Why mass surveillance does not help against terrorism. Our democracy is under attack. Privacy matters. Great short video: https://youtu.be/V9_PjdU3Mpo https://mastodon.social/media/gmOkQOTjaSkgMpTkJnI
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It uses blockchain and even offers you the possibility to earn money off of unused bandwidth or if you are a creator, your content.
This is really cool: LBRY in 100 seconds, an open-source decentralized YouTube alternative. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjouYBEkQPY
https://lbry.io/get?r=c1jKm https://mastodon.social/media/XPDflgHfMTbHIwPGuCw
Frédéric JacobsThe Mastodon "Remote follow" feature could be so easily used to phish the average Mastodon user into signing into a fake instance.
⚠️ Important security reminder: Always make sure the URL shows your "home instance" when logging in.
Parker HigginsRare footage of my toots vs. your toots https://mastodon.xyz/media/ZA-DYTt6S9Dt9HYbl4U
antlersPSA: Unicode look-a-like character substitution makes it impossible to see which one is phising. Please spread the message! https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2017/04/chrome-firefox-unicode-phishing/
jemus42Every 2 seconds, someone registers an account on mstdn.jp. https://misanthropy.wang/media/SwH3GCYYHcCCbL9yvhI https://misanthropy.wang/media/Fcesdq_4Pp98XC9QbAg
Some things to keep in mind if you are looking for a trustworthy VPN service. https://protonmail.com/blog/trusted-vpn/
Nolan LawsonSo I thought it'd be a cool privacy feature for Mastodon to automatically strip EXIF metadata from photos (e.g. GPS latlong, date, etc.). Turns out Eugen already thought of that! 😁 https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/issues/85
I even checked some uploaded photos with ImageMagick; they're all empty! BTW here's the EXIF data from a typical photo I took on my Nexus 5X. I really did have to make the text that small to fit.
