Daniel AJ Sokolov

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Tech/Innovation journalist with an LLM
Reporting from North America for @heiseonline
DE/EN/FR; used to be @newstik and @yxyukon on the bird site
My Work(s)https://www.heise.de/autor/Daniel-AJ-Sokolov-3679137

Introducing tootfinder.ch

Proof of concept of an opt-in global Mastodon search. Tootfinder indexes recent toots of all user that want to get indexed. If you are not interested, just do not join the index.The feeds are indexed in a SQLite database and deleted after 7 days.

For #Blackhistory month. Because my birthday falls on this important month
RT @chrismoodycom
Twitter already had a $400m paid API business with $360m(ish) in profits. This API provided real value to large enterprises. They fired the entire team so that business will go to $0 soon. Now they are going to charge a few dollars to developers who have no money. Sound trade. https://twitter.com/TwitterDev/status/1621027280935092225
Twitter Dev on Twitter

“Over the years, hundreds of millions of people have sent over a trillion Tweets, with billions more every week.”

Twitter
Anyway, now that a ton of journalists are flocking back to Mastodon... you should read my article about how all your articles about Mastodon "slumping" were bullshit. https://www.techdirt.com/2023/02/08/lazy-reporters-claiming-fediverse-is-slumping-despite-massive-increase-in-usage/
Lazy Reporters Claiming Fediverse Is ‘Slumping,’ Despite Massive Increase In Usage

There’s been this weird series of articles lately, trying to frame the rapid growth of the fediverse (mainly Mastodon), as somehow now failing. It started last month, with the Guardian’…

Techdirt
i think we were all over the daily limit for sending tweets quite some time ago
Mastodon server operators should form a legal defense union, pooling resources and funds for collective defense against warrants and subpoenas from the government and from litigious far-right actors intent on abusing civil discovery.

Nach Erdbeben: Türkische Twittersperre ist "technisches Problem"

Viele Türken beklagen online mangelnde Hilfe nach den Erdbeben. Da sperren die ISP den Zugriff auf Twitter. Die Regierung liest Twitters Management die Leviten.

https://www.heise.de/news/Nach-Erdbeben-Tuerkische-Twittersperre-ist-technisches-Problem-7489845.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege

#Erdbeben #Politik #Twitter #Zensur #news

Nach Erdbeben: Türkische Twittersperre ist "technisches Problem"

Viele Türken beklagen online mangelnde Hilfe nach den Erdbeben. Da sperren die ISP den Zugriff auf Twitter. Die Regierung liest Twitters Management die Leviten.

heise online
Is there any official word from #Turkey on today's blocking of Twitter? #censorship #Earthquake

Sicherheitsupdate: Acht Sicherheitslücken in OpenSSL geschlossen

Angreifer könnten Systeme mit der Softwarebibliothek für verschlüsselte Verbindungen OpenSSL attackieren. Der Bedrohungsgrad hält sich aber in Grenzen.

https://www.heise.de/news/Sicherheitsupdate-Acht-Sicherheitsluecken-in-OpenSSL-geschlossen-7489560.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege

#OpenSSL #Sicherheitslücken #Verschlüsselung #news

Sicherheitsupdate: Acht Sicherheitslücken in OpenSSL geschlossen

Angreifer könnten Systeme mit der Softwarebibliothek für verschlüsselte Verbindungen OpenSSL attackieren. Der Bedrohungsgrad hält sich aber in Grenzen.

heise online

1983: "If you want to know something, your best bet is either a friend or a library."

2003: "If you want to know something, your best bet is a well-formatted Google search."

2023: "If you want to know something, your best bet is either a friend or a library."