There’s been an increasing call in recent weeks and months for encryption to have government ‘backdoors’ put into them. This is a bad idea. No really, it’s an incredibly bad idea. Even if we took the assumption that it is a push that’s made with only the purest of intentions, and the government universal key is kept...
@Ronno No really, if I understood well the proposal is not that every channel will have a backdoor. Probably that is a request only for citizens, and maybe most companies, but I don't think that it will apply to banks, finance institutions or to the state.
Or maybe I misunderstood something... I'm not sure.
@bathrobe I don't know about tiktok, but I think that it is the same data that Facebook collects. And the worst is what we have at the end, "Other Data". That means, each moment Meta can decide to collect yet more things without to inform the user.
@luna I was wondering why the name is weird. Maybe because I am not an English native speaker, but I don't find it not or less weird than lemmy or twitter...
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This headline from the Washington Post is unlike anything we have ever seen before from a mainstream news publication. America is an inferno with heat waves in the South, smoke in the North Their alternative headline, depending on when you click on the...
Wäre am Sonntag Landtagswahl in Thüringen, läge die AfD nach einer aktuellen Umfrage deutlich zu und wäre damit stärkste Kraft. CDU und Linke wären fast gleichauf. Eine Regierungsbildung würde sich schwierig gestalten.
@hypelightfly
Yes, but to block an instance as a user doesn't offer the same level of protection that to defederate the instance. If a user blocks an instance, she/he doesn't see the posts coming from this instance in her/his thread. But the user cannot avoid being seen from the blocked instance and potentially being harassed. https://codeberg.org/Kbin/kbin-core/issues/375
U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said on Wednesday that Chinese cloud computing companies like Huawei Cloud and Alibaba Cloud could pose a threat to U.S. security and vowed to review a request to add them to an export control list.
Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt, who served as chief rabbi for some 30 years and left Russia two weeks after it invaded Ukraine, says he's 'proud to be on the right side of history'
Im aktuellen #Pridemonth wirken die Ergebnisse einer #YouGov-Erhebung wie ein greller Realitätscheck: Während sich Unternehmen in Social Media und auf den #CSDs regenbogenbunt präsentieren, kündigte mehr als jede*r Fünfte schon einmal wegen #Diskriminierung. #diversity #outandproud #lgbtiq
Encryption With A Back Door Is NOT Encryption (ktetch.co.uk)
There’s been an increasing call in recent weeks and months for encryption to have government ‘backdoors’ put into them. This is a bad idea. No really, it’s an incredibly bad idea. Even if we took the assumption that it is a push that’s made with only the purest of intentions, and the government universal key is kept...
YSK that Kbin can subscribe not only to magazines and communities, but entire instances.
This may be useful for folks looking to expand their feed. I discovered this on accident and it completely revolutionized my experience on Kbin....
Are you going to try Meta's Threads? (www.theverge.com)
Will people here use/try Meta’s #threads when available? Would love to know the reasons or if it would be just for fun/curiosity....
OC Kbin, FUD, and Tribalism - Where do we go from here?
It finally happened: many Reddit 3rd party apps have officially shut down. With it comes an influx of users looking for a new place....
What is the Small Web? (ar.al)
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Almond Milk (detoxinista.com)
Homemade Almond Milk is easy to prepare with just 2 ingredients. This dairy-free milk tastes better than the store-bought kind!
Climate change is finally hitting home in the U.S. mainstream media (www.dailykos.com)
This headline from the Washington Post is unlike anything we have ever seen before from a mainstream news publication. America is an inferno with heat waves in the South, smoke in the North Their alternative headline, depending on when you click on the...
MDR-Umfrage: AfD in Thüringen bei 34 Prozent - Linke, SPD und Grüne zusammen bei 35 Prozent | MDR.DE (www.mdr.de) German
Wäre am Sonntag Landtagswahl in Thüringen, läge die AfD nach einer aktuellen Umfrage deutlich zu und wäre damit stärkste Kraft. CDU und Linke wären fast gleichauf. Eine Regierungsbildung würde sich schwierig gestalten.
Seven big tech companies say they’re platform gatekeepers under EU law (www.theverge.com)
TikTok’s parent company joins Apple, Google and others on the list
Lemmy.world Admin Response to Defederation from Exploding Heads
We're closing this thread. Everything that could be said has been said. Thank you...
The British town where the antisemitic blood libel theory was born could get a Jewish heritage center - Jewish Telegraphic Agency (www.jta.org)
Local Jews in Norwich are considering leasing Jurnet's House, built by a Jewish moneylender in the 12th century, for the new institution.
US official says Chinese cloud companies like Huawei could pose threat (www.reuters.com)
U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said on Wednesday that Chinese cloud computing companies like Huawei Cloud and Alibaba Cloud could pose a threat to U.S. security and vowed to review a request to add them to an export control list.
Will El Niño on top of global heating create the perfect climate storm? (www.theguardian.com)
Rising temperatures in north Atlantic and drop in Antarctic sea ice prompt fears of widespread damage from extreme weather
Why the future won’t look like a sci-fi movie (thenextweb.com)
TNW spoke with futurist Nick Foster about the danger of designing the future with sci-fi in mind and why mundanity is far more exciting.
Russia brands exiled former Moscow chief rabbi a ‘foreign agent’ (www.timesofisrael.com)
Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt, who served as chief rabbi for some 30 years and left Russia two weeks after it invaded Ukraine, says he's 'proud to be on the right side of history'
Jewish German intelligence chief says he and his family would leave Germany if the AfD gain power (www.jpost.com)
Stephan Kramer's comments come after the Alternative für Deutschland candidate won the local district council election in the same state.
Eine neue deutschsprachige Kbin-Instanz!! (gehirneimer.de)
Zufälligerweise habe ich heute diese neue Instanz gefunden:...
Ernüchternd: Umfrage zu LGBTIQ* und Arbeitswelt (www.maenner.media) German
Im aktuellen #Pridemonth wirken die Ergebnisse einer #YouGov-Erhebung wie ein greller Realitätscheck: Während sich Unternehmen in Social Media und auf den #CSDs regenbogenbunt präsentieren, kündigte mehr als jede*r Fünfte schon einmal wegen #Diskriminierung. #diversity #outandproud #lgbtiq
Massive Data Breach Exposes Millions to Hacks: The MOVEit Vulnerability (readwrite.com)
Hackers targeted a flaw in the file transfer utility MOVEit; concerns about the safety of sensitive data once again come to the fore.
'Chinese spy balloon' was 'crammed' with US hardware (www.theregister.com)
Blasted from the sky in February, device never transmitted photos, videos, or radar data it collected, officials say
The search giant has made the decision in response to Canada’s Online News Act. (www.theverge.com)
Canada recently passed the Online News Act.
Linda Yaccarino’s vision for Twitter 2.0 emerges (arstechnica.com)
Staff should be ready for "hand-to-hand combat" as company preps new ad offering.
Pornhub Is Being Accused of Illegal Data Collection (www.wired.com)
Complaints filed in the European Union claim the porn site fails to follow basic data-collection policies under GDPR.