Paul Sutton @zleap@social.cleverlibre.org

Apple is slowly boiling frogs on client-side scanning.

They got a backlash when they announced everything they were planning all at once so now they’re drip feeding it, hoping you won’t notice.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2021/11/13/apples-billion-iphone-users-shock-imessage-update-after-security-warnings/

#privacy #apple #clientSideScanning

Polish Anti-Vaxxer Leader Dies From COVID https://ift.tt/31gVJ4Z

Anti-Vaxxer Eric Metaxas' Family Devastated By COVID https://ift.tt/3Dikk6d

I helped my apprentice desperately achieve wired connectivity and a vpn router in his dorm by bridging wifi

he's currently on triple-NAT via WiFi and two linux bridges. since i needed graphical access and teamviewer sucks, we ended up having him ssh into one of my servers with the -R option, then enable screen sharing in gnome so i could vnc in via the ssh tunnel.

rip in nat

Peertube.biz was unable to import videos after upgrading to the release candidate due to python version issues. yt-dlp errors out saying it needs python 3.6 or 3.7, no matter how many different ways I installed python 3.6 it continued to throw that error on any import attempt until went back to using youtube-dl.

Anyone considering updating to the release candidate should make sure their node, npm, yarn, and python are all high enough and don’t have multiple versions installed before running the upgrade.

I'm terribly sorry for today's downtime. We are now back.

Post-mortem:

Yesterday my hosting provider, Hetzner, received an abuse report for our entire IP due to a user account that apparently was used as a botnet controller. I suspended the account immediately, but forgot to submit a statement to Hetzner.

After 24 hours, the IP to mastodon.social was locked by Hetzner. I've reached out to them as soon as I learned of this.

The fact that Facebook processes 27 terabytes of metadata every second is Metametametadata

@zleap I went through your pad. it is nicely written. Maybe give them an example like email to illustrate what is federation. I don't think including license is necessary. Also, you can illustrate how the different service providers(in layman language, service provider is simpler than instance) on mastodon gives the users more freedom as one service provider goes bad, then they can switch the service providers. Also, Facebook outage type of thing cannot affect the whole Fediverse. @dsfgs

Move Over, NFTs: Virtual Land in the Metaverse Is Selling for Millions of Dollars

singularityhub.com/2021/12/01/…

#SingularityHub #chronicles #technological #progress by #highlighting the #breakthroughs, #players, and #issues shaping the #future as well as #supporting a #global #community of #smart, #passionate, #action-oriented #people who want to #change the #world.

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There seems to be an issue with Mastodon.social but don't draw any conclusions yet..

Remember, the Fediverse is mainly hosted by people like you and me. We are not big tech companies with millions or billions of dollars to keep up the infrastructe, stuff might break every once in a while and theirfor we simple ask a little patience ❤️

Give Eugen some time to fix the issues, I am sure this is his number 1 prio.

The FSF is seeking a motivated and organized individual to be our full-time outreach and communications coordinator: https://u.fsf.org/3fx

There is no computer text book in my country, for children aged 6 to 14, geared towards free software.

I hope that we can write one. I need help: https://github.com/Aman9das/Our_Free_Software/tree/main

This is where we can get help:
1) If there already is one elsewhere in the world, we need a link to it, haha
2) we need to create the blueprint and syllabus structure
3) we need the initiative to reach a more people (and hopefully writers)

Tips on how to upcycle your phone. Print or share online our high-resolution infographics and help others learn that #UpcyclingAndroid is a more sustainable choice than buying a new one.

You can do it!

https://fsfe.org/activities/upcyclingandroid/informationmaterial.html#infographics

A look at Popcorn Computer's new Pocket P.C.

https://tuxphones.com/popcorn-computer-pocket-pc-linux-pda-first-look/ #linux

Obesity kills 2.8 million people a year.

Heart disease kills 17.9 million a year.

Diabetes kills 1.5 million people a year.

If the government actually cared about your health, they would have banned fast food, processed sugars, & refined oils a long time ago.

But they didn’t. https://twitter.com/TheJordanRachel/status/1465521944426520584

Is Deepin Linux The Windows Killer? (Deepin 20.3 First Look)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29onMCIbbXc