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Denizen of the american territories. Finding my path along the beam. All hail the crimson king.

Reader of fantasy sci-fi. Amateur astronomer, and amateur hobbyist. Aspiring maker.

Rayhunter is bad news for eavesdroppers.

https://news.itsfoss.com/eff-rayhunter/

#opensource

EFF's Rayhunter Is Here To Catch Eavesdroppers

The Electronic Frontier Foundation has launched a new open source tool to detect eavesdropping on cellular networks.

It's FOSS News

We just released Mastodon 4.3.4, 4.2.17 and 4.1.23. They contain bug fixes as well as security fixes (medium severity)

We recommend every instance administrator to update as soon as possible.

If you are using our nightly releases, a container image with the fix has been published with the `nightly.2025-02-28-security` tag.

Full release notes and update instructions are available on our GitHub release page: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/

#mastoadmin

"v4.2." · Releases · mastodon/mastodon

Your self-hosted, globally interconnected microblogging community - mastodon/mastodon

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@dansup im sorry for your loss. Pets are family too and it hurts just as bad when a relative passes.

Give yourself some grace and take the time to mourn ♥️

I’m curious. This place has a very vocal anti-capitalist community, anytime moneys come up people shout about donations. When it comes to consent and Trust & Safety I’ve seen many people attack devs. Yet, when #Mastodon was asking for donations to fund a position it was largely crickets. #IFTAS has done great work and set out to be a great benefit to the #fediverse and #OpenSocialWeb yet they’re struggling to keep the lights on. How can that be? So many of you are always talking about donations so why are projects underfunded and servers shutting down due to lack of funding? Where are you passionate and vocal lot? https://wedistribute.org/2025/02/iftas-funding-crisis/ https://about.iftas.org/
IFTAS is In a Funding Crisis - We Distribute

The Fediverse’s premiere Trust & Safety organization is struggling to make ends meet, and needs help with meeting its goals.

We Distribute
jack (@[email protected])

You remember #Apple scanning all images on your #mobile device? If you have an #Android #phone, a new app that doesn't appear in your menu has been automatically and silently installed (or soon will be) by #Google. It is called #AndroidSystemSafetyCore and does exactly the same - scan all images on your device as well as all incoming ones (via messaging). The new spin is that it does so "to protect your #privacy". You can uninstall this app safely via System -> Apps. https://developers.google.com/android/binary_transparency/google1p/overview

Mastodon @ SDF

Defeated. For now.

Have been scratching my noodle trying to run a fediverse app in docker for several days. Seem to be running into new issues while troubleshooting, and the lang/arch are kind of obscure

I should have paid more attention to the "this software is in beta" disclaimers, and maybe the learning curve was/is too steep....but im determined to find my place in the community, just need to find the right place to sharpen my axe. Suggestions are welcome.

#fediverse #community #docker

Internet Archive played crucial role in tracking shady CDC data removals

Internet Archive makes it easier to track changes in CDC data online.

By Ashley Belanger

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/02/internet-archive-played-crucial-role-in-tracking-shady-cdc-data-removals/#

thanks @internetarchive for your invaluable work in preserving historical data!

#DataProtection #internet

Internet Archive played crucial role in tracking shady CDC data removals

Internet Archive makes it easier to track changes in CDC data online.

Ars Technica

Indivisible has launched a campaign to get people to physically visit their representatives this week:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Cru6DBkH5gadq3S-mVhiSU72mC2ZeDHXG93jeiemFH0/edit?tab=t.0

Recording of the Indivisible/Working Families/Move On call from yesterday: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55yf3AstpQI

You're not into electoral anything, ever? Cool, there's mutual aid work in your community that needs help. And food banks and libraries and school boards. Archive projects. Foster kids.

https://protectdemocracy.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/How-You-Can-Protect-Democracy.pdf

#uspol

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