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axbom, 8 months ago to random

People by default linking to Spotify when they are sharing podcasts is making me a bit sad...

Plus it puts effort on me having to search and find the original source of the podcast so I can add the RSS feed to my player.

#podshittification

josephcox, 9 months ago to random

New from 404 Media: for months Instagram has bombarded one of us with ads for weapons, drugs, hacked accounts, fake money. Not only is it an obvious content moderation issue, but Instagram is profiting from this underground trade by running the ads https://www.404media.co/instagram-ads-illegal-content-drugs-guns-hackers/

autism101, 9 months ago (edited 9 months ago) to actuallyautistic

Some autistic people find making phone calls extremely stressful and unpleasant and will avoid them at all costs.

Please don’t try and force your communication preferences on others.

image: https://shreyadoodles.com
#ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD @actuallyautistic

mairin, 9 months ago to random

Reviving an oldie but a goodie since it appears relevant right now

https://blog.linuxgrrl.com/2020/07/22/language-is-the-os-of-thought/

Mer__edith, 9 months ago to random

In reply to a quick conversation with Lord Bethell of the UK Parliament on Twitter, I composed an open response.

You can find the original (ongoing) conversation here: https://twitter.com/mer__edith/status/1692547122850111667

The the open response here: https://signal.org/blog/pdfs/LBResponse.pdf

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signalapp, 9 months ago to random

Avoid accidental plot reveals and add some suspense to the everyday with spoiler effects.

Highlight text to put it behind spoiler animation. It’ll stay hidden until your friend taps on it to see what’s underneath.

video/mp4

MostlyHarmless, 9 months ago to random

loke, 9 months ago to random

This is amazing. The "crypto industry" is already so ridiculous that the people who are in cannot tell if they're being trolled.

https://youtu.be/xmVt8lC74ns

Mehrad, 9 months ago to firefox

#Firefox 115 can silently remotely disable my extension on any site

This is title of the following article that @hirad brought it into my attention. As he also put it in a toot, this is bad from two perspectives:

1. Firefox can do this remotely without user confirmation
2. #Mozilla has assumed such authority for itself unilaterally (not an opt-in option)

https://lapcatsoftware.com/articles/2023/7/1.html

axbom, 9 months ago to random

Judy Estrin is on fire in her op-ed for Time Magazine.

“What is happening is not just a battle for market control. A small number of tech titans are busy designing our collective future, presenting their societal vision, and specific beliefs about our humanity, as theonly possible path. Hiding behind an illusion of natural market forces, they are harnessing their wealth and influence to shape not just productization and implementation of AI technology, but also the research.“

She goes on to talk about the politics of inevitability and how we are tricked into thinking the future dictated by big tech is unavoidable. (Pro tip: it isn’t)

But this sentence actually caught me off-guard: “On the current trajectory we may not even have the option to weigh in on who gets to decide what is in our best interest.“

Do read it.

https://time.com/6302761/ai-risks-autonomy/

#DigitalEthics

juni, 9 months ago to random

Ever wanted your desktop windows to jiggle around on-beat? I wrote a Winamp plugin to solve this important problem.

source: https://git.sr.ht/~juni/shaker

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Mer__edith, 9 months ago to random

Here, a sample of the magical thinking justifying the UK's anti-privacy crusade

AGAIN: IT'S NOT POSSIBLE TO DEVELOP TECH THAT BOTH SURVEILLS ALL EXPRESSION & MAINTAINS E2E ENCRYPTION, NOW OR EVER

Expert consensus doesn't bend to wishes or spell casting.

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-66455616

sandofsky, 9 months ago to random

Shot a roll of BW film and developed it with Caffenol, a concoction made of washing soda, vitamin C powder, and instant coffee.

The Flatiron building in New York.
A subway entrance.
A flower.

Vivaldi, 9 months ago (edited 9 months ago) to privacy

Massive information about us is collected from all quarters of our lives.

