She’s safe.
Yesterday, @joynewacc was evacuated from Gaza.
This was such a group effort. We couldn’t have done it without an international group of volunteers led by @riverbirchtree organising on Signal and without those of you on the fediverse who helped fund her scholarship to Milan.
Thank you to all of you who made this possible.
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Here's a WONDERFUL documentary:
Chauvet: Humanity’s First Great Masterpiece videoneat.com/documentaries/26…
Documentary that follows a 30-year archaeological, geological and artistic adventure as scientists endeavour to understand and conserve the extraordinary art of the Chauvet cave.
#documentary #paleonotology #archeology #nature #bbc #france #videoneat
You should follow Big World small Sasha on Peertube - videos.trom.tf/c/big_world_sma…
She is making very interesting hiking videos. And she posts on Peertube! :)
We need more people who create original content to use Peertube. Without the content the platform cannot evolve.
This.
Wish someone had said the same thing… oh, I don’t know… maybe eight years ago?
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And maybe a year later to their faces?
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Almost as if they weren’t listening then and they aren’t listening now (or that they don’t really have a problem with any of this nor any desire to take any action beyond what is de facto performative posturing).
the only way to enforce age verification of minors is through total internet supervision of everybody. And it won't help with any of the problems on the internet, because facilitating and effectively rewarding terrible behaviour optimises the revenue of the main players.If you want a better internet, step one is to ban behaviour-based profiling for advertising, with no "consent" loophole. It makes surveillance ("tracking cookies") immediately illegal (no "legitimate interest" excuse, GDPR does the rest). That trashes the direct "more bullying and hate leads to greater revenue" connection, which immediately removes the incentive to put active effort into more vicious online spaces. This applies to Google, Meta, X, Reddit, etc.
Note that the "consent is not an excuse" part is critical. "Ask me later" just means that people are worn down into clicking "yes" eventually, just to get it out of the way, you know yourself the dark patterns, you know yourself the cookie consent forms, where "none of them" is tedious and must be repeated on every visit, but "yes please" is simple and eternal. Try changing that decision later.
Ban the surveillance. Yes, it's many companies' entire business model. That's too bad for them, should have tried being socially positive. Yes, many services will have to start some sort of subscription or pay per use model instead of being fake-free. That's OK, they'll also be disincentivised to enshittify.
It'd make the internet better for everyone, including children, who could continue to find and create so many positive communities online, instead of being blanket-banned.
There is a new #friendica app github.com/LiveFastEatTrashRac… - looks super good and I've heard they are promoting our instance too since it is quite lively and reliable.
I only tested the app a bit since I do not use mu phone much, but hey @Rokosun maybe you should give it a try! :) Maybe we finally have a great Friendica app :)
Kudos to the people who are making these things. You are awesome people!
#friendica #fedi #fediverse #mastodon #trade-free #foss #opensource
A Kotlin Multiplatform client for Mastodon and Friendica - LiveFastEatTrashRaccoon/RaccoonForFriendicaGitHub
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Good news among the bad news!
If the recent #0day attacks against Linux kernel+servers were launched against #chatmail relays, privacy of chatting with #deltachat is preserved. Why? Because we already assume the server could be actively hostile, and still not read or see any avatar, names or messages.
Since the March 2.48 zero-metadata releases relays/servers do not see cryptographic identities, and get no chance to launch "machine-in-the-middle" (MITM) attacks.
With the latest 2.48+ releases, a chat message reveals close to zero metadata to servers. For cryptographers and messenger enthusiasts, here are the key points on how we turned email very close to ...delta.chat
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SecureDrop Workstation 1.7.0 has been released!
This is a Qubes 4.3-only release, and takes advantage of some of its new features to provide a more robust and secure way for journalists to review submissions.
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Thank you Ognjen for becoming our new TROM Supporter - tromsite.com/donate/
We create a lot of trade-free stuff, and hopefully this month we will release something new. Let's see.
We need 200 people to donate €5 a month in order to support our projects long term. We only accept equal donations of €5 to spread the load and make everyone equal within this campaign.
See the donation page for a detail look at what TROM does ;)
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Instead of drip-feeding it across 20+ posts, why not post the complete thought in one single post? (This would also increase accessibility.)
The character limit per post is easily configurable for you since you run your own instance.
