Moving my Deutsche Telekom router from the hallway into my main room. That's a distance of roughly thirty centimetres.
The difference is that there is a wall between the router and where my laptop is, and this router is clearly such a feeble thing, it cannot handle sending / receiving a signal through a normal wall.
So #Chrome is officially a AI browser now. https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/14/google-is-building-its-gemini-nano-ai-model-into-chrome-on-the-desktop/
Remember what John Herrman said back in January that their "help me write" feature is going to mark the end of the human side of the #internet and a place where most words of the #web are going to be written by bots instead of people. https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2024/01/new-ai-powered-google-chrome-browser-end-of-human-internet.html
This is ever closer to a sad reality.
The #web is about to get even worse folks.
"Web publishers brace for carnage as Google adds AI answers: The tech giant is rolling out AI-generated answers that displace links to human-written websites" https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/05/13/google-ai-search-io-sge/
https://archive.is/flZXI
I wholly expect others to follow Gahoogle's lead if not already happening.
boosted
One of my "dream projects" (maybe after retirement 🙈😁) would be to create yet another 
#C64 OS. One that works on a vanilla unextended machine.
There are quite a few around of course. To make something meaningful, you have to think about what could give #retrocomputing enthusiasts an excuse to use their breadbin once in a while 😏
I think it should just support very basic #Internet service clients, like Email, IRC, BBS (via TCP), ... of course this means to require *one* hardware extension (apart from your obligatory floppy drive): Some #ethernet (or wifi) hardware. There are a few around, so "drivers" for those would be needed.
This sets the baseline of features required. Multitasking will probably be unavoidable (clients need to be able to do stuff "in the background", like e.g. respond to IRC PING messages). There's already a LOT of complexity attached to that requirement. You'll need an executable format with relocation info, and a program loader doing the relocation on startup of a new process. You'll need a concept how to deal with the tiny hardware stack (partition it, relying on apps not to overflow? copy it around on each context switch?). You'll need a concept how to dynamically allocate memory (probably just page-wise). And so on.
A windowing system IMHO makes no sense at all on that machine. The UI should focus on text (maybe a set of virtual consoles?). Support for GUI apps might be possible, but then only "full-screen". 🤔
Well, just some thoughts, dreaming along 😄
Please Don’t Share Our Links on Mastodon: Here’s Why!
We need to talk about this problem. Should Mastodon step up?
So, Mastodon is a nice escape from the big tech social media platforms. […]
🦣 https://news.itsfoss.com/mastodon-link-problem/
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#link #twitter #socialmedia #x #internet #problem #mastodon #fediverse #share
Does TLS sound like an ominous hiss to you? @mwl's #bsdcan TLS Tutorial on May 30th 2024 in #ottawa will enlighten you to core #internet #security tech and hint strongly at what could come back to bite you. https://indico.bsdcan.org/event/1/timetable/#20240530.detailed #tls #ssl #security #openbsd #freebsd #netbsd #networking
Some good news at least to report and it comes from my home state of New York:
There was an anti-municipal #broadband language being put into the state's budget that would have been a significant blow to the state's municipal/community broadband push that was announced a few months back thanks to huge Big Telecom lobbying (Charter Spectrum mostly)
Thankfully lawmakers came to their senses and removed it before the budget's passage yesterday. https://communitynets.org/content/anti-muni-broadband-budget-amendment-gets-nixed-new-york
They’re looting the internet
This is the state of the modern internet — ultra-profitable platforms outright abdicating any responsibility toward the customer, offering not a "service" or a "portal," but cramming as many ways to interrupt the user and push them into doing things that make the company money. The greatest lie in tech is that Facebook and Instagram are for "catching up with your friends," bec
https://www.osnews.com/story/139310/theyre-looting-the-internet/
I have no problem with Chromium and Firefox ported to FreeBSD.
This goodness is largely thanks to me being a billionaire, and spending swathes of money on secret miniaturisation of orphaned elks. You know, like in Fantastic Voyage in the 1960s, except these elks of mine become much, much smaller, small enough to fit in the Internet. My army of Internet elks fends off the Mozilla spies that fly over Wi-Fi into Firefox on other platforms.
Do I get thanked? Never.
