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Steinbrecher Jul 25, 2023

*hahaha*

Washington Post:
“Mastodon did not return a request for comment.”

Why not, @Gargron? Ditched your PR Elon-like? ;-)

https://washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/07/24/twitter-rival-mastodon-rife-with-child-abuse-material-study-finds

Twitter rival Mastodon rife with child-abuse material, study finds

The report raises safety questions about alternative social media sites.

The Washington Post

Steinbrecher Jul 25, 2023

Child Safety on Federated Social Media

Read report here:
https://purl.stanford.edu/vb515nd6874

Child Safety on Federated Social Media

The Fediverse, a decentralized social network with interconnected spaces that are each independently managed with unique rules and cultural norms, has seen a surge in popularity. Decentralization h...

Steinbrecher Jul 6, 2023

With the new “Magic Import” convenience feature, Klarna now wants to get its existing customers to voluntarily disclose their own shopping profiles. The new feature is intended to bring together all online orders in one central location. Regardless of whether they were settled via Klarna or not.

For this to work, users must grant “Magic Import” full access to their own email account. Here, Klarna’s smart algorithms then scan new emails for order confirmations, shipping notifications and pickup messages. However, not every email account can be used for Magic Import; so far, only Gmail and Outlook accounts are compatible.

Klarna justifies the provision of the new function, among other things, with reference to alternative delivery locations such as grocery stores, parcel stations or even click & collect stations, which would be highly popular with its own customer base.

https://cdn.klarna.com/1.0/shared/content/legal/terms/0/en_gb/privacy

Klarna’s Privacy Notice

Klarna makes online shopping simple. Buy what you need today and pay later. Effortless and safe.

Steinbrecher Dec 16, 2022

Chris Trottier Dec 16, 2022

Feasible.