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Google's reCAPTCHA is planning an approach where they use Privacy Pass on Apple hardware, their own approach on Google Mobile Services Android devices and a QR code scanning system to require an iOS or Google certified Android device for Windows and other systems:
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It's the goal.
For example, all those new laws for age verification are to prevent you from using an operating system or ROM that cannot be minored or controlled. Blocking reCAPTCHA on a non-approved, non-certified government and corporate sanctioned devices is just 1 piece of the big picture.
For example, the USA has made any new router not made in the USA illegal to import or sell. They can apply for an exception if they agree to include their new control chip or firmware.
Motorola has a security contract with the USA.
They will, depending on need, release a device with GrapheneOS — or delay it — and work closely with you to identify the methods and vulnerabilities you discover, as well as how you implement features to overcome the planned “new normal,” so that, behind the scenes, they can undermine and circumvent your work in the future. The investment — which includes you — is intended to strengthen relations and acquire additional contracts. 😭
I am the source.
Both Motorola Mobility with Motorola Solutions CAGE Code: 01113, 6H7Z2, 78205, and 7H229 (NCAGE).
dla.mil/Working-With-DLA/Appli…
If you’re looking for an actual document that says, “Yes, we’re trying to screw over the American people,” a written confession in a convenient PDF file, you won’t find one. Ever.
Yes, and money goes both ways.
i complained on many official service they ignore it, the ombudsman was called and they seem to ignore it too.
they all aswer the bullshit that you are labelled insecure by official tool, because google tool automatically mark non licensed OS as insecure regardless of their actual security.
Google has the entirety of its commercial success thanks to the openness and interoperability of the #WWW. To try an captcha it to build a walled garden is, frankly speaking, an act of disrespect for @timbl and the entire web community.
Microsoft has tried it. Apple has tried it as well. Both have finally had the insight that working with the community is much more rewarding and profitable than working against it.
Let's work toward Google having that same revelation as well.
(Sorry for the pun, couldn't resist)
Unified Attestation is another anti-competitive system being pushed by multiple European companies. It will similarly lock people out from using arbitrary hardware and software. That's not a solution and is far worse than Android's much more open hardware attestation API.
grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/…
Android provides a standard hardware attestation system with support for alternate operating systems via allowing their verified boot key fingerprints. It's mainly used with Google's root of trust and remote key provisioning service but the API supports alternative roots of trust.Volla's Unified Attestation is fully built on Android's hardware attestation API. It solely exists to create a centralized authority and service determining what's allowed under their control.
mastodon.social/@volla/1162387…
🔐 Introducing: Unified Attestation
An open-source project for verifying the integrity of Android apps—as an alternative to Google's Play Integrity.
The goal is to make apps such as banking and payment apps usable on independent Android systems without relying on Google services.We invite developers, ROM projects, and app providers to get involved.
#Volla #VollaOS #OpenSource #software #hardware #Privacy #Security #DeGoogle
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care to comment @EUCommission @hpod16
i increasily grew annoyed with the EU a** licking of Google and Apple...
The Brazilian government app "gov.br" requires Play Integrity too. There's no fallback, no alternative verification method.
I've sent complaints to the Brazilian entities suggested in the "Keep Android Open" website, but they either reply with a template message or completely ignore it.
Google is pretty much our Evil Corp, but where is fsociety? 👹
Word! I hate #reCAPTCHA with a deep passion. It’s not just annoying but also yet another proprietary software forced on us.
It was bad before Google attempted to expand it further, and will continue to be bad.
The need to kick spambots/etc. out is understandable, but depending on proprietary software to do it is a BAD idea. There are other ways.
@FantasmitaAsex reCAPTCHA is extremely widely adopted. A portion of services using alternatives won't solve how much damage they can do to alternatives via control of reCAPTCHA.
Only a tiny proportion of apps use the Play Integrity API and ban GrapheneOS with it. It's something like 1/10000 apps or even lower but for banking apps it's around 1/10 and important government apps around 2/10. However, it's widely adopted enough that it's a huge barrier to GrapheneOS adoption for people already.
My bank has been this way for months already. They got rid of other 2FA methods they used to support and require a Google-approved Android OS or iOS... even to log in to their banking UI on a desktop/laptop.
