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This week we discuss Grafana moving to the AGPL, Signal goes on offense and Grad Students infecting the Linux Kernel. Plus, how many door locks do you need?

Rundown

• AGPL
  • Grafana, Loki, and Tempo will be relicensed to AGPLv3
  • Chris Aniszczyk’s take
  • Another Thread Twitter Thread
• Hacking
  • Exploiting vulnerabilities in Cellebrite UFED and Physical Analyzer from an app's perspective
  • A Twitter Thread on Signal and Celebrate
  • Linux kernel developers do not like being experimented on
  • University of Minnesota hacks the Linux Kernel?
• Discord took our advice
  • Discord Ends Deal Talks With Microsoft

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