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• Post #4159865

  Sounds like a tobacco industry spokesperson, ranting about health labels on cigarette boxes: »Google's Karen Massin warned of "regulatory complexity" that could prove counterproductive, and "risks confusing the people these rules are meant to help". "If online content is flooded with overlapping AI labels and legal disclosures, it becomes harder for people to get the clear context they need," Massin added.« https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/...

• Post #4033266

  In another fabulous move, @Codeberg@social.anoxinon.de has now passed a ban on »Content that harms the reputation of Codeberg, such as cryptocurrency related projects.«. https://codeberg.org/Codeberg/org/commit/f383b648fd733ab88083dc390b91e77cd7589980 We're bowing in respect, thank you for putting the planet and humanity first, again. #Codeberg #crypto #cryptocurrency

• Post #4010023

  @Codeberg@social.anoxinon.de have just passed, with a considerable majority, this modification of their Terms of Use: »7. You must not share projects that mostly consist of code written by "generative AI"-tools (including services such as Claude, OpenAI Codex). Such projects having an unclear copyright status (see requirements § 2 (1) 1 and § 2 (1) 3) and furthermore have little safeguards to ensure that they do not include harmful code (c.f. § 2 (1) 5).« (emphasis added) We welcome...

• Post #3565257

  Peek into @yaelwrites 's actual device hygiene, communication stack, and physical safety boundaries: »This isn't a guide. Your situation is different from mine. But sometimes it's useful to see what someone else's setup looks like in practice.« https://blog.yaelwrites.com/what-my-privacy-and-security-stack-actually-looks-like/ #privacy #security #DeviceHygiene

• Post #3565256

  Opposing "#AI" is already being framed as a danger, with insinuations of civil unrest and affinity to extremism, or even terrorism. Speak up, and defend your right to call out the "AI" planet-burning scam for what it is. »Among the documents in the tranche obtained by WIRED is a New York Intelligence and Counterterrorism Bureau report that warns of widespread upheaval in response to AI adoption. Of particular note is a novel term for what the bureau purports to be an emergi...

• Post #3565255

  #Hackergal Ambassador Neetya Pujara, a Grade 10 student from Aurora, Ontario: »During one session, presenters displayed images of male tech CEOs, and everyone immediately recognized them. When the slide shifted to female tech CEOs, none of us could name them. That moment struck me deeply. I didn’t know Melanie Perkins was the founder and CEO of Canva, that Ada Lovelace was the world’s first programmer, or that Hedy Lamarr created the foundation for WiFi. This realization pushed me to conscious...

• Post #3565254

  Summer break until Juli 8th.

• Post #3565253

  Breaking our summer posting break for an important update: we can no longer recommend @mullvadnet as a #VPN service, and #MullvadBrowser or other products of that company. A leadership member has been found to donate to a far-right party: https://det.social/@lostgen/116820546568940358 #Mullvad itself has confirmed the donation in question, and believes they can talk their way out of the issue by framing it as one of "Being in a tolerant and intellectually open environment". https://...

• Post #2276458

  Greetings to all who celebrate the anniversary of the unconditional surrender of #Nazi #Germany.

• Post #2135194

  Your whole #body will belong to us, step by step, sooner or later. »#Meta will start using AI to scan photos and videos for visual clues to see if a user is under 13 and should be removed from #Facebook and #Instagram, the company announced on Tuesday. These visual clues include a person’s height or bone structure, it said.« https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/05/meta-will-use-ai-to-analyze-height-and-bone-structure-to-identify-if-users-are-underage/ »#World, a project designed to distinguish huma...

• Post #1992480

  The #FeministHacking Project is maintaining a great collection of links to "community_+_friendz" at: https://feministhackerspaces.cargo.site/Comunity-Friends #feminism #research #science #community #tech #softwaredevelopment

• Post #1973966

  Excellent article by @emanuelmaiberg over at 404 Media, who looked into why a meta study paper has been retracted that concluded #ChatGPT had beneficial effects on #learning: »“This meta analysis on #ChatGPT effects on learning appeared only two and a half years after ChatGPT was launched,” Williamson said. “So what we are supposed to believe is that in the intervening period, dozens of high quality studies of the effect of ChatGPT on learning performance took place, were written up, submitted...

• Post #1959079

  Very good news this morning: In a rare coordinated action, three #German parties (Greens, Left, Social Democrats) have declared they're leaving #X (formerly #Twitter). This goes for their official party accounts as well as for the accounts of their respective parliamentary caucuses. They're also recommending their party members and MPs leave X. All three parties have published a coordinated statement. E.g., SPD on Instagram Via a privacy-preserving frontend: Imginn: »In recent years...

• Post #1902123

  »Like with many tech trends before it, it’s no surprise that young people are among the biggest adopters of AI #chatbot tools. But contrary to the tales spun by tech companies like #OpenAI and #Google, polling data shows that Gen Z students and workers are a big part of the wider cultural backlash against AI. And even as they utilize these tools, vast swaths of young people are deeply acrimonious and even resentful of the AI-centric future that many feel is being forced on them.« https://www.t...

• Post #1890953

  It seems #RightsCon 2026 organizers were pressured to exclude specific participants and topics: »The statement, although seemingly an invitation to negotiate, still lacked any concrete information as to why the government decided to announce they were postponing RightsCon. What the government wanted from us in order to lift the postponement was conveyed to us informally from multiple sources: in order for RightsCon to continue, we would have to moderate specific topics and exclude communities...

