@cyrus@wetdry.world
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cyrus

@cyrus@wetdry.world

I'm an 18-year-old tech lover from Germany who values privacy and adores cats. Probably Has ADHD and is probably autistic.

#Trans :spinny_fox_trans:​ / #NonBinary :spinny_fox_nb:

Things I boost don't necessarily have to be things I agree with. They can just be things I want people to see.

Make sure you've got a bio or introductory post when you want to follow me.

This profile is from a federated server and may be incomplete. Browse more on the original instance.

cyrus, to random
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@darl sent me this, idk the original source

rysiek, (edited ) to DuckDuckGo
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FuckFuckNo. 🤦‍♀️

I just want a search engine that works. I have zero need for a godawful "AI" hallucinating mansplainer in my results. Just… no.

Time to move off of DDG. What else is out there?

Edit: yes, it seems to be for real:
https://www.reddit.com/r/duckduckgo/comments/1adxgy4/give_duckduckgo_ai_chat_a_spin/

cyrus,
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@rysiek @Mojeek is often my go-to, but many people dislike it due to how different the search results are.

You may be interested in aggregating results using SearxNG, maybe? https://searx.space

alshafei, to privacy
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Proton Mail Discloses User Data Leading to Arrest in Spain

https://restoreprivacy.com/protonmail-discloses-user-data-leading-to-arrest-in-spain/

cyrus,
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@runoutgroover

(just to be clear, Tuta has to give way more under German law than Proton under Swiss law)

lea, to random

Last friday, I have received a takedown request from a company representing Apple, requesting I remove a parody account that is Apple on my instance.
They are claiming that it attempts to "mislead users into believing that the account is sponsored by or affiliated with Apple when that is not the case".

I am convinced that the account was legally in the right as it was very obvious that it is a parody account, but unfortunately I am powerless against a gigacorporation in court as they could just financially ruin me if they feel like it.

Therefore, I would like to warn everyone NOT to create Apple parody accounts using Apple's logo and word mark on your instances, as this would be violating Apple's intellectual property and would waste the time and money of the law firm that actively scours the internet for these types of accounts! ​:neocat_o_o:​

I have uploaded the full email I received: https://me.lea.pet/assets/legal/Takedown%20Notice%20from%20Apple%20Inc.html

​:boost_ok:​ ❤️

cyrus,
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@lea I was very sad when I found out that is a firm that indeed has Apple as one of it's clients :(

cyrus, to Matrix
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If this lands on your feed, tell me about different features that are just missing in Matrix.

It can be anything, but please don't include memes like "unable to decrypt message" or other things that are already in the works, or maybe has already been merged (e.g media captions)

Some examples include better forwarded messages, rich profiles, or a live location sharing, just to name a few.

(I am writing something about this, boosts appreciated!)

cyrus,
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@fell well a lot of reliability improvements came from Vodozemac (new crypto/encryption implementation) and performance is gonna get a lot better with SyncV3 (which is also very very soon)

18+ croissant, to random
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• burnout
• harassment
• admin defended JK Rowling not realizing how many trans people they were surrounded by
• burnout
• indifference
• harassment but then decided not to shut down
• burnout
• ran out of money
• database corruption so bad the entire instance just vanished
• burnout

and, finally:

• domain seized by the Taliban

cyrus,
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@xyhhx we need more unique reasons fedi instances shut down

cyrus, to privacy
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Not sure when these were added, but I've noticed in the latest @signalapp beta that these handy but short tips on avoiding scams and alike in your inbox now exist. Good work to whoever had the idea :)

(Apologies if the media is in the wrong order lmao)

Signal screenshot: Safety Tips Be careful when accepting message reqeusts from people you don't know. Watch out for: [Image showing some grey pills to represent text in a message bubble, followed by these emojis inside the bubble: 📦💰❓❓; This is followed by this emoji outside of the message bubble: 🤔] Fake businesses and institutions Be careful of businesses or government agencies contacting you. Messages involving tax agencies, couriers and more can be spam. [Previous Tip] [Next Tip]
Signal screenshot: Safety Tips Be careful when accepting message reqeusts from people you don't know. Watch out for: [Image showing a message bubble with the following emojis: 💰💰💰🚀🚀🚀; There is a '👎' reaction on the message.] Crypto or money scams If someone you don't know messages you about cryptocurrency (like Bitcoin) or a financial opportunity, be careful—it's likely spam. [Previous Tip] [Next Tip]
Signal screenshot: Safety Tips Be careful when accepting message reqeusts from people you don't know. Watch out for: [Image showing a message bubble, with a cut-off link starting in "www.spam..."; The following emoji is overlaid on the message: 🚨] Messages with links Be careful of messages from people you don't know that have links to websites. Never visit links from people you don't trust. [Previous Tip] [Next Tip]

esm, to random
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i will complain every time i am forced to use matrix and you cannot stop me

cyrus,
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@esm @hywan no, Krille-Chan did not implement that because it is still rapidly evolving at the moment.

Element, which has been spearheading the effort for the past 6-7 months is currently working on getting SyncV3 into Synapse, simplifying it in the process as the "sliding" part (inspired by how Discord does it) doesn't work well in encrypted rooms.[1]

[1]: it requires the server to order events, which isn't reliable in encrypted rooms as the HS doesn't know the contents. There are other improvements that came with Sliding-Sync apart from the "Sliding" part that'll still allow clients to dramatically reduce the amount of data they request.

cyrus,
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@Neznak

Sliding-Sync was the proposal, they've just started work on simplifying it, and as such an implementation directly in Synapse is coming soon.

