literature.cafe

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(and anyone else, really)

This is a general special interest lemmy instance focusing on lovers of all things pertaining to reading and writing and all of the people that enjoy it as well as fandoms and niches that exist within reading circles. We federate with other instances, with our local communities being focused primarily on the above.

If you want to federate a new community, go to lemmyverse.net and copy a link to a community and paste it into the search bar. Be patient!

Also, consider installing instance assistant to better navigate lemmy and find communities better! Find links to download them here: firefox, chrome, edge

Instance Rules
  1. Keep it cozy. (No -isms, bigotry, gatekeeping, or general disrespect. Just be nice!)
  2. Please, no visual porn. (Smut and discussion of smut is OK as long as it is tagged as NSFW.)
  3. No spam.
  4. Be mindful of other instance rules.
  5. Keep self-promo to a minimum.
  6. Tag AI generated content as such.
  7. Please avoid piracy.
Server Info

Registration is open with human approval, just to make sure there's no bots afoot. Approval should take less than a day (and are sometimes near instant)

Please check your spam folder for an email from noreply@literature.cafe if you are having difficulty finding email confirmation.

Community creation is enabled. When creating new communities please be mindful of the instance focus.

If you have any issues or concerns, please message an admin

Fediseer Guarantees

For those visiting from other instances, we have a community directory to make finding communities easier: !411@literature.cafe

We also have alternative lemmy UIs to use for those who want them.

A familiar UI - old.literature.cafe

Photon - ph.literature.cafe

Tesseract (photon fork with more multimedia focused features) - t.literature.cafe

Donations are greatly appreciated and go entirely to server costs but are not required.

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Systems used by courts and governments across the U.S. riddled with vulnerabilities (arstechnica.com)
 
 

Over the past year, software developer turned security researcher Jason Parker has found and reported dozens of critical vulnerabilities in no fewer than 19 commercial platforms used by hundreds of courts, government agencies, and police departments across the U.S. Most of the vulnerabilities were critical.

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"These platforms are supposed to ensure transparency and fairness, but are failing at the most fundamental level of cybersecurity,” Parker wrote recently in a post he penned in an attempt to raise awareness. “If a voter’s registration can be canceled with little effort and confidential legal filings can be accessed by unauthorized users, what does it mean for the integrity of these systems?”

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Systems used by courts and governments across the US riddled with vulnerabilities (arstechnica.com)
 
 

With hundreds of courts and agencies affected, chances are one near you is, too.

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