#philanthropy #Ben #thetwoofusneedlooknomore #rats #cats #elks #Internet #security #Mozilla #Firefox #Google #Chrome #Chromium #Microsoft #Windows #BillGates #FreeBSD
ISPs in #SouthAfrica have been hard at work, frantically rerouting traffic to mitigate the effect of the undersea cable breaks.
If it weren't for that, our situation could've been a LOT worse. But the knock-on effect in some of the countries they're routing traffic through can be quite bad. :(
https://techcentral.co.za/african-isps-broken-subsea-cables/241668/?utm_source=Mastodon
I'd encourage anyone with even a passing interest in #OpenData, #OpenScience, #CitizenScience, #KnowledgeGraphs, the #Internet itself, or the hope for a fairer more progressive world, to read this piece by @jonny.
https://jon-e.net/surveillance-graphs
For 20+ years, I've helped build public-funded platforms for #biodiversity data. #BigTech is always on hand, employing good people and trying to look virtuous but never delivering lasting value. This shows what they actually get out of these partnerships.
Major #Internet problems in #SouthAfrica today. Half the Internet is down. :-(
https://techcentral.co.za/widespread-internet-problems-south-africa/241390/?utm_source=Mastodon
With various services being down today, use this as an opportunity to explore more of the #fediverse and the #OpenWeb:
https://jointhefediverse.net/join
And if you have the time and resources, consider running your own service!
I am of course delighted to see people finding my #OpenBSD piece https://nxdomain.no/~peter/what_every_it_person_needs_to_know_about_openbsd.html, but I think the good people at #APNIC did an excellent job editing the thing into three more easily digestible chunks starting with https://blog.apnic.net/2021/10/28/openbsd-part-1-how-it-all-started/ #openbsd #needtoknow #security #internet
Why am I not surprised by this and why is IT & Internet security still not really taken seriously?
«Brussels spyware bombshell: Surveillance software found on officials’ phones. EU Parliament defense committee was the target of phone hacking, internal email says.»
– by @politico
🕵️ https://www.politico.eu/article/parliament-defense-subcommittee-phones-checked-for-spyware/
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#eu #brussel #spyware #hack #email #itsec #internet #phone #software #security #europe #it #internet
Die ursprünglichen #Forum'e im #Internet gelten schon länger als #veraltet und die scheinbare alternative Lösung #Reddit hat nun #KI integriert und schnuppern die #User aus. Die wahre #Alternative finden wir wieder im Fediverse und sind ua #kbin / #Mbin so wie #Lemmy. Ja das #Fediverse ist viel mehr als nur #Mastodon und Co und kommuniziert nicht nur auf einem Server, sondern in der #Community (ihr kennt es evt schon)
💬 https://kbin.pub
💬 https://github.com/MbinOrg/mbin
🐭 https://join-lemmy.org
»Was ist #Bluesky, und wie verwendet man es?«
Ich persönlich empfinde es als mysteriös, dass es bei Bluesky so lange dauert, bis es "fertig" ist. Für mich bleibt das offene Fediverse, das viel größer als nur Mastodon ist, die einzige öffentliche Kommunikation Lösung. Das erst bereit sein für angemeldete FrühuserInnen ist plumpes Marketing, da anscheinend nur Priviligierte Zugang erhalten.
🤔 https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000189452/blue-sky
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#thread #fediverse #mastodon #twitter #x #socialmedia #internet #privilege
«Reddits #KI-Partner ist Google»
Mögt ihr auch die #Vielfalt im #Internet? Wenn ja, dann nutzt kein #Reddit und #Google mehr. Wem sag ich das? Sicherlich nicht euch, ihr seid ja schon hier im #Fediverse ;)
🤷♂️ https://www.heise.de/news/Reddits-KI-Partner-ist-Google-9635742.html
I'm not so familiar with #AI and security on the #Internet that I really have a #clue. That's another reason why articles like this are very good for informing me and explaining it to customers. #WebSec is more than just #password and #secrecy.
«Post Quantum Cryptography: Why We Need Resistant Encryption NOW.
Quantum-resistant or post-quantum #cryptography is our best bet against attacks from upcoming quantum computers to increase #security and #privacy.»
