Official statement from @Mer__edith: the new EU chat controls proposal for mass scanning is the same old surveillance with new branding.

Whether you call it a backdoor, a front door, or “upload moderation” it undermines encryption & creates significant vulnerabilities.

https://signal.org/blog/pdfs/upload-moderation.pdf

I just deployed a Mastodon bot that posts forecasts for the most dangerous upcoming heatwaves

You can follow it at

@heatwave

To determine how dangerous a heatwave is, it uses wet-bulb temperature, which is the temperature that a body can be cooled to by evaporation

Sweating works to cool you because generally the wet-bulb temperature is lower than body temperature

As wet-bulb temperature increases and approaches body temperature, people can no longer cool themselves by sweating and will die

Every morning, an instance administrator wakes up knowing they need to keep the infrastructure running smoothly for their users, ensuring a good and free social experience.
Every morning, a Fediverse user wakes up knowing they will find many people eager to socialize and interact, who strive to keep the Internet a place for the free exchange of ideas and opinions, away from the dynamics of closed protocols and Big Tech monetization.

It doesn't matter if you are a server administrator or a Fediverse user, thank you for being here and for contributing every day with your efforts to keep the Internet a free place.

#ThankYouTuesday #Mastodon #Fediverse #SocialNetwork #SocialNetworks #GoToSocial #Akkoma #Takahe #Snac #Snac2 #Misskey #CalcKey #Firefish #AllTheGreatFediSoftware

travel by rail and discover a world beyond the litter box

#Caturday

Very happy to announce that @tomcoates and I have been given a #SummerOfProtocols grant to develop an end-to-end encryption (E2EE) protocol for #ActivityPub DMs, including a reference implementation and a report to submit to the W3C SocialCG.

https://forum.summerofprotocols.com/t/sop-2024-pig-and-pog-grantees/1270