keverets @keverets@librem.one

Citizen Lab released a report that highlights three serious security issues in the RedNote app, including that the app retrieves uploaded user content in a way that allows anyone else on your network, at your ISP, or organizations like the NSA, to see everything you look at and upload to RedNote. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/02/crimson-memo-analyzing-privacy-impact-xianghongshu-aka-red-note

I asked myself, if I'm setting my own fonts, why is my browser hitting fonts.googleapis.com?

And I am both surprised and not-surprised to discover that blocking fonts.googleapis.com with Ublock Origin fully removes a class of unwanted captchas from my browsing experience.

In Firefox: Extensions, UBlock Origin, click the gear, "My Filters" at the top, check the enable box, add this:

||fonts.googleapis.com

And suddenly this goes away:

What he said: https://macleans.ca/economy/why-canadas-oil-sands-arent-coming-back/

Cycling helps fight climate change and makes cities more livable. More profoundly, people who cycle regularly are more oriented toward the common good.

Cars turn people into sociopaths; bikes reverse that.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0272494423001731

All of this 👇

TIL that if you double park in (I think) Istanbul, they roll up a truck that cantilevers your car onto it's back and takes off with it in about 20 seconds.

Kindness is punk.
Trans rights are human rights.
There is no Planet B.
Smash the patriarchy.
Black Lives Matter.
Fix your heart or die.
Healthcare, food&housing are human rights.
Fuck the fascists.
I will not comply.
Tax billionaires out of existence.
AI is made of crimes.
Tech is not the answer.

Ente now supports end-to-end encrypted sync for Machine Learning indexes.

This means you can now
1. Search for photos shared with you
2. Use our desktop app to help index libraries shared with you

Enjoy! 💚

master: welcome to my Smart Home

student: wow. how is the light controlled?

master: with this on-off switch

student: i don't see a motor to close the blinds

master: there is none

student: where is the server located?

master: it is not needed

student: excuse me but what is "Smart" about all of this?

master: everything.

in this moment, the student was enlightened

Did you know that @OpenAlex now provides saved searchers and scholarly literature alerts that tell you when new papers on a topic are published. I switched my alerts from Google Scholar & really like the change (fewer extra papers that don't really match the search criteria) plus it's based on open scholarly infrastructure produced by a non-profit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGKF6jndCJw

(COI: because I believe in open scholarly infrastructure I volunteer on the board for the folks that make Open Alex)

A Decade of Write.as Sale https://write.as/deals/a-decade-of-write-as-sale

Seems right.
#Birds
🪶

Regarding Amazon's Kindle news, remember that in Portugal it is legal to break technology that stops you from making legal copies (AKA copyright exceptions), like private copies of books you bought, for example. So, do it now.

Kids get it. Adults don't.
We seem to regress as we age

"The UK’s war on encryption affects all of us" via @verge.

Indeed, the UK's actions imperil security across the globe.

It's worth highlighting that open source comms tools, like @matrix and @signalapp, empower researchers and users: you'll _see_ if a backdoor is added.

Not so with proprietary tools. Do you really trust Meta, Apple, or Google not to roll over on you?

https://www.theverge.com/policy/612136/uk-icloud-investigatory-powers-act-war-on-encryption

#FOSS #SoftwareFreedom #OpenSource #Security #Privacy #Encryption

The all-hands meeting implies the existence of the partially-hands and no-hands meetings.

There's now an effective, single-dose Malaria vaccine: https://sanaria.com/2025/02/12/a-single-dose-breakthrough-pfspz-larc-vaccines-offer-transformative-protection-against-malaria/

bravo!

@dajb @pgs
How to be a good Fedizen:

1. CW to hide things people may not want to see. This is considerate.

2. #tags allow for discovery for those who may want to see content. Helpful for those who may not follow you but are interested. They will also help people who filter those same tags for reasons.

3. Avoid deliberately misspelling things so that they don’t bypass people’s filters. i.e., don’t use asterisks or jokey nicknames for offensive people or topics.