Search results for tag #internet
It looks like Iran has successfully built a national 'walled garden' to control internet connectivity - both halting outsiders from communicating with those in Iran who are protesting, but also halting Iranians' ability to access the world wide web's myriad resources.
How well this 'wall' can be maintained remains to be seen but authoritarian regimes around the world will be watching, that's for sure.
uspol,socialmedia [SENSITIVE CONTENT]
How right-wing influencers are bending reality in Minneapolis
The MAGA media system is going into overdrive.
https://www.vox.com/politics/475361/minneapolis-right-wing-influencers-journalist-ice-reality-immigration-social-media-internet#culture #immigration #internet-culture #policy #politics #social-media #technology
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Minneapolis residents protest and film ICE agents on a nighttime street.
Forty years ago, 21 people gathered for the first meeting of what became the Internet Engineering Task Force or #IETF . Every day billions of people use the open standards and technologies developed in the IETF. And nearly 8000 volunteer IETF participants from around the world collaborate in more than 100 working groups evolving those open standards and making the Internet work better!
Read our “year in review” blog post to see what we accomplished in 2025, and what we’re working on this year.
Oh...this is just nasty.
New #Linux #malware is making its way around the #Internet. Dubbed #VoidLink, it targets #cloud environments and then vanishes. It targets #AWS, #Azure, #GCP, and a host of others.
Less of a tool and more of a platform with various plugins, VoidLink can do reconnaissance, credential theft, and abuse containers. Additionally it *also* detects tampering and malware analysis tools. It can delete itself and remove traces of its activity.
As if the 'net isn't dangerous enough.
https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/14/voidlink_linux_malware/
Just the Browser: scripts to remove all the crap from your browser
Are you a normal person and thus sick of all the nonsensical, non-browser stuff browser makers keep adding to your browser, but for whatever reason you don't want to or cannot switch to one of the forks of your browser of choice?
Just the Browser helps you remove AI features, telemetry data reporting
If we're being honest this should probably be the biggest news story today. We already knew all the terrible things the media is focusing on today, but this could be a game-changer.
#LegalNews #TechnologyNews #Internet #Google #Alphabet #TheAtlantic #CorruptBusinessPractices #Lawsuit #News #Anticompetitive #Monopoly #CompetitiveAdvantage #Fraud #Misrepresentation #UnfairCompetition
https://www.thewrap.com/industry-news/business/the-atlantic-google-alphabet-lawsuit
RE: https://techpolicy.social/@internetsociety/115855835480304372
This is a great discussion around #InternetGovernance, the #UN, the recent #WSIS +20 review, the importance of #InternetAccess, and in general about what's at stake for the future of the #Internet if we don't get this right... if you have 40 minutes, I recommend giving it a listen!
Little Alex lenkt die Diskussion auf einige entscheidende Dinge:
"Ich glaube die Zukunft der regierungs- und techbro-freien Kommunikation liegt in sowas wie Meshtastic, Freifunk/Mesh-Wifi, HAM und Packet Radio, bzw. neueren Datenübertragungsstandards. Muss ja kein AFSK und AX.25 mehr sein, auch wenn das unheimlich robust ist. (...) Das Gute ist, eine Revolution braucht nur ein paar Kilobit für die Organisation. Die Mega- und Gigabit braucht es für kommerzielle Dienste..."
Zu der Aufzählung von neuen Übertragungstechniken möchte ich noch "Reticulum" hinzufügen. Bei CCC-Veranstaltungen gab es dazu wiederholt Vorträge:
Webseite: https://reticulum.network/
Vortrag beim Easterhegg 2025: https://media.ccc.de/v/eh22-97-eggceptional-meshnetworking-
Vortrag beim 38C3 2024: https://media.ccc.de/v/38c3-reticulum-unstoppable-networks-for-the-people#t=265
Someone may have tried to bypass a (media) organisation block #Australian #Internet #censorship with encrypted DNS...
... These days The great firewall of Australia is extremely sophisticated, likely stateful packet inspection. So yes, it's just a matter of political will.
We have the totalitarian infrastructure in place #Efa #eff
Landesweite Internetsperre im Iran: Mit “Snowflake” kann man Menschen Netzzugang ermöglichen Irans Führung blockiert das Internet. Unabhängige Informationen sind unerwünscht. Doch es gibt Maßnahmen gegen Zensur.
#WDR #Iran #Internet #Zensur #Snowflake #Tor #BrowserDarknet #JörgSchieb #DeutschlandInternational
Also whatever #cyberfascist is pushing for #SocialMediaBans for #minors should get their asses handed by #ECHR!
- Cuz you don't fix #deregulation by cutting off #teens from the #Internet, espechally since #enforcement will be either #vibes-based or practically nonexistant, making it harder for affected minors to report #pedos, #grooming and #sexting and get creeps to face actual #consequences.
Almost as if this is a cop-out for some folks...
‚Snowflake ist eine für den Tor Browser verfügbare austauschbare Übertragungsart, mit der sich Internetzensur umgehen lässt. Wie eine Tor-Brücke kann ein Benutzer auf das offene Internet zugreifen, wenn selbst reguläre Tor-Verbindungen zensiert werden. Die Verwendung von Snowflake ist so einfach wie der Wechsel zu einer neuen Brücken-Konfiguration im Tor-Browser.‘
https://support.torproject.org/de/anti-censorship/what-is-snowflake/
Starte die Nutzung von #Snowflake jetzt:
--> https://snowflake.torproject.org/de/
Totaler Internet-Blackout: Sorge vor staatlicher Gewalt gegen Proteste im Iran
Die iranische Führung in Teheran schneidet die Bevölkerung von der Außenwelt ab und stellt einen harten Kurs gegen die landesweiten Proteste in Aussicht…..
Mit wenigen Klicks können Sie Menschen helfen, die von Internetsperren in ihren Heimatländern betroffen sind. Möglich macht es der Tor-Proxy Snowflake…. #Fedihelp #Snowflake
Internetsperren im Iran: So leisten Sie mit Snowflake Unterstützung
"The door is open a crack, the wind is blowing, the post-American internet is upon us: it's a new, good #internet that delivers the technological self-determination of the old, good internet, and the ease of use of Web 2.0 that let our normie friends use it, too."
@pluralistic
https://media.ccc.de/v/39c3-a-post-american-enshittification-resistant-internet/
#enshittification #tariffs #digitalmarketsact #eu #apple #amazon #google #facebook #instagram #whatsapp #microsoft #chatgpt #tesla #technology #bigtech #economics #diday #opensource #foss
Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf made the threat after nationwide #protests challenging Iran’s #theocracy saw protesters flood the streets in the country’s capital & its 2nd-largest city into Sunday morning, crossing the 2-week mark. At least 203 people have died in #violence surrounding the #demonstrations, activists said, with fears the death toll is far higher.
