Rokosun reshared this.

The media in this post is not displayed to visitors. To view it, please go to the original post.

The European Commission is pushing hard to extend Chat Control 1.0 - allowing mass scanning of private messages without court orders for another two years. Contact your MEPs TODAY via fightchatcontrol.eu/ to defend your privacy and digital rights!
in reply to Fight Chat Control

Alt text: screenshot of web interface: The EU (still) wants to scan your private messages and photos
The "Chat Control" proposal would legalise scanning of all private digital communications, including encrypted messages and photos. This threatens fundamental privacy rights and digital security for all EU citizens.

4 MEMBER STATES OPPOSING
23 MEMBER STATES SUPPORTING
0 MEMBER STATES UNDECIDED

MEP STANCES ON CHAT CONTROL 1.0 EXTENSION: 0 Opposing, 720 Unknown, 0 Supporting

Contact Your MEPs (button)
Learn more (button)

Rokosun reshared this.

An Open Letter Opposing #Android Developer Verification

f-droid.org/en/2026/02/24/open…

#FOSS #FDroid #sideloading

reshared this

in reply to Hippo 🍉

> Post unavailable

hmm, first time seing this issue.
But this is just on my instance, on your instance (fosstodon.org) it shows up fine. Mastodon web interface probably just can't embed the liliputing.com article properly or something.

But good thing that you used a #PocketBlue tag, so that we are able to search for it ourselves 👍

This entry was edited (1 month ago)
in reply to testman

oh hey, interesting story behind this!

What I shared was a link to the actual post on Liliputing, but when I pasted in the URL it suddenly disappeared leaving behind what I thought was a link preview.

But now I see it's actually not a link preview but a quote post! So, the Liliputing *website* itself hooked up directly to #ActivityPub, is that how it works @liliputing? 😮

Rokosun reshared this.

Not sure where #Google asked for feedback about their developer verification program, but they surely didn't talk with #FLOSS devs, civil society, privacy organisations or their #Android users

#FDroid did since September, and interacted with folks in the Fediverse, forum, email and in person

They all voiced one opinion: "developer verification must be stopped"

@marcprux has written an open letter, signed by likeminded organisations who want to #keepandroidopen

Click: f-droid.org/2026/02/24/open-le…

in reply to F-Droid

Meh .. Why talking to Google at all.
I've started using the Zapstore app store being built by the Nostr community. Zapdtore is an app built around empowering developers to release and sign apps over the Nostr protocol without having to get permission from and app store or any other entity such as a tyrannical goveenment.
They just released version 1.0
Zapstore.dev
Rokosun reshared this.

🚨 Google wants to force every Android developer to register with them, even if you never touch the Play Store. We signed the open letter opposing this alongside EFF, Proton, F-Droid, Tor Project, and 30+ others. Android's openness is non-negotiable.

keepandroidopen.org/open-lette…

reshared this

Rokosun reshared this.

The media in this post is not displayed to visitors. To view it, please log in.

reshared this

Rokosun reshared this.

Be Brave To Act - Field Conservation Stories


The media in this post is not displayed to visitors. To view it, please go to the original post.

BE BRAVE TO ACT documents real conservation work in the field.

We work alongside scientists, volunteers, and NGO's — protecting wildlife, restoring habitats, and responding where help is needed.

This channel is about showing up and doing the work for nature.

Become a member of Be Brave To Act:
patreon.com/BeBraveToAct
Donate via paypal : paypal.com/donate?hosted_butto…

This channel documents real conservation work around the world.

Thanks to my Patreons :
Cherry Summerfield
Steve Potts
Matthias Crommelinck
Eric Forsmark
Max Bo
Jesse Ludwig
RANDI

#NatureDocumentary #WildlifeConservation #FieldExpedition

reshared this

Rokosun reshared this.

