Mastodawn

Luddite (under protest)Dec 1, 2024

@rms wow.. holy shit. I was sure the turnout in #election2024 would be a U.S. record. It’s kind of a relieving, actually. Because I was overwhelmed by what I thought was a wave of new assholes in the country. When in fact every asshole voted while the dems slacked off.

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Luddite (under protest)Nov 30, 2024

@rms It’s a surprising recommendation in the end: to consume local news. Is that it? It’s hard to see how that will make the slightest dent.

There needs to be a campaign to get liberals off #Facebook, #Twitter, and the like. When #CambridgeAnalytica sabotaged #election2016, there should have been a mass exodus from FB. The underlying problem is whatever prevented that from happening, which is likely addiction.

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Luddite (under protest)Nov 29, 2024

@rms @unplugged New development: #flixbus has started blocking Tor, thus adding a bit more KYC to the identity requirements as it forces people to disclose their IP address.

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Luddite (under protest)Nov 19, 2024

@stefan @codeDude @uexo @debacle Thanks for the details. I insist on OMEMO so if the experimental MAM stuff is a problem w/omemo, i'll just try logging and history and see how that goes.

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Luddite (under protest)Nov 19, 2024

@codeDude @uexo @debacle I’ll have to take a look but I think I recall that the debian stable version is too far behind for that.

(edit) I see the option is available in my version now so I'll give it a go. Thanks!

Luddite (under protest)Nov 19, 2024

@debacle
I’ve not tried gajim. Not sure if I want to bring yet another app into the mix to add to the complexity, confuse my correspondents, & frustrate the tech illiterates with more bugs. They are already at the edge of their tolerance. In principle I prefer Profanity (TUI) but Profanity loses the history. So I have to keep dino around because it reliably keeps the history by saving a decrypted local copy of everything.

Luddite (under protest)Nov 19, 2024

@debacle That setting is not what you think it is. That’s to manage the other user’s keys. The app-wide prefs (☰ on the left sidebar) has no encryption settings.

The padlock icon is gray even when unlocked & off to the far right of the msg bar. It defaults to unlocked & there is no way to chg the default. You can toggle it & it should stick, but I got burnt because it did not stick for some reason. After a few long chats I discovered everything I sent was in the clear. A jawdropping wtf moment.

Luddite (under protest)Nov 19, 2024

@dequbed @bootblackcub XMPP seems to be wholly Cloudflare-free. There are Matrix instances that proxy via #Cloudflare, including the flagship instance. For me that’s sufficient to avoid Matrix even if your instance does not use CF. It’s a minefield. XMPP does not use HTTP so it’s Cloudflare immune.

Luddite (under protest)Nov 19, 2024

@debacle
I must say ppl are getting burnt w/ #Dino. #DinoIM defaults to e2ee *disabled* for every channel/room. And the padlock is *very* subtle. You get no warning if you send something in the clear. No indicator. I have been burnt a few times by that.

A bug report was opened 4 years ago. It should be urgent but still no progress. I have had lengthy private 1-on-1 discussions then discovered days later that the whole conversation was in the clear.
@dequbed @bootblackcub @prose

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Luddite (under protest)Nov 19, 2024

@bethsawin Kind of. You would certainly have GDPR protections as well as the national protections of whatever nation you choose.

But in terms of Mastodon specifically I have doubts because the GDPR specifically protects “personal data” of individuals and clearly not anonymous data. Mastodon accounts do not identify people, so I think they are all legally considered anonymous (even if you reveal your real name on the account).