Notices by switching.social (switchingsocial@mastodon.at), page 29

@FruedianFloyd @protonmail @privacytools

I don't use the app, so it does indeed sound like an app issue.

@endomain @greenblue

I think the EU brought in rules a few years ago to force all smartphones to use micro USB chargers in order to reduce waste, so people wouldn't have to buy a new charger each time.

@xzenor @libreoffice

Article summarising it, includes link to report:

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/11/16/microsoft_gdpr/

@FruedianFloyd @protonmail @privacytools

I've never had that happen to me, no idea what is going on there. Hope it gets resolved soon 🤞

@nurinoas @mu @libreoffice

If you run a company, try OnlyOffice:

https://www.onlyoffice.com/

I mainly mention LibreOffice because switching.social is mainly aimed at private individuals.

@protonmail @FruedianFloyd @privacytools

Haven't had that issue myself, I use Protonmail but mails generally go through.

I've very occasionally run into organisations who have a "whitelist" of mail servers to accept and won't accept any indie email addresses, but this is really rare.

@rainycharm

Welcome 👋

You're on one of the best instances for local timelines, mastodon.art is full of talented people 👍

@puresick @nolan

Yes, I lost about 10% of my non-spam follower total.

Sounds like a bug in the follower count?

@puresick @nolan

Yes, I lost about 10% of my pre-spam follower total. Sounds like a bug in the follower count?

@JarlavGrenlandUpir @libreoffice

Yes, article which includes link to report:

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/11/16/microsoft_gdpr/

@maxeddy

Yes, summary article with report link here:

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/11/16/microsoft_gdpr/

An official report for the Dutch government concluded:

“(Microsoft Office) systematically collects data on a large scale ... covertly, without informing people. … Microsoft does not offer any choice with regard to the amount of data, or possibility to switch off the collection.”

Don't use Microsoft Office, use LibreOffice instead 👍

It's free, open and you can get it here:

https://libreoffice.org

You can follow them on here:

@libreoffice

#MicrosoftOffice #Alternatives #LibreOffice

@ChrisTalleras @amolith

I'm not sure how RSS would work on a site like switching.social as it's not really got news stories as such?

However, you can follow this Mastodon account through RSS by going to:

https://mastodon.at/@switchingsocial.rss

@ChrisTalleras @amolith

I'm not sure how RSS would work on a site like switching.social as it's not really got news stories as such?

However, you can follow this Mastodon account by going to:

https://mastodon.at/@switchingsocial.rss

Switching.social feedback requested 💬

The site currently has two contents pages:

-Current default (roughly in order of relevance to non-tech people)
https://switching.social/

-Alphabetical order
https://switching.social/alphabetical-list/

Is the front page ok as is, with current list and link to alphabetical list?

Or should the alphabetical list be the default on the front page?

(If your instance doesn't support polls, post a reply.)

[ ] Current list as-is
[ ] Alphabetical list default
[ ] Something else

@marianom

I don't know, I'm not a developer. Maybe @inventaire can help?

I think Internet Archive's Open Library also has open source?

https://openlibrary.org
https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary

@unklebonehead

Google still snoop on Android devices even if you don't sign in.

Android is designed to gather and pass on to Google information about how it is used, who uses it, where it is etc.

@michal

On Mastodon at least, all you should need to do is click on the links above and then click follow.

To find a follow link on Mastodon, just put the PeerTube channel's URL into the search box, click search and then click follow on the result.

If you're on Hubzilla, perhaps it has problems communicating with PeerTube?

The /e/ foundation has started selling phones with their own version of Android preloaded on them:

https://e.foundation/

The /e/ version of Android is aiming to be de-googlised, but there are still a few remnants of G on them:

https://infosec-handbook.eu/blog/e-foundation-second-look/

Just wondering what people think about /e/?

Should I list it as an alternative to Android? Is it degooglised enough to consider as a "least worst" option?

#Android #Alternatives #EFoundation

@Tchambers

If you want it to be as easy as possible, take a look at https://masto.host

A lot of good instances use it.