With the #internet down in #Iran & #phone lines cut off, gauging the demonstrations from abroad has grown more difficult.
Demonstrators have continued to take to the streets of #Iran,
defying an escalating crackdown by authorities against the growing #protest movement.
An #internet #shutdown imposed by the authorities on Thursday has largely cut the protesters off from the rest of the world,
but videos that trickled out of the country showed thousands of people demonstrating in Tehran overnight into Saturday morning.
They chanted:
💥“Death to Khamenei,”
in reference to supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and:
💥“Long live the shah.”
New protests broke out late on Saturday
with people rallying in a northern district of Tehran, according to a video verified by AFP.
recent events in #iran made me wonder, if there was an #android #foss app that creates an #ad-hoc #wifi #mesh with other devices nearby that could than be used for a #chat and #groupchat #app like #briar by a #mass of #protesters within wifi distance of each other to communicate even in case of an #internet #blackout ?
i know you #mastodonians out there will know the answer!
“I feel like we're rebooting to the last version of the Internet that I felt uncomplicated joy about.”
@Casey, @kevin and @pj on why they set up their Forkiverse fediverse server.
https://www.searchengine.show/the-fediverse-experiment/
#Fediverse #Federation #ActivityPub #Forkiverse #OpenSocial #OpenSocialWeb #Internet #Technology #Tech
Um einen Handyvertrag oder andere Laufzeitverträge zu kündigen, suchen viele Menschen den vorgeschriebenen Button im Kundenbereich der Anbieter. Da muss er aber nicht sein! In der Regel ist er auf der Startseite ganz unten – ohne Login. Nur darüber kündigt ihr tatsächlich rechtswirksam!
Natürlich gibt es auch noch andere Wege wie Anruf, E-Mail oder Brief. Und wenn euer Anbieter Probleme macht, helfen euch unsere Fachleute gerne.
#internet #handy #kündigen #kündigungsbutton #verbraucherzentrale
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Bild mit Text: "Darum geht's: Wenn man einen Laufzeitvertrag online abschließen kann, muss man ihn auch online kündigen können. In § 312 k BGB steht, dass ein Kündigungsbutton ohne Login zugänglich sein muss. Das gilt z. B. für Mobilfunk-, Internet- und Streamingverträge – aber nicht für Finanzdienstleistungen und Versicherungen."
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Bild mit Text: "Hier gibt es Probleme: Im Kundenbereich mit Login haben einige Anbieter eine „Kündigungsvormerkung“ platziert. Das ist keine Kündigung! Wer die Vormerkung nutzt, soll innerhalb einer bestimmten Zeit beim Anbieter anrufen, um die Kündigung wirksam werden zu lassen. Ohne Anruf hat man dann tatsächlich nicht gekündigt. Im Kundenbereich nach dem Login ist der Kündigungsbutton nicht vorgeschrieben. Dort muss er also nicht zu finden sein."
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Bild mit Text: "So kündigt ihr richtig: Den echten Kündigungsbutton findet ihr bei den meisten Anbietern ganz unten auf der Internetseite" Grafische Darstellung eines Smartphones, auf dessen Display eine stilisierte Internetseite mit der ausgedachten Adresse beispiel-mobilfunk.de zu sehen ist. Sie hat einen Button mit der Aufschrift "Kundenbereich-Login", der mit einem breiten roten X händisch durchgestrichen ist. Unter zwei Kästen mit der Aufschrift "Tolle Angebote! Bestes Netz!" und "Alle Handys auch ohne Vertrag" gibt es einen dunklen Bereich mit weißer Schrift: "Impressum | Datenschutz | Vertrag kündigen". Die Worte "Vertrag kündigen" sind mit einem händisch gemalt wirkenden roten Oval markiert.
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Bild mit Text: "So muss es laufen: Der Kündigungsbutton muss auf ein Online-Formular führen, in das ihr unter anderem folgende Daten eintragt: Namen, Vertragsbezeichnung, Art der Kündigung. Es muss eine eindeutig beschriftete Schaltfläche wie etwa „jetzt kündigen“ geben. Der Anbieter muss die Kündigung sofort elektronisch bestätigen, ohne dass ihr dafür anrufen müsst. In der Regel kommt eine E-Mail. Bekommt ihr keine, hakt beim Anbieter nach!"
Nach tagelangen Protesten: Der Iran geht nach Internetblockade offline
Seit Tagen wird der Iran wieder von Protesten erschüttert, diesmal beteiligen sich die wichtigen Händler. Nun scheint das Internet gesperrt zu werden.
Og ja, måske er internettet blevet noget rod de sidste år, men der er stadig mange ting, som er brilliante. Så når jeg begynder at stave mig lidt rundt i en angelsaksisk tekst, så er der selvfølgelig nogen, som har lavet en brugbar angelsaksisk ordbog, jeg umiddelbart kan slå op i. Det er man jo nødt til at elske.
#AngloSaxon #Grundtvig #Ordbog #Forskning #DkMastodon #Internet
How the hell are you supposed to have a career in tech in 2026?
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
Archive: ia: https://s.faithcollapsing.com/mo876
https://www.anildash.com/2026/01/05/a-tech-career-in-2026/#tech #writing #culture #systems #internet
Children as young as three taught how to spot fake news in European country taking on media literacy
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/finland-helsinki-fake-news-schools-b2894432.html#media #internet #disinformation
These next few years, #creative #arts will contend with intense #slopification. Considering this current, liminal public state, I recall an ep. of Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood in which Mr. Rogers compares the #Internet to make-believe.
“Your own imagination is far more wonderful than any computer could ever be. You know why: you’re a living #human being. And a #computer is just a machine. Human beings are far more wonderful than machines.”
His advice is as apt today » https://archive.org/details/ipoy143season29/1746.mp4
Wie zur Bestätigung unseres Dialoges über die Gefahren digitaler #Medien geht hier auf #Mastodon gerade eine linksdualistische & zunehmend aggressive #Blase mit Fantasien eines #CSU - Parteiverbotes steil.
Habe dort jetzt freundlich widersprochen, aber ziehe mich für heute auch aus dem #Fediverse. Das #Internet befeuert die #Polarisierung jeder Art leider allzu stark. Muss überlegen, ob ich mir hier weiter engagiere.
Habt alle einen schönen Tag hier. 👋
You may have seen a "today in history"-type toot going around that talked about ARPAnet switching to the IP protocol, effectively being the birth of the internet. It was a long time ago.
And it made me realize that the internet per se was only 3 years old when I first experienced it.
Thank you for coming to my TED talk, you can sponsor my ice floe as you exit through the gift shop.
