Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

Glad I have a Librem 5 phone with hardware kill switches - France Passes New Bill Allowing Police to Remotely Activate Cameras on Citizens' Phones
https://gizmodo.com/france-bill-allows-police-access-phones-camera-gps-1850609772 #purism #librem5 #privacy #security

Eugen: " Well, even if Threads abandoned ActivityPub down the line, where we would end up is exactly where we are now. XMPP did not exist on its own outside of nerd circles, while ActivityPub enjoys the support and brand recognition of Mastodon."

Me: The *real* question is how mastodon.social users who have been promiscuously following users of both Threads and non-corporate activity-pub instances will react when 99% of the people they follow are suddenly cut off from them.

Hey, Mastodon,

Is there a server-level configuration option to require authentication? That is, is there an instance operation mode of not serving the instance pages as browsable HTML, but only through ActivityPub?

Can an instance run dark to the general internet, only its landing/about page serving as unauthenticated webpages, and otherwise only accessible via direct authentication or ActivityPub?

License plate readers clock the time and location of your vehicle, which can reveal sensitive information about your life. EFF is tracking police use of this technology. To learn whether your city is using ALPR, visit https://atlasofsurveillance.org.

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Before you create a Threads account you should know that you can’t delete it without nuking your entire Instagram account.

The Zuck suck is in full swing. In the few short hours since I started using #Threads, #DuckDuckGo has already blocked over 200 data tracking attempts. These include things like "headphone status" and "screen density."

#DataPrivacy #Meta #ThreadsApp

13.000 cyclists demonstrated against #Berlin new conservative senator’s decision to stop (and potentially scrap) ongoing infrastructure changes that would have improved the safety of cyclists and pedestrians and contributed to reaching environmental targets.

13.000 people.
7km of streets continuously filled with cyclists.
And you barely hear about it in the news.

13.000 is a big number.
Imagine 13.000 SUVs with a flat tire: would we hear more about it in the news?

#BikeTooter #AutoKorrektur

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Job is 100% remote. Location irrelevant.

See and apply at

https://www.upwork.com/jobs/~0111ca513560630387

hi, i'm new here. i just discovered that my previous mastodon instance shut down. i didn't use it all that much. trying again!

i will post mostly on Indigenous current events, science, and/or technology topics, also on topics of de/colonization and race. I work mostly in the US & Canada. i'm on social media to get/share news and events. i have a relatively large twitter following, but as you all know it's increasingly chaotic and decreasing in usefulness over there. #introduction

Fairphone is coming to America

Fairphone teams up with the developer of the /e/ Android fork to enable US sales.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/07/fairphone-is-coming-to-america/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

There’s been a lot of speculation around what Threads will be and what it means for Mastodon. We’ve put together some of the most common questions and our responses based on what was launched today:

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2023/07/what-to-know-about-threads/

#Philadelphia hits the streets to oppose gender fascist "Mom's for Liberty" conference.

Report Here: https://itsgoingdown.org/gender-fascist-moms-for-liberty-philly-resistance/

If anyone on Mastodon has been trying to use the eviscerati.org contact form to reach me, you should know that apparently the plugin I was using was marking everything as spam and dumping it, because I hadn't bought the pro license.

I'm using a different form now. Thank you for the beta testing. :-/

I can't comment on the author's hypothesis that increased food prices and concomitant decreases in food consumption are the root cause of the civil unrest going on right now, but the fact of the both those things is notable. I would like to see similar numbers for other Western nations. I would expect the numbers might be at least as bad in the US, given the recent reduction in EBT amounts.

https://unherd.com/thepost/blame-food-prices-for-frances-riots/

I really hope that CreativeCommons changes their stance on generative AI when they realize how much work people who wanted an open internet are now putting into locking down their data.
https://creativecommons.org/2023/02/06/better-sharing-for-generative-ai/

TL;DR: Their current position is that since open sharing of information is good, generative AI must also be good.

The widely told hero story that Britain innovated the technique to make wrought iron from scrap, propelling it in the Industrial Revolution as a powerhouse, turns out to be false.

Named after the British entrepreneur that capitalised upon it, the 'Cort Process' to make wrought iron was in fact stolen from 76 black metallurgists near Iron Bay, Jamaica. Cort patented it in the 1780's, claimed to be inventor, & forcibly shut down the Jamaican foundry.

New research:
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/07341512.2023.2220991

1500 words into Curveball Year Four!

I will be giving a keynote at both Blue Team Con and WWHF about lessons I have learned in a decade of mentoring job seekers and career changes in cybersecurity, but here is one tip for free right now - never give greatly more to a company than they generally return to you. If they pay you to do a job, do a good job at it. Have integrity! But don't go overboard in perpetual overtime or free work, missing time with family, losing your health in a way they would never commit to you - most organizations today in the US will lay you off and replace you in a moment. If they go above and beyond for you in real, meaningful ways, return that loyalty and commitment in kind. But never gratuitously more. You only live one life, and your job is not your family. It is a contract for labor, and if you are lucky one you learn from and somewhat enjoy.