Alex @lx@tooting.ch

lmfao, a Cellebrite kit fell off the back of a truck and Signal found a bunch of vulnerabilities: https://signal.org/blog/cellebrite-vulnerabilities/

> In completely unrelated news, upcoming versions of Signal will be periodically fetching files to place in app storage. These files are never used for anything inside Signal and never interact with Signal software or data, but they look nice, and aesthetics are important in software.

I can’t believe I’m having to write this code in a fucking web server. What a mockery of the web, human rights, and the GDPR.

Fuck you, Google!

#FLoC #Google #SurveillanceCapitalism

#Tusky has been removed from the PlayStore by Google

Manage cookies related to essential site functions, such as keeping Atrius and his sons imprisoned within the page.

Just to reiterate in relation to Gab getting hacked, I’m not aware of any vulnerabilities in Mastodon at the moment and based on what I have seen in their code modifications the vulnerabilities they have are the ones they themselves introduced (along with never porting security patches from us)

You don’t trust us❓ You don’t have to❗

You can use Threema without disclosing any personal information whatsoever. + Our apps are open source.

#mastoart #art #telephant

https://github.com/muesli/telephant

A lightweight but modern Mastodon client for the desktop written in Go & QML.

the developer is

@fribbledom

"Cumulative number of coronavirus spreadsheets created over time" is a spreadsheet I am coming dangerously close to creating.

”TikTok is introducing Americans to a question that Europeans have struggled with for 20 years: a lot of your citizens might use an Internet platform created somewhere that doesn’t know or care about your laws or cultural attitudes and won’t turn up to a committee hearing.”

#privacy #TikTok #tech

https://userinyerface.com/

Tom Scott on the differences of declaration of ads / product placement in social media and traditional media.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-x8DYTOv7w

Informative and very relevant!

I suggest Bitwarden for those ready to migrate

LastPass’ free tier will become a lot less useful next month

https://www.theverge.com/2021/2/16/22285531/lastpass-free-tier-mobile-computer-device-premium-family

Heads up #Fediverse

@k9mail is looking for funding to maintain their popular #android mail app. #k9mail hopes to raise €1,000 p/w on #liberapay to be able to work fulltime on the project.

https://k9mail.app/2021/02/14/K-9-Mail-is-looking-for-funding

Did you mind paying postage for the love letter to your sweetheart? 💌 Or would you have preferred a free postal service that invades your privacy to sell targeted ads? 🤔 Why would you feel any different about chat services? #PrivacyIsWorthPayingFor

"I think I'll pass. These days I have a hard time feeling comfortable in crowded bars with loud music and lots of shouting." --me, after the pandemic, but now for a second reason

@Tutanota
Its a balance of risk ... The probably don't have a picture of me yet if I give them one, then they will have it. So then I become one of those "you have something to hide", will end up in another database and it becomes an endless game ...