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An internet cat that believes in the importance of software freedom and advocates for privacy. More precisely, a European citizen.

FOSS is inherently political, but I feel the political sphere is radicalizing too much. It is wrong to end up in a black-and-white view of the world. Too much abstraction can polarize.

I tend to recommend to avoid applying words like "Nazi" or "facist" to modern day politics. It is better to counter the wrong ideas than to give labels or blanket statements.
#fedi22

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fcat @f@ieji.de · Aug 06, 2026
fcat
@f@ieji.de

An internet cat that believes in the importance of software freedom and advocates for privacy. More precisely, a European citizen. FOSS is inherently political, but I feel the political sphere is radicalizing too much. It is wrong to end up in a black-and-white view of the world. Too much abstraction can polarize. I tend to recommend to avoid applying words like "Nazi" or "facist" to modern day politics. It is better to counter the wrong ideas than to give labels or blanket statements. #fedi22

ieji.de
Replying to @us@newsbeep.org
@us@newsbeep.org Maybe the images/voice data from this can be used to train AI models
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fcat @f@ieji.de · Jul 18, 2026
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@f@ieji.de

An internet cat that believes in the importance of software freedom and advocates for privacy. More precisely, a European citizen. FOSS is inherently political, but I feel the political sphere is radicalizing too much. It is wrong to end up in a black-and-white view of the world. Too much abstraction can polarize. I tend to recommend to avoid applying words like "Nazi" or "facist" to modern day politics. It is better to counter the wrong ideas than to give labels or blanket statements. #fedi22

ieji.de
Replying to @ruben@friendship.quest
@ruben What DAW did you prefer between Ardour, LMMS and the others?
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fcat @f@ieji.de · May 19, 2026
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@f@ieji.de

An internet cat that believes in the importance of software freedom and advocates for privacy. More precisely, a European citizen. FOSS is inherently political, but I feel the political sphere is radicalizing too much. It is wrong to end up in a black-and-white view of the world. Too much abstraction can polarize. I tend to recommend to avoid applying words like "Nazi" or "facist" to modern day politics. It is better to counter the wrong ideas than to give labels or blanket statements. #fedi22

ieji.de
Replying to @sknob@mamot.fr
@sknob@mamot.fr @JulianOliver@mastodon.social Also in France, my ISP asked for 10€/month
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fcat @f@ieji.de · May 19, 2026
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@f@ieji.de

An internet cat that believes in the importance of software freedom and advocates for privacy. More precisely, a European citizen. FOSS is inherently political, but I feel the political sphere is radicalizing too much. It is wrong to end up in a black-and-white view of the world. Too much abstraction can polarize. I tend to recommend to avoid applying words like "Nazi" or "facist" to modern day politics. It is better to counter the wrong ideas than to give labels or blanket statements. #fedi22

ieji.de

@Modus_Operandi@defcon.social Fully agree. Sounds like reasonable concerns.

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fcat @f@ieji.de · May 06, 2026
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@f@ieji.de

An internet cat that believes in the importance of software freedom and advocates for privacy. More precisely, a European citizen. FOSS is inherently political, but I feel the political sphere is radicalizing too much. It is wrong to end up in a black-and-white view of the world. Too much abstraction can polarize. I tend to recommend to avoid applying words like "Nazi" or "facist" to modern day politics. It is better to counter the wrong ideas than to give labels or blanket statements. #fedi22

ieji.de
Replying to @bagder@mastodon.social
@bagder Still got some room to spare 😅
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fcat @f@ieji.de · Mar 26, 2026
fcat
@f@ieji.de

