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Privacy Advocate. Security Passionate. Protector of Data. Tamer of Python. Lover of Encrypted Keys. Recycled Artist. Hardware Enthusiast. Fan of FOSS. Happy Mastodon Mentor to all newcomers!

Spending most days writing, reading, and talking about privacy. Journalist at @privacyguides

Open-sourced & Open-hearted.
(she/her) 🏳️‍🌈

🔒 Privacy tips at: #TinyPrivacyTip
🐘 Mastodon tips at: #TinyMastodonTip

Other hashtags I talk about:
#DigitalRights #Privacy, #Security, #Python, #FOSS, #FLOSS #OpenSource

🐘 Also at: infosec.space/@Em0nM4stodon
🐘 And at : mastodon.social/@Em0nM4stodon
#NoAI #NoBot #NoIndex #NoArchive #nobridge

This is a personal account. Opinions expressed here are my own and do not necessarily reflect my employer. Especially emojis 

Journalist athttps://privacyguides.org/team
Webhttps://emontheinternet.me
Bloghttps://controlaltdelete.technology
Codehttps://snakecase.software

📰 Cynthia Kroet for @euronews​: "Dating platform #Bumble has been hit with a privacy complaint filed by advocacy group NOYB over its #AI feature designed to help users start a conversation."

🐝 Continue reading: https://www.euronews.com/next/2025/06/26/swipe-right-but-watch-your-data-dating-app-hit-with-ai-privacy-complaint

Swipe right - but watch your data: Dating app hit with data complaint

AI tools have come under scrutiny in recent months from data protection authorities across Europe.

euronews

On #FediforumFriday we share interesting news, projects, and fedi things of note.

This week I was in Brussels for a panel about empowering digital democracy for citizens where I spoke about the #Fediverse - which connects up to two of the sessions we had at the last Fediforum, around civic institutions and the fediverse (particularly in Europe).

Tell us about a fedi-related project you checked in on this week!

This Friday at midnight I'm streaming Spirit Swap: Lofi Beats to Match-3 To as part of Rainbow Raid Relay Pride event! Join me at http://www.twitch.tv/ThatJayJustice for late night (or if you're in Thailand like me, afternoon) gay shenanigans in-game & out 😂 I'll be continuing my current game so let's see what happens next! 💗🏳️‍🌈 #twitch #livestream #videogames

Mark Zuckerberg went to Svalbard on his massive superyacht that spews more greenhouse gases in a day than most people do in a year. He got a cold reception.

#FuckZuck #climate #ClimateCrisis #EatTheRich

https://www.thecooldown.com/green-business/mark-zuckerberg-yacht-svalbard-norway/

Mark Zuckerberg hit with backlash after pulling into remote port in $300 million superyacht: 'He's thinking wrong'

When Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's $300 million superyacht arrived in a remote town, climate activists staged a protest.

The Cool Down

F***ers!

Canadian citizen dies while in U.S. ICE custody in #Florida

« The Canadian, identified as 49-year-old Johnny Noviello, was found unresponsive Monday at the Federal Detention Center in #Miami and was attended to by medical staff, but was pronounced dead the same day, #ICE said in a statement Wednesday. »

#cdnpoli #canada #elbowsup

https://globalnews.ca/news/11262681/canadian-dead-ice-custody-florida/

Canadian citizen dies while in U.S. ICE custody in Florida

ICE said the Canadian was found unresponsive Monday at the Federal Detention Center in Miami and was attended to by medical staff, but was pronounced dead the same day.

Global News

> To confirm they are 18 or older, those using Grindr in the UK can complete a quick video selfie or pair a video selfie with an official photo ID.

https://www.grindr.com/blog/age-assurance-in-the-uk

h/t @an0key

#OnlineSafetyAct

Grindr's New Age Verification: Ensuring Safety for UK Users Under Online Safety Act | Grindr

Starting July, Grindr UK users must verify age with a video selfie or ID. Privacy-focused process ensures a safe space for adults.

Free Certificate Authority Let's Encrypt has ended its email notification service that warns users of expiring certificates.

The company blamed this on rising costs.

https://letsencrypt.org/2025/06/26/expiration-notification-service-has-ended/

Expiration Notification Service Has Ended

Since its inception, Let’s Encrypt has been sending expiration notification emails to subscribers that have provided an email address to us via the ACME API. This service ended on June 4, 2025. The decision to end the service is the result of the following factors: Over the past 10 years more and more of our subscribers have been able to put reliable automation into place for certificate renewal. Providing expiration notification emails means that we have to retain millions of email addresses connected to issuance records.

Mastodon is now officially a "Digital Public Good" and as such a important peace of the UN "2030 Agenda" sustainable development goals.

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/06/mastodon-dpga/

#DigitalPublicGood #UN #Agenda2030 #sustainability #digitalSovereignty #Mastodon

Mastodon is a digital public good

Mastodon has been added to the Digital Public Goods Alliance's DPG Registry.

Mastodon Blog
@josephcox Those pictures they take at the airport that they claim will be immediately deleted? Of course.
We love the new Mastodon Signal stickers (https://mastodon.social/@Mastodon/114749156199964168) so much, that we decided to add them as custom emojis too        
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@molly0xfff my most missed Archimedes always preferred the hottest places he could find. My other cats like our greenhouse, but stayed mostly out of the direct sunlight. Not Archimedes, though. He wanted to bake as much as he could.

@jared @molly0xfff

beautiful and cute fluff ball! 🥰

@jared @molly0xfff My previous cat would climb to the bitumen roof of neighbour's garage and bake herself up there on sunny days.