#TEDtalk #IceFloe #old #TheOlds #internet #ARPAnet #GiftShop #ExitThroughTheGiftShop
The Post-American Internet “…there's a third possible response to #tariffs, one that's just sitting there, begging to be tried: what about repealing #anticircumvention #law?… …what if #Canada repealed…the #CopyrightModernizationAct of 2012 (that's our anticircumvention law)?” | from speech by #CoryDoctorow entitled "A post-American, #enshittification-resistant #internet" for #39C3, the 39th Chaos Communications Congress in Hamburg, Germany https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/01/39c3/#the-new-coalition @pluralistic
Hab mir mal zum Ausprobieren DNS4EU als DNS-Provider eingestellt. Flutscht auf jeden Fall alles flott.
#DNS #Internet #EU #unplugtrump
https://www.pcwelt.de/article/2813835/eu-bringt-eigenen-dns-dienst-dns4eu-so-nutzen-sie-ihn-vorteile.html
More concerns over content manipulation and online safety. @cnbc reports: “Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot blamed “lapses in safeguards” for the recent posting of artificial intelligence-generated sexualized pictures of children in response to user questions.” Read more, including Musk’s response:
#Tech #AI #Grok #Technology #Internet #ArtificialIntelligence
Good morning. 🥳🎉🎊
31 December 2025
Well, here we are — the last day of 2025. What can I say about the year except: wow, let’s not do that again. Not really, though. Plenty of good things happened, and most of the good was personal, which is its own kind of blessing. So for me, the year wasn’t bad at all, as long as I avoided looking at the news. Here’s to a happy 2026 🍷.
I got out of bed in time for my morning nap, but skipped it in favor of coming in here and writing to you. No worries — that nap will find me eventually.
It just occurred to me that 21st‑century folks really missed out on dial‑up internet. Oh, they were alive, but not yet part of the online world; they were still reaching for the grab toys in their cribs. They never truly experienced the “krrr–krrr–WHEEEEeee–chk–chk–SKREEE–shhhhh…” of a modem handshake. Those were the days — exciting, but slow. You remember waiting for an image to download, watching it materialize pixel by pixel on a cathode‑ray‑tube monitor. It felt like magic.
And with those early telephone modems, as you recall, we had to choose between using the internet or using the telephone — unless you were fancy enough to have two phone lines, which most of us weren’t. Cell phones existed, but they weren’t quite a thing yet. That would come soon enough.
Today we carry the internet in our back pockets, and sometimes even on our wrists like a super Dick Tracy watch. It’s worth noting that many 21st‑century folks turned 25 this year. When I was 25, the internet and handheld computers were still the stuff of science‑fiction dreams.
“Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.” — Seneca
“The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.” — L.P. Hartley
“We are stuck with technology when what we really want is just stuff that works.” — Douglas Adams
#photo #photography #photographer #photographylovers #nature #morning #flower #technology #internet #2025 #generations #NewYear
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Firewheel
"A single pot marigold blooms in radiant splendor, its petals a fiery orange that deepens toward the center like a sunburst caught mid-flare. Each petal is slightly curled at the tip, densely layered in concentric rings that ripple outward with a soft, velvety texture. The flower’s heart is a compact swirl of golden filaments, glowing like a tiny ember. Surrounding this botanical blaze is a backdrop of deep green foliage, slightly blurred, which frames the marigold’s brilliance like a velvet curtain behind a stage light. The lighting is gentle but deliberate, casting subtle shadows that accentuate the flower’s layered geometry and rich color saturation. The overall impression is one of warmth, vitality, and intricate natural design—like a ceremonial flame held aloft by the earth." - Microsoft Copilot
... one can't cherish the togetherness here enough.
I wish y'all a good and healthy, better and more optimistic new year 2026 and am ready to bury 2025 in the past - an average year but a year with (at least) a gleam of hope for the better of mankind. You rule! 🫶🏻🤘🏻 🖤 🍀
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While the #Internet becomes more and more a sh*thole instead of serving everyone as a source of information (as it was once intended to do), I want to thank all you people on #Mastodon here for making the #Fediverse community a place of hope in the vast area of bullsh*t. Many of you with similar interests stand out most of the discussions here are on eye level.
Many things found here are social standards that seem to have disappeared in #BigTech-focused networks and considering this, ... 1/2
" #Republicans effectively rewrote the 2021 #infrastructure bill (they voted against) to ensure that billions of dollars in taxpayer-funded broadband grants (intended to be spent on affordable, next-generation fiber) was stolen from local communities, and instead given to #ElonMusk & #JeffBezos...
It’s a coordinated hijacking of taxpayer money that will actually undermine affordable #internet access."
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/30/the-wall-street-journal-applauds-republicans-corrupt-illegal-theft-of-billions-in-taxpayer-dollars/
#GOP #Corruption #Politics #Tech #Technology #News #US #UnitedStates
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Headline and text from article:
The Wall Street Journal Applauds Republicans’ Corrupt, Illegal Theft Of Billions In Taxpayer Dollars
Tue, Dec 30th 2025 05:27am - Karl Bode
I’ve written repeatedly about how Republicans effectively rewrote the 2021 infrastructure bill (they voted against) to ensure that billions of dollars in taxpayer-funded broadband grants (intended to be spent on affordable, next-generation fiber) was stolen from local communities, and instead given to Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos for expensive, congested satellite service.
I’ve also explained in detail why that’s a problem: These networks may be initially cheaper to deploy, but the networks lack the capacity to actually scale to meet demand. Data indicates they harm astronomy research and the ozone layer. They’re ultimately more expensive for consumers than fiber deployments, especially if those fiber deployments are by cooperatives or community owned.
In short, taxpayer money directed toward Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk is also money directed away from higher-capacity, faster, locally-owned (and usually cheaper) fiber and wireless alternatives. And it’s money given to billionaires for technology they already had deployed or would have deployed anyway. It’s a coordinated hijacking of taxpayer money that will actually undermine affordable internet access.
Enter the Wall Street Journal editorial board, which aggressively lies about all of this all of this in a new, comically terrible editorial....
Daily Roundups Of Neat Things I’ve Found On The Internet
See a roundup of links, and the software I used to make it.
Archive: ia: https://s.faithcollapsing.com/sfuqu
https://ideatrash.net/2025/12/daily-roundups-of-neat-things-ive-found-on-the-internet.html#bash #internet #software
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Daily Roundups Of Neat Things I’ve Found On The Internet
The birth of the Web — The World Wide Web was invented by British scientist Tim Berners-Lee in 1989 while working at CERN
Tim Berners-Lee, a British scientist, invented the World Wide Web (WWW) in 1989, while working at CERN. The web was originally conceived and developed to meet the demand for automated information-sharing between scientists in universities and institutes around the world.