It's infuriating, and it means I'm now 100% locked in to a proprietary app on a proprietary OS (controlled by 1 of 2 companies, both headquartered in California, USA) on a proprietary phone for banking and public transit (in Europe), with no alternative possible. 😖
Guide on using remote attestation in a way that's compatible with GrapheneOS.GrapheneOS
Hardware Attestation should only be used in situation when device is supposed to not be owned by the user. Like an internal service of a company making sure only company-provided devices are accessing it.
I wonder of there's someone you can contact in the Canadian government to try to hard-block this from becoming a requirement with our government, banks, etc., from a national security perspective. You might find a receptive audience given that we're trying to gain some independence from the US.
My feeling is that the government knows that reliance on American tech is a problem and a trap, but they don't have a good grasp of the details or the alternatives.
I know almost nothing about computers
but if Apple/Google are forcing banks to use better* hardware, then I say hooray for A/G
*term not precisely defined, but generally meaning , roughly, more secure
@7cd4a72311bad46117e0f692dddc5f31a543b47ff4265b028f8d820ac808ab3c @MAlBarram Pixels aren't somehow dead and none of what we posted is in any way specific to Pixels, Android devices or operating systems based on the Android Open Source Project.
You should read the thread we posted which is about them bringing the Play Integrity API to the web including for desktops by requiring having a phone certified by it or an iOS device in order to pass checks on the web and desktops too.
Certainly it won't be easy. I think we have more allies in this than are currently obvious. The manufacturers that provide Android devices won't like an environment where Google Android is the only game in town. Samsung's entire software offering is proof that they at least are unwilling to cede the entire software stack to Google. The more strictly Google cuts off older devices or unpatched devices, the more control they will be exerting against those manufacturers
There are IMHO few cases when hardware attestation (which btw is the ultimate in anti handicapped stance one can take, I literally remember a decade ago how a colleague modified his Linux workstation to deal with his personal mix of handicaps)
And if there is a need for that there is no need to go with a vendor lock-in solution as the grapheneos crew correctly points out.
But security theater is cheaper than haviyng real competent engineer look over the security design for real.
Hardened OSs like #GrapheneOS do a great job, but we have a major blind spot: The Hardware.
Modern phones are networks of dozens of "black box" computers (UFS, Baseband, Wi-Fi) running proprietary code we can't audit, disable, secure or replace.
Why this matters:
1️⃣ Persistence: Malware in your UFS/SSD controller survives a factory reset.
2️⃣ Tracking: Hardware Attestation acts as an immutable digital fingerprint.
3️⃣ Shadow Attacks: Zero-click exploits hit your Wi-Fi or Baseband before the OS can even react.
We are calling for #HardwareSovereignty. Inspired by the #OpenBSD philosophy, we demand:
✅ Open & replaceable firmware for ALL subsystems.
✅ User-controlled hardware toggles.
✅ Trust minimization that includes the manufacturer.
It's time to move from "Vendor-Enforced Security" to User Sovereignty.
Read the full Open Letter here: pastebin.com/RzRbzhwn
#HardwareSovereignty #Infosec #CyberSecurity #Privacy #OpenSource #TechFreedom
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Aaron Swartz joined the RSS working group when he was 13. At 15 he became a foundational member of Creative Commons. He was working on precursors to markdown at 16.
We should not be locking young people out of our communities and keeping them away from digital tools that can open doors for them, expand their knowledge, sharpen their skills, and help them grow into well-rounded adults.
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It was a Friday and I was working when I saw the news that he had died
I cried then and I am now as well
I agree that we should allow kids access to technology.
But Aaron Schwartz of all people never got to grow into a "well-rounded adult" since he killed himself at 26. That's a rather unfortunate choice of words for that particular example.
Sensitive content
Swartz's bandwidth put him in the ether among the digital dragons and not beneath, even at thirteen.
Average kids can surely not compete against digital manipulation any better today.
this ❤️ for so many people I know, online communities in the late 90s / early 00s were a way to find your people and learn so many different things.
Maybe instead of shutting kids out, we should make the people at the top of the food chain accountable for their fuck ups in creating tooling and platforms that are addictive ON PURPOSE, where misinformation & abuse are rampant.
I know NOT ONE PERSON agrees with me but
AS hacked JSTOR using MIT's library
MIT told him to stop
He did it a second time, causing JSTOR to block access to all of MIT
he was escorted off campus and told not to come back
but cause he was a rich white kid, no cops
He did it a 3rd time and finally MIT called the cops
AS was extremely destructive as at the time digitization was very $ and JSTOR was doing good work
and chances are we won't... Not because the powers that be won't try, just it'll be a minor challange for smart kids to overcome.
