Mastodawn

What creepy nonsense are companies up to when they try to guess your age or take your ID for age verification? https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/01/so-youve-hit-age-gate-what-now

So, You’ve Hit an Age Gate. What Now?

EFF is against age gating and age verification mandates, and we hope we’ll win in getting existing ones overturned and new ones prevented. But mandates are already in effect, and every day many people are asked to verify their age across the web, despite prominent cases of sensitive data getting leaked in the process.

Electronic Frontier Foundation

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C.2d ago

This old B is tired, boss. Bone tired.

Job search has me in the vapours.

C.2d ago

I cast this very powerful spell of unyielding genital lice over the leads at #Indeed + #Glassdoor. (ROLLS 19 🎲)

...for requiring a linking of Indeed and Glassdoor accounts AND requiring adding a phone number to even decades-old, established accounts (NOT VOIP, real mobile only) AND require a resume upload to view/browse.

Well here is a little piece my [private] resume upload. I sincerely hope their leadership gets those crabs.

#JobSearch #JobSearching #Jobs

C.4d ago

BeyondMachines

4d ago

I have a proposal for a sustainable datacenter 👇

C.5d ago

Johanna, CanCon variety May 14

RE: https://mastodon.social/@OpenMediaOrg/116517516303137157

CANADIANs ...

If you have not come across this effort yet, or have not reviewed and signed on ... please take a moment and do so.

Bill C22 is as bad if not worse than it's predecessor attempt C-2, and the earlier implemented C-18 which had the exact opposite effect on Canadian online media presence than everyone (well, everyone but us already-federated folk) thought.

Consider that Signal Messenger has indicated it will withdraw access from us rather than compromise privacy. it's bad.

C.5d ago

Heidi Li Feldman 5d ago

The Onion is just on a roll lately.

C.5d ago

Æ.5d ago

You REALLY should remove the tracking codes from Youtube links now.

They started showing a popup about who sent the link and offering a (maybe new) DM feature, potentially revealing your personal account name to anyone who opens the link.

C.May 14

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internetarchive May 14

This is critical, because web history disappears when it can’t be preserved. 🕸️📚

Some publishers are blocking the Wayback Machine from archiving parts of the public web, putting decades of digital history at risk.

Join the journalists in telling publishers: don’t block the Wayback Machine. Sign the petition ➡️ https://www.savethearchive.com/newsleaders/

#WaybackMachine @MarkGraham

Tell New York Times, The Atlantic, and USA Today to keep the crucial work of journalists in the Wayback Machine!

Fight for the Future

C.May 14

internetarchive May 14

🧵 Wayback Machine director Mark Graham is thanking the hundreds of journalists speaking out in support of the #WaybackMachine and the importance of preserving the online historical record. 🌐📰

At a time when parts of the web are disappearing, journalists are defending web preservation, accountability, and access to the public record.

Read Mark's letter ➡️ https://blog.archive.org/2026/05/11/a-thank-you-to-journalists-supporting-the-wayback-machine/