– @Tutanota
«Perform password based #AES #encryption in the #browser with zero dependencies»
What is your opinion on the article, does it make #sense, e.g. secure transmission of #password's for logging on to the #Internet? I'm asking so bluntly because I'm unsure about this and every #IT person gives me a different answer.
🧵 …mensch sollte mMn so oder so nicht von #Google sich abhängig machen. Mensch kann zB auch archive.ph nutzen um "Archive" im #Internet festzuhalten und zu teilen. Sich bloß auf einen #Konzern im Internet zu verlassen ist unflexiebel. Auch bei der #Web #Suche, siehe ganz oben im #Thread warum, was und weshalb 👆
«Google: Eine der ältesten Funktionen in der Suche wird abgeschafft»
🔎 https://stadt-bremerhaven.de/google-eine-der-aeltesten-funktionen-in-der-suche-wird-abgeschafft/
🔗 https://archive.ph
«Datendiebstahl Nur wenig Hilfe bei digitaler #Gewalt:
"Doxing" heißt die perfide Masche, andere im #Netz bloßzustellen: durch die Veröffentlichung privater #Daten und gefakter Informationen. Oft trifft es #Frauen. Polizei und Strafverfolgung sind überfordert, zeigen Recherchen des Y-Kollektiv.»
Warum das #Internet vom #RealLive trennen, weshalb wird dies schon längst als eins im Leben und #Kommunikation angesehen auch wird es mMn immer noch zu #simpel betrachtet.
🙁 https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/gesellschaft/doxing-internet-datenschutz-100.html
🧵 …ein weiterer Beitrag zu den oben erwähnten #KI Links. Im Artikel ist es ein Promi aber betroffen sind so gut wie alle nicht Heteros im #Internet. Dir kommerziellen #SocialMedia's verdienen daran sehr gut.
»Betroffene wie Taylor Swift - #Deepfake-Pornos: Ein manipuliertes Video kann ein Leben ruinieren.
Jetzt traf es #TaylorSwift, aber es könnte alle treffen: Deepfake-#Porno's, die sich im Netz verbreiten. Welche Spuren hinterlässt es bei Betroffenen?«
Ich gehe mal davon aus, das einige hier im Fediverse die #Web Anwendung für #Privatsphare kennen:
Mit #PrivateBin lässt es sich sein purer #Text oder #Code darauf #anonym im #Internet teilen. Das schöne ist, dass dessen #Link's auf mehreren Anbietern erzeugt werden kann und mensch nicht nur an einem Hoster diesbezüglich abhängig ist. Es gibt noch einige Funktionen, wie #Markdown, #Ablaufzeit und das setzen, wenn gewünscht, ein #Passwort ect.
✏️ https://privatebin.info
📎 https://privatebin.info/directory/
📄 Flat File CMS Systems
A list of strictly flat-file cms systems
I know this isn't new, but in my opinion I haven't realized it enough yet. Apart from that, a look at alternatives is, in my opinion, implicit for future decisions. I also realize that they can't be used for everything, but more than many people think.
📂 https://github.com/ahadb/flat-file-cms
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#cms #web #website #flatfile #app #flat #webdev #internet #alternativ #webdev
Short PSA to #WebDev do not, do not, enable #Accessibility overlays! I was just on a website where the AccessiBe toolbar actually made text completely disappear and turn plain text paragraphs into a DIV, somehow, and a hidden element. I'm telling you, seek out an accessibility ready theme instead. #Wordpress has hundreds, and Shopify has them now too. You. Are. Wasting. Your. Money. On these toolbars. #Internet
Please, don’t force me to log in
🧵 …zusammengefasst was ich außerdem zum #serven als #Plugin nutze hatte ich mal hier im Link. Dies ist sicherlich ergänzend zu den Argumente in den Toots oberhalb. Dies hilf "sicherer" ohne zu viel absaugen der #Daten helfen. #Anonym im #Internet zu serven is wiederum ein anderes Thema und nicht immer optimal.
🔗 [ENG]Kennt wer von euch #Faircamp vom @freebliss und nutzt es auch als Alternative zu #Bandcamp oder gar #Spotify (beides Künstler-Ausnutzer) oder eher @funkwhale oder/und @Castopod um seine #Band im #Internet zu teilen? Wie siehst du es als faire Möglichkeit um alternative #Musik zu pushen oder sollte mensch was anderes nutzen?
