Parienve @Parienve@social.cleverlibre.org

@ebakerwhite we published research into TikTok pixel tracking on websites in September. https://blog.disconnect.me/tiktok-tracks-your-sensitive-web-activity-even-if-you-dont-use-tiktok/ TLDR TikTok is tracking a huge amount of sensitive data across the web, whether you’re a user or not. Websites that embed TikTok pixel include really sensitive services like WebMD, the Mayo Clinic, Planned Parenthood, RiteAid, several financial and educational sites, even the Girl Scouts.

Great Mastodon article on Ars Technica this morning! No paywall.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/12/mastodon-is-hurtling-toward-a-tipping-point/

Hey all - here's a quick timeline about how this TikTok spying stuff all went down:

In March, I broke the story that TikTok was working on Project Texas, a companywide effort to separate out US user data and limit China-based employees’ access to it.

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/emilybakerwhite/tiktok-project-texas-bytedance-user-data

(…) the conditions for a free press no longer exist in much of the world. In Canada, this is truer than ever. https://theideasinstitute.org/2022/12/14/breaking-trust-creative-destruction-of-media-empires/

An Epidemic of Wage Theft Is Costing Workers Hundreds of Millions of Dollars a Year
 https://www.epi.org/publication/epidemic-wage-theft-costing-workers-hundreds/

Happy #HootinTootinTuesday , where we post a #humorous #meme or two, or just share some #humor.

Join me by sharing something #funny under the hashtag, and spread some smiles here!

Here's one for my #writing friends.

#WritingCommunity #Writer #Writers #editorsofmastodon #editors

#icedid is once again spreading via malvertising using Google's Adwords today.

Block these C&C Servers.

trbiriumpa[.]com -> 143.198.92[.]88
lilsakainrot[.]com -> 143.198.92[.]88

The question isn't: "How did ChatGPT write such a great answer?"

The question is: "How many people did ChatGPT rip off without attribution to write this answer?"

And a bonus one: "How is ChatGPT transferring wealth from individual writers to the rich people backing ChatGPT?"

#ChatGPT #Creatives #Authors #ArtificiaIntelligence #Copyright #Artists

So often, I'm reminded about the broken state of IT today. Barriers to entry everywhere are ridiculously high.

Self-hosting anything is incredibly stressful, often requiring you to be skilled as a system administrator to the point where you could make a living off of it.

I know why, of course.

Capitalism rewards enclosure. Money flows to companies who want customers on their terms, so solutions are designed to service thousands of people and for professionals to operate.

We need #SmallTech.

I thought all my fancy camera gear was for taking pictures of the kids, but the #cat sits for portraits better. #pet #sunlight

If you guessed "My Amazon Fire Tablet" you were CORRECT.

In the last 10 hours, my tablet has made just shy of 32000 DNS requests with over 28600 of them to api.amazon.com.

I'd really like to know what the hell Amazon is doing that it needs to phone home THAT MUCH.

German privacy watchdogs conclude that Microsoft 365 is incompatible with GDPR

https://twitter.com/wolfiechristl/status/1596277060435345411

Dentist: So, do you floss?
Me: Do you use a unique password for every account?

Emails whose unsubscribe link take you to a login page should be illegal (if they are not already)

Oh wow, the new #Rust release is exciting! GATs, let-else and even stable Backtrace. This release is packed with goodies

https://blog.rust-lang.org/2022/11/03/Rust-1.65.0.html

So, since I just moved instances, I think it's time for an #introduction. Hi I'm maxim. I write/wrote a lot about #chatcontrol, starting out on mastodon and ending up putting everything on my blog, you can find all posts here: https://maxim.tips/tags/chatcontrol/ #Chatkontrolle #neuhier

Precedents like the German government running a Mastodon server are important beyond the obvious reasons. They reinforce the urgency of serious public funding for open code.

If we treated open code as part of the essential infrastructure of the 21st century and funded it at billions of USD/EUR as opposed to tiny grants here and there, the "fediverse" model of interconnected, self-governing communities would become the norm, not the exception.

See also (but not only): https://publiccode.eu/

Oh crap, #DeviantArt folks, all your art just got opted-in to their AI art gen.

You have to manually opt out. Go to your gallery, click edit on each piece and opt out.

I believe you have to do this per piece? Which seems catastrophically cruel? I'm not on there, so hopefully I'm misunderstanding and there's a global account setting.

(If anyone chimes in with that I'll add it in a reply/edit)