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Escaping the Memory Hole (IN-PERSON)

Celebrate IN-PERSON with the Internet Archive as we highlight the vital role of libraries in preserving our shared digital culture.
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I thought I understood the extent to which the broad availability of mobile location data has exacerbated countless privacy and security challenges. That is, until I was invited along with four other publications to be a virtual observer in a 2-week test run of Babel Street, a service that lets users draw a digital polygon around nearly any location on a map of the world, and view a time-lapse history of the mobile devices seen coming in and out of the area.

The issue isn't that there's some dodgy company offering this as a poorly-vetted service: It's that *anyone* willing to spend a little money can now build this capability themselves.

I'll be updating this story with links to reporting from other publications also invited, including 404 Media, Haaretz, NOTUS, and The New York Times. All of these stories will make clear that mobile location data is set to massively complicate several hot-button issues, from the tracking of suspected illegal immigrants or women seeking abortions, to harassing public servants who are already in the crosshairs over baseless conspiracy theories and increasingly hostile political rhetoric against government employees.

krebsonsecurity.com/2024/10/th…

Each red dot in this Babel Street map represents a unique mobile device that has been seen since April 2022 at a Jewish synagogue in Los Angeles, Calif. The nearly square building has only a few spots inside that aren't completely covered in red dots.

The Global Surveillance Free-for-All in Mobile Ad Data

Not long ago, the ability to remotely track someone’s daily movements just by knowing their home address, employer, or place of worship was considered a powerful surveillance tool that should only be in the purview of nation states. But a…
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Some apps at #IzzyOnDroid would need verification if they still work. Aholic Gino started a list for that, most of them were already covered – but we'd need help covering the remains (just install, see if they work and are useful, report back either in the issue or as reply to this toot).

Any volunteers here on the Fedi? :awesome:

gitlab.com/IzzyOnDroid/repo/-/…


Abandoned/Nonworking Apps (#617) · Issues · IzzyOnDroid / repo · GitLab

I was able to easily and quickly find all of the apps with archived and deleted repos not marked with NoSourceSince or a note thanks to
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#izzyondroid

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Here’s the server that’s been running my two #fediverse instances and #Hugo blog for the past two years.

It’s a low-power Intel NUC with a Celeron processor, 16 GB of RAM, and a 500 GB SSD. The entire setup lives under my printer and cost less than $300.

Bandwidth demands are modest—just a few gigs weekly. No fancy tunneling involved either. It’s just a straightforward router setup forwarding a couple of ports, a script that updates the server’s IP with my registrar as needed, and a robust Fail2ban rule set to keep things a bit secure.

No more corporate social networks and VPSes!

A small dusty server in a wire drawer with some cables in the background.
#fediverse #hugo

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Wholeheartedly agree with @pluralistic 's plea to use #RSS, my favourite RSS application is in fact @AntennaPod for podcasts.

Slightly embarrassed to admit I don't really understand how it works, which suggests that vast majority of people don't know it even exists ...

pluralistic.net/2024/10/16/kee…

Pluralistic: You should be using an RSS reader (16 Oct 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

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#RSS @AntennaPod @Cory Doctorow
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Cory Doctorow

The program you use to download podcasts, whether that is Apple Podcasts, Antennapod, or something else, is an RSS reader.

Podcasts are structured as attachments inside of an RSS feed. The way you listen to a podcast is by downloading and playing an MP3 (streaming is just a form of downloading).

It is downloaded to your device by your podcast app.

The way the podcast app finds those MP3 files is by loading and parsing an RSS feed.

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Right, I'm going to do something I dislike, but I literally don't know how else to get support to follow up with me.
I have indeed submitted two support requests in the intervening time, i'm not just being lazy I promise.
On 17 Aug I made a video about #FloatPlane accessibility and how not good it is.
I wasn't a troll, I was constructive and thoughtful, and yet I cannot get a hold of anyone at either Floatplane Media or LTT.
If *anyone* happens to know someone at one of these companies and could get my video to them, I'd be extremely grateful.
The other thing I really dislike doing is asking if people could boost for reach, but I'll make an exception.
Fedi is big now, and far more reaching than modern-day xitter, so all help gratefully received.
I thank you in advance.

Accessibility Issues With Floatplane (from a VoiceOver Perspective) youtu.be/2sZTsrek08M
#LTT #LinusTechTips #Accessibility #VoiceOver #iOS


Accessibility Issues With Floatplane (from a VoiceOver Perspective)

I've never made a video I wanted to age as badly as this one, but needs must.There are some glaringly obvious issues with LTT's Floatplane app for iOS if you...
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#Accessibility #ios #voiceover #floatplane #ltt #linustechtips

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"This is a recording of the panel "Realizing Visions of Postcapitalism: A Conversation about Information Systems for Democratic Economic Planning" with Alejandro Ruiz, Jessamyn West, David Zachariah, and Tomas Härdin, on 22nd October 2024.

