Jeremiah

Jeremiah, 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago) to firefox

I want Firefox to succeed more than ever and I support Mozilla finding better revenue sources than search engine default sales, but I do not support a $7M salary for its CEO.

I canceled my recurring donation to Mozilla because I need that money more than Mozilla’s CEO needs that money.

If there is a direct funding option of developers working on Firefox, I will happily reallocate that money. Send me links.

Source: Form 990 https://stateof.mozilla.org/

Edit: Replaced commentary with direct source

Jeremiah, 6 months ago to privacy

No car manufacturer passed Mozilla’s privacy audit, but Nissan’s is just absurd.

Consent to sale of your DNA implied by riding in the vehicle is a consent mechanism I would love to have a sassy US judge comment upon.

https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/privacynotincluded/nissan/

#privacy

Jeremiah, 3 months ago to random

Every time you join a Discord server for an open source project, Brewster Kahle permanently deletes a kitten GIF from the Internet Archive.

Jeremiah, 21 days ago to random

😡 The @EU_Commission is giving up on @Mastodon and @peertube because @EDPS couldn’t find an agency within the commission to continue operating it.

https://www.edps.europa.eu/press-publications/press-news/press-releases/2024/edps-decentralised-social-media-pilot-end-successful-story_en

Jeremiah, 6 months ago (edited 6 months ago) to Bulgaria

🚨 Urgent

The proposed EU eIDAS regulation will force web browsers to include government-issued certificate authorities. The key technology that makes HTTPS secure would have a backdoor to enable governments to intercept and decrypt your web traffic.

@mozilla, @internetsociety, @edri, @eff, and I have written the European Parliament about the disastrous consequences if this becomes law.

Please join me in emailing your MEPs today!

https://www.jeremiahlee.com/posts/2023-eu-eidas-feedback/

#EU #privacy #security #webDev

Jeremiah, 9 months ago to random

What account regularly brings you joy? laughter? insight?

I am curating a list of accounts for people new to the social web should follow. I am looking for engaging, positive content producers.

Boosts appreciated!

#askFedi #feditips

Jeremiah, 1 year ago to webdev

You aren’t annoyed by cookie/consent screens.

You are annoyed by companies doing invasive acts that require them to obtain your consent.

You are annoyed by Google undermining browser technology that would have allowed your privacy preferences to be declared programmatically.

You are annoyed by surveillance capitalism being the primary monetization model online.

Get to the root of the problem.

#privacy #webDev #GDPR

https://social.wildeboer.net/@jwildeboer/110195737889831520

Jeremiah, 23 days ago to random

According to the UN, Israel currently is killing or injuring 1 Palestinian child every 10 minutes.

Therefore, I (and over 1,000 music artists in Sverige) think Israel should not be permitted to participate in #Eurovision2024.

I hope Malmö police handle the protests better than how Stockholm’s police handled the BLM solidarity protest during the pandemic.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/eurovision-song-contest-host-sweden-braces-anti-israel-protests-2024-04-24/

https://pitchfork.com/news/robyn-fever-ray-and-other-swedish-artists-call-for-israel-ban-at-eurovision-song-contest-2024/

https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/04/1148876

#SVPol

Jeremiah, 5 months ago to Bulgaria

Reminder that if you live in the EU, you should spend 5 minutes today to write your MEPs asking them to oppose a disastrous plan to undermine web security.

Copy & pasteable form letter in link.

We beat EU #chatControl because people took action in mass. This is even worse.

https://www.jeremiahlee.com/posts/2023-eu-eidas-feedback/

#EU #EUPol #webDev #security #privacy

Jeremiah, 8 months ago to webdev

TIL Apple already shipped a functional equivalent in Safari of the terrible Chrome Web Environment Integrity API proposal.

https://httptoolkit.com/blog/apple-private-access-tokens-attestation/

It is less of a threat because Safari does not have Chromium’s market dominance, but it’s still bad and we should be demanding Apple remove it too. @webkit

I am grateful for Firefox recognizing the threat this proposal is to the open Web and opposing it, but the opposition won’t matter unless people use a different browser.

#WEI #webDev

Jeremiah, 7 months ago to random

The next big social network is just the Web. ActivityPub is a new standard that turns any website into a social network profile.

Websites hosted by WordPress⁣⁣.⁣com can now be followed, reposted, liked, and commented upon by people using Mastodon and other social web apps in just 1 click.

https://techcrunch.com/2023/10/11/wordpress-com-blogs-can-now-be-followed-on-mastodon-and-other-federated-platforms/?guccounter=1

Jeremiah, 25 days ago to privacy

Why can EU companies not use US-based cloud infrastructure and SaaS products?

Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act allows the US government to force US companies to share foreign customer data without a warrant or disclosure.

There is no way to reconcile US govt surveillance with the EU’s Charter of Fundamental Rights on privacy.

