theHastyOne

I am not a web designer. I was, at one point, a pretty good web admin. I know mostly server back end stuff from before things like NodeJS took off. I know some PHP and CSS and I am very comfortable with a WHM Cpanel server.

I say all of this to say, when I make websites I use templates. (Usually free, some paid) and I have recently started going to all of the sites I own and manage and working to ensure they don't have google fonts. This is just another way google is tracking who is doing what when they have no business doing so.

so I implore you web people of the world, DITCH THE GOOGLE FONTS!

#degoogle #privacy #fonts #webdesign

Fediverse got me out here defending #proton mail.

Just a general reminder, PGP/GPG protects the inside of the email, it does not protect the following:

- Who you sent it to
- the address you used to send it
- The Subject of the message
- The IPs you used to connect to mail severs
- the name and payment information you used when you signed up for the provier

It takes a lot of work and privacy is a sliding scale

#privacy #opsec #gpg #themoreyouknow

So #privacy people...I currently use pCloud with EU servers for my cloud storage/backup. The price is right, I don't have to worry with it too much (though their WebDAV support is terrible)

I pay for space and the 1year modification retention.

Is there something else I should be looking at for this? Is their something they do/don't do? How do they rate on the privacy scale?

#cloudstorage #privacy #cloud #pcloud

So about a week ago, I blocked youtube and reddit at my router. Social media algorithms have been a cancer on my mental health. I start watching a video on woodworking or 3D printing and end up somewhere where each video leaves me angrier and angrier.

It was strange to realize this as an addiction. But cutting it out has improved my mood and I have been getting more projects done around the house.

All of this by blocking social media sites I only use in browser when not logged in!

#mentalhealth #algorithms #privacy #SocialMedia

If you have a product that is licensed by some form of consumable(user count, device count, domains) and you have an API. Please let me pull number of licenses I have, how many are used and when my term expires via that damn API...one call preferably!

Orange @CheerLights@mastodon.art orange #cheerlights

Blue @CheerLights@mastodon.art blue #cheerlights

So I guess thanks to #openscad, #inkscape and my #3dprinter....now only like a bunch more to go!

@fixatedpersonsunit@aus.social no body cares, but the bank who wants to sell your spending habitats to the ad company, and the retailer who needs to make sure they charge you just enough that you won't leave. Or the cell company that wants to use your location and browsing habits to restrict your rights. Or the government who want to make it harder to vote.

All #privacy matters.

The kids have been home from school at week due to snow. They are going to be home tomorrow as well maybe even Tuesday and Wednesday. No mail, no delivery. Work expectations are that you work from home with the exact same energy and concentration as those days when things are normal. The local government has done little to get life back to normal, no trash pick up, only plow main roads.

Online all the news I find is about how every level of government and capitalism is corrupt and living high on our labor, our lives, and they seem to be excited about our extortion and oppression.

Whether its the president selling children or ICE abusing and killing people, down to local government where sheriffs and police are above the law and elected official want to RULE not serve and are only tasked with enriching themselves.

Now, I am solidly middle class and its hard and I tired. I have no understanding of how hard it must be for others.

Ain't no body gonna save us, but us!

This is so true