[Links ENG]
🎧 https://simonrepp.com/faircamp/
📰 https://wedistribute.org/2023/11/introducing-faircamp/
🌐 https://faircamp.radiofreefedi.net
🧵 …eine #Anleitung um den #Firefox Browser mit einiges an #Datenschutz zu nutzen, sprich einrichten, hatte ich schon mal vor einiger Zeit hier gepostet ;)
Oder wie mensch das #Internet täglich nutzt ohne zu viel von sich zu verraten ohne gleich @torproject (langsm) zu nutzen.
Weil ich es eben gesehen habe:
Die alternative #X / #Twitter Ansicht, das Kettenposts auf einer Website öffentlich zur verfügung stellt, ist zB #threadreaderapp. Die #Plugin's in meinem Browser @ublockorigin, @noscript & @privacybadger zeigen mir aber ihren Datenhunger 😡
Es wäre doch politisch "korrekter" & privater wenn mensch das #Fediverse bevorzugen würde. Hier ja nach #App auch langer Text und alle können es sehen ohne Account. Im #Browser im #Internet zeigen diese mir dazu folgendes an 😬
Cryptographers are getting closer to enabling fully private Internet searches 🔗 https://archive.is/AsYSP
🧵 …OK zugegeben, mensch kann über diese #Schwachstelle auch #Propaganda von #HIBP machen. Ich pers. empfinde dies fast schon lustig, trotz allem sehr doof und beklemmend:
«100 Millionen #Passworte kursieren im Netz: So überprüfen Sie, ob Sie betroffen sind:
Im #Internet sind Passwörter und #Daten von Millionen Nutzern veröffentlicht wurden. Wie Sie checken, ob Sie betroffen sind, zeigen wir hier.»
👉 [Boulevard]
https://www.chip.de/news/Sind-Sie-betroffen-Ueber-100-Millionen-Passwoerter-ploetzlich-frei-im-Netz_185114404.html
Thank you @tekkie for the reference to this article on AI. It's not actually new and I've often used it for "test accounts" and the like. If this is not also used for website by fake people on the commercial #Internet to appear popular?
«Test Yourself: Which Faces Were Made by AI?
Tools powered by artificial intelligence can create lifelike #images of people who do not exist. See if you can #identify which of these images are real people and which are #AI-generated.»
Nach 14 Jahren: Micropayment-Dienst Flattr ist Geschichte
Flattr sollte die Art und Weise verändern, wie für Internetinhalte bezahlt wird und eine Alternative zur Werbung sein. Nun ist es damit endgültig vorbei.
In addition to using an #OpenSource firewall on #PC & #mobile, I have protected my #internet activities. What is your opinion?
My #plugins on Fennec #browser (a #Firefox clone on @fdroidorg) ar help me for more #privacy on #web browser:
🗑️ @clearurls
🤚 @ublockorigin
🚫 @noscript
🦨 @privacybadger
🚧 @libredirect
↔️ https://decentraleyes.org
📰 https://gitlab.com/magnolia1234/bypass-paywalls-firefox-clean
My #searchengine's I use on the internet whitout #track'ing:
🔎 @MetaGer
🔎 @Mojeek
🔎 @monocles
🔎 https://gruble.de
David Mills was heavily involved in #NTP (network time protocol) and initially crafted the infrastructure.
#timesync #time #networktime #stratum0 #stratum1 #internet #timeserver
Source:
https://elists.isoc.org/pipermail/internet-history/2024-January/009265.html
Nowadays, the following solutions are considered safe to use online services. However, some services still do not use it, i.e. have not yet implemented it. As always, security is a combination of technology. Are there any other current solutions for this? 🔏
👉 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Encryption_Standard
👉 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argon2
🧵 2/3
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#argon2 #aes256 #security #webdev #postquantum #webapp #solutions #password #internet
Am I wrong or is that really the case?
Apart from the big internet password security access providers being hacked, some publike WebApp's are also affected. They were developed at some point and then almost never updated afterwards. Is this really the case and still relatively extensive? 🤔
🧵 1/3
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#internet #password #security #access #webapp #webdev #argon2 #aes256 #postquantum
