I've found an excellent podcast series about how online companies use your data. The second episode of the new season is all about how social media giants gather data to keep you engaged, enraged and staying in their apps looking at ads.
It's presented in a pleasantly approachable way. The fediverse is mentioned (Flipboard), along with a new platform I haven't heard of, Small Town and the idea of the Pluriverse.
One of the exercises they do in the episode is pull down their data from Instagram (thanks GDPR!). I did the same thing last year and documented my findings - a real eye opener, and one of the reasons I'm now committed to the fediverse.
Have you ever stopped listening to or trusting a person who posts information in media, or online because of a "red flag" ?
That is are there certain topics, habits, actions etc. that instantly decrease your trust in a person you might have otherwise listened to on a podcast, article, or video?
@futurebird A green flag is listening to those who participate alongside you. A like, a boost, a reply when the mood strikes. And their behavior when doing so. If the account is just them screaming into the void, I’ll pass.
@dtgeek I’ve been using DDG for a year and honestly can’t tell a difference - I don’t miss anything from Google. Gmail however…I’m still trying to unravel that one.
@dtgeek Yeah I should just move back to iCloud. I’m deep into Apple so that’s always going to be available. I tried proton mail but as you said, no imap and requires extra steps on various devices.
I login to a LOT of different Mastodon apps. Because of that, I had over 600 "authorized applications" on my account! 🤯
In certain apps, the SSO process creates a new "authorized app" every time you login instead of re-using the same one.
Anyway, I built a web browser dev tool script that iterates through them all and revokes access. I'm not sure if I should release it but it sure was useful for me.
Sounds like this issue will be going away in a future release! 🎉
If you've ever tried to implement an OAuth Application for Mastodon, and butted into the “unknown client_id / application” error, where the Mastodon server has silently deleted your OAuth Application….
I don't drink and I'm very calm and smile alot. I'm gay. Drunk women get a bit confused that I'm not matching their level or spewing rainbows and say things like "I just love your whole vibe, you just like, don't give a crap what anyone thinks! We need you in our group to balance us out." (The crazy? I'm not balancing out crazy, but thanks.)
@CodenameTim I hung out with the straight husbands by the grill which was shaded. Sweaty and hot, but not burned! I also learned how to grill corn with the shuck attached as a handle to turn it.