🌐 https://home.cern/science/computing/birth-web
#www #cern #hysterie #internet #web #it #BirthOfTheCool #geneve #switzerland
End of the Internet
Congratulations! — You have finally reached the end of the internet! There's nothing more to see, no more links to visit. You've done it all. This is the very last page on the very last server at the very far end of the internet […]
#web #internet #theend #endof #www #hmpg #dotnet #turnoff #visit #computer #endoftheinternet #links #download #fail
»Aufstieg der Slopaganda:
Das Internet der Gegenwart wird überschwemmt von massenproduziertem »KI-Schrott« mit Rechtsdrall«
Das populäre KI für rechte Propaganda genutzt wird ist nicht neu und doch wollen dies anscheinend viele nicht wahrhaben wollen. Somit lässt sich massenweise Propaganda verteilen und anscheinend kein kommerzielles Social-Media geht dagegen vor.
😠 https://www.nd-aktuell.de/artikel/1196295.kitsch-aufstieg-der-slopaganda.html
#rechts #ki #propaganda #antifa #internet #slopaganda #kischrott #propaganda #rechtsextremismus #rechts
»Zu viel KI, zu wenig Substanz: wie AI Slop Wissen langfristig verändert
[…] Fast Food für Daten: schnell, billig, füllend, aber meistens eher fragwürdig […]«
Dies scheint mir noch zu wenig in der Allgemeinheit wirklich Bewusst zu sein, denn die Masse der Daten sagt noch lange nichts über deren Qualität aus. Dies ist schon lange ein Thema ua betreffend der Medien, auch offline.
🤖 https://magicmarcy.de/zu-viel-ki-zu-wenig-substanz-wie-ai-slop-wissen-langfristig-veraendert
#fastfood #ki #kislop #datensicherheit #daten #web #internet #itsicherheit #it #propaganda
Version Museum ─ A Visual History Of Your Favorite Technology
#internet #web #history #RetroComputing #RetroGaming #RetroGames #RetroTech #VintageComputing #retro #computer #computers #computing #tech #technology #vintage #nostalgia #digital #apple #Mac #macOS #linux #windows #tip #tips #FediTips #MastoTips
This may be considered #HotTakes by some, I consider these #based: (no ragebait inteded!)
If you have a problem with these, please kindly fuck off in silence!
This list is non-exhaustive...
- #NoHumanIsillegal: #FerriesNotFrontex!
- #PNCHNZS! Being a racist, fascist or otherwise shit person is a choice. People can choose to deradicalize, but not 'choose' not to be targeted by Neonazis!
- #NSAfDverbotSofort - no excuses!
- #TransRightsAreHumanRights
- #HousingFirst, cuz #HumanRights are not negotiable, but precondition to even consider negotiations!
- #UBI instead of #MeansTesting; Cuz survival is not optional!
- #Education is a #HumanRight and should be provided to anyone without any paywalling or charges. This includes access to #Textbooks, which should be provided #DRM-free. All education material should be publicly available and it's creation and updates be paid by the public just like schools.
- #ClothesHaveNoGender
- #PublicTransport should be #free, #accessible and publicly funded and run.
- All #infrastructure is a natural monopoly and should be publicly run and financed solely by either transit fees or public spending.
- #accessibility should be mandatory without exceptions. Paywalling it should be criminalized as a hatecrime.
- Every #home should have access to #DrinkingWater, Sewage Handling, #electricity and #fiber #internet. IDGAF if it's at some remote island or desert oasis!
- #HealthCare is a #HumanRight, not a commodity!
- #Politicans should have to obey the same #laws re: secondary income as #PublicServants and be barred from recieving any other #compensation, #bonuses or have any other income beyond the compensation for their post.
- #Politicans should only be paid #MinimumWage!Wage
- Everyone should have to contribute to #SocialSecurity programs and in return, everyone gets eligible. That means no exceptions for #billionaires and other rich people. If I have to afford ~ 20% of my paycheck for #healthcare then so can all the #Banksters!
- #MinimumWage must be able to afford not mere survival, but actually be sufficient to afford #downpayment on a #home and not just #rent. It should also be automatically be adjusted with #inflation and not be a political bargaining chip!
- Denying people access to legal #work is a crime against humanity. People should have a right to fair and non-discriminatory access to employment regardless of legal status.
- #StockTrading should be regulated as #Gambling.
- Advertising Gambling or using Gambling / #PayToLoose / "#PayToWin" / #P2W mechanics to minors should be as illegal as advertising cigarettes and liquor to them.
- Banning or age restricting #LGBTQIA* content as "#AdultContent" should be illegal. #QueerErasure is indefensible. If you're to prudish to accept that #LoveIsLove then that's a "You" Problem!
- #Cyberfascism needs to be outlawed and Corporations like #Palantir need to be disbanded, their assets stripped and their employees jailed for crimes against humanity. They are morally indefensible!
- #BanBillionaires, strip them off their assets and wealth and redistribute it. #Billionaires should be sentenced to #CommunityService for life as means to (at least partially) undo harm caused.
- #SuperUselessVehicles should be disincentivized and instead any #incentives and #subsidies should be given only to #PersonalLightVehicles of classes #L2e, #L5e, #L6e & #L7e.
- #SexworkIsWork!
- #CSAM is indefensible and authorities that shutdown Pedo Forums should be mandated to #delete [and report] all such content at the hosters and get them to delete it. This includes Kiwi Farms which got fired by Gandi [french registrar] for hosting CSAM!
- It should be illegal to enforce foreign laws overseas. Yes this includes "#Embargos" from the #USA!
- #Trump is a fascist POS and a bootlicker of #Putin!
- #FuckICE
- #MethanolFuelcell > #LithiumCobaltBattery
- #Tabs > #Spaces
- #TSV > #CSV > #MicrosoftExcel
- #Markdown > #RTF
- #OpenDocument > #OOXML
- #PDF > #MicrosoftWord
- #git > #subversion
- #IRC & #Mumble, #MailingList > #discord
- #XMPP+#OMEMO > any proprietary messenger
- #PGP/MIME acceptance should be mandatory per law for all #eMails in #business and towards public offices
- Every System that has a #clock inside has to self-adjust it correctly without user intervention. I don't care if it uses a time signal like DCF77, GNSS or NTP. Computers must syncronize their hardware clock to [Unixtime](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_time) regardless of the used OS
- #Police should only be allowed to carry and use what law-abiding citizens are to. If you don't trust your neighbour with a #gun, why would you trust a stranger who doesn't even have to evidence proper storage, training, proficiency and isn't subject to due diligence?
- #QualifiedImmunity is #PoliceState horeshite and must never be allowed and retroactively canned. If you don't want #accountability or #consequences for those in power, you are a bootlicker.
- Long-lasting peace in the #MiddleEast will most likely only happen if a unified #laicist nation compromising of #Israel and #Palestine gets built. It's just currently not intended to happen by both sides!