This Spy Cat video takes a darkly humorous approach to make the pervasiveness and hazards of targeted profiling and advertising more relatable👇

https://youtube.com/watch?v=H2XLD0QRTbI

#privacy #browser

Edit: Link updated.

axbom, 9 months ago to random

If you are seriously considering new default software for video meetings, don’t discount Signal.

Signal allows up to 40 people in the same meeting.

Using Signal Desktop, you can share a screen or separate window while on a call. You can share your screen if no one else is presenting. Your own video will not be shown while you are presenting.

To start or stop sharing while on a call, select the presenting icon with the box with an arrow pointing up.

Why Signal?

”State-of-the-art end-to-end encryption (powered by the open source Signal Protocol) keeps your conversations secure. We can't read your messages or listen to your calls, and no one else can either. Privacy isn’t an optional mode — it’s just the way that Signal works. Every message, every call, every time.”

https://signal.org/

#VideoMeetings #VideoConferencing

michael, 9 months ago (edited 9 months ago) to mastodon

It looks like relay.fedi.buzz is going to break once #mastodon 4.2 comes out:

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/pull/23989

This is VERY bad news for users of small instances like myself.

I do understand the reasoning behind it, and I'm not sure there is a good alternative. But it sure feels a bit like a deja vu from the self hosted email days ...

#mastoAdmin #singleuserinstance #relays #FediBuzz

OlgaPatlyuk, 9 months ago to random Ukrainian

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privacyguides, 9 months ago to random

Privacy is a collective concern - great article from @carissaveliz:

https://www.newstatesman.com/science-tech/2019/10/privacy-collective-concern

benhaube, 9 months ago to random

This #48Hours episode just pissed me the fuck off. That prosecutor is a fucking disgrace. It's so sickening seeing our justice system railroad an innocent DV victim for murder when she was defending herself.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=G4a8SfgunNg&feature=share

dw, 9 months ago to climate German

July 2023 was the hottest month on Earth, says EU data

https://www.dw.com/en/july-2023-was-the-hottest-month-on-earth-says-eu-data/a-66467143?maca=en-dipa_news_mstdn-34613-xml-mrss

#climatechange #climateactivism #globalwarming #fossilfuels #EuropeanUnion(EU) #UnitedNations(UN)

thenewoil, 9 months ago to random

Privacy washing: Google’s attempts to redefine what privacy means

https://proton.me/blog/blog-google-privacy-washing

webmink, 9 months ago to random

I have added an update to "Not Using Zoom" to reflect the ToS change #Zoom just pushed (around 17:00 UTC I think).

https://the.webm.ink/not-using-zoom

tl;dr: Doesn't seem to really fix the issue.

slightlyoff, 9 months ago to random

Don't know who needs to hear this, but the recent explainer about "Web Environment Integrity":

• will not ship in current form (I'll block it; and yes, I can do that)
• was not an "official" Google propsoal. Individuals with @google.com (and @microsoft.com, etc.) addrs do dumb stuff all the time (ask me how I know!)
• is very much worth worrying about as a direction of travel, but not without context

theprivacydad, 9 months ago to random

I am proud to have been invited for an interview with @thenewoil about digital privacy and parenting! https://blog.thenewoil.org/parenting-and-privacy-with-the-privacy-dad
Their website has excellent guides for privacy: https://thenewoil.org/

kallekn, 9 months ago to random

Two days ago a Russian court fined Apple for not removing podcasts that do not follow the official Russian line on the war in Ukraine. Now Apple had removed one such podcast.
🤔😡🤯

Apple has removed Meduza’s flagship news podcast ‘What Happened’ from Apple Podcasts, without explaining the reason Earlier this summer, the Russian state censorship authority had asked Apple to block the show — Meduza
https://meduza.io/en/feature/2023/08/05/apple-has-removed-meduza-s-flagship-news-podcast-what-happened-from-apple-podcasts-without-explaining-the-reason