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jonah

@jonah@neat.computer

Founder https://mastodon.neat.computer/@privacyguides, podcast co-host https://social.lol/@techlore, infosec educator. • Instance admin @ https://mstdn.party, https://mstdn.plus, and https://neat.computer

Want to support my work on #MstdnParty or any other project? A tip at https://ko-fi.com/jonaharagon would be hugely appreciated 😎

Minneapolis, MN, USA | he/him :bisexual_flag:

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feld, to random
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@delta is it supported to self-host an email server for Delta Chat and have functional push notifications with the iOS app?

jonah,
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@feld I received a notification once today with this setup (when I should have... more than once), so it seems to be intermittent.
@delta https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/delta-chat-email-client/18239/4

jonah,
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@feld I think you are right. Good question whether this connectivity status would be green on any provider.
@delta

jonah, to random
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If @protonprivacy is serious about the recovery email/numbers being optional, they should remove this non-dismissable (dark pattern) warning in their settings tbh

It's even worse now that it shows an orange dot on the security center sidebar icon in the inbox as well, there's no escape! Let me accept the risk!

jonah,
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@ThePrivacyWayfinder well it also shows up in the inbox, I guess unless you hide the sidebar (which I use for the calendar)

jonah, to random
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I’m glad Apple’s iPad Pro marketing video is getting the hate it deserves, I was sad watching that during the event. That arcade cabinet looked pretty neat.

jonah,
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context: https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/9/24152987/apple-crush-ad-piano-ipad

delta, to random
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Delta Chat is an in-between project: often ignored as a messenger by e-mail companies/experts and then ignored by messenger companies/experts because of its use and interoperability with e-mail. As Heinz von Foerster once said: "If you are doing something genuinely new then don't ask the experts. If you do something that has already been done, then, by all means, ask the experts." FWIW many experts have verified Delta Chat's security mechanics https://delta.chat/en/help#security-audits :)

jonah,
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@delta so, speaking of interoperability: how come there’s still no WKD support in Delta Chat? Surely encryption interoperability with @protonprivacy (which is arguably one of, if not the biggest contributors to email encryption ever) would be a huge boon for this app.

I just downloaded DC and was surprised to find no automatic encryption with Proton, no way to even add a PGP key to a Proton contact manually, and no functioning notifications (iOS). Kind of a tough sell :(

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    jonah,
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    @doomy how would @protonprivacy “un-hash” it if they needed to send you a recovery email? A hash is one way.

    All they can do is encrypt it (which I’m sure they do), but in that case they’ll have the keys to decrypt it like they did here.

    jonah,
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    @jik asking people who’ve forgotten their password to remember their recovery email seems like a very bad move.

    @AIBrain @doomy @protonprivacy

    jonah, (edited ) to random
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    Finally the 11" iPad Pro has a usable display, instead of limiting that to the gigantic version. Very tempting 👀

    tek, to random
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    Nightmarish question of the morning: "Have you ever asked ChatGPT about yourself?"

    Now I have. I don't like this. I don't like this one bit.

    jonah,
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    @tek @nateb this is going to be the new hot SEO thing for sure, I just asked it “who is Jonah Aragon” and it replied with a paragraph of things I wrote in my own bios, word for word. Everyone with SEO knowledge will be gaming this system.

    jonah, to random
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    I didn’t think those eBay cyberstalkers could be one-upped, but now I’m pretty sure we’re going to find out some Boeing execs decided to take matters into their own hands and assassinate those whistleblowers. I wonder how long it’ll be before some evidence comes out 🙃

    jonah, to random
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    As an early adopter and proponent of Passkeys, it pains me to say I completely agree with this blog post. The UX of Passkeys is completely terrible and it’s become crystal clear that Apple and Google have no intention of improving it. I can’t imagine recommending a regular person adopt passkeys, I don’t think that will ever change, and even I’ve frequently found myself opting for a regular password + MFA on websites when given the option 😢

    https://fy.blackhats.net.au/blog/2024-04-26-passkeys-a-shattered-dream/

    ernie, to random
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    Ben Collins, one of our best disinfo reporters, going to The Onion to become its CEO is my favorite story of the year.

    jonah,
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    @ernie extremely funny how (notorious herb) Jim Spanfeller tries to take credit for the new owners keeping on the existing Onion staff in Chicago in his memo

    jonah, to random
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    We truly live in an age of wonders https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/04/ipados-18-could-ship-with-built-in-calculator-app-after-14-calculator-less-years/

    jonah, to ghost
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    I'm excited about this news. My only question is regarding this dashboard they're expanding. They say you'll be able to follow other Ghost blogs in a unified dashboard in your own Ghost blog, which is awesome.

    What about people who don't have a Ghost blog themselves, but want to follow Ghost blogs in this same way?

    Will they be told to sign up for a free (centralized) ghost.org account? Will they be told to sign up for something else entirely, like Mastodon?

    https://activitypub.ghost.org/

    gs, to random
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    I'm curious to hear from the really opinionated people about the pros and cons of using Cloudflare.

    jonah,
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    @gs pro: they are the only affordable option if you are experience a DDoS attack to my knowledge. https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/what-do-you-guys-think-of-crimeflare-decloudflare/17480/8

    jonah, to random
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    They… made an attempt, I guess? Feels like there’s a better way to handle this situation lol

    jonah, to random
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    Excuse me, what? Drug companies can just decide how they’re regulated based on how they market their product? The US is so fucked up.

    This story about a company marketing a cavity prevention drug as a cosmetic because safety trials would be too expensive is insane to me 😳

    https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/112303166081124234

    privacyguides, to random
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    We switched to All Contributors to thank all those who've assisted with our project, not just those who contribute on GitHub. A huge thank you to everyone who's helped us get to this stage 🙌

    https://www.privacyguides.org/en/about/contributors/

    jonah,
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    @nateb https://blog.privacyguides.org/2021/02/23/security-privacy-anonymity/ lol

    WolfIsMe, to random
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    For anyone who needs it.
    https://www.thetrevorproject.org/get-help/

    jonah,
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    @WolfIsMe @aral kind of concerning that only the last browser history entry is replaced with Google if you try this with Safari on iOS. Hope they don’t navigate around? 👀

    jonah, to random
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    I can't believe I missed the news that Apple started allowing game emulators on the App Store a few weeks ago, but now the first one has arrived.

    Turns out competition works! Who would've thought? 😆

    davidtoddmccarty, to random
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    Does anyone think NPR does NOT have a liberal bias? That doesn’t mean they’re a propaganda factory like Fox, OAN, and other RW media. Every journalist who is not a conservative activist, has a liberal bias. They still operate under journalistic standards.

    The problem is that free speech, truth seeking, and the rule of law are apparently exclusively liberal concepts, now. It’s not NPR’s fault that the GOP abandoned the principle of professional integrity.

    jonah,
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    @davidtoddmccarty I would imagine that everyone who isn’t a Republican agrees with you, yes.

    jack, to random
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    I can't believe no one's ever made a tri-state light dark mode switch for websites. What if I want explicit darkmode, then want to switch back to system colors?

    Coming Soon ™️

    jonah,
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    @jack https://www.privacyguides.org/en/ 👀

    jonah, to random
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    Why doesn't Mastodon simply let me download a GIF? 😤

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