- #Ukraine is the #LitmusTest for #EU & #NATO. If Ukraine doesn't win beyond the #StatusQuoAnteBellum (1994-2011) and doesn't get EU & NATO membership it'll either be destroyed by #Russia in Putin's neo-czarist ambitions and thus will legitimize & normalize the Russian #CrimeOfAggression, which will then focus on #Baltics and espechally #Finland. Already the western #cowardice of not following through on the #BudapestMemorandum puts the #NPT and the trustworthyness of the USA, #UK and The West in general into question.
- A #TotalEmbargo against Russia is long overdue - including a #SeaBlockade, not just against the #ShadowFleet which poses a statistically inevitable risk for the #envoirment!
- #NuclearPower is not #renewable and using precious radioactive elements to boil water to spin a turbine is an insult to #physics! #Renewables should be mandatory and we can talk about #Fusion once #ITER actually evidently works and is able to sustain net positive energy output into the grid.
- "#AI" is #WastefulComputing and should be considered an #EnvoirmentalCrime and #CrimeAgainstHumanity, with all the prosecution it entails!
- The only people that have a 'right' to be 'proud' of their #citizenship are those that actually had to put in effort to get #naturalized. People who won the #BirthLottery are disqualified.
- Also anyone who is "proud" of their citizenship by birth evidently has achieved nothing on their own worth to be proud of! Even if it's just graduating school, driving license, forklift certification or some kind of art.
- We need #RightToRepair, not only but espechally for #electronics! This includes tight mandates to provide #parts, #tools, #documentation and #support under #FRAND [fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory] terms.
- #Patents on #Software, espechally #GameMechanics, should be illegal. No #patent should be issued without evidence of it being a genuine, new #invention with a demonstrable prototype. If #Kickstarter wouldn't accept it, then neither should any #PatentOffice!
- #Patents of lifeforms and DNA have to be outlawed.
- #Copyright to something should cease the moment the copyright holder refuses to offer the copyrighted work under FRAND terms. If buying isn't ownership than #piracy isn't #theft. Also #OneTimePurchase options [for a specific version] should be mandatory by law and #subscriptions only be allowed for products and services that actually incur costs to upkeep (i.e. bandwith and storage for hosting/streaming). Designing something as "#LiveService" when it has no reason (i.e. refusing to sell physical copies) to should be deemed a fraudulent circumvention of it.
- "#ClientsideAnticheat" is #malware and needs to be prosecuted as such. Any "#AntiCheat" should be Server-Sided only.
- #PriceGouging must be prosecuted harder, espechally when it comes to #utilities.
- Just like #FuelPrices at a #GasStation, so should #ChargingStations be mandated to publish their pricing publicly in realtime and not discriminate customers!
- Everyone should have a #RightToBanking without discrimination. Any closure of accounts must be legitimized by actual criminal activity (i.e. money laundering, fraud, terrorism financing, ...) and go through due process with appeals.
- Everyone should have a right to free, unseizeable #ID documents without mandating #biometrics or other privacy invasions! These should be eligible as Travel #Passport and people should have global #FreedomOfMovement only restricted by an actual, individual judge ruling that went through proper oversight and appeals. Duplicate Issues to avoid Visa Conflicts (with duplicate Serial Numbers!) should be offered and granted upon request.
- #Gender does not belong into ID documents! Just like weight, hair colour, religion, occupation and address don't!
Ich bin vom VPN-Anbieter Surfshark zu Hide.me gewechselt. Nach fünf Tagen Test bin ich sehr zufrieden. Die Serveranzahl reicht, die Verbindung ist schnell und stabil und der Anbieter sitzt in Malaysia. Die Linux-Integration klappt problemlos und für Android gibt es eine praktische App. Effektiv zahle ich 1,80 Euro im Monat, was für meine Bedürfnisse, vor allem den Zugriff auf ausländische Mediatheken, völlig ausreicht. #Internet #VPN #Linux
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Either @quad9dns 's 9.9.9.9 & 9.9.9.11 are down or my #ISP (#Vodafone #Germany) is fucking around with my traffic to hide their #downtime...
- Given that their own shitty speedtest doesn't load and @Speedtest /
speedtest-cliis unable to connect to any testing servers, I'd assume they fuck with my #traffic.
I hope @BNetzA, @netblocks, @ooni et. al. take notes, cuz my patience runs thin...
In case anyone wounders: isup is just a ,bash_aliases entry to shorten ping -a -b -c 1 -D ...
#DownForEveryoneOrJustMe #Interwebs #Interwebz #Internets #Internetz #Internet #EDGEland #TechSupport #TechnikerIstInformiert #Schland #diagnostics #Networking #Connectivity #linux #bash #aliases
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Console log Output:
user@x230t:~$ isup 1.1.1.1
PING 1.1.1.1 (1.1.1.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
[1766687889.748671] 64 bytes from 1.1.1.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=56 time=30.8 ms
--- 1.1.1.1 ping statistics ---
1 packets transmitted, 1 received, 0% packet loss, time 0ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 30.804/30.804/30.804/0.000 ms
user@x230t:~$ isup 8.8.8.8
PING 8.8.8.8 (8.8.8.8) 56(84) bytes of data.
[1766687894.098359] 64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=1 ttl=116 time=43.8 ms
--- 8.8.8.8 ping statistics ---
1 packets transmitted, 1 received, 0% packet loss, time 0ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 43.762/43.762/43.762/0.000 ms
user@x230t:~$ isup 9.9.9.9
PING 9.9.9.9 (9.9.9.9) 56(84) bytes of data.
--- 9.9.9.9 ping statistics ---
1 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 0ms
user@x230t:~$ isup 9.9.9.10
PING 9.9.9.10 (9.9.9.10) 56(84) bytes of data.
[1766687914.085668] 64 bytes from 9.9.9.10: icmp_seq=1 ttl=57 time=34.4 ms
--- 9.9.9.10 ping statistics ---
1 packets transmitted, 1 received, 0% packet loss, time 0ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 34.366/34.366/34.366/0.000 ms
user@x230t:~$ isup 9.9.9.11
PING 9.9.9.11 (9.9.9.11) 56(84) bytes of data.
--- 9.9.9.11 ping statistics ---
1 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 0ms
user@x230t:~$
@Speedtest @BNetzA @netblocks @ooni interestingly, now it reports back the correct, abeit still horrendous latency back after I complained in public.
not shure if @quad9dns had downtime or someone fucked around with my traffic tho...