For clarity, I don't want a locked down internet.
*nodds in agreement*
#AaronSwartz is still a true legend!
You still deserve privacy, even if you:
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After stumbling over this take a second time I think I know what bugs me about it:
Everybody can factually have privacy already: just don't go out, close your windows, have no computer or phone.
Now, nobody wants to go that far.
But consider people enabling big tech, buying into their services, not questioning, not resisting, not giving a shit, not willing to accept the smallest inconvenience.
Sure they deserve it, too. But if everybody sits around waiting to get what we all deserve - maybe we deserve whatever we get. And that paints a grim picture.
This weird hot take sounds to me a bit like:
"You still deserve to live, even if you:
* blindfold yourself
* run across the street
* are deaf
* just want to have fun
Those of us walking on roads need to do a better job of saying that everyone deserves to not die in an accident."
…it is all true 💯 – reality just makes it hard to leave it at that.
You misunderstood. I agree 💯. But I agree in a way that questions what asking for a right is worth, when the problem isn't the absence of ("well deserved") rights, but the harshness of reality.
Everybody deserves good health (thats a given!), but that can't be grounds to "defend" people being careless.
BTW, I also agree big-tech needs to be regulated. But as long as it isn't you can't ignore reality.
Your music is the crack...
This release is an emergency release to fix a critical security vulnerability in the Linux kernel, as well as security vulnerabilities in Tor Browser and in the Tor client.blog.torproject.org
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We have received a Copyright claim from Amazon for our @PeerTube instance videos.trom.tf/ . Hetzner, the hosting company where we have the dedicated server at, gave us 24h to resolve it.
The problem?
The video in question, a documentary about "aliens", a garbage piece of content, was NOT hosted on our instance, of course. But since Peertube is federated the idiots sent the claim to our hosting company. Even if UNDER the video you can see that video is "Posted By:" and the instance and username. It takes a few seconds to see where the video is hosted.
But who cares...maybe Amazon has "AI Agents" employed and they simply find a video of theirs on a URL and see the IP of that URL and submit a Copyright claim to the hosting where that domain is registered?!
Bunch of idiots.
But it is very concerning the fact that they can do these and we, the ones who host (and for free for that matter), need to quickly "fix" these things even if the claim has nothing to do with our server.
We eventually had to block that URL, thanks Peertube for allowing that, else these idiots cannot understand that it was not us who were hosting that video.
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So first up, I am not a lawyer, even if I play one on TV. Seems to me though that even if you didn't post the video, that if your server is seeding it, then technically you, among others, *are* hosting it?
Surely in this case though you could comply just by defederating that particular piece of content / user?
It's interesting though that Amazon are recognizing Peertube content, even if just for copyright. That to me suggests they're keeping an eye on it, even if they likely don't consider it a major threat... yet.
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> if your server is seeding it, then technically you, among others, *are* hosting it?
I don't think that's how @peertube works. Remote videos are discoverable by searching on a PT service, but it's the viewer that's seeding them by watching (because WebTorrent), not the PT service providing the search results.
You're right that copyright lawyers and often judges haven't cared much about such nuances though, or we would have won the CopyWars.
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"The video in question, a documentary about "aliens", a garbage piece of content, was NOT hosted on our instance, of course"
As other have said (and may yet say) IANAL
*That said* there is a vast difference between "hosted on" and "served from"
Your instance may *not* be the sole source for that content, but if a video consumer *gets* it though you, guess what?
It doesn't matter what "makes sense"
This is law, and lawyer-speak
Good luck with it
cc @peertube@framapiaf.org
What you "like" or "think should happen" is utterly irrelevant
And you clearly don't understand the usage of the word "Federated"
Which is super common around here
Being federated makes *every* federated instance the [a] source
There is no one single point source -- the sources are all federated into multi-point "sources"
@maddad
If a forum page embeds a YT video isn't it displaying just a link?
Anyway, if we become relevant they will drown us in lawsuits, not because their claims are reasonable but because we can't afford the lawyers to prove that.
That's how the justice system works.
I guess only #EFF could solve this by defending some cases to establish a rule of law.
