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FBI Seizure of Mastodon Server Data is a Wakeup Call to Fediverse Users and Hosts to Protect their Users
  • I view the repeated reply of "start your own server" as a cop out to not address what is fundimentally broken about a service, plus it doesn't acknowedge that starting a new instance requires taking on a daily obligation of attending and checking that the service is running and immediately addressing in as short time as possible.

    Look at the rules of a instance that focuses on a particular topic or industry, they still have rules for public postings or acceptable speech.

    Since Mastodon has the capabilty to ban IP addresses and for one instance to ban another instance from communicating with it, that's using a deny-all rule due to specfic individuals, so everybody on the internet who uses one server do not exist online for people on another server.

  • FBI Seizure of Mastodon Server Data is a Wakeup Call to Fediverse Users and Hosts to Protect their Users
  • One of the main or even first rules for a lot of Mastodon is nobody is allowed say anything bad about tansgender or homosexuality an will result in account delete or ban, that much censorship is a cult.

    Not allowed to criticize vaccines. I'm not talking about messaging individual users, simply a public posting criticizing trans ideology or injections, banned.

    If someone reads the rules across a long list of Mastodon instances, a picture becomes clear about conformity to acceptable speech. Functional healthy adults are mature enough to ignore it or they themself choose to ban a user from messaging them, not an admin who had no part in a conversation. If one person creates multiple account and targets individuals, then yes the admin gets involed.

    To prove my point, do a search for a Mastodon instance that allows obnoxious or unpleasant statements, that is still allowed to communicate with more populated instances.

  • FBI Seizure of Mastodon Server Data is a Wakeup Call to Fediverse Users and Hosts to Protect their Users
  • You lying to yourself or have unfounded expectations. Everything on Mastodon is in plain text, there is no encryption, and servers get mirrored. It's only the login info that stays with the instance, and they all say that each instance server keeps logs for a year.

    It has never been any priacy at all. The entire point of why Mastodon was ever started was censor evertbody that has the wrong opinion. Twitter wouldn't delete people because of what they believe, so Mastodon was developed to ban IP address so only approved speech could exist on the internet as far as they are concerned and can avoid ackniwledging the real world. A high number of people on there, especially the admins, live in cult

  • Cromite and Vanadium
  • Navi has a built-in download manager, it is not a standalone download manager. I use Navi as a light web browser for websites in case I never a browser on phone.

    I do not compile IceCat, it's available in different repositories.

  • Cromite and Vanadium
  • I am using Graphene abd I disabled Vanadium due to it being Chromium essentially. I use Navi or Download Navi from F-Droid. It does not have as much web functionality as Vanadium, but I don't use phone for websites, I read websites on computer or laptop, but occassionally something might need a browser momentarily so that's what Navi for.

    If you want a web browser for privacy, I would suggest use F-Droid and in Settings under Anti-features, turn off every option in there, do a search for browser and see what you think of the options. It's either cheap development or old. A mobile web browser that protects privacy doesn't seem to exist with the capabilitied of a Firefox.

    I'm a strong believer that there is no such thing as a privacy respecting browser that is closed source. For that reason, I use IceCat on computer.

  • Thermal Grizzly Conductonaut x RTX 3090
  • A definite much needed improveme because I know the memory on 3090 has some issues with temperatures that was improved on for the 3090 Ti.

    I would guess that the 5090 is going run cool given how small it will be, but with GDDR7, I'm not sure if it will bring temperatures back up.

  • Is there really no viable alternative for Photoshop on Linux?
  • Nothing can touch Photoshop. They pay developers good salaries to implemend new features. For people who do media prouction and photography for $150,000, they only care about time, nothing else. I will always tell them to use Mac or Windows and Photoshop to get work done in a hurry and get paid.

    GIMP does not exist or is s laughing joke for people who work full time in graphic design and photo production.

  • Thinking about upgrading
  • Everything does. The 1060 is ok as long as you do not play any games from the last 3 years.

    Given your specs, I assume the power supply is in the 650 to 750 range, that won't handle the new hardware releases.

    For you next system, I would suggest paying extra money for an extra nice case and a larger power supply than what you could use. That way with an expensive case and expensive power supply, in 5 years you'll only need to replace motherboard and processor, you will not have to take apart the whole system or build a whole new one. You simply disconnect all cables to.motherboard, unscrew it, take it, put in new board, CPU, RAM, connect all cables to board, you did a new platform upgrade.

    I bought a 1000W power supply, I might max out at drawing 600W. It wasn't a waste of money. My system is 100% stable, PS is not working much with that load, it will still work very well when I do a platform upgrade in 3 years or so so no cable management since I will use the same case and power.

  • What's your opinion on telegram from a foss and privacy perspective?
  • Do a search online of Telegram turning over user to government, they store your contacts and info.

    For absolute privacy and security, stick with SimpleX for creating a different random ID for each contact you message, no 2 users will see the same ID from you.

    As a secondary option, use Molly which is a modified version of Signal to remove proprietary dependancies.

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  • There are ways around it if you are willing to put in the work and deal with incoveniences.

    For example, never use native Android or iOS, flash a custom ROM, never install proprietary apps, just that cuts a lot out. Only use cash for all stores and services, never carry payment cards with you, that wipes out financial tracking. Never give real info to stores. Use email aliases so different people have a different address. Don't use Windows on computer if the prgrams you use are not exclusive to Windows.

