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@wbeebe@mastodon.cloud
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Retired Florida software developer.
LocationOrlando, FL
Webhttps://arcanesciencelab.wordpress.com/
GitHubhttps://github.com/wbeebe
raspberry pi 2 risc-v cores and micropython

The photo above is a plugboard that contains a Raspberry Pi Pico 2 connected to an OLED display, an 8×16 LED Matrix Feather, and a four line by twenty column LCD backlit character display. The…

Arcane Science Lab
finally: raspberry pi 2 w with micropython

I have been experimenting with a pair of Raspberry Pi 2 boards and another pair of Raspberry Pi 2 W boards. I’ll write about the non-WiFi boards later; I wanted to document what I had to do i…

Arcane Science Lab
Revealed: Trump ground game in key states flagged as potentially fake

Data suggests canvassers linked to Elon Musk’s America Pac falsely claimed to have visited homes of potential voters

The Guardian
Bluesky signups soar after X makes controversial privacy change

Here's why people are looking for alternative platforms.

ZDNET
In major gaffe, hacked Microsoft test account was assigned admin privileges

How does a legacy test account grant access to read every Office 365 account?

Ars Technica
Smudge, unfairly denied the right to go outside in 2 degree (Fahrenheit, -16 Celsius) weather, looks reprovingly at those who would deny him his freedom

If you want to keep your Mastodon account extra secure, you might want to activate "Two Factor Authentication" also known as "2FA". When you have 2FA switched on, it means only you can access your account even if someone finds out or guesses your password.

There's a complete guide to using 2FA on Mastodon at:

➡️ https://fedi.tips/using-two-factor-authentication-2fa-on-mastodon/

The guide also answers common questions about how 2FA works.

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Using Two Factor Authentication (2FA) on Mastodon | Fedi.Tips – An Unofficial Guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse

An unofficial guide to using Mastodon and the Fediverse

The Flappie AI cat door stops your pet from gifting you dead mice

If you're tired of your cat bringing you a dead mouse as a present, Flappie's cat door might be the solution.

Engadget

It's you, the consumer, that's losing out – it's your privacy that's at risk when #BigTech puts their profits first. That means higher prices, less choice, and no privacy.

💰 Fines paid by Proton in 2023: $0.

End-to-end encryption makes it impossible for us to access or collect your data with Proton Mail, Proton Calendar, Proton Drive, Proton VPN and Proton Pass.

Big tech fines in 2023 totalled $3bn for breaking laws on both sides of the Atlantic.

Here's a breakdown of long it took them to pay off their respective fines:

🔎 Google: $941 million – 1 day 4 hours
📦 Amazon: $111.7 million – 2 hours
👓 Meta: $1.72 billion – 5 days 13 hours
🍏 Apple: $186.4 million – 4 hours
🪟 Microsoft: $84 million – 3.5 hours

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