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Posts by @jdp23.
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Good news everyone! We hit our first milestone: maintenance is 100% funded. Thank you all ❤️
Next up: unlock the stretch goal to co‑design federated groups: community‑owned spaces to organise across the fediverse, with no server or platform lock‑in.
Read about why this matters and how it can […]
Next up: unlock the stretch goal to co‑design federated groups: community‑owned spaces to organise across the fediverse, with no server or platform lock‑in.
Read about why this matters and how it can […]
Original post on indieweb.social
indieweb.social
December 5, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Good news everyone! We hit our first milestone: maintenance is 100% funded. Thank you all ❤️
Next up: unlock the stretch goal to co‑design federated groups: community‑owned spaces to organise across the fediverse, with no server or platform lock‑in.
Read about why this matters and how it can […]
Next up: unlock the stretch goal to co‑design federated groups: community‑owned spaces to organise across the fediverse, with no server or platform lock‑in.
Read about why this matters and how it can […]
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~“Technically, this means that a Mastodon user M will think that he follows someone but will receive poorly formatted versions of most of the content.”~ — a rephrasing of some discourse going around today targeting a different platform.
A fundamental reality of the open social web is that not […]
A fundamental reality of the open social web is that not […]
Original post on hachyderm.io
hachyderm.io
December 4, 2025 at 5:25 PM
~“Technically, this means that a Mastodon user M will think that he follows someone but will receive poorly formatted versions of most of the content.”~ — a rephrasing of some discourse going around today targeting a different platform.
A fundamental reality of the open social web is that not […]
A fundamental reality of the open social web is that not […]
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"…é comum que se aponte as #mídiassociais como fonte de males diversos da sociedade. São bem menos frequentes os debates sobre alternativas possíveis, especialmente no âmbito da #políticapública. Parece ser mais fácil imaginar o fim do mundo do que pensar alternativas para o estado de […]
Original post on mato.social
mato.social
December 2, 2025 at 11:01 AM
"…é comum que se aponte as #mídiassociais como fonte de males diversos da sociedade. São bem menos frequentes os debates sobre alternativas possíveis, especialmente no âmbito da #políticapública. Parece ser mais fácil imaginar o fim do mundo do que pensar alternativas para o estado de […]
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Privacy Guides supports @fightforthefuture.org's campaign against online ID checks.
Add your voice to the protest! 🗣️ ✊
www.stoponlineidchecks.org
#StopOnlineIDChecks #Privacy #AgeVerification #KOSA
Add your voice to the protest! 🗣️ ✊
www.stoponlineidchecks.org
#StopOnlineIDChecks #Privacy #AgeVerification #KOSA
ONLINE ID CHECKS WILL RUIN THE INTERNET
Tell your lawmakers: we need common-sense, privacy forward solutions, NOT ID checks for the internet!
www.stoponlineidchecks.org
December 3, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Privacy Guides supports @fightforthefuture.org's campaign against online ID checks.
Add your voice to the protest! 🗣️ ✊
www.stoponlineidchecks.org
#StopOnlineIDChecks #Privacy #AgeVerification #KOSA
Add your voice to the protest! 🗣️ ✊
www.stoponlineidchecks.org
#StopOnlineIDChecks #Privacy #AgeVerification #KOSA
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Forbes: Google Starts Sharing All Your Text Messages With Your Employer
As reported by Android Authority, “Google is rolling out Android RCS Archival on Pixel (and other Android) phones, allowing employers to intercept and archive RCS chats on work-managed devices. In simpler terms, your […]
As reported by Android Authority, “Google is rolling out Android RCS Archival on Pixel (and other Android) phones, allowing employers to intercept and archive RCS chats on work-managed devices. In simpler terms, your […]
Original post on ai6yr.org
m.ai6yr.org
December 2, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Forbes: Google Starts Sharing All Your Text Messages With Your Employer
As reported by Android Authority, “Google is rolling out Android RCS Archival on Pixel (and other Android) phones, allowing employers to intercept and archive RCS chats on work-managed devices. In simpler terms, your […]
As reported by Android Authority, “Google is rolling out Android RCS Archival on Pixel (and other Android) phones, allowing employers to intercept and archive RCS chats on work-managed devices. In simpler terms, your […]
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#givingtuesday 2025
> "[T]hings are pretty grim here in the USA, and many people and organizations are under huge pressure. If you've got a bit of money to spare, please consider also supporting one or two of these – or similar organizations in your area." […]
> "[T]hings are pretty grim here in the USA, and many people and organizations are under huge pressure. If you've got a bit of money to spare, please consider also supporting one or two of these – or similar organizations in your area." […]
Original post on infosec.exchange
infosec.exchange
December 2, 2025 at 10:02 AM
#givingtuesday 2025