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> And you clearly don't understand the usage of the word "Federated"
You probably intended this as a nonchalant segue into your next point (I've done this). But FYI it comes across as quite patronising and out of context. @trom is hosting a PeerTube server. Chances are they have a pretty good understanding of the range of things "federated" can mean in this context.
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You're not wrong that a lawyer might see a search result as a 'source' for copyright purposes. This is exactly what they've done with TPB et al. But ...
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> federated makes *every* federated instance the [a] source
On Mastodon et al, yes. Because text posts are automatically delivered in full to everyone following the account that posted it. But PeerTube doesn't work that way, it just sends a title and a link to followers (or the wasted storage and bandwidth would be extreme).
Well. I think this is analogous for holding torrent tracker owners liable for torrent content.
The contents of torrents tracked by a tracker never go even near the tracker. The tracker only helps leechers find seeders. But still, somehow, magically, the tracker owner is doing the copyright infringement.
@peertube
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Gossi the dog had a similar issue, but from a Microsoft linked company.
Reponse was to reply to the email saying we are launching at you hete on the internet. Because Microsoft don't understand how the internet works, then a link to the discussion thread.
@harib_murshidi
I'm guessing it was probably some conspiracy theorist nonsense about aliens, or else he wouldn't describe a documentary as garbage.
People watch documentaries to learn about something real and true, but if it's full of misinformation then it is not only a garbage film but also harmful to society.
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Despite any right or wrong. That's how power works. And the fediverse is not save from oligarchs and/or their power.
We should keep this in mind. And hopefully find a way to avoid such threats somehow.
No one/admin can risk any lawsuit were the other side is something like A.
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ASMR windows screensaver going fast to relax you faster
This is the fastest relaxation you will find
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Beginning of the End? 🛑
In March 2026, @Instagram announced that it would no longer support end-to-end encrypted messaging after May 8, 2026.
This development comes amid growing threats to strong encryption from governments across the globe. As pressure on platforms continues to increase, Instagram’s decision to discontinue E2EE could be the first domino that sparks a chain reaction.
Read more about these developments here: sflc.in/beginning-of-the-end/
#encryption #privacy #instagram
In this blog post, SFLC.in analyses the significance of platforms discontinuing e2ee in light of the increasing global threat to end-to-end encryption.pranay (Software Freedom Law Center, India • Defender of Your Digital Freedom)
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At this point, the Google Play app review process has become a security liability. I have had an app update for #Conversations_im in the review queue since April 28th. Previously, app updates have been rejected for stupid, hallucinated reasons; this time, we are just being ignored entirely. The release is not shipping any security fixes, but imagine if it did.
#XMPP
Relative rotation speed and axial tilts of the planets.
Credit: Dr James O'Donoghue
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A solar day is from noon till noon. In that time the earth has moved in its orbit. A star-based day (sidereal day) would be from a particular star is due south, until the next time it’s due south. The earth moves along its orbit so the two are slightly different. 4 mins of time difference x 365 days in a solar year works out at about 24 hours as you’d expect.
I’m not an astronomer. If anyone has a better explanation please chip in.
when I found there were different day lengths I t took me ages to work out what was going on. I’m glad you got it. The original diagram specifies sidereal day.
I liked your remark about speeding up, though. [Edit: slowing down!]
Mars & Venus are such slow coaches! 😃
What a wonderful illustration of the relative complexities of our Earth’s fellow planets. 🤗
Dr. James O’Donoghue is a star. 🤩 (pun intended)
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Of course the question is now why Pluto and Ceres were included in @Physicsj 's graphic and Eris and Sedna were not. (-:
The answer is, according to an old post, that Eris and Sedna had not yet been mapped.
mastodon.online/@Physicsj/1093…
#astronomy #DwarfPlanets #UniversityOfReading #Eris #Sedna
Attached: 1 video The planets to scale in every way... plus dwarf planets Ceres and Pluto, the only two mapped dwarf planets. The material from which all planets grew was orbiting the Sun.Dr James O'Donoghue (Mastodon)
@europlus OK, but Neptune is a pale aquamarine like Uranus though
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neptune upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia…
Another Linux vulnerability. Do these! - forum.tromjaro.com/t/another-l…
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TROMjaro 2026.05.08 - forum.tromjaro.com/t/tromjaro-…
#linux #xfce #foss #trade-free
The usual Manjaro Stable updates, that also fix that nasty Linux security issue. And a few changes: Kernel 618 We moved to the new LTS kernel. If you want to do that open the “Kernel” app on your sytem and install it. Reboot the system.TROMjaro Forum
Google's new reCAPTCHA can require Google Play Services to pass, meaning a de-Googled phone will fail the "are you human?" check. Combined with mandatory developer verification and AOSP going private, the pattern over the last year is impossible to ignore. Here's what I think it means for Android, custom ROMs, and the open-source community that built this whole ecosystem.