#DownForEveryoneOrJustMe #Interwebs #Interwebz #Internets #Internetz #Internet #EDGEland #TechSupport #TechnikerIstInformiert #Schland #diagnostics #Networking #Connectivity #BSD #FreeBSD #pfSense
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pfsense Gateway Status Widget:
Connection - Latency - RTT - RTTsd - Packet Loss - Status
DOCSIS (IPv4) - 2234ms - 3067ms - 0.0% - WARNING; LATENCY
DOCSIS (IPv6) - 260.4ms - 393.4ms - 0.0% - WARNING; LATENCY
WWAN (IPv6) - 00ms - 00ms - 100% - OFFLINE; PACKET LOSS
WWAN (IPv4) - 389ms - 47ms - 0.0% - ONLINE
🧵 Tech-themed works, 35/x
The mind-numbing tentacles of Facebook (2018), isometric pixel art.
#PixelArt #isometric #tech #technology #social #media #SocialMedia #facebook #meta #internet #design #artwork #3DArt #3DArtist #illustration #illustrator #cartoon #picture #digital #style #art #artist #arts #arte #designer #GraphicDesign #3D #DigitalArt #ArtLovers #MastoArt #FediArt #MastodonArt #CreativeToots #ArtistsOnMastodon
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Isometric pixel art of a Facebook logo "f" with thick tentacles reaching into human heads.
They Seek to Curb #Online #Hate. The US Accused Them of “Censorship”.
The #Trump admin said 5 regulators & researchers who work to tackle #disinformation & #abuse on the #internet had been barred from entering the #UnitedStates.
#law #democracy #FreeSpeech #propaganda #immigration #tech #moderation #RevengePolitics
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/business/europe-us-online-censorship-free-speech.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
RE: https://mastodon.social/@madeindex/115446644659078400
🤖 #OpenAI just officially admitted that they will never be able to make their #AI Browsers truly safe!
Of course they won't let themselves be stopped from selling their #product by such a minor detail ;)
"We expect adversaries to keep adapting. Prompt injection, much like scams and social engineering on the web, is unlikely to ever be fully “solved”..."
https://openai.com/index/hardening-atlas-against-prompt-injection/
#chatgpt #atlas #it #news #internet #browser #artificialintelligence #ki #promptinjection #tech #technology #software
AodeRelay boosted🤖 AI browsers are NOT safe!
There is a thing called "prompt injection" and it works.¹
Funnily the thing that most see as a major issue with AI, the
crawling of the #web and one-way use of it's content, is exactly what makes their AI browsers unsafe.If you place malicious #code in that very content, the AI scans it & then runs it² on your OS 🤯
This issue has been known to the #tech corps for years³, but they released their #AI browsers nonetheless 🤑
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Krisenchat für Kinder: Anfragen wegen Konflikten steigen an den Feiertagen
Für viele junge Menschen bedeuten die Feiertage rund um Weihnachten Stress. Krisenchat stockt aufgrund der steigenden Nachfrage seine Kapazitäten auf.
@octothorpe [ Pivot's head 40 degrees to the left ] The (mostly) dedicated IRC screen on my Mac Studio - right now.
#IRC #InternetRelayChat #chat #internet #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #irssi #terminal #DALnet #SlashNet #Liberachat #screenshot #Mac #macOS
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Screenshot of five terminal windows, each running the IRC client 'irssi' under macOS
So, with #Firefox becoming a slop browser, I think I can see where we're going. We are going to have 2 internets;
1 internet that is corporate, AI-filled, without privacy, browseable only with Chrome and Firefox;
1 internet that exists of stuff like the Fediverse, personal websites, and is usable with FF forks and older browsers.
These worlds will grow apart over time, and with the second category of browser, we will not be able to visit the corporate sphere anymore; the big platforms, online stores, maybe also things like WordPress sites, and notably, this will also include governmental sites and banking sites.
In the corporate browsers, we are always identified, logged, tracked. VPN and ad blockers will be banned. In short, government and corporations (which is becoming the same thing in the west, yay #neoliberalism ) will have full control here.
Most people will fall in line and reluctantly keep using the corporate browsers, while a smaller group will move to the "alternative internet" altogether, on which #enshittification and #ensloppification doesn't take place. (we're already here! yay!)
We end up being forced to use the corporate browser for some stuff that you can hardly get around - government, banking, contact with normies - not unlike how living without smartphone feels today.
So, just like it is living without a smartphone, I see us non-compliant people using some second device with the corporate browser, to manage that kind of stuff, while steering clear from it in daily life. (at most workplaces though, people will have no choice.)
These are my thoughts on which direction the internet seems to be going. At one hand, I wouldn't mind the internet splitting into two, so I can evade the corporate part.
But my problem lies with the part where we kinda can't get around having to go into the corporate sphere regularly, forced by majority culture as well as governments, which will be all too happy to have everyone nicely identifiable and compliant.
It can get really bad if the good part of the internet becomes outlawed, and that might well happen if we keep living under corporate/neolib/authoritarian governments. (talking about "the west" in general, not just the US)
If you’re wondering what the Internet has become, Cloudflare Radar offers a good overview. In the top 10, there’s nothing outside the large conglomerates. I hope we can change this trend over the next 10 years.
#internet #openinternet #diversity #opensource
https://radar.cloudflare.com/year-in-review/2025#internet-services
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If you’re wondering what the Internet has become, Cloudflare Radar offers a good overview. In the top 10, there’s nothing outside the large conglomerates. I hope we can change this trend over the next 10 years.
»TikTok signs deal for sale of U.S. unit after yearslong saga:
TikTok has signed a deal to divest its U.S. entity to a joint venture controlled by American investors, per an internal memo seen by Axios«
When will the children & young people (all people) finally realize that dss Internet is decentralized and not about a few power-hungry corporations?
(A rhetorical question in my dream of freedom)
🤷 https://www.axios.com/2025/12/18/tiktok-sale
#tiktok #us #sale #america #internet #usa #controll #investment #freeweb
RE: https://techpolicy.social/@internetsociety/115737324110039899
An excellent success for #InternetGovernance and the future of the #Internet at the #WSIS20 meeting at the United Nations in New York!
I remember a friend who worked at a company that made a popular browser, and complained that I didn't have any "skin in the game" when I constantly complained about the browser the company was building.
Great guy, but I could not accept "be quiet, you are not part of this" when I am a browser user, web user, former-web developer (1995-2010) and just a person who gives a shit about privacy, security, and enshittification in general.
If you need proof that Mr Mark Zuckerberg is not the best guy -
just check out the history of Facemash ehm I mean Facebook ;)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook#History
DeMeta with others now: https://www.reddit.com/r/DeMeta/
#History #facebook #facemash #hotornot #meta #Zuckerberg #MarkZuckerberg #wikiepdia #screenshot #corporation #tech #socialmedia #social #online #internet #website #web #page #person #mark #billionaire #megacorp #corp
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Screenshot from Wikipedia:
Mark Zuckerberg built a website called "Facemash" in 2003 while attending Harvard
University. The site was comparable to Hot or Not and used photos from online face books, asking users to choose the "hotter person” Zuckerberg was reported and faced expulsion, but the charges were dropped.
