Notices by Rysiekúr Memesson (rysiek@mastodon.social), page 2

Seriously people we need to make "It is false and defamatory to suggest that X Y" into a meme:
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/01/140-things-wikileaks-says-reporters-cant-say-about-assange/

@wakest @sean yeah, I do feel strongly about this, mainly because federated social networks are at a disadvantage due to the Network Effect; splitting the field further makes this problem exponentially worse.

So, D* refusing to implement *any* other protocol (they've been asked to implement a number of protocols and refused each and every time) is actively undermining the broader federated social networking.

And the reason? Because Diaspora devs treat this as a protocol measuring contest.

@sean it's really depressing but hardly surprising. Diaspora devs have acted like that for as long as I can remember.

They got to be the biggest federated social network a while back and started being dicks about it. This, sadly, continues.

One of the reasons I don't log in to my Diaspora account anymore.

Encrypted Server Name Indication is becoming a thing:
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-tls-esni/?include_text=1

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/09/esni-privacy-protecting-upgrade-https

#SysAdmin #Web #Privacy #Infosec

Hey #InfoSec people, we need help. @OCCRP is hiring a Security Analyst:
https://www.occrp.org/en/occrp-jobs/security-analyst

Help us keep journalists safe so they can work on projects like Panama Papers, Laundromat, or Daphne Project:
https://www.occrp.org/en/panamapapers/
https://www.occrp.org/en/laundromat/
https://www.occrp.org/en/thedaphneproject/

If you feel you might not be experienced enough, talk to us anyway. We're happy to help people grow on the job.

Wooo, #Mastodon got a shout-out (with a typo) on #XKCD:
https://xkcd.com/2045/

Just thinking about how insane slowness of dynamic CMSes pushes people into the arms of CloudFlares and Google Shields of this world makes me sick in my stomach.

@lattera you are one of the great reasons to be on Mastodon, and I always appreciate how informative your toots are. Your work on Hardened BSD is nothing short of amazing, and provides great reference point in discussions about security of different operating systems.

You and your work are very much appreciated, and for all the good reasons.

Story time:

Muslims are the biggest group where I live (I am not one).

When somebody tells me all Muslims try to introduce Sharia law everywhere they go, I try to explain that this not the case, based on my *personal* experience they don't have.

If they keep insisting, that's damn frustrating: they are questioning *my experience*.

So, when a minority member tells me about their experience with privilege, I shut the fsck up. I don't want to be *that guy*.

Don't be *that guy*.

@privacylab "Oh you want to disable location tracking?

I'm sorry, I cannot let you do this, Dave..."

Ok, so, can we shout on browsers to bring back the "Subscribe to RSS/Atom feed" button in/near the URL bar?

I mean, clearly people are still using RSS/Atom. And they get annoyed they cannot find an easy way to subscribe.

Hey #Fediverse, how many #i2p users around here?

So, this is how this looked from the inside. The timelaps is from the 2 days(!).

This is you guys at work. Each green dot means someone reached out to an MEP and convinced them.

You have the power. #SaveYourInternet

All you wonderful people, you have helped #SaveYourInternet.

Thank you so much to all of you involved directly and indirectly, supporting this by calling, mailing, talking, or just rooting for the right outcome.

Internet is not to be messed with.

They will now say that we were all paid by Google. They will all say that this was Facebook and Twitter lobbying.

But we know otherwise! We have been there. We've seen it happen.

We made it happen.

This is how you change the world for the better.

To all of you who have called, and those who wrote an e-mail, and those that support #SaveYourInternet in all different ways, from very vocal to very silent -- thank you.

You guys are amazing. You are taking part in a political and historical process.

This is an old one, but a golden one. And it applies to 2010, 2012, and now just as well.

THIS IS IMPORTANT!

We need people to call their MEPs. Most importantly:
- Romanian S&D:
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/search.html?country=RO&politicalGroup=4280
- Romanian EPP:
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/search.html?country=RO&politicalGroup=4269
- British S&D:
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/search.html?country=GB&politicalGroup=4280
- British ECR:
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/search.html?country=GB&politicalGroup=4271
- Italian S&D:
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/search.html?country=IT&politicalGroup=4280
- Polish EPP:
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/search.html?country=PL&politicalGroup=4269

Please report back (in a private message, preferably) what they say! This would help us a LOT!

#Art11 #Art13 #SaveYourInternet

I'm in Strasbourg, lobbying hard. Updates soon, but was able to talk to Axel Voss, the main guy behind the current (bad) versions of #Art11 and #Art13. Doing my best to #SaveYourInternet.

Lessons from today:
- Pro-Art11/Art13 MEPs do not know how copyright law works (no surprises there, the copyright law is a mess!)
- Wikimedia Commons is a very good example of a service that could suffer very much.
- As during #ACTA, MEPs are not entirely against sitting down and discussing the issues.

There's a Reddit AMA with a copyright expert on #Art11 #Art13 today: https://www.reddit.com/r/europe/comments/8ugrow/eu_copyright_ama_we_are_professors_lionel_bently/

If you're unsure what's it all about, join in and read on.

If you have an opinion, take part! /cc @phoe @maradydd

#SaveYourInternet

MEP Zwiefka voted for Art13 (the copyright upload filters).

I do not think MEP Zwiefka had the explicit license from the publisher of Polityka to publish a reproduction of their article on birdsite:
https://twitter.com/TadeuszZwiefka/status/464020422221389824

Perhaps somebody should point that out to MEP Zwiefka.

@enkiv2

oh, and let's put it on blockchain! everything is better with blockchain!