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I really hate to do this, but I will play the devil's advocate right now, because I genuinely think that Google has a point in doing this.
The sad reality of it all is that AI is becoming more and more intelligent, as we speak and it has gotten to the point in which it's just too computationally expensive for website owners and server owners from all over the world, to distinguish between what's a real, legitimate human visitor of their server, trying to make a request or send a POST action to confirm some stateful command, and what's an automated bot that's trying to pose as a human and deceive the server on the other end.
We are at a point in which there needs to be some kind of attestation framework in place to make this distinction in a proper manner and sadly, the only way to do this that's also very difficult to hack around is to use one's entire Google account that has a rich and diverse history of search queries, android app installations, youtube history and so on, to create a profile that's difficult to fake by AI. Many other, way less intensive techniques have been tried in the past, and they have all been defeated. AI has become too good at pretending to be a human.
The last bastion of verifying whether a given user is a human or not has to be very invasive because their Google account information is the only real way of proving that you're not a bot
Thanks for covering this. I thought I was going crazy when I first encountered this about 3 days ago. I tried using my GrapheneOS phone without Google Play Services, but of course that wouldn't work. (Currently signs indicate right now that Installing sandboxed Google Play Services will make this new form of reCAPTCHA function, but please double check this and don't quote me on that.)
Hopefully these trends will encourage some sort of fork of Android/some other mobile OS to emerge so that we (at least in North America) have to choose between Apple or Google, like choosing between a rock and a hard place.
@henry
this just sounds scary. alphabet inc already has lot of control over internet through google ads, google adsense, analytics, search, google account, google play and others. now this "captcha" connection to google account or google play services. it starts to sounds like "world domination" and almost total internet surveillance tracking.
this needs to be stopped.
Looks like #Google managed to sneak #PlatformAttestation into #Android after all, after their insidious #WEI proposal was shot down by pubic outcry. They've tied the nextgen #reCAPTCHA to the Android #PlayServices.
Upon detection of suspicious activities, you'll be asked to scan a QR code with Play Services running. It implies that the users of #degoogled Android like #Graphene will no longer be able to solve it. You'll be restricted to devices blessed by Google.
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How many critical services are tied to #draconian schemes like #reCAPTCHA and #SafetyNet API? #Banking, #Healthcare, #eCommerce, #PublicServices, #PublicTransport, #RideHailing and even #WeatherServices. What are the implications of every citizen having to seek permissions from a trillion-dollar MNC to access any of them?
Check out project #PRISM to see who Google silently shares this data with. #Google is a serious #state_sponsored #ThreatActor against individuals & national #sovereignty.
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To all the #Government[s] of the world: You subject us to lofty ideals like #DataLocalization and invasive surveillance like #ChatControl in the pretense of #privacy, #security and #LawEnforcement. Why then do you forcefully enroll us into this crooked global #Surveillance net that's not in either of our interests? That's a betrayal of your entire nation!
We need iron fisted #regulations and heavy monetary #penalties against such #aggressive and #abusive #cabals instead.
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To all #technologists / #techies: This won't be limited to #Android. They WILL insist on the same standard of #security on all #devices. Are you ready to settle for just #Windows, #MacOS and #Chromebook?
These #corporations have splendidly demonstrated that they're primarily #authoritarians and #fascists who wield #technology as their main weapon. Who does that leave as their opponents? You have to inform the rest of the #population. Your #voice matters! Make it count!
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We need alternatives that work:
1. #Technologists: #Smartphones need #customizable #alternatives like PCs with #Linux or #BSDs. NOW is the time to double down on it.
2. #Governments: If you really care about your #sovereignty, we need #regulations and strict #laws against this abuse, and the #corporate stranglehold of the #component_market.
3. #Consumers: Vote with your wallet! Prioritize your #freedom over short-term #savings. This is a time-tested strategy.
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