> "[T]hings are pretty grim here in the USA, and many people and organizations are under huge pressure. If you've got a bit of money to spare, please consider also supporting one or two of these – or similar organizations in your area." […]
> "[T]hings are pretty grim here in the USA, and many people and organizations are under huge pressure. If you've got a bit of money to spare, please consider also supporting one or two of these – or similar organizations in your area." […]
#givingtuesday 2025
> "[T]hings are pretty grim here in the USA, and many people and organizations are under huge pressure. If you've got a bit of money to spare, please consider also supporting one or two of these – or similar organizations in your area." […]
> "[T]hings are pretty grim here in the USA, and many people and organizations are under huge pressure. If you've got a bit of money to spare, please consider also supporting one or two of these – or similar organizations in your area." […]
Original post on infosec.exchange
infosec.exchange
December 2, 2025 at 10:02 AM
#givingtuesday 2025
> "[T]hings are pretty grim here in the USA, and many people and organizations are under huge pressure. If you've got a bit of money to spare, please consider also supporting one or two of these – or similar organizations in your area." […]
> "[T]hings are pretty grim here in the USA, and many people and organizations are under huge pressure. If you've got a bit of money to spare, please consider also supporting one or two of these – or similar organizations in your area." […]
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My post traveling through the #fediverse got another push over the weekend (thx @pallenberg), motivating me to have another look. And surprise: After adding the software of multiple instances, #sharkey came in before #Bluesky. 🥳
December 1, 2025 at 8:00 PM
My post traveling through the #fediverse got another push over the weekend (thx @pallenberg), motivating me to have another look. And surprise: After adding the software of multiple instances, #sharkey came in before #Bluesky. 🥳
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Showing ID online isn't the same as showing it to a human offline.
Each time we provide our official ID or face scan online, this data risks getting leaked, stolen, or accessed by corporations and governments alike, to track our online activities and attach it to our identities.
Privacy Guides […]
Each time we provide our official ID or face scan online, this data risks getting leaked, stolen, or accessed by corporations and governments alike, to track our online activities and attach it to our identities.
Privacy Guides […]
Original post on mastodon.neat.computer
mastodon.neat.computer
December 2, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Showing ID online isn't the same as showing it to a human offline.
Each time we provide our official ID or face scan online, this data risks getting leaked, stolen, or accessed by corporations and governments alike, to track our online activities and attach it to our identities.
Privacy Guides […]
Each time we provide our official ID or face scan online, this data risks getting leaked, stolen, or accessed by corporations and governments alike, to track our online activities and attach it to our identities.
Privacy Guides […]
Washington lawmakers want to regulate license plate readers
https://washingtonstatestandard.com/2025/12/01/washington-lawmakers-want-to-regulate-license-plate-readers/
> "Washington’s chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union is leading the charge to regulate the license plate readers here […]
https://washingtonstatestandard.com/2025/12/01/washington-lawmakers-want-to-regulate-license-plate-readers/
> "Washington’s chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union is leading the charge to regulate the license plate readers here […]
Original post on infosec.exchange
infosec.exchange
December 1, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Washington lawmakers want to regulate license plate readers
https://washingtonstatestandard.com/2025/12/01/washington-lawmakers-want-to-regulate-license-plate-readers/
> "Washington’s chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union is leading the charge to regulate the license plate readers here […]
https://washingtonstatestandard.com/2025/12/01/washington-lawmakers-want-to-regulate-license-plate-readers/
> "Washington’s chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union is leading the charge to regulate the license plate readers here […]
A nationwide internet age verification plan is sweeping Congress
Not good. The App Store Accountability Act is one of the 19 bills getting discussed at tomorrow's hearing, along with KOSA.
“We need to ensure that our kids are safe and parents have peace of mind from the moment their device is […]
Not good. The App Store Accountability Act is one of the 19 bills getting discussed at tomorrow's hearing, along with KOSA.
“We need to ensure that our kids are safe and parents have peace of mind from the moment their device is […]
Original post on infosec.exchange
infosec.exchange
December 1, 2025 at 5:02 PM
A nationwide internet age verification plan is sweeping Congress
Not good. The App Store Accountability Act is one of the 19 bills getting discussed at tomorrow's hearing, along with KOSA.
“We need to ensure that our kids are safe and parents have peace of mind from the moment their device is […]
Not good. The App Store Accountability Act is one of the 19 bills getting discussed at tomorrow's hearing, along with KOSA.
