Aral Balkan @mastodon.ar.al I make small things.
Unapologetically anti-genocide.
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\#SmallWeb #SmallTech #web #tech #privacy #humanRights #personhood #democracy #aral #fedi22 #searchable
The American way to break up a fight is to repeatedly stab the other guy until your guy wins.
The American way to break up a fight is to repeatedly stab the other guy until your guy wins.
#diplomacy #palestine #lebanon #middleEast #UnitedStates #USA #America #Biden #neoliberalism #imperialism #colonialism #israel #settlerColonialism #apartheid #ethnicCleansing #warCrimes #genocide #history
@[email protected] We’re playing 4D chess.
@[email protected] Goodness, those Meta folks must be really foolish, huh? Looks like they’re stepping straight into our trap.
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Not partnering with trillion-dollar, people-farming, human-rights-eroding, and democracy-destroying surveillance capitalists like Meta should be the lowest of low bars when it comes to organisations
Not partnering with trillion-dollar, people-farming, human-rights-eroding, and democracy-destroying surveillance capitalists like Meta should be the lowest of low bars when it comes to organisations that purport to work on ethical technology but, clearly, even that bar is just too fucking high for some.
#SocialWebFoundation #SWF #fediverse #mastodon #pixelfed #vivaldi #writeAs #iftas #ghost #mammoth #meta #automattic #medium #flipboard #fordFoundation #fastly #institutionalCorruption #BigTech
@[email protected] Indeed, and as you should: as they’re partnered with Meta.
@[email protected] Ah, you meant the Social Web Foundation itself, not my post; gotcha :)
@[email protected] Did anyone say they’re not on the fediverse?
@AstaMcCarthy Do you even know me? :)
(Hint: read the hashtags.)
Follow Social Web Foundation on X for all the latest Social Web Foundation news from Meta and friends.
Follow Social Web Foundation on X for all the latest Social Web Foundation news from Meta and friends.
<https://x.com/socialwebfdn>
#SocialWebFoundation #Meta #automattic #fastly #flipboard #fordFoundation #ghost #iftas #threads #mastodon #medium #pixelfed #vivaldi #writeAs #fediverse #institutionalCorruption #senpaiNoticedMe #congratulationsOnYourNonVotingSeatAtTheAdultsTable
@[email protected] I’m on 46.4 – so they likely removed that.
Is Google implemented in 47?
Ah, this is because Mozilla Location Services is dead (I guess it wasn’t AI enough). And now GNOME are considering Google – because, why not? Nothing wrong with Google, amirite?
Really love how GNOME Settings links to this excellent page on Mozilla’s privacy policy for location data.
Really love how GNOME Settings links to this excellent page on Mozilla’s privacy policy for location data.
#GNOME #Mozilla #location #data #privacy
Oh nice, partnered with Meta.
Oh nice, partnered with Meta.
You know, these guys:
<https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/why-did-meta-just-hire-this-ron-desantis-approved-project-2025-alum/ar-AA1pti16>
FFS, why is everything so shit? Is it too much to ask that you folks don’t involve yourselves with these assholes one fucking time?
#fediverse #meta #SocialWebFoundation #vivaldi #BigTech #SiliconValley #FFS <https://social.vivaldi.net/@Vivaldi/113193395332307465>
I can’t believe they canceled this cancer conference for adopting Mozilla’s business model.
I can’t believe they canceled this cancer conference for adopting Mozilla’s business model.
<https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/sep/21/economist-group-cancer-conference-cancelled-due-to-links-to-tobacco-firms>
#Mozilla #Google #cancer #tobacco #institutionalCorruption #privacy #humanRights #BigTech
Native support for ed25519/x25519 in the browser would be a huge step forward for in-browser/client-side cryptography.
Native support for ed25519/x25519 in the browser would be a huge step forward for in-browser/client-side cryptography.
Looks like Google is holding up our ability to use it in production.
(Firefox and Safari both have support enabled by default.)
https://caniuse.com/mdn-api_subtlecrypto_sign_ed25519
#ed25519 #x25519 #cryptography #browsers #web #mozilla #apple #google #firefox #safari #chrome #privacy #security #WebCryptoAPI
The latest US arms sale to Israel alone was worth $20B. There have been over 100 sales since Oct 7.
The latest US arms sale to Israel alone was worth $20B. There have been over 100 sales since Oct 7.
That’s a lot of money, profit, and jobs.
How many American families make all or a portion of their living from the Israeli-American genocide of the Palestinian people?
<https://www.timesofisrael.com/report-us-quietly-approved-more-than-100-arms-sales-to-israel-since-october-7/>
<https://www.itv.com/news/2024-08-13/us-approves-20-billion-of-weapons-sales-to-israel>
#IsraeliAmericanGenocideOfThePalestinianPeople #Israel #US #USA #America #genocide #ethnicCleansing #settlerColonialism #colonialism #empire #Palestine #Gaza #WestBank #capitalism #history
@DodoTheDev @Lokjo @librewolf @Vivaldi Yeah, although I just read that they’re using the manipulative “Maybe later” pattern in at least one of their dialogs so that would be a good thing to fix for the future (I’m using Vivaldi too as my default browser.)
The opposite of “Yes” is “No”, not “Maybe later.”
@Bro666 @[email protected] @[email protected] Which would make perfect sense if I had said “Plasma forces you to use Firefox.” Would you like any other straw men to rile against?
@Aaron @[email protected] @[email protected] Yes, to non-private defaults. Let’s put it this way: if Firefox’s defaults respected your privacy, Mozilla would go bankrupt tomorrow.
@dajix @[email protected] @[email protected] It’s deceptive. They know exactly what they’re doing. That’s why they also ask if you haven’t used your browser for a while.
@[email protected] @[email protected] Guess what, Firefox does the same thing (a refresh will reset your privacy settings and your default browser, all of which affect Mozilla’s revenue streams) but they’re a tad sneakier/cleverer(?) about it.
(Firefox is not private by default so getting you to reset your settings is how they try to influence you to return to their preferred configuration.)
@[email protected] @[email protected] Very cool. Here’s hoping to see this in @gnome one day too.
PS. I’m sure you’re aware of it but, just in case, the window positions/dimensions appear to be lost on the restart. (An issue I have on GNOME too whenever it returns from suspend.)
@ManeraKai So if I get this right, you can use this to redirect links to other mastodon servers so that you end up on your own server where you can interact with it, right?
(Can’t wait to try it out, thanks.) :)
@ernest Shit happens. Thanks for owning it and making it right :)
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