A "face book" is a student directory featuring photos and personal information.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook
Na Jodd, wenn halt auch 12 Abgeordnete auf YouTube, 8 auf die ARDMediathek und 3 weitere auf XHamster zugreifen dann bricht so ein fragiles Netzt halt schon mal zusammen.
We thought the internet would turn us into Star Trek. Instead, it turned us into 1200 BCE warlords with better lighting.
We have chieftains (influencers), shunning rituals (cancelling), and sacred totems (memes).
We didn't transcend history; we gamified tribal warfare for ad revenue.
#society #internet #anthropology #technology
New read: The Tribe Has Wi-Fi: Why the Internet Recreated the Bronze Age
https://www.keystone-collective.org/the-tribe-has-wi-fi-why-the-internet-recreated-the-bronze-age/
One solar tantrum and suddenly GPS lies, satellites die, card machines sulk, the lights go out, and Britain rediscovers cash, radio, and talking to neighbours.
The Sun remains unimpressed.
#technology #society #internet #astronomy
GAH. Gotta remember to stop using #DuckDuckGo search.
I literally searched for bookshop.org
The first hit is an ad for a different book retailer.
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search screen with bookshop.org in the search bar (probably a typo prevented me from just finding the website the first time I typed it).
First hit: thriftbooks.com (search ad)
second hit: bookshop.org (the thing that is literally right there in the search bar)
Queen Berúthiel and Tolkien's reluctance to write women into his fiction [SENSITIVE CONTENT]
There's a subtler issue at work here: the heavy degree of crosstalk between #fantasy and the dramatization and popularization of #history. Reliable information about the distant past is scanty and, especially in this decadent era of intense corporate corruption of the #Internet and #education, popular knowledge of history is profoundly imperfect and apt to be mythologized and conflated with fantasy. Authentic fiction about ancient times is tough to write, tough to research adequately; it's far easier to fall back upon purely imaginative and speculative writing, whatever appeals to the prejudices of the commercial marketplace.
Hence the spurious notion of authenticity brought to bear by defenders of #Tolkien and G. R. R. Martin and other writers is, unfortunately, simply an artifact of defective knowledge, lazy historigraphy and facile fiction-writing. A dull whitebread depiction of the ancient past ends up blending seamlessly into the general assumptions applied to popular fantasy writing set vaguely in "the past". Fantasy and corrupted history end up informing each other, and the true subtlety and diversity of history is lost.
~Chara (cont'd)
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As tech pundit Jeff Jarvis wrote in 2009, “small is the new big.” He wrote that “a tiny start-up can become a manufacturing company using somebody else’s factory and distribution while selling to a worldwide market. […] Any of us can start a highly specialized and targeted media company using blog software. […] The Lilliputians have triumphed. The economies of scale must now compete with the economies of small.”
Tim Wu
Not so long ago, in the early 2000s, we lived in an age of extraordinary optimism about the Internet and what it would do for all of us. It would interconnect all humanity, give everyone a creative outlet, and make democracy blossom around the world. Economically and socially, it would empower the little guys—favor entrepreneurial individuals—at the expense of faceless corporations.
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«WSIS+20» - UNO-Entscheid ausstehend: Wer bestimmt die Regeln des Internets?
Vor 20 Jahren haben die UNO-Staaten entschieden, das Internet gemeinsam mit Forschung, Firmen und Zivilgesellschaft zu verwalten. Nun ist das Mandat ausgelaufen. Wird es in der aktuellen Form erneuert werden?
#internet #weltweit #wsis20 #WSIS #uno #international #igf #web #global #digital #srf #radio #freiheit #global #diktatur #it
Hey.. you.. yeah you!
What do you want to see done with "The Internet"? What do you wanna do with it or accomplish?
"Listen, I post my content and if you think you can swing in and demand citations or support for the extreme things I say to the public on this social media site, then YOU are the asshole and you need to sit down and learn to shut up."
-- Things you see equally often from hard-left socialists and hard-right fascists
wttr.in is adorable. I hope there aren't security vulnerabilities (and I wish I knew more about how to check), because it's so cute.
#linux #terminal #weather #internet
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screenshot of a Linux terminal after running curl wttr.in
There is a matrix of four days' weather forecasts, one per square, 4 squares per row/day, 3 rows/days. Cute text-based images of clouds, snow, sun, etc. are next to simple text forecast info like "overcast 26(15) degrees F, wind 9-20 mph, 0.0 in | 0%"
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I don’t read the news, but today I did, and it really got me thinking.
Internet culture has reshaped how we relate to knowledge. Alignment now seems to matter more than accuracy, and online, there is always some place, or some person, willing to offer alignment.
#Scotland #Internet #Knowledge #Truth #SocialMedia #News #Misinformation #Writing #WritingCommunity #Reading #Culture #TV #UK
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A black and white photograph of a small island of tall trees standing in the middle of a calm loch, partially veiled by mist. The water is smooth and reflective, mirroring the dark silhouettes of the trees. Pale hills fade into the fog in the background, and a few birds skim low over the water to the right, adding a sense of quiet movement to the still scene.
@stman @internet_nl @EUCommission the problem is how the #Internet was #enshittified from
-#research & #development by #academics to
- #LateStageCapitalism-powered #disinformation and #hategrooming machine!
The #commercialization is the mistake!
The #US-centrism is the problem!
Trump signs executive order for single national AI regulation framework
U.S. President Donald Trump looks on, as he signs an executive order on AI in the Oval Office…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Artificialintelligence #AI #AlphabetClassA #AlphabetClassC #ArtificialIntelligence #BreakingNews:Politics #BreakingNews:Technology #businessnews #DonaldJ.Trump #donaldtrump #Google #Internet #politics #Technology
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/343265/
For decades, #Debian has been my go-to for #Linux and operating systems in general. It's thoroughly tested, stability is rock solid, sane, and it stays out of the way. The #community, the Social Contract, the #transparency of the organization, and their #commitment to #diversity are also important reasons why I use it.
One of the longtime challenges I've had with it, however, is documentation. It is outdated and spotty. Finding information often requires #clairvoyance, digging through the #Internet, scattered wikis, old mailing lists, forums, and blog posts. It makes solving problems needlessly difficult. For this reason I have been leaning towards #FreeBSD. Technical and philosophical Differences aside, FreeBSD's documentation is excellent. The FreeBSD Handbook is widely regarded to be the go-to documentation source, particularly for new users. The team definitely deserves the credit.
The Debian Administrator's Handbook exists but it's not official and, like some other official manuals, is out of date. Cryptic man pages, however, are still the default documentation format though the reasons for that are both historical and cultural. Both Debian and FreeBSD started in 1993 when these systems were limited to extremely technical people and man pages were canon. Anything in HTML or PDF were considered "bonus." But, as these projects became more widely adopted, the culture of documentation shifted.
