Daniel Aleksandersen

I just pushed my first unsupervised minor update to the Vivaldi stable stream. Let’s hope I’m better at this than Crowdstrike. https://vivaldi.com/blog/desktop/minor-update-six-6-8/ Posted on Vivaldi Social on 2024-08-24

Is it time to disable Secure Boot for good? Most hardware manufacturers have been using known sample keys, and Microsoft just nuked dual-booting systems trying to make an adjustment to Secure Boot. Is there any value left in the system for a Linux user? or even a Windows user? #SecureBoot Posted on Vivaldi Social on 2024-08-21

Randall Munroe deserves a comedy award for #XKCD. He never ridicules or throw punches. It has been nothing but good clean fun for years on end. Is there an award for that? if not, there should be. Posted on Vivaldi Social on 2024-08-19

I bought #SinsOfASolarEmpire2 through Steam and have been looking forward to playing it all week. However, I can‘t launch the game because of digital rights management tech gone wrong: 😢 “Epic Game Ownership is unknown. You must start the game when connected to Epic at least once before playing offline.” The error isn’t wrong, I do indeed not own the game on Epic. I did, however, purchase it legitimately. #DRMfail Posted on Vivaldi Social on 2024-08-16

I spent €300 on fancy laundry baskets with separate sorting compartments. Did anyone say obsessive-compulsive disorder? 💸 #OCD https://eu.josephjoseph.com/products/tota-trio-90l-laundry-separation-basket-black Posted on Vivaldi Social on 2024-08-16

Check out my new “Gummiboot” theme for Vivaldi! #darkTheme #greenTheme #rubberBoat #rubberBoot #vivaldiThemes #intentionallyLowContrast
(The preview on the themes gallery page is somewhat misleading.) https://themes.vivaldi.net/themes/NOb71L33J1g Posted on Vivaldi Social on 2024-08-08

Minor update (6) for Vivaldi Desktop Browser 6.8

This update includes a security fix from Chromium upstream to resolve “CVE-2024-7965: Heap Corruption in V8”.

Autofill Settings – Vivaldi Browser snapshot 3405.3

You can now manage your saved autofill credit cards and addresses in Settings: Privacy.

‘Do-Not-Track’ privacy setting gets legal backing in Germany

Legislators are finally paying attention to concerns about how our digital data is tracked, collected, and stored. Find out what this game-changing ruling means and how it could affect us.

Sync privacy incident affecting our Snapshot test users

A privacy incident affected our Snapshot test users in versions 6.4.3160.25 through 6.4.3160.30 for desktop.

Microsoft has not stopped forcing Edge on Windows 11 users

Microsoft announces vague changes to the default web browser setting for Windows Insider. Nothing but wishful thinking. Still force-opens web links in Edge.

The trouble with decommissioning a used FIDO security key

You can’t throw out your worn-out USB security keys when you can’t recall what locks they’re for. Physical security tokens come with their own problems.