“We need to ensure that our kids are safe and parents have peace of mind from the moment their device is […]
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🇪🇺Misleading headlines: #chatcontrol is not dead, it is being privatized! 🚨
EU governments voted today for:
🔍 Warrantless mass surveillance
🆔 Mandatory ID for everyone (End of anonymity)
🚫 Digital house arrest for teens
The fight continues! 👇 […]
[Original post on digitalcourage.social]
EU governments voted today for:
🔍 Warrantless mass surveillance
🆔 Mandatory ID for everyone (End of anonymity)
🚫 Digital house arrest for teens
The fight continues! 👇 […]
[Original post on digitalcourage.social]
November 26, 2025 at 5:26 PM
🇪🇺Misleading headlines: #chatcontrol is not dead, it is being privatized! 🚨
EU governments voted today for:
🔍 Warrantless mass surveillance
🆔 Mandatory ID for everyone (End of anonymity)
🚫 Digital house arrest for teens
The fight continues! 👇 […]
[Original post on digitalcourage.social]
EU governments voted today for:
🔍 Warrantless mass surveillance
🆔 Mandatory ID for everyone (End of anonymity)
🚫 Digital house arrest for teens
The fight continues! 👇 […]
[Original post on digitalcourage.social]
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While I'm thinking about work, a piece of advice for startups thinking about security: fix your project management and roadmapping process before/at the same time as bringing someone in to help with security, especially if that person is not getting put in as a peer to the CTO with the swing to […]
Original post on infosec.exchange
infosec.exchange
November 24, 2025 at 10:35 AM
While I'm thinking about work, a piece of advice for startups thinking about security: fix your project management and roadmapping process before/at the same time as bringing someone in to help with security, especially if that person is not getting put in as a peer to the CTO with the swing to […]
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The lobbying strategies of #bigtech over lawmakers and businesses are nothing new.
We've already seen things like anti-antitrust lobbying, networks of intermediaries, think-tanks, paid consultants, experts who diminish the negative impact of their business activities and tax-evading schemes […]
We've already seen things like anti-antitrust lobbying, networks of intermediaries, think-tanks, paid consultants, experts who diminish the negative impact of their business activities and tax-evading schemes […]
Original post on manganiello.eu
manganiello.eu
November 22, 2025 at 4:30 PM
The lobbying strategies of #bigtech over lawmakers and businesses are nothing new.
We've already seen things like anti-antitrust lobbying, networks of intermediaries, think-tanks, paid consultants, experts who diminish the negative impact of their business activities and tax-evading schemes […]
We've already seen things like anti-antitrust lobbying, networks of intermediaries, think-tanks, paid consultants, experts who diminish the negative impact of their business activities and tax-evading schemes […]
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Cybersecurity isn’t ready for the conversation about how bad sexism and ageism are in the whole pen test / red team community, or how influencer culture and the saturated market are enabling it to get worse […]
Original post on infosec.exchange
infosec.exchange
November 22, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Cybersecurity isn’t ready for the conversation about how bad sexism and ageism are in the whole pen test / red team community, or how influencer culture and the saturated market are enabling it to get worse […]
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A roundup of personal data consolidation, surveillance, and destruction-of-oversight news from the @unbreaking.org Data Security team, who will surely be having amazing conversations at various dinners next week.
The federal government continues to roll new datasets into its surveillance operation and use them to target immigrants. We learned this week that ICE’s Mobile Companion app now includes driver’s license data:
www.404media.co/this-app-let...
www.404media.co/this-app-let...
This App Lets ICE Track Vehicles and Owners Across the Country
Material viewed by 404 Media shows data giant Thomson Reuters enriches license plate data with marriage, voter, and ownership records. The tool can predict where a car may be in the future.
www.404media.co
November 21, 2025 at 10:23 PM
A roundup of personal data consolidation, surveillance, and destruction-of-oversight news from the @unbreaking.org Data Security team, who will surely be having amazing conversations at various dinners next week.
