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@ Jerry @feddit.online

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Just a techie guy running feddit.online to allow people to communicate, make friends and acquaintances. Odd coming from a happy introvert, right? (https://jerry.hear-me.blog/about)

I also own these publicly available applications:Mastodon: https://hear-me.social/Alternative Mastodon UI: https://phanpy.hear-me.social/Peertube: https://my-sunshine.video/Friendica: https://my-place.social/Matrix: https://element.secure-channel.net/XMPP/Jabber: https://between-us.online/Bluesky PDS: https://blue-ocean.social/ (jerry.blue-ocean.social) Mobilizon (Facebook Events Alt): https://my-group.events/and more...

  • Proton has handed over 32,076 users' data to governments since 2017. Their own transparency report states a 94% compliance rate in 2024.

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  • Proton stores your encrypted private key . An encrypted private key does not allow them to read your email or files.

    When you log into a new device: Proton sends the encrypted private key to your device. You type your password. ** Your device** (not Proton's server) uses the password to decrypt the private key locally in your browser or app memory.

    That decrypted key is then used to decrypt your emails on your device. Proton mail sends you just the encrypted text.

    There is one potential security issue:

    Since Proton serves the website code (HTML/JavaScript) that performs the encryption, you have to trust that they serve you honest code. Proton could theoretically alter their website code to capture your password the next time you log in, which theoretically a government can force them to do.

    However, this is a different threat than "they have the keys." Currently, they possess the keys only in a form they mathematically cannot unlock.

  • Proton has handed over 32,076 users' data to governments since 2017. Their own transparency report states a 94% compliance rate in 2024.

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  • "From time to time, Proton may be legally compelled to disclose certain user information to Swiss authorities, as detailed in our Privacy Policy. This can happen if Swiss law is broken. As stated in our Privacy Policy, all emails, files and invites are encrypted and we have no means to decrypt them. "

  • I got hacked: My Hetzner server started mining Monero

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  • Seems that if the uninvited code never tried doing network scans, it may not have been detected for quite a while. Good thing the hacker was a bit greedy.

  • Is Pixelfed sawing off the branch that the Fediverse is sitting on?

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  • I read the post and understood the problem. Then I read Dan's reply. And he's fixing it. In fact, he's fixing it in the exact way the blog post says it should be fixed, "... but those filters should be manually triggered and always removable."

    Here's Dan's reply:

    "... I hear the community: you want text-only posts. We are going to build this as an opt-in feature. If you want microblogging, turn it on. If you prefer the classic media-only experience, nothing changes."

    Why was this blog post even written then? Now it's seeming to be personal.

  • Will LW PLEASE do something (ANYTHING!) about that obnoxious hit-and-run account?

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  • One option is to switch to a PieFed instance running V 1.3.6. The devs did something about this for PieFed users that should help.

    v1.3.6Stop floods of spammy posts from very new accounts on lemmy.world.New accounts (< 24h old) from lemmy.world are now limited to 3 posts in their first day.

    V1.3.3Automatically delete posts by very young accounts that self-delete.

    piefed.social and feddit.online are two that are running the latest code. I'm sure there are others.

    Yeah, that person is quite annoying.

  • Looking for a PeerTube instance that actually accepts new users

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  • my-sunshine.video is one with no restrictions and has open registration. Don't know about others.

  • Piefed.au

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  • How long has the site been down, as far as you know?

  • My Mastodon instance refuses to federate with a specific instance, and nobody seems to know why.

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  • Yes, it claims to proxy the traffic, but then you have to connect to the fedibuzz relay server.

    It sounded from the post that there was an attempt to directly connect to a Mastodon server through the relay connection, which won't work.

  • My Mastodon instance refuses to federate with a specific instance, and nobody seems to know why.

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  • A relay, as in the Mastodon relay feature? As in Administration->Relays? If so, does mastodonapp.uk have an active relay? It can't be used to connect to just any Mastodon server. It has to connect to a special relay server.

    Not sure whether this is helpful.

  • Zoomers are officially worse at passwords than 80-year-olds

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  • I hate these hasty generalizations about a group of people. It serves no purpose and gives less intelligent people a reason to be snarky against other people.

  • PieFed Logo Not Working Today?

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  • I'm now displaying it on feddit.online. And it's staying.

  • Could somebody recommend me a reliable and safe email service to use instead of Google and Microsoft ones?

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  • Proton Mail, Tuta mail, runbox.com, to name three.

  • In a town where 76% backed Trump, locals are outraged as his new bill shuts down their only hospital

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  • TIL the Guillotine was named after a man who neither invented it nor believed in the death penalty

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  • Thanks! I've tried editing it.