    Those can be the beginner steps to how to be almost invisible in society. One thing I've done is try to push people onto SimpleX chat app for messaging so I can have a different random ID with each person I message so there's no contact info to share. Even people I know in person, we hang out together, I try to get them on SimpleX in place of Signal.

  • Red Hat refuses Alma's CVE patches to CentOS Stream; says "no customer demand"
  • Until someone gives legal notice to IBM lawyers forcing Red Hat source code to be released pulicly, all of this debating over it means jack nothing.

    If nobody takes IBM to court, the matter is settled and all developers must accept Red Hat's choices.

    If they dismiss the online talk, ignore all criticisms, and nobody pays for a lawsuit, the case is done and finished.

    I'm not trying skip over your points, as I said from my first first, everybody can talk all they want, who has the power of persuasion or legal force to change IBM's decision?

    I may be wrong, but I believe only the Linux Foundation is a position to call IBM CTO, President, whoever, and say "We heard about the changes to with holding Red Hat's source code, you will not be doing that, it shall remain public. If you want to discuss this further, please send your most expensive lawyers to our offices and we will explain in detail why you won't be doing that."

  • Hells Angels’ control of BC ports

    Thousands of port workers, including scores of Hell Angels, their associates, gangsters, and other criminals across British Columbia, are set to resume strike activity after failing to ratify a tentative deal that was reached through federal mediation. https://tnc.news/2023/07/19/bonokoski-hells-angels-control-of-bc-ports/

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    Friendship kiss

    For a city that is all about showing public acceptance of gays and trans, why do the men seem so uptight as a matter of respect and greeting, for a man to kiss another man's face, on the cheek of course?

    Explain how people are all for 2 men frnech kissing, but a friendship kiss is too sexual, there seems to be a contradiction.

    Are men not comfortable showing a bond with other men but let's love the gays? I grew up with a kiss on the forehead or cheek is strictly general affection to show a sentimental care for the person.

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    Strong Men

    Is there people on here who are old enough to remember when a man could take a punch and would physically defend other people's safety?

    How did it get replaced by people complaining on the internet about a website hurt their feelings?

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    IBT/BTI on Linux vs OpenBSD

    From Theo de Raadt of OpenBSD

    Over the last 6 months we've worked on adding arm64 BTI & Intel IBT support in the kernels and all userland binaries. We have been fixing all the applications along the way. Many developers were involved. There is an innovative and substantial difference in our approach compared to how Linux is doing it:

    • On OpenBSD, IBT/BTI enforcement is on by default (meaning mandatory), unless a binary is linked to request opt-out (using -Wl,-z,nobtcfi). After all our fixes, very few application binaries need that, and that count is expected to shrink quickly as we (or upstreams) fix the outstanding issues.
    • On Linux they are rehashing the same design as their executable-stack mechanism: if a single .o file in a resulting binary isn't marked as IBT/BTI enforcement, the system will (silently) execute the program without enforcement and noone knows this is happening. So for an issue from around 2001, today Linux binaries with executable stack exist and work unsafely. I expect that 20 years from now Linux binaries without IBT/BTI enforcement will also exist and work unsafely..
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    New Linux kernel vulnerability

    thehackernews.com Researchers Uncover New Linux Kernel 'StackRot' Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

    New Linux Kernel Vulnerability Uncovered. StackRot (CVE-2023-3269) opens doors to unauthorized elevated privileges.

    Researchers Uncover New Linux Kernel 'StackRot' Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

    A discovered vulnerability for privilage escalation https://thehackernews.com/2023/07/researchers-uncover-new-linux-kernel.html?m=1

    If system security is the most important criteria above everything else, switch to using BSD.

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    High framrate single player campaign

    I only play single player campaings exclusively, I only buy games based on the campaign, I never play multiplayer, not one.

    Does high framerate really make for better gameplay in a campaign? Is 120fps noticable over 60?

    I play on 60Hz now at ultra. Is 120fps Cyberpunk really a better experience than 60fps Cyberpunk?

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    FreeBSD: A Successful Failure - Linux: A Failing Success

    An interesting comparison and discussion https://yewtu.be/watch?v=f2e4FNMzyto

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    Suspicious of Proton

    Have people noticed how much popretary java code ProtonMail requires when using a web browser for email?

    Also, why the required login on their free VPN service if they are all about privacy and encryption? Why do they want someone's network traffic in order to use their free VPN?

    Over the past 6 months my suspicion grows bigger and bigger of who is behind Proton, the agenda behind starting the service, and how it caught on? Why don't free encrypted anti-government services catch on?

    Until ProtonVPN removes login requirement and release VPN server code under open source license like RiseupVPN or CalyxVPN which are anonymous VPN's, no account, I will choose to treat Proton like a spy agency.

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    Trying to search communities

    I try doing a search for !pcgaming[@lemmy.ca but says not found. The website for https://lemmy.ca/c/pcgaming is up and running but I can't find the community. Is there something I'm overlooking or not considering?

    I am a member of 2 other lemmy.ca communities.

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    Settings

    Is there nothing in settings to the default feed when ooening the app? I only want to see subsscribed communities starting with newest.

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    BC Conservatives vow to protect women’s spaces from biological men

    BC Conservatives vow to protect women’s spaces from biological men https://tnc.news/2023/06/23/bc-conservatives-womens-spaces/

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