An internet cat that believes in the importance of software freedom and advocates for privacy. More precisely, a European citizen. FOSS is inherently political, but I feel the political sphere is radicalizing too much. It is wrong to end up in a black-and-white view of the world. Too much abstraction can polarize. I tend to recommend to avoid applying words like "Nazi" or "facist" to modern day politics. It is better to counter the wrong ideas than to give labels or blanket statements. #fedi22

ieji.de
Replying to @viralobscurity@mstdn.social
@viralobscurity@mstdn.social @omgubuntu@floss.social I think it's also time to focus on mobile Linux distributions like postmarketOS, mobian, etc. I feel like with the recent Google changes that Android might really close off its source sooner or later, or bring other complications. Some in that space aren't helping either. Believe it or not, GrapheneOS (open source Android fork) is actually trying to argue that an iPhone is better than Linux mobile in terms of privacy, security and so on. I don't understand how a black box can compare to a fully trustable operating system. We're better off supporting operating systems we can trust.
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fcat @f@ieji.de · Mar 26, 2026
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@f@ieji.de

An internet cat that believes in the importance of software freedom and advocates for privacy. More precisely, a European citizen. FOSS is inherently political, but I feel the political sphere is radicalizing too much. It is wrong to end up in a black-and-white view of the world. Too much abstraction can polarize. I tend to recommend to avoid applying words like "Nazi" or "facist" to modern day politics. It is better to counter the wrong ideas than to give labels or blanket statements. #fedi22

ieji.de
Replying to @alextecplayz@techhub.social
@alextecplayz @jbowen Thank you for bringing this up.
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fcat @f@ieji.de · Mar 26, 2026
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@f@ieji.de

An internet cat that believes in the importance of software freedom and advocates for privacy. More precisely, a European citizen. FOSS is inherently political, but I feel the political sphere is radicalizing too much. It is wrong to end up in a black-and-white view of the world. Too much abstraction can polarize. I tend to recommend to avoid applying words like "Nazi" or "facist" to modern day politics. It is better to counter the wrong ideas than to give labels or blanket statements. #fedi22

ieji.de
Replying to @rysiek@mstdn.social
@rysiek I hate the network effect with GitHub so much. It can sometimes be really hard to contact maintainers outside of it. When I finally find a mail (often gmail for bonus centralization points, but that's another issue), they almost always end up saying something along the lines of "you should have opened an issue on GitHub" GitHub has shadow banned (I'm pretty sure) my account and other accounts I created after realizing. I could open an issue, and I'd be the only one who can see it. Is it because of geoblocking? Tracking JavaScript that I won't allow? This platform is just so hostile and I'm so sick and tired of dealing with it. Right now, I managed to get a "working" GitHub account, but how long will it last? Considering how generous Codeberg is to open source projects, or that almost anyone can just set up a Forgejo/GitLab instance, I'm really starting to wonder why some won't move away from GitHub after complaining so much about features, slowness, AI, etc.
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fcat @f@ieji.de · Mar 15, 2026
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@f@ieji.de

An internet cat that believes in the importance of software freedom and advocates for privacy. More precisely, a European citizen. FOSS is inherently political, but I feel the political sphere is radicalizing too much. It is wrong to end up in a black-and-white view of the world. Too much abstraction can polarize. I tend to recommend to avoid applying words like "Nazi" or "facist" to modern day politics. It is better to counter the wrong ideas than to give labels or blanket statements. #fedi22

ieji.de
Replying to @pheonix@hachyderm.io
@pheonix@hachyderm.io As if the "E2EE" wasn't already compromised by them. "Oh no, Facebook is killing privacy on Instagram... Oh no, I'll move to WhatsApp then..."
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fcat @f@ieji.de · Feb 21, 2026
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@f@ieji.de

An internet cat that believes in the importance of software freedom and advocates for privacy. More precisely, a European citizen. FOSS is inherently political, but I feel the political sphere is radicalizing too much. It is wrong to end up in a black-and-white view of the world. Too much abstraction can polarize. I tend to recommend to avoid applying words like "Nazi" or "facist" to modern day politics. It is better to counter the wrong ideas than to give labels or blanket statements. #fedi22

ieji.de
Replying to @noisytoot@berkeley.edu.pl
@noisytoot@berkeley.edu.pl @cwebber@social.coop It's impossible. There's no way to enforce that on anyone that's not using a black box proprietary OS like Windows or macOS. And I guarantee you that no Linux distro would implement such a gimmick. No one in their right state of mind would care, and rightly so. That's one tone deaf government policy if I ever saw one.
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fcat @f@ieji.de · Feb 15, 2026
fcat
@f@ieji.de