There's other improvements made with Sliding-Sync, but the "sliding" part required the server to order messages optimally, which doesn't work well with encryption, so that part basically got dropped. SyncV3 will as such be dubbed "Simplified Sliding Sync"

FYI, any client can implement SyncV3, even before it's merged, just nobody apart from Element did as it evolved rapidly and keeping up would be difficult.

AAKL, to privacy
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    cyrus,
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    @AAKL

    Without even having read it, signal probably comes out on top :P

    cyrus, to aiart
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    reminder that "AI Art" is not art but just a statistical model regurgitating stolen content to you whilst drawing the approximate power and water of a small city

    (so that all of YOU out there see this too. Yes I am mad.)

    cyrus,
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    @thepoliticalcat but no, how can you monetise that!? /j

    Seriously, it's disgusting.

    AAKL, to microsoft
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    cyrus,
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    @AAKL

    I really wanted to comment something outlining how dumb it is for LinkedIn to have games, but I could not even come up with anything, so take this meta-post about how dumb it is instead :blobcatmelt:

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    cyrus,
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    @AAKL the fact that anybody thought using AI for therapy was a good idea still baffles me

    cyrus, to tech
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    BlueSky has the potential for misinformation worse than even Twitter.

    I had to / wanted to pump this out because barely anyone (that isn't on the fediverse lol) is aware of any of these issues at all, despite how serious they are a threat to BlueSky as a platform for news and information.

    BlueSky does not verify when something is/was posted at all. You can post at any time in the past down to around the year 10 (yes, 10). It does not verify links or link previews, so you can hyperlink something misleading, or put something into link previews that doesn't match any content (if at all, there doesn't even need to be content)

    The exploit regarding links is here: https://github.com/qwell/bsky-exploits
    For the date/time thing, https://klearsky.pages.dev has the ability to post wrong-time posts. see here: https://bsky.app/profile/cyrneko.bsky.social/post/3kkkpld5ywc2b

    I hope I don't have to explain that putting arbitrary links, link previews and post times is a DISASTER for everyone except those that seek to spread mis- or disinformation. It allows someone to post wrongful links or previews which look legitimate at times which look legitimate. I would assume that if you seek it out there is already posts and accounts abusing these features to create legitimate looking mis- or disinformation posts aimed at confusing or otherwise tricking people into believing it's real information.

    Anyone that cares enough and has a computer of any kind can spread misinfo. That is how easy it is.

    Additionally, anyone can register a real looking domain and pair this disinformation with a real looking account that's linked to a real looking domain, like a fake cnn.com domain.

    BlueSky does not seem to care about fixing any of this.

    cyrus, to random
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    is there like a reverse of XKCD 1172 where it isn't about a feature being removed and that breaking the workflow, but rather about a feature not existing and that breaking the workflow?

    I really need something to point to like that, sometimes.

    cyrus, to random
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    Went to a local youth centre, found a room with lots of old stuff

    An old macintosh with all kinds of randon electronics and related items surrounding it
    A Nintendo SNES controller
    A cool looking semitransparent Nintendo 64 controller

    cyrus, to privacy
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    BlueSky is "open" now.

    What, you thought they finally enabled federation? No, they're still ignoring security issues (arbitrary link previews, no post time checks), have no federation and self-hosting BlueSky is still useless.

    Oh, they also still want a phone number, great for /s

    Just as a little reminder, the Fediverse has been open since forever. A lot of those flooding in now do so due to hype.

    weirdwriter, to tech

    Proton Mail Discloses User Data Leading to Arrest in Spain https://restoreprivacy.com/protonmail-discloses-user-data-leading-to-arrest-in-spain/

    cyrus,
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    @weirdwriter

    Before anyone dares:

    1. Tuta also has transparency reports: https://tuta.com/blog/transparency-report
    2. E-Mail is inherently less private than most other options
    3. There's not much you can do as a company if you wanna keep existing in this situation
    4. No, using another provider isn't inherently more private, that in of itself is just shifting trust. Yes, even self-hosting.
    AAKL, to privacy
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    cyrus,
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    @AAKL LibreWolf beats most on here, and that without being unusable and with built-in uBlock Origin

    oh, and they don't try to sell you a VPN, build AI into search engines, or plaster the browser with ads and sponsored messages.

    dannotdaniel, to random
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    bluesky still does not support video uploads, in case you were thinking they'd added features or something

    NOPE

    all that's changed is that now we both agree that my invite codes are worthless

    cyrus,
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    @dannotdaniel also no arbitrary content warnings (only things like "adult content" and other presets), polls, audio; they still don't enable federation and security holes like being able to put whatever you want into link previews - even if it doesn't belong to a link - or being able to post in the past (up to the year 10) are still being ignored

    cyrus,
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    @dannotdaniel yeah. And I did.

    https://bsky.app/profile/cyrneko.bsky.social/post/3kkkqj5nx6c2e

    For good measure, here is a repository detailing the link preview and URL vulnerabilities:

    https://github.com/qwell/bsky-exploits

    cyrus,
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    @dannotdaniel I wish I was joking about posting in the past, btw

    https://bsky.app/profile/cyrneko.bsky.social/post/3kkkpld5ywc2b

    I wrote some more about it here:
    https://wetdry.world/@cyrus/111887219233560650

    cyrus,
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    @dannotdaniel as I started to post about this the 1900 and year 10 posts got liked and boosted lmao

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