• Post #1883096

  epicenter.works @epicenter_works have published their statement regarding several issues with the #EU's digital #EUDI-Wallet. Three particularly serious issues mentioned: Pseudonymous use of services only exists on paper In theory and by law, you have a right to pseudonymous usage of most services, because they have absolutely no legitimate need to know your legal identity. But companies wouldn't be obliged to provide such pseudonymous access. They can just bluntly ask for your legal i...

• Post #1759856

  Following an article published by @404mediaco today, there were many posts recommending to prevent #notifications in #Signal from revealing message content, by switching notification texts to "No name or message". While here's how to do that: https://support.signal.org/hc/en-us/articles/360043273491-In-App-Notification-Options#android_change_text …you might not be entirely happy about not knowing whether you've received a message from your significant other, or a family mem...

• Post #1682646

  #Cartoons may be helpful to cope with the state of the world, and expose propaganda for what it is. #CartoonMovement @cartoonmovement is a rich website run by cartoonist Tjeerd Royaards @royaards, featuring a network of 800 cartoonists around the world: »Our mission is to promote the professional editorial cartoon and to defend freedom of speech. Every day, we publish global perspectives on the news, brought to you by our network of more than 800 cartoonists from all over the world. All our c...

• Post #1557717

  Meanwhile, #TransnationalRepression is becoming a law in #China: »The law’s primary focus is domestic: It mandates the use of Mandarin as the primary medium of education in schools across China, and calls for intermarriage and geographical integration between the Han majority and China’s other 55 recognized ethnicities. […] “Organizations and individuals outside the [mainland] territory of the PRC that commit acts aimed at the PRC that undermine ethnic unity and progress or create ethnic divis...

• Post #1557716

  FYI, the title of #HR8250 hasn't been changed to "Parents Decide Act". #JoshGottheimer gave it that name, right from the start. https://gottheimer.house.gov/posts/release-gottheimer-announces-bipartisan-parents-decide-act-to-protect-kids-online #AgeVerification

• Post #1474803

  »When Peter #Thiel said, “I no longer believe that #freedom and #democracy are compatible,” he wasn’t talking about your freedom. He was talking about his own. You don’t exist.« https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/05/billionaire-consequence-free-reality/686588/?gift=7cjjyPZIuS21UKXXq4Z-JNg5WJmVwq9FbLl-9yvqo1Y

• Post #1229356

  The text of bill H. R. 8250 is now out. On the #US national level, they want to enforce this: »An operating system provider, with respect to any operating system of such provider, shall carry out the following: (1) Require any user of the operating system to provide the date of birth of the user in order to— (A) set up an account on the operating system; and (B) use the operating system.« #OperatingSystem #AgeVerification #Linux https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8250...

• Post #1130240

  New #Linux #kernel #policy: when writing code, humans can be "assisted" by "#AI", but they have to disclose it, and take full responsibility, as contributors. While this gets celebrated as a "pragmatic stance", it simply delegates responsibilities to individual contributors that no one in good conscience can reasonably take. Would you be willing to guarantee, legally binding, with all consequences, that your "AI" "assistant" didn't copy-pas...

• Post #1031119

  It is useful to keep in mind there can never be any kind of actual end-to-end encryption (#E2EE). Your understanding of "end" is probably deliberately ignorant. While you understandably so wish to believe the "end" was in the respective minds of the conversation partners, it is factually and technically located in the hardware and software of the devices used. Which opens up a myriad of surveillance options, from sinister keyloggers; to simply glancing at your screens; to...

• Post #937315

  Given that #Proton marketing rings the CLOUD Act alarm bell to promote #ProtonMeet, this is yet another instance of them behaving in a questionable manner. Stay away from companies with a hodgepodge "suite" of offers, particularly when they're trying to make the good reputation of one product "magically" rub off on all the others. Merely being sold under the same brand name isn't a guarantee for anything here. https://www.sambent.com/proton-meet-isnt-what-they-told...

• Post #831496

  This goes for everybody who needs to closely follow a topic, too, not just in security: »in many security teams, we still collect this information in the most fragile way possible: by manually checking websites, relying on algorithmic social platforms, scraping pages that were never designed for machine consumption, or subscribing to closed platforms that add friction instead of removing it. This is why RSS needs to come back in operational security. Not as nostalgia. Not as a retro technolog...

• Post #812233

  While texts like this one by @zackwhittaker provide some valuable advice and further resources, the common fixation on border situations is dangerous, in itself. Keep in mind that crossing a #border is merely a situation where you are guaranteed to be targeted. The space that you are entering behind the border is full of random opportunities to scrutinize you over and over again, with consequences that are no less dangerous. Hence, the most crucial advice is given at the end of the text: your...

• Post #669971

  Today is the World Day Against Cyber Censorship. What you can do, with minimal effort, to support civilians in #Iran and in many other countries with relentless censorship: Install the #Snowflake plugin in your browser, and just enable it. No other config is required. The plugin makes the #Tor network available to people in countries with heavy #censorship, so they can bypass it and get information from abroad. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/torproject-snowflake/ Boost appr...

• Post #653696

  Why is there no coordinated response at least from major #Linux #distros to #AgeVerification laws imposed by US states? Nor organized resistance? They're pretty much handling this the way US universities handled being targeted: Fear, in isolation.Fight, in isolation.Lose, in isolation.Including compliance in advance, where developers seem to be proud of sharing their "cool" ideas for implementing this pilot project and bridgehead for governmental control, in their systems.