An internet cat that believes in the importance of software freedom and advocates for privacy. More precisely, a European citizen. FOSS is inherently political, but I feel the political sphere is radicalizing too much. It is wrong to end up in a black-and-white view of the world. Too much abstraction can polarize. I tend to recommend to avoid applying words like "Nazi" or "facist" to modern day politics. It is better to counter the wrong ideas than to give labels or blanket statements. #fedi22

ieji.de
Replying to @agasramirez@freeradical.zone
@agasramirez@freeradical.zone @Lazarou@mastodon.social To be fair this argument can be valid to some extent. Though I feel most of "AI" is overhyped and will just end up locking down users/companies into big tech providing inference for them...
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fcat @f@ieji.de · Feb 15, 2026
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@f@ieji.de

An internet cat that believes in the importance of software freedom and advocates for privacy. More precisely, a European citizen. FOSS is inherently political, but I feel the political sphere is radicalizing too much. It is wrong to end up in a black-and-white view of the world. Too much abstraction can polarize. I tend to recommend to avoid applying words like "Nazi" or "facist" to modern day politics. It is better to counter the wrong ideas than to give labels or blanket statements. #fedi22

ieji.de
Replying to @BuckRogers1965@techhub.social

@BuckRogers1965 @clock @signalapp

Please read my reply: https://ieji.de/@f/116072098730700499

Peer to peer can't and won't happen due to the nature of the protocol. As an alternative, look into Jami.

The Signal protocol is the strongest instant messaging protocol ever. It is fully end-to-end encrypted, uses strong algorithms, avoids almost all leaks of metadata. Two major downsides arise:

  • server centralization (only relays, but we depend on that)
  • phone number requirement, and really tying your identity on a phone app: can't use Signal with just a computer. I still don't know why they aren't making steps to remove that barrier.

The issue is not with forking the client. We need to:

  • Pressure them into changing their host providers outside of the US to one that could be less hostile to them (currently there are none that exist to the scale AWS operates at -- those are called hyperscalers)

  • Look into decentralized protocols like Matrix. Those usually leak a lot of metadata to the homeservers owners of people you're communicating with (anything else over than the message contents) due to how they work, but atleast they won't be affected by the centralization problem. Just like Mastodon or other federated networks you might know of. It all depends on use cases, but the long term solution is decentralized or P2P protocols. "Global scale" is just a corporate buzzword and, to me, is a mistake.

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fcat @f@ieji.de · Feb 15, 2026
fcat
@f@ieji.de

An internet cat that believes in the importance of software freedom and advocates for privacy. More precisely, a European citizen. FOSS is inherently political, but I feel the political sphere is radicalizing too much. It is wrong to end up in a black-and-white view of the world. Too much abstraction can polarize. I tend to recommend to avoid applying words like "Nazi" or "facist" to modern day politics. It is better to counter the wrong ideas than to give labels or blanket statements. #fedi22

ieji.de
Replying to @signalapp@mastodon.world
@signalapp I've read a few replies discussing the open source nature of Signal. I want to help clarify. Signal (both the client and the server) is open source and libre software, you can edit it as you wish and modify it. What you cannot really control is the backbone. Unlike decentralized platforms like Mastodon, Signal is centralized. You can change then compile the client at will, but running your own server will "isolate" you from other users, which is probably not what you need. Recently, there has been some concerns with US corporations. Signal relies heavily on AWS for relaying the messages. Of course, the cloud provider does not have anything close to identifying users or reading private messages, but they have control over the whole thing. The catch is that if they decide to increase prices or ban Signal off tomorrow, it will be a huge problem. But before shouting at the "Nazis" (that term is NOT accurate), let's remind that Apple is a US corporation too. It has massive control over everyone with an iPhone, MacBook or other products. Many crying at Signal should understand their iPhone is more of a service than an object in itself. One that doesn't allow them to properly install apps they compiled themselves durably, one that locks them into a walled garden, made by a company that has performed censorship over the "App store". In short, a completely proprietary and locked down platform that can absolutely spy on everything you do (and most likely DOES considering NSA Prism ties, which are often forgotten about lately!!) I don't want to defend Signal right now, as I think that them relying on AWS as a cost-effective/lazy option is okay-ish for them right now, but it can't stay like this, especially with the current political climate. However, some people should get that their privacy and more fundamental rights are VERY MUCH at risk when stuck to Apple. Many unfortunately don't listen, but crying at Signal can't save them from the arguably larger issue -- all the privacy and censorship risks that are tied to proprietary operating systems.
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fcat @f@ieji.de · Feb 04, 2026
fcat
@f@ieji.de