  • Today I Learned (TIL) @lemmy.ca
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    TIL the guillotine was named after a man who neither invented it nor believed in the death penalty

  • Today I Learned @lemmy.world
    Jerry on PieFed @feddit.online

    TIL the Guillotine was named after a man who neither invented it nor believed in the death penalty

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    HUGE tip for extra privacy for android

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  • You have to trust someone. There's no way around this. But trusting some app written by some unknown person that has nobody overseeing it is probably the worst place to put your trust.

    So, decide. You either trust some unknown app developer, your ISP, or a VPN provider. You must choose one. Which one do you choose? Choosing none means you are off the Internet.

    I have more trust in Proton VPN, Mullvad VPN, Mozilla VPN, and some other reputable VPN providers than I do in my ISP, some cheap VPN run by unknown people, or some app making crazy claims. I strongly doubt that a reputable VPN provider is doing any tracking of user traffic. But I bet MockTraffic is telling someone all the websites you're visiting.

    I think if you are worried about your traffic being tracked, you are safest with a reputable VPN provider.

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    HUGE tip for extra privacy for android

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  • I see so much wrong in these claims.

    1. Anyone analyzing your traffic is not just doing so based on DNS queries. They use Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) and they track packets across the Internet to find out what you're doing. A fake request won't fool them.
    2. Similarly, they use machine learning and behavioral analysis, which won't be fooled either by a bunch of DNS queries.
    3. The increased noise could be detected as malicious activity, like a DDOS attack. You can find yourself rate limited, and your network performance can drop substantially.
    4. If the fake requests are real websites, your IP address can become associated with a wider range of interests, leading to more targeted advertising.
    5. Instead of using a simpleton's approach that won't work, use real protection. Use a paid-for VPN, or at least a reputable free one (not many) with built-in ad and tracker blocking to bypass your ISP.

    **The App sounds fishy, actually. ** Many apps come out claiming to provide some unique security, and they eventually turn rogue and start stealing information. This one sounds ripe to go rogue, especially since it can't make it into the standard store. I expect to read about MockTraffic someday being caught stealing information.

    I wouldn't go near it.

  • Those who are hosting on bare metal: What is stopping you from using Containers or VM's? What are you self hosting?

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  • Depends on the application for me. For Mastodon, I want to allow 12K character posts, more than 4 poll question choices, and custom themes. Can't do it with Docker containers. For Peertube, Mobilizon, and Peertube, I use Docker containers.

  • Scientists May Have Found Signs of a Hidden Universe on the Ocean Floor

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  • The headline is nuts. There's no hidden universe on the ocean floor. I'll fix the headline:

    "Scientists Found Evidence of Distant Cosmic Events Using a Detector on the Ocean Floor"

  • Illegal/nsfw content

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  • Peertube is run by volunteers who pay with their own money and time for the convenience of others to use it for free. People generally run it to give people social media options outside centralized corporate control.

    Why would someone put themselves in legal jeopardy and host pirated content, knowing their arrest is imminent? You can't hide your site easily.

    Porn would be overwhelmingly expensive to run because of the sheer amount of traffic, storage, and numbers of people. It would have legal exposure too and require huge moderation problems, with no return for the effort.

  • Cybersecurity @sh.itjust.works
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    AI hacking. Downloading images can allow your computer to be hijacked

  • Cybersecurity @sh.itjust.works
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    My Pixel 10 warned me 8 times in 30-minutes that there was a rogue connection made. Deeply concerning

  • Facepalm @lemmy.world
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    Hackers got Clorox passwords by simply asking for them?

  • Facepalm @lemmy.wtf
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    Chicago Sun-Times Ripped For AI Summer Reading List - Comic Sands

    www.comicsands.com /sun-times-ai-list
  • Facepalm @lemmy.world
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    Chicago Sun-Times Ripped For AI Summer Reading List - Comic Sands

    www.comicsands.com /sun-times-ai-list
  • Privacy @lemmy.world
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    Big win for States, and you, for stopping corporations who violate state privacy laws

  • Fediverse @lemmy.world
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    Short video that show what Friendica can do

  • Selfhosted @lemmy.world
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    mysql or postgresql? Which is better for an Internet-facing application

  • Community Promo @lemmy.ca
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    Antisocial Media

  • memes @lemmy.world
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    The elf in the swamp

  • Technology @lemmy.world
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    Digital Ocean's long outage on 28-Nov-2024 caused by a Network Solutions blunder they [NS] didn't know how to fix

  • memes @lemmy.world
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    Schrödinger's Supermarket

  • memes @lemmy.world
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    It could be worse

  • memes @lemmy.world
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    This Building Looks Like It Was Designed In Microsoft Word

  • memes @lemmy.world
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    Different perspectives on dogs

  • memes @lemmy.world
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    Depends what you base it on

  • memes @lemmy.world
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    Schrödinger's Code

  • memes @lemmy.world
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    My Nose At Night When I'm Trying To Sleep