Harri H @harri@mastodontti.fi

Hello world! Happy to finally be part of the Mastodon community. Follow us if you are interested in #privacy #personaldata #dataexploitation and #surveillance, we'll be talking a lot about these.

#newcomer #presentation

Research finds heavy #Facebook users make impaired decisions like drug addicts.

https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/10/facebook-addiction-research/

About 30% of apps in the Google Play Store contact Facebook at startup & the tools FB provides to developers often transmit personal info, like user-specific Advertiser IDs.

Most developers asked didn't realize this wasn't anonymous, reports @cwarzel. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/charliewarzel/apps-are-revealing-your-private-information-to-facebook-and

Original tweet: https://twitter.com/DuckDuckGo/status/1079388387000418305

Coolest christmas thing to do in the Netherlands: visit the Church in The Hague that is entering its 9th week of holding uninterrupted 24/7 church services to prevent the police from entering the building and deporting a refugee family.
The church always needs at least one visitor to legally be in service so a time like 5 AM is the very best moment to come show your solidarity.
https://betheldenhaag.nl/

https://dutchreview.com/dutch-news/dutch-church-protects-refugee-family-by-conducting-religious-services/

Facebook And The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad 2018 https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/literally-just-a-big-list-of-facebooks-2018-scandals
#DeleteFacebook

In summary:
- Exxon Mobile knew since at least the 70s about the potential harm caused by global warming and greenhouse gas emissions.

- In the 80s, they concluded that global warming would actually be good for profits; the polar ice caps would melt, making it easier to get at Arctic oil reserves.

- They started to collaborate with other fossil fuel companies to knowingly lie about CO2 emissions and its effects, in order to stop any global coordinated efforts to to prevent climate change.

I recall someone mentioning a good alternative to Google Translate a while back, but forgot to note what it was. Can the Fedi-brain remind me, please?

/cc @switchingsocial

#alternatives #distributedKnowledge

https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-10479160

Biosfäärin tilanteen kehityssuunta ei näytä kovin lupaavalta.
#wwf #livingplanetindex #yle

This is new to me, people have been abusing ad-blocking extensions to achieve political goals and censor some websites 😖 https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues/285 #censorship #adblocking

https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues/285

Näyttäisi siltä, että tarvitaan uusi ylläpitäjä suomalaisille adblock-listoille. Vapaaehtoisia?

are u vim? because i can't quit you

Not honoring Do Not Track (DNT) is a #GDPR violation. If you receive a DNT signal, you must turn off all tracking. Furthermore, as the person has made their choice explicit and clear, you must not ask them again (via popovers, modals, etc.)

How do we get this enforced. The first part seems like it is already covered by GDPR. Would the second half we enforceable under the current framework?

Thoughts?

Mastodon security:

In August, Mastodon 2.4.4 was released which contains two fixes for security vulnerabilities.

Today, 39.5% of all Mastodon instances which show their version number are still running vulnerable Mastodon < 2.4.4.

We already checked this twice:

– 10/1/18: 42% vulnerable
– 8/23/18: 38.6% vulnerable

Either the remaining instances are all unmaintained or admins refuse to update.

#mastodon #security #vulnerability #infosec #security #cybersecurity