There are lots of Fediverse projects you can follow on here:

▸ @bookwyrm - Fediverse alternative to Amazon's GoodReads (more info at https://joinbookwyrm.com)

▸ @news - Friendica lets you follow people on Fedi, RSS, Twitter etc (more info at https://friendi.ca)

▸ @funkwhale - Music/podcast storage and sharing (more info at https://funkwhale.audio)

▸ @gotosocial - Lightweight safety-centric new Fediverse platform (more info at https://docs.gotosocial.org)

▸ @dev - Single user microblogging server (more info at https://docs.microblog.pub)

▸ @mobilizon - Event organising platform, Fedi alternative to Facebook Events (more info at https://joinmobilizon.org)

▸ @peertube - Video sharing network, Fedi alternative to YouTube (more info at https://joinpeertube.org)

▸ @pixelfed - Photo sharing network, Fedi alternative to Instagram (more info at https://pixelfed.org)

▸ @writefreely - Minimalist blogging platform, Fedi alternative to Medium (more info at https://writefreely.org)

Some advice for any new Signal users looking for increased messenger privacy:

You can buy a burner phone or use an unregistered VOIP phone number to sign up.

Make sure to select "Registration Lock = On" so the number can't be recycled and used again on Signal, leading to contacts speaking with an imposter.

Set "Incognito Keyboard = On" to hinder any potential keylogging type attacks.

Lastly, *always* verify your Safety Number before sharing sensitive info.

Use the tools properly ✊

Plausible.io is convenient and all but have you tried the self-hosted option of #matomo that literally takes like 10 minutes to set up and has great docs on self-hosting and then you own and control everything?

https://matomo.org

Google’s Flutter SDK Can Now Be Used to Make Linux Apps

Google has teamed up with Canonical to bring Flutter apps to Linux desktops. A new alpha version of the Flutter SDK can be used to create Linux apps, as well as mobile ones.
#Dev #News #Developer #Flutter #Google #SnapApps

 https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2020/07/flutter-sdk-linux-desktop

Quick post about an awesome new feature in the Tor Browser - indication of an available onion service for the current website, with optional global auto-redirect to onion services.

Little changes like these take great steps towards legitimising and encouraging the use of onion services as a simple means of making the web more accessible for those who experience internet censorship.

https://mcol.xyz/2020/06/tor-browser-can-now-redirect-clearnet-sites-to-onion-services.html