gerontion

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gerontionJul 8, 2023
@cirriustech unfortunately, sometimes it requires spicy and hot additions to your usual thoughts to spark a discussion. You have to provoke people to give feedback sometimes, but there is no generic advice, it depends on your audience and what it is likely to react to. Usual influencer stuff I guess.
gerontionJul 6, 2023
Luke LeBrunJul 6, 2023
Comparing and contrasting app privacy policies for Threads, Bluesky, Twitter and Mastodon:
gerontionJul 6, 2023
@ksaj let them fight.gif
gerontionJul 6, 2023
Ars TechnicaJul 6, 2023

Mastodon fixes critical “TootRoot” vulnerability allowing node hijacking

Most critical of the bugs allowed attackers to root federated instances.

https://arstechnica.com/security/2023/07/mastodon-fixes-critical-tootroot-vulnerability-allowing-node-hijacking/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Mastodon fixes critical “TootRoot” vulnerability allowing node hijacking

Most critical of the bugs allowed attackers to root federated instances.

Ars Technica
Show threadgerontionJul 4, 2023
@makemake @mmcd yeah, that, or they co-conspire to cover the tracks of a security breach. Fundamentally, ransomware operators want ransom paid and company wants its functionality restored. These goals overlap and are both disrupted by a theoretical government ban. And when the goal is there, it's only a matter of technique to achieve it.
Show threadgerontionJul 4, 2023

@kazdalevsky нет, просто необучаемы, that's all. Моей личной претензией к Твиттеру всегда была его инвазивность по отношению к приватности, трекингу всего и так далее; единственная причина, по которой я начал им пользоваться, это англоязычное сообщество по кибербезопасности, которое там обжилось, хотя казалось бы, должны что-то понимать в этом. Уже два раза пытались переехать в Мастодон, в целом миграция более-менее жива и терпима, однако судя по наблюдениям опять стремятся обратно к Дорси за синим небом.

Разгадка одна – безблагодатность.

Show threadgerontionJul 4, 2023
@kazdalevsky https://infosec.exchange/@gerontion/110650425335151007
gerontion (@[email protected])

@codecolorist they never learn.

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gerontionJul 4, 2023
@GossiTheDog well, say if you also got a browser chain and want to serve a targeted one to instance users...
Show threadgerontionJul 3, 2023
@jerry that's certainly a hot take of mine but I think that if Twitter migrations caps at a certain size, it is probable that donations remain a sustainable model of keeping Mastodon alive and quality of communication to remain authentic and high. See https://infosec.exchange/@gerontion/110651373916468298
gerontion (@[email protected])

Hot take: I don't think that donations are a sustainable model for many use cases, especially like Mastodon being Twitter replacement. But I also think that M does not have to be T replacement. Neither do I think that Lemmy or Kbin should be replacements for Reddit. If a sufficient number of specialized population currently platformed at Twitter or (especially) Reddit could switch, it wouldn't reach the size where platforms need to earn enormous ad revenue to keep themselves afloat and it also could keep the cat posters and alike out of this place, deep down in the Facebook wasteland or Twitter toxic pool. That would solve the revenue problem and prevent internal degradation as well.

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gerontionJul 3, 2023

Hot take: I don't think that donations are a sustainable model for many use cases, especially like Mastodon being Twitter replacement. But I also think that M does not have to be T replacement. Neither do I think that Lemmy or Kbin should be replacements for Reddit.

If a sufficient number of specialized population currently platformed at Twitter or (especially) Reddit could switch, it wouldn't reach the size where platforms need to earn enormous ad revenue to keep themselves afloat and it also could keep the cat posters and alike out of this place, deep down in the Facebook wasteland or Twitter toxic pool. That would solve the revenue problem and prevent internal degradation as well.