Event description:

In this panel, we will explore some of the technical considerations of democratic economic planning (DEP). Alejandro Ruiz, Jessamyn West, David Zachariah, and Tomas Härdin will explore their work and converse about how existing organizations might be able to integrate that work to build DEP systems and postcapitalist outcomes in the real world. This panel will explore some of the infrastructure, interface, and institutional dimensions of postcapitalism, including the burning question of, “What is to be done to realize a better world?”

The beginning part of the event will be directed towards a general audience interested in DEP. The last part of the event will be directed more towards an audience of specialists who may want to engage in more technical dialogue. All questions and contributions are welcome, no matter how general or technical. We’ll do our best to make space for and translate between these two domains of conversation.

INDEP - The International Network for Democratic Economic Planning - indep.network

We are an international network of workers, students, researchers, and activists, who share the common goal of advancing a post-capitalist economic system based on democratic economic planning.

You can join INDEP as a member (as individual or as organization), subscribe to our newsletter, share news and events from the world of democratic economic planning. If you are interested in organizing an event with INDEP yourself or want to get involved otherwise feel free to reach out to us (email address is on our website indep.network)."

#Cybernetics

youtube.com/watch?v=1EiATShX0w…


INDEP Panel Conversation on Information Systems for Democratic Economic Planning

This is a recording of the panel "Realizing Visions of Postcapitalism: A Conversation about Information Systems for Democratic Economic Planning" with Alejan...
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#cybernetics

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This is activism in action. This is how you be an ally. This is how when the deranged get loud, you get louder.

As they say “speak up, even if your voice shakes.”

Way to go, Springfield woman. Someone get her some metal cuffs and a golden lasso.

#Allyship #Springfield #Haitians #Propaganda #Activism

#propaganda #activism #allyship #haitians #springfield

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Semantic websites are awesome! Among other things, they let you write reusable CSS. Please send me your semantic websites, so I can analyze them for common patterns and write a composable CSS framework.

jak2k.schwanenberg.name/post/c…

#indieweb #smolweb #semanticHTML #html #semantic #css #semanticcss

Send me semantic websites

No description provided.
jak2k.schwanenberg.name
#html #css #indieWeb #semantichtml #smolweb #semantic #semanticcss
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Seirdy

seirdy.one/ is semantic. I describe how in my “Site design standards” page, particularly the “machine-friendliness” section. The optional stylesheet barely uses any custom class/id selectors, instead preferring microdata and microformat selectors.

Seirdy’s Home

My personal IndieWeb site. I write about and develop software to promote user autonomy. Topics include accessibility, security, privacy, and software freedom.
Seirdy’s Home
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Já si říkal co se tam děje. Včera jsem tam zrovna jel když se tam složky IZS zasahovaly. Na kole. 😕
prazsky.denik.cz/nehody/praha-…

Vážná nehoda ve Vršovicích: Nákladní vůz srazil cyklistu, ten střet nepřežil

Ve Vršovické ulici srazil v úterý 22. října v dopoledních hodinách nákladní automobil cyklistu. Na místo ihned vyrazili pražští záchranáři. Muž ale utrpěl na místě zranění neslučitelná se životem.
Eliška Novotná (Pražský deník)
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Obama is rapping!

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Ani se mi moc sem nechce dávat babišovské téma, ale zjišťuju, že pořád jsou lidi, kteří nevědí a dost možná video je pro ně stravitelnější forma.

Je to série několika videí, kde je převyprávěné to nejdůležitější.
youtube.com/watch?v=NzIyi3rTL5…


Boss Babiš * STB, Fosfáty a Maroko (1. díl)

Zahajujeme sérii o Bossovi Babišovi prvním dílem, který se věnuje úplným počátkům jeho kariéry, jeho údajnou spoluprací s STB a jeho odjezdu do Maroka, kde s...
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PQ leader says story time poster by Montreal library example of 'religious invasion'

montreal.ctvnews.ca/pq-leader-…

In short PQ is just like the CAQ. Racist AF.

#qcpoli


PQ leader accuses Montreal library of promoting 'religious invasion' with photo of girl in hijab

A Montreal borough and Muslim leader are pushing back against the head of the Parti Québécois after he accused a local library of promoting a "religious invasion" by posting a photo of a young girl wearing a hijab for a storytime event.
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