :neofox_confused:

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Obsidian Urbex PhotographyObsidianUrbex@mstdn.social
2026-02-12

🦇 Gotham City vibes? An abandoned bank, somewhere in England

The main banking hall is a large space with high ceilings with ornate plasterwork and marble walls. The heavy dark wooden doors are mounted in black marble decorative porticos.

The branch closed nearly two decades ago following a branch merger.

#England #Abandoned #Photography #Urbex #UrbanExploration #Gotham

An abandoned grand hall with opulent marble walls and ornate wooden doorways.An abandoned room featuring an open barred door, two large safes on the right, and empty metal shelves.An ornate, abandoned bank hallway features a mosaic floor with a crest, dark wooden doors, marble walls,An open, weathered vault door leads into a brick room, viewed through rusty metal bars.
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C++? Rust? Naaaah preprocessor is good enough for me.. :neocat_happy_blep:

Screenshot of a bunch of C preprocessor hacks to ease up defining port input output register values, helpers for them, etc
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2026-02-11
Varbin :arctic_fox: ​:gay_furr: boosted:
Jim Stormdancermogwai_poet
2026-02-11

This game, about listing as many animals as you can, is shockingly well-considered and polished for such an apparent shitpost of a game idea

rose.systems/animalist/

Varbin :arctic_fox: ​:gay_furr:varbin@infosec.exchange
2026-02-11

@Deanna Hey, wenn woanders schon wegen Briefumschlägen BTM-Handel unterstellt wird...

Varbin :arctic_fox: ​:gay_furr:varbin@infosec.exchange
2026-02-11

@cato When Microsoft introduced the XMLHttpRequest to webbrowsers in 2000? The alternative would have been that the previous security model (sites cannot do cross origin requests - with the exception of form submissions, navigation, remote content - and read the response) would have been invalidated, making all existing sites insecure.

Varbin :arctic_fox: ​:gay_furr:varbin@infosec.exchange
2026-02-11

@cato Yes, they could (and probably should) do this for APIs that do not use cookies.

Varbin :arctic_fox: ​:gay_furr:varbin@infosec.exchange
2026-02-11

@cato If Cross-Origin requests would be allowed by default, the web would be far more insecure than it is now.

Varbin :arctic_fox: ​:gay_furr:varbin@infosec.exchange
2026-02-11

@alyx I might be missing something here but "against public decency" and "gravely endangering the morals of the youth" are terms already used by German law, aren't they? Therefore I would think Hetzner cannot arbitrarily redefine them to their liking.

Varbin :arctic_fox: ​:gay_furr:varbin@infosec.exchange
2026-02-10

@lbehm Praxisferner als "Ihr Zug ist nicht verspätet" geht es doch kaum :neofox_blep:

Varbin :arctic_fox: ​:gay_furr: boosted:
2026-02-10

Eines der wenigen kritischen Feedbacks, die ich zum letzten Buchbeitrag bekommen habe, war zu diesem Satz:

"Bei all dem wird deutlich: 'Being queer is inherently dangerous' (Brown, 2024, 182) und wird es wieder mehr." hdl.handle.net/2066/327249

Weil es ja heute nicht mehr gefährlich sei queer zu sein. Egal, dass danach Quellen kamen. Und heute starre ich auf den neusten (prominenten) Vorfall und bin einfach nur noch erschöpft.

Varbin :arctic_fox: ​:gay_furr:varbin@infosec.exchange
2026-02-10

@theresnotime It seems soon not only people living in the UK can scan screenshots from Baldur's Gate or let copies of their driver licenses / ID cards flying around around the internet /s

(Discord wants to introduce age verification world wide.)

Varbin :arctic_fox: ​:gay_furr:varbin@infosec.exchange
2026-02-10

@kontainerlove Gibt es einen neuen Stralsund-Krimi?

Varbin :arctic_fox: ​:gay_furr:varbin@infosec.exchange
2026-02-09

@RayuDW @karb :neofox_blush_hide:

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lydia! (in the eepy zone)9hax@chaos.social
2026-02-09

I emailed the author of the software, asking for a student discount - they offered to recover my files for free in exchange for getting to run performance tests on some real data instead of their test disks.

To make this short: I got all my files back. For free.
Human kindness is awesome.
And #klennetrecovery works (tested for you, dear reader!)

Varbin :arctic_fox: ​:gay_furr:varbin@infosec.exchange
2026-02-09

@karb :neofox_blush:

Varbin :arctic_fox: ​:gay_furr:varbin@infosec.exchange
2026-02-09

@mkj @introvertcatto And dinosaurs.

Varbin :arctic_fox: ​:gay_furr:varbin@infosec.exchange
2026-02-09

@eiswuerfeltoaster @RayuDW Anyway: In "Accessibility" (Barrierefreieheit) the option is called "Display Name Styles" (Anzeigenamen-Stile)

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