Following a decision by the Codeberg e. V.'s Presidium, Codeberg e. V. has joined the ranks of many organizations as a co-signatory of the draft letter of the "Keep Android Open" initiative: keepandroidopen.org/draft-lett…

Apart from the impact on the many independent developers hosting their source code on codeberg.org, we are concerned by the greater societal implications the Android ecosystem's current trajectory will cause. For more information, see: keepandroidopen.org

This entry was edited (1 month ago)
in reply to Codeberg

Fun fact: Codeberg was born as a direct consequence of a false DMCA takedown (those were very popular a decade ago) against the @gadgetbridge repository—an indie Android app that helps users control their own gadgets (smart wearables). If that didn't happen, we most likely wouldn't exist today.

Gadgetbridge is still hosted on Codeberg to this day and available on alternative app stores such as @fdroidorg and @IzzyOnDroidOrg.

This entry was edited (1 month ago)

reshared this

Rokosun reshared this.

We've been on X/Twitter for many years, but it's time to reduce our activity there and instead promote Mastodon as our main social media channel now. So we've done just that: x.com/LibreOffice/status/20262… – Welcome to all our new followers here 😊
Rokosun reshared this.

reshared this

Rokosun reshared this.

I wish I could force every legislator
in favor of Age Verification to watch this amazing talk by Carissa Véliz,

So that they understand the dangers
of the surveillance infrastructure they are currently putting in place.

You should watch it too: youtube.com/watch?v=xSPRouBvgF…

#Privacy #Democracy #HumanRights #AgeVerification #MassSurveillance #Fascism

Rokosun reshared this.

Age Verification isn't a technical problem to solve. If you think that, you're missing the point.

It's a social problem used by authoritarian governments as an excuse for population control and censorship.

It's a fundamental attack on free speech and democracy.

It must not be accommodated.
It must be stopped.

#MassSurveillance #AgeVerification #Privacy #Democracy #HumanRights

Unknown parent

mastodon - Link to source

Em

in reply to Em

I agree with most of your concerns, but I find it necessary to point out the problematic nature of your insisting that something is impossible while at the same time refusing to take the time to read an article from a reputable source explaining how it is, in fact, possible.
Zero Knowledge Proof age verification doesn't solve all of the problems you mentioned, but it solves most of them, in provably, cryptographically secure ways.
(1/2)
Rokosun reshared this.

The media in this post is not displayed to visitors. To view it, please go to the original post.

Well, today is the day. I'm finally "sorta happy enough to pull the trigger" on publishing the book I've been working on for a very long time. It's a technical history book: by a techie, for techies (although I think that between all the code samples, there is plenty of meat for "tech-adjacent" and "tech-interested" people). It tells the story of the Lisp programming language, invented by a genius called John McCarthy in 1958 and today still going strong (to the extent that many people see it as the most powerful programming language in existence).

And this is a time for shameless self promotion, even if you don't plan on buying the book, please repost :-). Self-publishing is self-marketing, so there we go.

If you do buy and read it, please let me know how you liked it!

The book landing page, berksoft.ca/gol, has links to all outlets where you can buy the book,

Rokosun reshared this.

I urge all developers of #Android apps to NOT pre-emptively obey the new terms of #Google requiring you to sign up for the Android Developer Console.

It looks like Google is attempting a power grab and wants to prevent ALL installations of Android apps without official Google approval; even those installed outside Google Play.

This is an attack on both developer and user freedom and unacceptable.

keepandroidopen.org/

#KeepAndroidOpen #VendorLockIn #software #development #FreeSoftware

reshared this

Rokosun reshared this.

Hacktivists tried to find a workaround to Discord’s age-verification software, Persona. Instead, they found its frontend exposed to the open internet, and that was just the beginning.

therage.co/persona-age-verific…

Rokosun reshared this.

We are now in the last 48 hours of the campaign, and if you are on the fence, we just published a full breakdown video (13 minutes) of the progress so far :)

youtube.com/watch?v=WOzfSodBBR…

reshared this

Rokosun reshared this.

This is how #Holos currently handles #E2EE DMs over #ActivityPub. Holos is a project we develop alongside #Fedilab.

holos.social/e2ee

#HolosSocial

reshared this