Michael Pfaff @michael@pfaff.dev

"exploit in gitlab", bro u literally had open registration enabled

Digital #privacy law is being updated for the first time in decades, and it's imperative we get it right

https://www.cbc.ca/news/opinion/opinion-digital-privacy-bill-c11-1.5863117

Alberta court ruling may limit smartphone, laptop searches at border crossings

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-court-ruling-may-limit-smartphone-laptop-searches-at-border-crossings-1.5793036

"The Trump campaign hastily set-up a website to support their lawsuit claiming voters were duped into having their ballots rejected. Unfortunately the "Name" field reveals lists of voter names and addresses as you type."

https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/jq4y8w/the_trump_campaign_hastily_setup_a_website_to/

On Older Versions of #Android, Many #LetsEncrypt-Secured Sites May Stop Working in 2021

https://letsencrypt.org/2020/11/06/own-two-feet.html

EU #encryption ban follows the terrorist attack

https://bin.snopyta.org/?b83ca5001da83d53#BFzg631LZMENMwYTDJZWz6b48naUSwiaz3Q2rMToYAyG

Pictured: a freeloader

Undocumented #backdoor that covertly takes snapshots found in kids’ #smartwatch

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/10/a-watch-designed-exclusively-for-kids-has-an-undocumented-spying-backdoor/

Here's how many Americans still secretly use their ex's #passwords

https://www.zdnet.com/article/heres-how-many-americans-still-secretly-use-their-exs-passwords/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/heres-how-many-americans-still-secretly-use-their-exs-passwords/#ftag=RS

PeerTube needs about 13k more to reach that €60,000 / Live streaming feature!

A free as in freedom decentralized video sharing and soon possibly even streaming platform.

The fine developers of Framasoft have a roadmap for version 3.0 of PeerTube.

It includes all the things one needs to ditch Youtube!

Read about it via link & please support if able. We are almost there.

==> https://joinpeertube.org/roadmap
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#framasoft #peertube #stream #p2p #youtube #deletegoogle #libre @Framasoft #deleteYouTube

The European Court Just Ruled That Bulk #Data Retention Schemes Are Illegal

https://www.vice.com/en/article/bv89aa/the-european-court-just-ruled-that-bulk-data-retention-schemes-are-illegal

Students rise up against forced remote spy #app usage in colleges, universities

https://www.zdnet.com/article/students-rise-up-against-spy-app-usage-enforced-by-schools-colleges-in-remote-learning/

Stop saying antifa.

Start saying anti-fascist.

Make them say out loud what they’re really afraid of.

Uncomfortable Questions About App Signing

https://commonsware.com/blog/2020/09/23/uncomfortable-questions-app-signing.html

FOSS boys: phew I finally got my emails working on my phone, it took me a week, involved a soldering iron, and I had to write a patch for a library

Also FOSS boys: people choose the convenience of Apple/Google/Microsoft because they're lazy and stupid, anybody can switch to Arch and PostmarketOS and self-host everything

Credits to: This is not a meme

I hate Microsoft.

For randos on the fediverse you might follow, but don't really know well, whats a comfortable post volume of public/listed toots before you consider unfollowing?

Curious how people feel about this since we don't have "the algorithm" filtering/limiting things for us.

Other feedback welcome. I'm also curious how many people use lists to see everything from a small group while letting home feeds overflow, or other strategies used.

Boosts good if you think this is worth discussing?