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Internet never forgets. Privacy. Crypto. Freedom.
Does someone use wire? I've used it for a while, but that was some years/months ago.

Write.as is now #FOSS! 🎉 We've named the software behind it #WriteFreely.

WriteFreely lets you self-host a single federated blog or a community of blogs. It's written in Go / #golang, it's lightweight, and runs everywhere -- even on a Raspberry Pi! (We tried 😁)

We just launched v0.1 this weekend, and v0.2 is already coming out early this week. You can try a full demo here: https://pencil.writefree.ly

Get started with hosting or find a permanent instance here: https://writefreely.org

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Hello, World

It's been several months since we launched ActivityPub support on Write.as and entered the fediverse. That was an exciting month, where w...

This is a weird Youtube ad:

"hxxps://s0.2mdn.net"

Some SSDs have had their full-disk encryption password be 32 NULL bytes, no matter your input 🤦‍♂️ https://www.ru.nl/publish/pages/909282/draft-paper.pdf (PDF) #encryption #fail https://t.co/1XCQWplJv7
Ignorance is bliss.

#Firefox #ProTip: Stop videos from autoplaying! (Updated for Firefox 63!)

1. Go to `about:config` and convince it that you know what you're doing.

2. Search for `media.autoplay.default`.

3. Double-click `0` and enter `1` if you want to always block, or `2` if you want to be prompted for every site that tries to autoplay (which can help with some sites that don't work quite right with blocked autoplay.)

4. Enjoy your significantly-more-pleasant browsing experience!

Let us play a game:

Social Media doesn't scale at all and for the user it is more 'dangerous' than beneficial.

Change my mind.

I can tell the Fediverse is getting larger/growing up by the number of ridiculous and petty comments that end up reported. It seems that people are programmed to be unkind
Those travelling to New Zealand are required to hand over their #phone (Presumably #unlocked) for customs to undertake a file by file search. Failure to comply would result in a fine up to $5,000. Definitely an invasion of #privacy.
https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/367642/travellers-refusing-digital-search-now-face-5000-customs-fine
Travellers refusing digital search now face $5000 Customs fine

Travellers who refuse to hand over their phone or laptop passwords to Customs officials can now be slapped with a hefty fine.