Kiri @kiri@fosstodon.org

Why the hell did I ever choose LastPass over KeePass? Aside from having to manually transport the database (which is actually better for security) KeePass is a far superior product.

Short answer: No.

Long answer: Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

And so #Youtube won't allow the #Blender Foundation to share its creative commons licensed videos on the platform if they don't monetize it? Really? https://www.blendernation.com/2018/06/19/blender-foundation-youtube-update/ #b3d

YouTube Music has been released. Let me tell you just one thing:

Want the best YouTube Music experience on Android? Just download #NewPipe from a trusted source (e.g. @fdroidorg) and enjoy for free, Ad-less and protecting your privacy.

Friends don't let friends be spied on by #SurveillanceCapitalism

@ignitionigel everyone? Really?

Just because someone is an "idiot" when it comes to IT, infosec, Foss, <insert thing here>, doesn't mean they're a tally idiots.

A Dr couple be rubbish with computers. An engineer could be useless at managing their money. An architect may not be able to drive. None of these things make these incredibly clever people "idiots". Do they?

The question isn't whether to get a microchip implant or not, it's who gets to own and control your microchip implant, how free are you to edit the software it runs, and who has access and copyrights on the data it will produce.

The ENCRYPT Act protects encryption from state-by-state meddling, preventing a future where Illinois residents can buy the latest iPhone but Californians can’t. EFF supports it. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/06/encrypt-act-protects-encryption-us-state-prying

I know plenty of folks (esp online) that hide behind [insert minority] when called out on their bullshit.

If you're an asshole I don't care what you identify as. You're still an asshole.
Be nicer and people will be nicer back.

Polish up your applications, Purism will be posting a number of job positions within the next few weeks. The future home of these job postings will be https://puri.sm/jobs/

Look y'all here because I built Mastodon the way I wanted and you happened to like it. If you no longer like it that's your own business, don't give me shit about your failed expectations. There's the door, there's the code, there's the alternatives. The shit I've received today just because I was open to something that a part of the community wanted is completely inacceptable.

So what I’m understanding is that I need to make it look like I’m coming from the EU and choose EU settings in order to get a semblance of privacy protection from centralized surveillance web sites?

#GDPR

We all need a free alternative to YouTube!

PeerTube is a decentralized video hosting network, based on free/libre software.

PeerTube is currently in beta version, that's why @Framasoft needs your help to pave the road to version 1.0!

https://www.kisskissbankbank.com/en/projects/peertube-a-free-and-federated-video-platform

#joinpeertube

(Framasoft is a small french non-profit, so do not hesitate to Boost this Toot to non-french user and invite them to help us fund PeerTube v1)

GDPR Explained: part 1

https://h4ck3r9.com/gdpr-explained-1.html

I have just uploaded the first section of my essay analyzing the GDPR in detail. I save my opinions for the last paragraph, so if any opinion shines through in the main section of the article, please tell me. I may miss it because it is 'my opinion', but I want to save my opinion for the end of each section of my essay.

Go give it a read and tell me what you think so far!

#GDPR #GDPRExplained #privacy

@gc
The Multifed? The capability to have a fediverse isolated from the general fediverse solves that problem. Strong protections on a user and instance level mean we can block compromised users and instances from invading a particular fediverse in the Multifed.

(I now dedicate myself to making "Multifed" a real word people use)

I dread the day that silicon valley 'discovers' the fediverse and it starts getting popular in a Big way.

the day that happens is the day that VC money starts pouring into startups that will try to 'develop' (ie systematically colonize, commercialize, and exploit) the fediverse, which is, as of today, one of the few non-capitalist (as in non-commercialized) spaces left on the internet.

how do we prevent this from happening? how do we make it impossible for this to happen in the first place?

@bobstechsite
I used to be an avid Chrome user, and even advocate, but it was FF Quantum that changed that. Perhaps the difference in speed is increased over time but for my purposes, I find FF to be satisfactory in terms of speed. Not saying it's the fastest, but it's certainly fast enough for me

😅👏🏼
"This time it’s the corporations imploding with fear and uncertainty because a bunch of Europeans handed them a big vague unreadable tome of legalese and told them they had to click on it before they’re allowed to do business in the European Union."

#JeffBezos is beyond rich and doesn't want to pay any taxes.
#latestagecapitalism