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Eurosky Live in Berlin was this week (great to see so many cool people!), and I wrote about building open social networking protocols is about more than just building an alternative to Big Tech's platform power
https://connectedplaces.leaflet.pub/3m637b7zcwc25
https://connectedplaces.leaflet.pub/3m637b7zcwc25
ATmosphere Report 143 - Eurosky Live - Connected Places
on protocol architecture and power
connectedplaces.leaflet.pub
November 20, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Eurosky Live in Berlin was this week (great to see so many cool people!), and I wrote about building open social networking protocols is about more than just building an alternative to Big Tech's platform power
https://connectedplaces.leaflet.pub/3m637b7zcwc25
https://connectedplaces.leaflet.pub/3m637b7zcwc25
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Very cool research tool called Little Sis allows you to map the economic and institutional relationships between major power brokers and wealthy individuals. ht @emmalbriant
https://littlesis.org/database
https://littlesis.org/database
LittleSis
LittleSis is a free database of who knows who in business and government
littlesis.org
November 20, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Very cool research tool called Little Sis allows you to map the economic and institutional relationships between major power brokers and wealthy individuals. ht @emmalbriant
https://littlesis.org/database
https://littlesis.org/database
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So here's a little bombshell for y'all: over the past two months I was interviewing for a role on Bluesky's trust & safety team, whilst I didn't end up getting the role, I had a lot of people from the ActivityPub community encouraging me to apply to it.
I didn't say anything publicly at the […]
I didn't say anything publicly at the […]
Original post on hachyderm.io
hachyderm.io
November 18, 2025 at 12:22 PM
So here's a little bombshell for y'all: over the past two months I was interviewing for a role on Bluesky's trust & safety team, whilst I didn't end up getting the role, I had a lot of people from the ActivityPub community encouraging me to apply to it.
I didn't say anything publicly at the […]
I didn't say anything publicly at the […]
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I'm running a German-speaking Mastodon instance with half-open registration. So when I receive an account application in English, it's almost always from a bot or click-worker/slave trying to create sleeper accounts for use in spam campaigns. Here is a rather disingenious, very generic […]
Original post on fedifreu.de
fedifreu.de
November 19, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I'm running a German-speaking Mastodon instance with half-open registration. So when I receive an account application in English, it's almost always from a bot or click-worker/slave trying to create sleeper accounts for use in spam campaigns. Here is a rather disingenious, very generic […]
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"Vienna researchers retrieved all #whatsapp numbers. The 3.5 billion profiles represent the largest data leak in history"
"...downloaded all 77 million profile pictures visible to everyone—a proud 3.8 terabytes in total. In a random sample of half a million images drawn from this, a facial […]
"...downloaded all 77 million profile pictures visible to everyone—a proud 3.8 terabytes in total. In a random sample of half a million images drawn from this, a facial […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
November 19, 2025 at 5:52 AM
"Vienna researchers retrieved all #whatsapp numbers. The 3.5 billion profiles represent the largest data leak in history"
"...downloaded all 77 million profile pictures visible to everyone—a proud 3.8 terabytes in total. In a random sample of half a million images drawn from this, a facial […]
"...downloaded all 77 million profile pictures visible to everyone—a proud 3.8 terabytes in total. In a random sample of half a million images drawn from this, a facial […]
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Hi! Today is my first official day as the Executive Director of Mastodon, replacing @gargon@mastodon.social as CEO. I joined the Mastodon team more than 5 years ago, mostly working for Mastodon in the evenings on top of a 120% day job. I was the driving force behind the incorporation of the […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
November 18, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Hi! Today is my first official day as the Executive Director of Mastodon, replacing @gargon@mastodon.social as CEO. I joined the Mastodon team more than 5 years ago, mostly working for Mastodon in the evenings on top of a 120% day job. I was the driving force behind the incorporation of the […]
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Hey everyone, we have some pretty big news to share. You might remember that we announced a big restructuring for the Mastodon team earlier this year. Today marks an important milestone in this transition.
#mastodon #fediverse #socialweb
#mastodon #fediverse #socialweb
November 18, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Hey everyone, we have some pretty big news to share. You might remember that we announced a big restructuring for the Mastodon team earlier this year. Today marks an important milestone in this transition.
#mastodon #fediverse #socialweb
#mastodon #fediverse #socialweb
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This thing that 404 is writing about in the US—the dehumanizing fake content created purely because Facebook pays people to make it?
https://www.404media.co/ai-generated-videos-of-ice-raids-are-wildly-viral-on-facebook/
It has a direct precedent in the Myanmar genocide and has been widely […]
https://www.404media.co/ai-generated-videos-of-ice-raids-are-wildly-viral-on-facebook/
It has a direct precedent in the Myanmar genocide and has been widely […]
Original post on mas.to
mas.to
November 12, 2025 at 6:56 PM
This thing that 404 is writing about in the US—the dehumanizing fake content created purely because Facebook pays people to make it?
https://www.404media.co/ai-generated-videos-of-ice-raids-are-wildly-viral-on-facebook/
It has a direct precedent in the Myanmar genocide and has been widely […]
https://www.404media.co/ai-generated-videos-of-ice-raids-are-wildly-viral-on-facebook/
It has a direct precedent in the Myanmar genocide and has been widely […]