Keith Whyte @keith@tic-ac.org

Seems google/apple's push notifications services are regularly queried by state authorities for obtaining user data -- see this german @netzpolitik_feed https://netzpolitik.org/2023/push-dienste-behoerden-fragen-apple-und-google-nach-nutzern-von-messenger-apps/ --
#deltachat only uses apple's push notifications on iOS for "heartbeat" services -- to ensure the app can show messages for their user (and many users are asking for tighter integration). On Android, Desktop and #ubuntutouch platforms currently no push notifications are used or needed, also no heartbeat ones.

Macron a sabordé une directive européenne de protection sociale des travailleurs de plateforme. On se demande bien pourquoi?

Dear @EU_Commission I have a hard time finding the total #budget dedicated to @EC_NGI for 2021-2027.

Apparently, it is much easier to find the so-called "defence" budget that is fueling #war around the world thanks to the heavy lobbying and revolving doors of the arms manufacturing industry.

I would like to compare how much we, #FreeSoftware #NGI technologists, get to #build #public #digital #infrastructure for #peace, compared to the growing envelopes and power of the #warmongers.

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 6:

I played with Irish crochet motifs and found some of them looking like gears. Thus the idea of steampunk gears was born.
This collection was made for a virtual yarnbombing project for CoNZealand, the virtual 2020 Worldcon. I ended up using them in postcards suitable for sending to friends around the globe, will see if I can find and show them another day.

Let's make this crystal clear: If you think you are anonymous because you

- used a throwaway number for Signal
- picked a completely random username for Wire/Matrix
- were given a random username with Threema/Session

YOU ARE NOT! You can be identified by the push tokens that are registered with each messenger operator.

https://chaos.social/@andre_meister/111538429318672330

Das Smartphone piept oder vibriert. Diese Benachrichtigungen laufen über Push-Dienste, fast immer von den Smartphone-Firmen. So erfahren Behörden, welcher Google/Apple-Account hinter Signal-User +49-172-9973185 oder Threema-User *MY3DATA steckt. Wir wollen Auskunft. https://netzpolitik.org/2023/push-dienste-behoerden-fragen-apple-und-google-nach-nutzern-von-messenger-apps/

AstrosMX te brinda servicios informáticos basados en Software Libre y de Código Abierto que protegen tu privacidad y te encaminan para alcanzar la verdadera libertad digital.

Nos apegamos a la legislación vigente en México, lo que te brinda la confianza jurídica de que tu información no será vulnerada por terceros, ya sean empresas o gobiernos.

#SofwareLibre #SoberaníaDigital #Libertad #Emancipación

Any device that needs to be off because it can't be trusted with your conversations should not exist in the first place.

#privacy #privacymatters #security #infosec #cybersecurity #cybersec #amazon #amazonecho #surveillance

#Competition authorities should keep an eye on the moves by #Android to push attestation for secure apps (e.g. banking apps) to the server through the #PlayIntegrityAPI, encouraging firms to make non-#GooglePlay versions of ‘open source’ Android impractical. See eg #GrapheneOS’s compatibility guide https://grapheneos.org/articles/attestation-compatibility-guide

@topio Ironically, #Mozilla's idea of "reclaiming the #internet" is to hold a five-day #offline #event in #Berlin, and to "invite" everybody who can't be there to proprietary platforms of #SurveillanceCapitalism:

»Of course, we want you to join us even if you’re not in Berlin. You’ll be able to check out the exhibits and events on our #Instagram and #TikTok, including a livestream of the Rise25 award ceremony on Mozilla’s #YouTube page.«

https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/reclaim-the-internet/

amazon, spaceX, whatever, they are both run by *the baddies*. I'm not saying that peeps who use their stuff are bad, we're all held hostage by any of the telcos, but I do caution that the cost will be high when we cede our infrastructure to any monopoly.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/10/report-amazon-made-1b-with-secret-algorithm-for-spiking-prices-internet-wide/

and I said this 2 years ago... “Digital colonialism is fucking dangerous, and we're not even talking about that... The trick is: how can we balance this need for fighting colonization with the tools that it is using to oppress us?”
https://www.vice.com/en/article/k78mnz/spacexs-satellite-megaconstellations-are-astrocolonialism-indigenous-advocates-say

Note that I wrote this 3 years ago: "What’s to stop either SpaceX or the US government from choosing who can be monitored, censured, throttled, or cut-off from service altogether? Will this end up serving as yet another mechanism to erode privacy rights?"
https://animikii.com/insights/digital-divide-spacex-starlink-and-the-indigenous-spaces-between

Mis impresiones de una visita en China, el π-HuB Global Summit & CNHUPO 2023, Sep 2023. https://mexico-pensante.blog/display/eb6814cf-1565-1b1e-fee6-662402275329

For real though

You are not responsible for other people’s failing business models.

Adblockers are a safety measure on the modern internet. Do your part: help everyone get more adblocking.

„Search engines are far from passive components of the web, they construct a selective new reality – and obscure more than they show […]", says Michiel Leenaars, Director of Strategy at @nlnetlabs.

Friday is international #FreeWebSearch Day, an annual day of action to promote free, open and transparent internet search. Join the activities and free webinars: https://freewebsearch.org/en/events/