The article "Child Safety on Federated Social Media" is worth reading for those wishing to stay up to date on safety concerns for the #Fediverse . But I feel that the authors might not have surveyed moderation tools and best practices as much as they could have.
De hashtag #edutip en #kis voor Keep it Simple.
Wat is jou simpele #edu tip. Met deze #hashtag bouwen we een #Fediverse database op. Doe mee. Mijn eerste tip. #microsoft#word app open op start scherm. Sleep een #pdf erna en je kunt deze bewerken. Niks externe tools. Gewoon wat je al hebt. #KIS
I just updated my new #peertube instance with a description, terms, and a code of conduct. While it's far form being "finished", you can see it here at https://video.surazal.net/
I will shoot for streaming 2-3 times a week. I may increase that frequency if I can get people interested in watching and build up a regular viewership base.
If anyone's interested you can follow me at @zalasur
Question: fediverse.space was pretty cool to look at when I started out in the #fediverse. What happened to it? The site seems up (it was down for a while) but I can't see anything on there.
Adding #e2ee to DMs on the fediverse sounds relatively simple, but is actually more complicated than I initially thought.
A property for a public key could be added to the object contains info about a user (name, pfp, inbox, etc).
This public key can then be used to encrypt the contents of a message/note, except for the recipient.
The remote server will still be able to see what server the message came from and who the message is for.
The recipient's client then needs to decrypt this message, but where is the decryption key stored?
Perhaps it can be stored on the server encrypted using the user's password?
Upon logging in, the encrypted decryption key would be sent to the user.
This wouldn't actually work, a server admin can always modify the server code to log passwords.
Encryption would have to be implemented client side separately.
The private key can't be stored on the server securely. The user needs a way to create a key pair, then send the public key to the server and store the private key.
On browsers this would require JavaScript that needs to be downloaded from the server, which can be modified to add a backdoor. On apps this would work a lot better.
But when a user just installed a new app/client, they won't be able to see their older DMs.
The only realistic way of implementing this is as an extension to the mastodon api, it's too easy to backdoor on browsers by either server admins, malicious browser plugins or network admins.
The big news here isn't the headline, it's what's buried in the article itself - an article that links and clings to non #Fediverse, deprecated silo resources like Twitter to pad the results of cooperative studies between these two universities.
Of particular note is an apparent broken promise to #open_source the technology on one hand, and the infinite power that #FOSS can play when millions of eyes are on the prize with cooperative development.
Every time I hear of a new or updated social media platform, my first thought is if it will integrate with #ActivityPub ( 👋 Hi TikTok). What's the proper way to ask this question? It's like asking "Will it blend?"
Also this is a test of @elk new polling options. Nice UI design for them. Check it out!
Posted to FB: What these two images & my preference for the #Fediverse have in common is the idea that The Internet is the network that's connecting us. #Email is the messaging service. It all works because of URLs, DNS, http, html, the W3 & ICANN, & so much more that is beyond my understanding. It's confusing to most of us so we eased into the comfort zone of being consumers rather than #netizens. The most individually empowering communications tool has gone the way of our natural world, #ruined to make very few very rich. It's never too late to take agency. It can feel scary & lonely to venture away from what is known. For me it's worth it. The familiar is sad-making & seems ever-worsening. The unfamiliar places where I spend my online time are confusing but inspiring. During the time since I've joined the Fediverse I am choosing ad-free browsers & search engines that respect #privacy instead of Chrome or Google. I'm reforming my relationship to email instead of continuing to feel miserable about the 12.7 GB dumpster that is my #Gmail.
RANT: It's yet another aspect in which I'm personally deficient, that I'm not actively on top of my life's responsibilities. The Democratic Party last fall is what drove the final nail into my Gmail's coffin, but it was a looong time coming. One big factor that makes my online experience worse is that I'm "a creator" & therefore I've attempted numerous methods of sharing my work with others. Companies that provide these services have ZERO interest in my success & EVERY interest in sucking my time & data. It boggles the mind that any organization thinks it's ok to send more emails than days in the week! And all the options that they present you are not about you fine-tuning exactly what you want to receive. You opt out of [#spam category 1 & they keep sending you spam categories 2-∞. It hardly matters because they do not honor your preferences & there's nothing you can do about it. It feels so small to have proof, but after asking Patreon to stop all marketing emails I finally gave up & changed the email address on my account to a disposable address. They STILL spam the old address that should now be discontinued! It never ends. & of course I've been reluctant to block Patreon because it's a provider I currently depend on for a few monthly donations. I'm sure everyone can relate to some version of this story. I can't block X completely because 1% of what they send me is important! UGH. These issues are NOT OUR FAULTS. The system is frankly evil. I honestly do not understand why more people aren't crazy like me. Then I look at the state of the world & say, "Oh right."]
If you email me you may receive this automated message & you may receive an eventual reply with a new specialized address to use. I for one would love to return to the ability to send & receive correspondence in a zone designated for that purpose rather than shouting across these many billboard & trash-strewn freeways where we keep meeting.
The switch of @murmel_social to be the default one powering https://murmel.social hasn’t been without its bumpy ride, but please, bear with us while we’re tightening a few more screws 🙏
Signing up has been restored, so if your account is in our list of maintained #fediverse instances, you are more than welcome to try the service out. If the signup / checkout process doesn’t work for some reason, don’t hesitate to contact me or the @murmel_social team.
Yeah, Codes - you're right. Told ya so back in November...
Still waiting to see if he shows up on Threads if they become part of the Fediverse OR if Cody makes an account on a server that's part of the Fediverse already. #Fediverse#Threads#X#Twitter
Question for the #fediverse at large... is there a good alternative to #etsy that isn't a garbage heap of drop-shipped junk and maker exploitation? I hate using Etsy but I've yet to find a viable alternative. #makers#smallbusiness
