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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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jonah, to random
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Literally so bored with this so far lol

jonah, (edited ) to random
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I made my first video! It’s just a little introduction to , the hot new authentication technology that I’m sure everyone is buzzing about… right? 🤓 https://youtu.be/4DamjB5lNVg :boost_request:​

jonah, to Minnesota
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is SO close to getting a good state flag (design F1953 obviously), so... as a Minnesotan I definitely expect a major disappointment at the 11th hour tomorrow when the commission inevitably chooses the worst possible corporate-y flag design instead 😭

jonah, (edited ) to random
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is a great alternative to Twitter, but maybe you're looking for an replacement as well...

Well, you're in luck! I've just set up https://pxlfd.plus/ - a free, ActivityPub-enabled instance for sharing photos with a much cleaner image-focused interface. Since it's all interoperable, you can even follow Pixelfed accounts from Mastodon, give it a try: @jonah

Check it out, and enjoy! 🥳

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, to random
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just launched their family plan, 6 people, 3TB storage (shared), and no custom domain required (new)! Seems to be essentially the same as old Visionary, which is probably why they upped Visionary to 6TB recently... Check it out: https://proton.me/blog/proton-family-plan

jonah, to random
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Man I wish 3 Body Problem came out on Apple TV+ instead of Netflix so I wouldn't have to worry about whether it'll be renewed for a second season 😳

jonah, to random
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Yikes… Not a good look for their first Rapid Security Response haha

jonah, to internet
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As of 15 minutes ago I can also be found on , if you’re there come find me @jonaharagon.com 😜 Now it’s past my bedtime, so I’ll have to actually explore it tomorrow lol

jonah, to random
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It would be cool if took the opposite approach to Google Play App Signing, by using their build system to create a code transparency key that developers could then bundle with their app, and then developers could in turn sign that bundle with their own signing key.

That way F-Droid could distribute apps that they’ve verified reproducible builds for (and check the CT signature in the F-Droid app), without having to sign the app with their own key—a common complaint about the default F-Droid repo.

jonah, to random
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I will not be suspending/defederating Threads[.]net on my Mastodon instances, and I've written a post to explain why and preemptively answer some questions for everyone who trusts me with their accounts:

https://fediverse.neat.pub/2023/07/10/threads/

I hope this explanation makes sense for those who wanted us to defederate with Threads. Federating with Threads does not impact your own privacy, contrary to popular claims. We still reserve the right to limit/silence Threads (and likely will after they launch, I elaborate on this in the post above).

jonah, to random
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Happy to report the slowness issues we’ve been seeing on for a few hours now should be resolved 👍 Still checking into why the database randomly got bogged down, maybe Mastodon is just busier than usual today 😄

jonah, to random
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How is it actually possible that the Barbie movie wasn't nominated for Best Director nor Best Actress?? 🤔

jonah, to apple
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You can tell Apple is absolutely FURIOUS about the DMA from their latest press release. My favorite quote is: "EU users will be confronted with a list of default browsers before they have the opportunity to understand the options available to them. The screen also interrupts EU users’ experience the first time they open Safari intending to navigate to a webpage."

That's a heck of a way to say that EU users will be asked to choose their favorite browser!

https://www.jonaharagon.com/posts/apple-is-incredibly-salty-about-the-digital-markets-act/

jonah, (edited ) to random
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Okay, I have too many of these stickers. If you want one now's your chance:

There's a small price to cover a stamp for shipping and the rest will be donated to @privacyguides, but if you really want these and can't pay, DM me for a 100% off code 😄

jonah, to apple
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I always forget screws this up every year. They literally set the release time a week in advance and still don’t prepare ahead enough to actually open on time lol

jonah, to random
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tootctl media remove-orphans
... 1 day later ...
Removed 391249 orphans (approx. 127 GB)

This doesn't seem right... any know how/why orphaned media could've built up to this degree? This reduced my storage in Wasabi to 1/10th of what it was before.

jonah, to random
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100! 🎉😆 https://youtube.com/@jonaharagon

jonah, to random
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@tilvids question for you: so I've read https://blog.tilvids.com/TILvids-Update-November-2022/, although it doesn't seem like this "hub and spoke model" has materialized quite yet...

When you do start following remote creators, do you have any plans to allow current TILvids channels to bring their followers to their new self-hosted channel?

jonah, (edited ) to random
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Another month, another server bill 💸

Please consider supporting your local Mastodon admin! ❤️ If you want to support my work and the services I host for free, you can do so here :blobfoxheartcute:

https://patreon.com/jonaharagon
https://ko-fi.com/jonaharagon
https://liberapay.com/jonah
https://github.com/sponsors/jonaharagon
https://opencollective.com/mstdnparty

Thank you for your consideration :blobfoxheartcute:

jonah, to random
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👀 well that's new... Perhaps I can finally ditch iCloud Keychain for @1password completely 🥳

jonah, to random
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📣 Update your iPhone folks! iOS 17.2 just released, and among the changes brings a long-awaited security upgrade for iMessage, Key Verification: https://youtu.be/-2gzN6125P4

jonah, to fediverse
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I gotta say, I didn’t really care about quote posts that much either way, but replies are some of my favorite interactions on Mastodon and facilitated actual conversation, and I’m going to be sad to see some of that go away in favor of the upcoming quote posts.

It’s the difference between talking with someone and talking about someone, and I think it’s going to be a significant culture shift here.

jonah, to Signal
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yoooooo Signal usernames https://signal.org/blog/phone-number-privacy-usernames/

jonah, to random
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Something I do miss from Twitter is being able to see who favorited my boosts. Now it’s hard to gauge whether they’re annoying people or not lol

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