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torgo

@torgo@mastodon.social

Open Source Strategist at Samsung and general Open Web Curmudgeon.

W3C @tag co-chair; https://front-end.social/@openwebdocs co-founder; https://social.lfx.dev/@openssf TAC member; Gov UK Open Standards Board member.

Immigrant, UK/US Dual National; Film, MST3K, Science Fiction, Anime, #GenshinImpact & #HonkaiStarRail fan; anti-fascist & card-carrying “tofu-eating wokerati.”

Photos at https://pixelfed.social/torgo. He/Him.

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rolle, to bluesky
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Bluesky enthusiasts are stating that Bluesky has ”plans” to make ATProto universal and transfer it to W3C or the like. Well, there is no evidence that Bluesky wants to give up control or the protocol is going to be widely adopted after 5 years of development so forgive me being sceptical. The story is a bit different with ActivityPub.

#ATProto #ATProtocol #Bluesky #ActivityPub

torgo,
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@rolle agree. If they were serious about this, they would commit to participate in social web working group and to moving toward full federation with the rest of the , instead of scoffing at anyone who raises these points.

torgo, to fediverse
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I had to look at a Twitter message for work reasons yesterday. I did it in a private tab. I still felt like I needed to wash afterwards. However it struck me that I don't think I've actually read anything off of Twitter for over a year and a half at this point. For me, the has largely replaced it.

torgo, to random
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The revolution may not be televised but it will be .

Edent, (edited ) to random
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You receive a call on your phone.
The caller says they're from your bank and they're calling about a suspected fraud.

"Oh yeah," you think. Obvious scam, right?

The caller says "I'll send you an in-app notification to prove I'm calling from your bank."

Your phone buzzes. You tap the notification This is what you see.

Still think it is a scam?
1/3

torgo,
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@Edent my rule is never to give any information to someone who calls me - ever. I don't answer calls from numbers I don't recognise, which I think also deters this kind of scam. If I get a notification, receive a letter in the post (has happened), or get a call about fraud, I call the bank on the number on my card or on their web site.

torgo, to random
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I really do not understand what is going on with . It seems like he brought this on himself by reneging on green pledges and thereby sabotaging the coalition with the Green Party? What was he thinking? Or am I not understanding? https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/apr/29/humza-yousaf-steps-down-as-scottish-first-minister-snp

mnot, to random
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Law enforcement is asking - yet again - for access to encrypted communications. This post tries to succinctly summarise why that's a bad idea.

https://www.mnot.net/blog/2024/04/29/power

torgo,
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@mnot this reminds me of an article from 2015 by @pluralistic in reference to another planned government assault on end-to-end encryption: “But Whatsapp isn’t like a insurance agency with our applications in its file-drawers – it’s like a cafe where we pop in for a chat. Cafes have never been required install hidden microphones in the salt-cellars that could be activated with a court order. The state has never had the power to listen in on all our conversations.“ 🧂

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jun/04/david-cameron-snoopers-charter-will-not-make-us-safer

torgo, to random
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My talk from Open Source Summit on Wide Review (of standards / specifications) is now live! https://youtu.be/jmRrj48CRE0 This talk goes into some detail on why is important, how it works in W3C (and in @tag), and how it contributes to a better future, particularly when including and considerations.

torgo,
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@koalie thank you so much for your kind words! 🙏

glynmoody, to london
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Tory staff running network of anti- Facebook groups riddled with racism and abuse - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/apr/27/tory-staff-running-network-of-anti-ulez-facebook-groups-riddled-with-racism-and-abuse lies and cheating is all that the tories have got. nobody should vote for them, neither in , or nationally...

torgo,
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@glynmoody agreed – although I'm generally in favour of sabotaging government surveillance cameras.

torgo, to random
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I have to say I really appreciated the Seattle Convention Center "Summit" building where the Open Source Summit was held last week. It's a really beautiful, airy space with tons of natural light.

torgo, to Ethics
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Giving my talk later this morning on Wide Review in , heavily leaning in on and . Then it's back home, finally, after 2 weeks on the road. https://sched.co/1aBPU

torgo, to random
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Ok I'm officially tired of seeing the XKCD "Nebraska" comic.

torgo, to random
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Saying farewell to Tokyo this morning. Next stop, Seattle for SOSS community day and Open Source Summit North America! 🌸

A tree-lined street in Tokyo with some blossoms still visible.
A tree lined pedestrian path in Tokyo, skyscraper rising in background against blue sky.

torgo,
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I’ll be taking off at around 1pm Japan time and, weirdly, I’ll be landing in Seattle around a half hour earlier, on the same day! Time travel!

A gif of doc brown from back to the future exclaiming “great Scott!”

torgo, to random
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Visited the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum today. Profoundly affected by what I’ve seen - especially the focus on the impact on people’s lives.

View of the green grounds of the museum including the children’s memorial with the dome in the background.

torgo, to random
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Some shots from my day walking around Roppongi in Tokyo: https://pixelfed.social/i/web/post/683140642803507923

torgo, to random
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Now hearing a talk from UN office on Human Rights on the relationship between technical standards and human rights - quoting some text from the @tag ethical web principles: "we need to put internationally recognised human rights at the core of the web platform." ❤️ cf https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/4031373

torgo, to random
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Kicking off the @w3c advisory committee meeting this morning in Hiroshima with, among other things, a call for the work of the consortium to contribute to the goal of peace.

torgo, to random
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Arrived in Hiroshima and took a stroll through Peace Park. Deeply moved by, and still processing, what I saw today.

The iconic destroyed dome, shattered by the atomic bomb and left standing as a monument.
"Peace park" as seen from across the river with a line of blossoming trees on the river bank, reflected in the water, at sunset.

torgo, to random
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Living the Shinkansen dream. 🚅🍱

A high-speed train at a platform with a row of windows reflecting the station structure, with urban buildings in the background.

torgo, to random
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Every single corporate blog about the attack: "[perfectly reasonable discussion of the issue] … and our software tool could have prevented this, schedule a demo today!" No. Just stop.

torgo, to random
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Thinking about what the open source community can do to support maintainers against social engineering attacks like what seems to have happened with .

torgo, to random
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Thinking about https://www.w3.org/TR/2024/DNOTE-ethical-web-principles-20240319/#verify today : "The web must make it possible for people to verify information and assess the trustworthiness of its source."

torgo, to random
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Very pleased that @w3c has published its updated (which is now appropriately named a "code of conduct"). I'm proud to be one of the individuals named as having contributed into this document. https://www.w3.org/policies/code-of-conduct/

torgo,
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@aral I agree with you. However we only have the power to set policy inside the @w3c itself. So this document is about moderating behaviour on mailing lists, in physical meetings and events, in GutHub threads, etc... We can't stop people pursuing unethical business models, but the thinking behind this, and documents like the Ethical Web Principles https://www.w3.org/TR/ethical-web-principles/, is to ensure these business models don't get baked into the fabric of the web itself.

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