Notices by Rafael Bonifaz (rbonifaz@mastodon.social), page 25

The demo I'm working on at this hackathon is for a secure way of hosting content so that if your instance goes down, your content can survive, and if your content becomes popular, the whole network can help balance the work of hosting it. #activitypub #wizardstower2019

@philippemargery @61 @Purism OWS has had a contentious relationship w/ FOSS devs who want alt. clients/forks of Signal that interop w/ OWS network

From the OWS perspective, it's important to keep the UI/UX consistent; alternative clients degrade the user experience for everyone on the network, and use expensive resources. Security and QC are impossible to verify for apps out of OWS control

The FOSS-y arguments are familiar, and include the fact that centralization is dangerous for freedom. 2/2

@philippemargery @61 @Purism Signal isn't "bad". In a nutshell:

OpenWhisperSystems / the devs behind Signal made the choice to centralize the service and build identity around the phone number system, instead of doing the federated / decentralized approach.

They did this consciously to encourage widespread adoption without the traditional difficulties associated with a decentralized, multiple-client approach.

That makes it different from approaches by Matrix.org, XMPP, and so on. 1/2

Facebook y Twitter conocen tu perfil aunque no tengas cuenta, la borres o no la uses

Es más fácil predecir los intereses de alguien por sus amigos que por sus propias palabras, según un nuevo estudio

https://elpais.com/tecnologia/2019/01/21/actualidad/1548093747_930409.amp.html?__twitter_impression=true

@Rutrii

As we found out from Podesta’s emails Zuckerberg is “always in learning mode”. He sought advice from politicians about how to be more “philanthropic”. I don’t see any reason why we shouldn’t trust this honest person. Zuckerberg is just open-minded about “effective political operations to advance public policy goals”.

https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/15092

@aral @bob

How to Run Linux on Old Slow Computers
https://youtu.be/o3aCdxjOySE

@aral @bob

I love this awkward interview:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXrKKwHmPz4

Zuckerberg gets really nervous talking about privacy.

Friend: Are you OK? You haven't posted on Instagram in ages
Me: I quit FB, Instagram, and Twitter.
Friend: Why'd you quit the internet?
Me: Actually I've *rejoined* the Internet.

Next time someone asked me why did I leave the internet, I'm gonna say I'm still very much on the Internet. When are *you* coming back?

I had never had a streaming service account, because I refused to set one up with a centralized service that locks me down, does not allow me to download tracks, and doesn't have libre-licensed content.

Enter https://open.audio/! And what greets me the first time I visit the site? An CC-licensed #ElectroSwing album:
https://open.audio/library/albums/6142

I am okay with this. I am very okay with this.

Therefore, @rysiek

@rbonifaz este se ve bien:

https://github.com/tootsuite/documentation/blob/master/Running-Mastodon/Docker-Guide.md

Hermosa vista de un lugar de #Quito desde la Torre 2 de la #PUCE

It says something about the proprietary mess that is modern messaging apps that a single tech company has 3 incompatible messaging networks and making them compatible with each other is newsworthy. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/25/technology/facebook-instagram-whatsapp-messenger.html

Zuckerberg initially promised independence, but plans are now underway to unify the underlying messaging infrastructure of WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook Messenger.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/25/technology/facebook-instagram-whatsapp-messenger.html
.onion: https://www.nytimes3xbfgragh.onion/2019/01/25/technology/facebook-instagram-whatsapp-messenger.html