These days reading 30 different man pages and then engineering a solution is archaic and borderline unreasonable. HTML/PDF guides on hardening, virtualization, system tuning, and various reference manuals, step by step tutorials, cookbooks, and videos are the norm and significantly improve the accessibility of the OS as well as support people with different learning styles. The enterprise space isn't any different.
I am NOT faulting Debian. The sheer scale of the project is mind-boggling. Maintaining centralized up to date documentation of this magnitude requires significant organizational change and modernization....and it's required. The days of "RTFM!" are long gone, replaced by empathy, collaboration, and psychological safety and a new generation of users accustomed to different learning styles.
Even with these challenges, it's still my favorite OS. If you want to learn Linux, then seriously check out Debian. It's stable, mature, consistent, the community is great, and it's a solid foundation for technical projects.
Statt "#Ausweispflicht im #Internet" sollte die @EUCommission & @Europarl_DE lieber mal #AdBlocker verpflichtend enführen, weil das ist nicht nur #jugendschutz sondern auch #Verbraucherschutz!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsfiCK2W3Rc&t=1320s
#PayToLoose #PayToWin #Pay2Loose #Pay2Win #P2L #P2W #Enshittification #Greedflation #MobileGames #MobileGaming #Freemium #Trash #TrashGaming #Shovelware #Scam #ScamGames #DisguisedGamblingGame
The IFF is, thankfully, taking umbrage at Australia’s #AgeVerification legislation which came into force yesterday, and rightly so. However, with statements such as:
“If legislators want to meaningfully improve online safety, they should pass a strong, comprehensive federal privacy law instead of building new systems of surveillance, censorship, and exclusion.“
read more:
It’s missing the mark, not really providing a solution to the targeted problem, and may just cloud the issue (confusing parents/guardians mainly) while giving our polies a free pass. That’s just my opinion of course. But if you really wanted to tackle on-line bullying and curtail the hate, the racism, the disinformation, misinformation, and general toxicity that is prevalent on #TechBros platforms, you’d need to do more than just reform and strengthen #PrivacyLaws. Digital media is just like radio/TV/paper media with more functionality and reach which are #regulated worldwide (more or less depending on country of publication/broadcast). Hence, to hit the mark, this new govt legislation ought to have been a set of #Regulations imposed on digital media (of every kind) with penalties for failure to comply to have any meaningful benefits to society and its younger people.
Of course, more regulations is not what the IFF stands for, so no surprises there. Saying that, I do believe that the IFF does important work and is to be commended for that.
There are alternatives to BigTech platforms which are #safer more #inclusive already deployed on the #internet. And if our govt was truly looking after the health of our kids, then govt departments who have the #DutyOfCare to keep our kids safe could #Fund #instances of #Mastodon on the #Fediverse for #kids run by kids with oversight by health professionals as #Moderators — a glaringly obvious solution that no one is talking about (outside the fediverse that is).
/end_rant/
#AusPol #InternetAccess #SocialMedia #OnLineBullying #Doxing #Grooming #EatTheRich #Antifa #Radicalisation
As well as the choo choo, Chattanooga has its own popular and effective city-owned fiber broadband network, built despite Telecom monopolies insisting this would be a socialist nightmare and inevitable boondoggle
»Gutachten — US-Behörden haben weitreichenden Zugriff auf europäische Cloud-Daten:
Eine Analyse für das Innenministerium beleuchtet die Reichweite US-amerikanischer Gesetze. Demnach sind auch in der EU gespeicherte Daten nicht sicher«
Blindes Vertrauen wird früher oder später hemmungslos zur Ermächtigung ausgenutzt, egal von wem.
#europa #usa #internet #daten #cloud #eu #datenschutz #nichtsicher #amerika #privatsphare #autonomie #usgesetze #us #clouddaten #macht #web
RE: https://mstdn.ca/@cira/115696153347046684
Canadians test your Internet speeds and help build a DB about our speeds.
AodeRelay boostedYour internet has one job. Time for its performance review! 😄 Run a CIRA Internet Performance Test at performance.cira.ca.
And if you want a quick guided tour, our walkthrough shows how to run a test and what those mysterious numbers actually mean: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnqNX-Cq2HA
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How to run an Internet Performance Test
socialmedia [SENSITIVE CONTENT]
This bizarre online community is a warning about where the internet is headed
A strange porn subculture reveals what life online is doing to us.
https://www.vox.com/culture/471667/gooning-internet-subculture-sexuality#culture #internet-culture #podcasts #the-gray-area
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A dot matrix silhouette of a man in bright colors on black background
Even Minor Video Call Glitches Could Cost You a Job—or Your Freedom
Researchers found that minor connection issues during face-to-face video calls negatively impacted interpersonal judgments, with significant implications in contexts such as tele...
Archive: ia: https://s.faithcollapsing.com/i74nr
https://gizmodo.com/even-minor-video-call-glitches-could-cost-you-a-job-or-your-freedom-2000696578#internet #internet-access #video-calling
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Beschwerde: Karlsruhe stoppt umstrittene DNS-Überwachung einstweilig
Das Verfassungsgericht hat die Anordnung eines Amtsgerichts zur Überwachung von DNS-Anfragen auf eine bestimmte Domain nach Beschwerde des Providers ausgesetzt.
#Bundesverfassungsgericht #DNS #Grundrechte #Internet #Netzpolitik #Recht #Überwachung #news
Gottfrid Svartholm one of the co-founders of the pirate bay website, at his work station.
#Piracy #Privacy #Security #VPN #ThePirateBay #YTS #1337x #Pirate #P2P #Internet #WiFi #Web #Linux #Unix #Windows
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The image captures a lone individual in what appears to be a room shielded with aluminum foil. The person sits amidst a collection of computers and wires. The room is cluttered with electronics, books, and various objects.
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Internes Dokument: #EU-Staaten fordern ein Jahr #Vorratsdatenspeicherung für #Internet-Dienste wie #Messenger.
Die EU-Staaten fordern ein neues Gesetz zur #Vorratsdatenspeicherung, das weit über die alten Gesetze hinausgeht. Das geht aus einem #EU-Dokument hervor, das wir veröffentlichen. Praktisch alle Internet-Dienste sollen Daten ihrer Nutzer anlasslos speichern, auch #Messenger wie #WhatsApp und #Signal.
requiring #identification for ordinary routine use of the #internet will be its undoing
[id: screencap of a youtube login prompt that says "sign in to confirm your age. this video may be inappropriate for some users." /end id]
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[id: screencap of a youtube login prompt that says "sign in to confirm your age. this video may be inappropriate for some users." /end id]