Mastodawn

Putting VPNs behind an age wall threatens our privacy.

They keep young people safe from harassment. Business networks secure. Journalists, campaigners and whistleblowers shielded from harm.

Privacy is online safety ✊️

Sign the petition to protect VPN use in the UK ⬇️

https://action.openrightsgroup.org/tell-government-protect-vpn-use-uk

#vpn #privacy #cybersecurity #ageverification #ukpolitics #ukpol

Tell the Government: Protect VPN use in the UK

Take action! Protect VPN use in the UK VPNs help people to stay private and safe online. Young people use them to avoid harassment, or protect location data. Companies use them to make sure remote log-in to their networks are secure. Journalists, campaigners and whistle blowers use them to protect their work and themselves. But the Government wants to force people to verify their age when they buy a VPN. This will deter people from using VPNs to stay safe and secure online. Why are the government proposing restrictions to accessing VPNs?

Open Rights Group

Diamond_AaronXG Feb 19

TransitBiker Feb 19

I hope Discord reverses course. This effort to essentially track everyone everywhere all the time is only going to end poorly & is a slap in the face of the spirit of the internet - open collaboration & communication, a global lab & town square. These billionaire pedo baby eaters are trying to control everything. The good news is that these efforts usually backfire & return to sanity usually happens. #internet #privacy #discord

Diamond_AaronXG Feb 13

The New Oil Feb 13

#Windows11 #Notepad flaw let files execute silently via #Markdown links

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/windows-11-notepad-flaw-let-files-execute-silently-via-markdown-links/

#cybersecurity #Windows

Windows 11 Notepad flaw let files execute silently via Markdown links

Microsoft has fixed a "remote code execution" vulnerability in Windows 11 Notepad that allowed attackers to execute local or remote programs by tricking users into clicking specially crafted Markdown links, without displaying any Windows security warnings.

BleepingComputer

Diamond_AaronXG Feb 7

DigitalEscapeTools Feb 7

German authorities warn of phishing attacks targeting Signal users.
Scammers use social engineering to steal verification codes or link rogue devices. No encryption flaw — never share codes and enable all account protections.

👉 https://digital-escape-tools-phi.vercel.app/2026/02/news1.html

#Security #Privacy #Phishing #Signal #Cybersecurity

German Authorities Warn of Signal Phishing Attacks

German security agencies warn of phishing attacks that can silently hijack Signal and WhatsApp accounts.

Digital Escape Tools

Diamond_AaronXG Feb 7

Inspirational Skeletor💀Feb 7

Diamond_AaronXG Feb 7

Quenby Feb 5

Him: well what's your big brain idea to eliminate food assistance fraud?

Me: universal food assistance

Him:

Me: because there wouldn't be a system to cheat, everyone would just get a check

Him: and who does that benefit?

Me: family farmers and human beings who rely on food for nutrition

Him: what about rich people?

Me: what about them?

Him: you would give them food assistance too?

Me: that's what universal means

Him: you can't do that

Me: yesterday you said I couldn't tax them and now you won't let me feed them either?

Him: they can afford food

Me: then it should be fine to tax them

Him: but if you tax them they won't have as much money

Me: I'm willing to offer universal food assistance

Diamond_AaronXG Feb 6

Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬Feb 6

#Adblocking is alive and well, despite #Chrome's attempts to make it harder
#Google Chrome's latest revision of its browser extension architecture, known as #ManifestV3 (MV3), was widely expected to make content blocking and #privacy extensions less effective than its predecessor, #ManifestV2 (MV2).
"Our results reveal no statistically significant reduction in ad-blocking or anti-tracking effectiveness for MV3 #adblockers compared to their MV2 counterparts"
https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/06/chrome_mv3_no_harm_ad_blocking/

Ad blocking is alive and well, despite Chrome's attempts to make it harder

: The end isn't nigh after all

The Register

Diamond_AaronXG Feb 6

Dark Web Informer

Feb 6

‼️ A dataset of 79,000 cryptocurrency leads is being sold for $5,000 with only one copy available. The data, allegedly collected from advertising campaigns, includes 78,841 unique phone numbers and 79,415 unique emails spanning multiple countries including Australia, UK, Canada, France, and over 25 others. Records contain names, contact details, registration dates, and country information.

Diamond_AaronXG Feb 6

Jonah Aragon

Feb 6

RE: https://mstdn.games/@britt/116013094706931728

So, I helped Britt out with moving her instance to a new server provider this week.

While the people at toot.io were relatively helpful in our email chain (once she was finally able to get a hold of them in the first place anyways), the setup at toot.io was a bit strange and not optimized for an instance of her size. The actual server itself was well *over*powered for her to be seeing the slowdowns she was, and Mastodon & especially Postgres just weren’t using those resources to a full extent.

Honestly the biggest red flag 🚩🚩🚩 to me isn’t what toot.io is doing now necessarily, but that it was apparently sold(?) to completely new management without notice to customers. In a niche service industry like this, that seems like a big problem to me, to not even explain who’s taking over and why you should trust them.

The previous ownership is probably more at fault for this relatively speaking, but it’s probably a good opportunity for toot.io customers to reevaluate their hosting options… Even if you ultimately end up sticking with toot.io, you simply might not be fully aware of what’s going on over at your own hosting company anymore, and that’s always worth double-checking 👀

#MastoAdmin #MastodonAdmin #MstdnGames #InstanceMigration #Tootio

Diamond_AaronXG Feb 6

Inspirational Skeletor💀Feb 6