More on 702:
• https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/20/24135339/fisa-720-reauthorization-senate-lapse-durbin-wyden
• https://www.eff.org/pages/upstream-prism

More on EU rulings: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EU%E2%80%93US_Privacy_Shield

#privacy #USPol #EUPol #MastoAdmin

Jeremiah, 8 months ago to random

Molly Holzschlag, the fairy godmother of the Web, has died.

I remember the first time I met her at a Web dev conference. She chatted with me for a half hour, telling stories of browser rivalries and HTML5’s renegade group that saved us all from XHTML. We ran into each other several times over the years. She always was kind, encouraging, and genuinely interested in what I had to say. She gave us all so much. 💔

https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/090523_molly_holzschlag/tucsons-molly-holzschlag-known-as-the-fairy-godmother-web-dead-60/

#MollyHolzschlag #RIP

Jeremiah, 6 months ago to meta

In August, Norge started fining Meta daily for GDPR violations. Instead of complying, Meta decided it was more profitable to pay the fine.

So the European Data Protection Board just expanded the ruling to all of the EU and issued a permanent ban on Meta’s use of behavioral advertising. It does not even get a chance to have users opt in. This is wild.

Meta now risks fines up to 4% of its global turnover.

Details:
• https://apnews.com/article/meta-targeted-ads-ban-europe-1c445e4156babdc098b94e8348e1f33d
• https://www.reuters.com/technology/facebook-owner-faces-eu-ban-targeted-advertising-norway-says-2023-11-01/

#Meta #GDPR #EU #privacy

Jeremiah, 7 months ago to random

Urgent: the Kids Online Safety Act is a threat to safety and rights for all of us online.

• Over 100 LGBTQ+ and rights groups oppose the current bill.

• Senator Blackburn said the quiet part out loud: KOSA could be a tool for transphobic lawmakers who want to censor speech online.

• Senator Schumer named kids safety as a top priority for the Senate. He can bring KOSA to a vote at any moment.

Write Congress: https://www.badinternetbills.com/

Then donate to @fight: https://www.fightforthefuture.org/donate/campaigns/stop-kosa

#KOSA #USPol

Jeremiah, 4 months ago to random

Shepard⁠ Fairey released a new artwork based on Belal Khaled‘s photo of a boy crying in pain from injuries as blood runs down his face. It is free to download and encouraged to reshare in order to increase awareness of the estimated 18,000 Palestinian civilians killed by the Israeli military in response to Hamas’s attack.

https://obeygiant.com/unmute-gaza/

#UnmuteGaza #StandWithPalestine #streetArt

Jeremiah, 6 months ago to delhi

Stockholmers!

Next Monday (Nov 20), I am hosting the inaugural Stockholm Social Web Meetup on November 20 at Goto 10 / Internetstiftelsen.

Join whether you are a brand marketer or activist, lover of cat memes or cat influencer, or fediverse developer.

We will talk about how community-based social networks work, why they can be better for society, and how to get started.

RSVP: https://www.goto10.se/event/after-twitter-meta-intro-to-the-social-web-and-federated-social-networks/

#Goto10 #meetup #Stockholm #SSWM

Jeremiah, 4 months ago to UI

This short documentary about the Apple Lisa showed how much iteration and innovation happened on desktop GUI conventions after Xerox PARC.

https://www.theverge.com/23669728/apple-lisa-macintosh-ui-design-history

#UI #computerHistory

Jeremiah, 1 month ago to random

Interesting! @Techmeme is running ads to support @Mastodon today. I hope it was a donation from Techmeme.

I appreciate the phrasing “the open-source software powering the social web” instead of “federated social network” or “fediverse”.

Jeremiah, 7 months ago to random

Ok bro, you’ve informed me you love Christ in your bio, but do you love queer people, immigrants, and people failed by capitalism too?

How do you show your stated love for Christ other than mentioning it in your bio?

The people who have harmed me the most in life also loved Christ, so please understand why I need some more information.

Jeremiah, 5 days ago to random

🧳I’m going to Seoul, South Korea next week. What should I see and do?

Art, history, nature, live music, nightlife, and gay stuff are of interest. I’m ok being a tourist. Day trips ok too, but I don’t have a driver’s license. Plant-based food recommendations especially appreciated.

#AskFedi

Jeremiah, 27 days ago to random

I’m going to write every day in the month of May. I will publish as often as I can, aiming for twice a week or 10 posts. I have an enormous drafts pile and getting those out into the world would feel satisfying.

https://weblog.anniegreens.lol/weblog-posting-month-2024

#WeblogPoMo2024

Jeremiah, 4 months ago to random

After 3 logicboard replacements over 6 weeks, my Samsung washing machine seems to be working again.

Getting it reconnected to my Wi-Fi so that I get the push notifications when it’s done instead of the awful 60 seconds of Samsinging was nearly painful enough to make me start an open source smart home appliance company.