An internet cat that believes in the importance of software freedom and advocates for privacy. More precisely, a European citizen. FOSS is inherently political, but I feel the political sphere is radicalizing too much. It is wrong to end up in a black-and-white view of the world. Too much abstraction can polarize. I tend to recommend to avoid applying words like "Nazi" or "facist" to modern day politics. It is better to counter the wrong ideas than to give labels or blanket statements. #fedi22

ieji.de
Replying to @davidrevoy__dup_3654@framapiaf.org
@davidrevoy@framapiaf.org Investors and private equity usually turns products into a mess that fails to serve the user well. "We suck more, and that's guaranteed"
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fcat @f@ieji.de · Feb 02, 2026
fcat
@f@ieji.de

An internet cat that believes in the importance of software freedom and advocates for privacy. More precisely, a European citizen. FOSS is inherently political, but I feel the political sphere is radicalizing too much. It is wrong to end up in a black-and-white view of the world. Too much abstraction can polarize. I tend to recommend to avoid applying words like "Nazi" or "facist" to modern day politics. It is better to counter the wrong ideas than to give labels or blanket statements. #fedi22

ieji.de
Replying to @kevinrenskers@hachyderm.io
@freediverx@mastodon.social @kevinrenskers@hachyderm.io Unless they remotely toggle one random option left in there just in case that would force updates on everyone. Could happen, just saying.
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fcat @f@ieji.de · Jan 30, 2025
fcat
@f@ieji.de

An internet cat that believes in the importance of software freedom and advocates for privacy. More precisely, a European citizen. FOSS is inherently political, but I feel the political sphere is radicalizing too much. It is wrong to end up in a black-and-white view of the world. Too much abstraction can polarize. I tend to recommend to avoid applying words like "Nazi" or "facist" to modern day politics. It is better to counter the wrong ideas than to give labels or blanket statements. #fedi22

ieji.de
Replying to @Apan@mastodon.social
@Apan DDG is anonymized but the queries are sent to Bing. In the end, someone has your search query but they don't know your identity.
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fcat @f@ieji.de · Jan 30, 2025
fcat
@f@ieji.de

An internet cat that believes in the importance of software freedom and advocates for privacy. More precisely, a European citizen. FOSS is inherently political, but I feel the political sphere is radicalizing too much. It is wrong to end up in a black-and-white view of the world. Too much abstraction can polarize. I tend to recommend to avoid applying words like "Nazi" or "facist" to modern day politics. It is better to counter the wrong ideas than to give labels or blanket statements. #fedi22

ieji.de
Replying to @PINE64@fosstodon.org
@PINE64@fosstodon.org Really happy with mine!
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fcat @f@ieji.de · Jan 21, 2025
fcat
@f@ieji.de

An internet cat that believes in the importance of software freedom and advocates for privacy. More precisely, a European citizen. FOSS is inherently political, but I feel the political sphere is radicalizing too much. It is wrong to end up in a black-and-white view of the world. Too much abstraction can polarize. I tend to recommend to avoid applying words like "Nazi" or "facist" to modern day politics. It is better to counter the wrong ideas than to give labels or blanket statements. #fedi22

ieji.de
Replying to @github@hachyderm.io
The art of open-source or fake FOSS git hosting operated by corporate organizations. @github is Microsoft and they try to seem friendly to open-source. What a scummy move. Such a problem that everyone relies on GitHub these days. Selfhost Forgejo, it is never too late!!!
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