Jeroen Franssen 🇧🇪 @hieronymousch@mastodon.technology

You can now read and engage with news and information about 🇪🇺 EU policies, in a privacy-focused environment and with no transfer of data outside the EU.

This initiative is part of an EU pilot for supporting and using social media platforms based on open-source software.

Follow us! 🙌

#EuropeanUnion #Mastodon #Fediverse

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I'm pleased to note that even https://dolphin.town, my Mastodon server where the only letter you are allowed to post is "e", has seen increased activity in the last few days.

Thanks Eeeeelon!

The EU is on Mastodon:

https://social.network.europa.eu/explore

Yea, yea, it is alright.. this one is good to boost an musk around :D

Spread that word around on that bird: That #EUVoice and #EUVideo both are #Fediverse bound

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https://twitter.com/EU_EDPS/status/1519602376470114304

https://mastodon.social/@humanetech/108209015121437314

For new people wondering why Mastodon is on thousands of servers instead of one:

-It helps protect us all against Elon Musk scenarios. It's very difficult for anyone to buy a network made of thousands of independently owned servers. (It's the same reason why no one owns the world's email network, because there are so many independent providers out there.)

-If your server misbehaves (or sells out to a malevolent billionaire), you can move your account to a different server, or even to a brand new server. Decentralisation means you're never trapped on a site you hate.

-Mastodon is an open platform where anyone can start their own server, and they don't need tech knowledge if they use a service like https://masto.host or https://federation.spacebear.ee

...and there are lots more good reasons too, to do with servers using alternative Fediverse software etc, but I'll save that for a future post 😁

#MastoTips #Mastodon #FediTips #Fediverse

Time for another #AndroidAppRain in my repo today: no updates. What? So what rain? 🤔 OK, how about 2 new apps?

* Calculator: a simple calculator & converter
* Read You: an RSS reader similar to Reeder

Hm, didn't I announce the latter already yesterday? 🤷‍♂️ The mail in my box said I should report it this way… So I hope you enjoy your #free #android #apps with #fdroid

The server is handling load a lot better today, since our config changes. We have re-opened signups. Thank you for your patience 🙏

Brussels ❤️

I'm seeing a surge recently on the official #BirdsiteLIVE instance, please keep in mind that this instance is a development node and also a temporary one, so things can go crazy, and will disappear on 1.0.0 release.

Also, since it's a very saturated instance (600% currently) it's great for me as it trigger interesting behaviors to debug, but not so great for users: data makes 6 times more time to get synchronized.

If you want to find an un-satured one, feel free to check one of those (...)

Tesla, Starlink, Twitter… data from cars, satellites/Internet connectivity, news/sentiment/conversations including direct messages… all in the hands of one person.

Nothing to worry about.

There once was a man named Musk
Who helped out a site with a tusk
He bought up a bird
and soon it was heard
What remained was only a husk

#Musk #limerick #mastopoetry

Nukes, nubs and coners: The unique social hierarchy aboard a nuclear submarine

Link: https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/34104/nukes-nubs-and-coners-the-unique-social-hierarchy-aboard-a-nuclear-submarine
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31155242

Beginner: I'm such an idiot
Intermediate: I'm great at this!
Advanced: wow I still have a lot to learn
Master: I can tell you in extreme detail the ways in which I'm an idiot

Internet spring cleaning: How to delete Instagram, Facebook and other accounts

https://blog.mozilla.org/en/internet-culture/how-to-delete-instagram-facebook-online-accounts/

Why is #Cloudflare bad?

They sit between the user and 33% of websites[1] now, where they:

a) get to decide who is served content and who isn't,
b) decrypt https traffic and see its contents.

People on dynamic IPs, public WiFi and #Tor users are the main groups affected by (a).

Everyone is affected by (b): #Privacy #Security

I'll let unixsheikh explain the details:

https://unixsheikh.com/articles/stay-away-from-cloudflare.html

Be sure to check "Recommended reading" as well.

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[1] 3280/top 10k -> https://backlinko.com/cloudflare-users

Faille de sécurité sur le webmail rainloop, permettant l'accès complet aux courriels

https://thehackernews.com/2022/04/unpatched-bug-in-rainloop-webmail-could.html

#rainloop #webmail #sécurité