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"10 (Not So) Hidden Dangers of Age Verification by the Electronic Frontier Foundation." An overview on the groups age-verification technology affects the most and risks to those outside these groups as well. Link: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/12/10-not-so-hidden-dangers-age-verification
"Security Issues in Matrix’s Olm Library." A post by a @soatok on a Matrix's security issue. I've seen Matrix recommended a lot these past 24hrs and read passing mentions of a security flaw it may have. I'm sharing this for folks who want to investigate. Link: https://soatok.blog/2024/08/14/security-issues-in-matrixs-olm-library/#interesting-non-issue
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10 (Not So) Hidden Dangers of Age Verification

It’s nearly the end of 2025, and half of the US and the UK now require you to upload your ID or scan your face to watch “sexual content.” A handful of states and Australia now have various requirements to verify your age before you can create a social media account.Age-verification laws may sound...

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Arima Mary Jan 31

A teeny tiny web page introducing Mastodon for fannish peeps.

Link: https://wiki.scumsuck.com/socialmedia:fediverse

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socialmedia:fediverse [Wiki Scum]

Arima Mary Jan 24

Visited Spyware Watchdog, a site that reviews the potential of different software for #spyware and found two for the web browsers I recently switched to.

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Waterfox Classic - Spyware Watchdog

Arima Mary Jan 20

Those fics aren't going to read themselves! Just got caught up with The Three Fishers and left some comments.

Link: https://threefishers.the-comic.org/comics/1/

#MaryReads #CommentBingoRound8

Three Fishers

Three Fishers Cover

Arima Mary Jan 10

Quiet Portal is a curated list of recommendations for exploring the web, paired with a simple following feed. The creator is looking for feedback.

Site: https://quietportal.com/
Feedback: https://mastodon.social/@neonreflections/115868796770940832

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Quiet Portal - Sites you care about, without the noise

Discover and follow independent websites, blogs, and digital gardens.

Arima Mary Jan 4

Edited a few of my posts to include tags, and some typos.

Those with online articles have and will continue to have the tag #MaryReads

Arima Mary Jan 2

Added more feeds to my RSS reader using RSS Bridge. Added several Pillowfort accounts, one Tapas webcomic.

There's also a bridge for Mangadex, Instagram, Mastodon, and Youtube among so many others.

Here's having a robust RSS reading list to minimize checking various sites. This can go very right or very very wrong regarding my mental health (information overload). Only time will tell.

Link: https://rssbridge.boldair.dev/
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RSS-Bridge

Arima Mary Jan 1

Indie Web Carnival posted their December 2025 round-up of user submitted responses to the prompt, "where you see the #IndieWeb in 2030".

Some really cool posts to check out. I think some are more technical than others.

Link: https://vhbelvadi.com/indieweb-carnival-round-up-dec-2025

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IndieWeb Carnival Dec ’25 round-up • V.H. Belvadi

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Arima Mary Dec 28

Almost forgot. Also found these two websites about the #fediverse . Me likey pretty graphs:neofox_w:.

Fediverse Network Stats: https://fedidb.com/
Fediverse Observer: https://fediverse.observer/stats

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fedidb.com - Informationen zum Thema fedidb.

fedidb.com ist die beste Quelle für alle Informationen die Sie suchen. Von allgemeinen Themen bis hin zu speziellen Sachverhalten, finden Sie auf fedidb.com alles. Wir hoffen, dass Sie hier das Gesuchte finden!

Arima Mary Dec 28

Found some cool articles about #bluesky and #fediverse . Have to admit I don't have the technical knowledge to understand everything in these links but the more social/ethical/big picture stuff. I'm adding the published date because tech evolves fast and what's presented may change in the future.

It's exciting to read articles from people that know more about the topic than me because it makes me excited about tomorrow. It's something people build everyday after all.

Bluesky trust and safety is too important to be left to Bluesky (June 2025): https://www.platformocracy.com/p/bluesky-trust-and-safety-is-too-important-to-be-left-to-bluesky
ATmosphere Homepage: Welcome to the Atmosphere: https://atproto.com/
How decentralized is Bluesky really? (Nov. 2024): https://dustycloud.org/blog/how-decentralized-is-bluesky/
Re: Re: Bluesky and Decentralization (Dec. 2024):https://dustycloud.org/blog/re-re-bluesky-decentralization/
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Bluesky trust and safety is too important to be left to Bluesky

Bluesky is open about almost everything, except setting and enforcing their community guidelines. They have an opportunity to lead the Internet forward with a democratic alternative.

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