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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

Beginning of the End?

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)
#privacy #Instagram #encryption @Instagram

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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

#xmpp #conversations_im

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Relative rotation speed and axial tilts of the planets.

Credit: Dr James O'Donoghue

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@nazokiyoubinbou
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

Dr James O'Donoghue (@Physicsj@mastodon.online)

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)
#Astronomy #eris #sedna #universityofreading #dwarfplanets @Dr James O'Donoghue @Nazo
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Another Linux vulnerability. Do these! - forum.tromjaro.com/t/another-l…

#linux #tromjaro #manjaro #arch

#Linux #manjaro #arch #TROMjaro

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TROMjaro 2026.05.08 - forum.tromjaro.com/t/tromjaro-…

#linux #xfce #foss #trade-free

TROMjaro 2026.05.08

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
#Linux #foss #trade-free #xfce

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Google Can't Claim Innocence Anymore
#privacy #security #techlore #digital rights #Tech Lore
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@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.

@henry
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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.

reclaimthenet.org/google-broke…

#Google #android #degoogled #recaptcha #graphene #playservices #Wei #platformattestation
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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!

#Windows #security #technology #android #macos #population #Chromebook #corporations #devices #voice #fascists #Techies #technologists #authoritarians

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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.

[6/6]

#Linux #alternatives #Smartphones #freedom #sovereignty #corporate #Customizable #laws #savings #governments #consumers #regulations #technologists #bsds #component_market
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Exciting announcement!

We created a new YouTube channel, and I'm one of the hosts!
We decided to make a series out of responding to comments on the @EUCommission social media accounts.

It would really help me out if you hit that like button and leave a comment about what subject we should do next (if commenting on YT is your jam, that is.)

you can watch it here:
youtube.com/watch?v=DgpWMZZg50…

Can Canada join the EU? | You Asked!

Auf YouTube findest du die angesagtesten Videos und Tracks. Außerdem kannst du eigene Inhalte hochladen und mit Freunden oder gleich der ganzen Welt teilen.
Made in Europe (YouTube)
@European Commission
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@rozeboosje I haven't had a google account in almost a decade, I had no idea you needed one to comment on YT, but of course, lol.
@hpod16 I love you, but I'm not farming content for them. I learnt something you might find interesting in this convo started by the CNES CM who's asked her bosses if they can get Peertube or at least mirror it (easy?). Some Mastodon users even filter out posts w/YT links. I'm lazy/lowtech, I just put the songs in odesli to ditch the ads.

social.numerique.gouv.fr/@cnes…

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La CM ne connait pas Peertube, préférez-vous que nous arrêtions de vous partager nos liens Youtube sur Mastodon ? (vraie question, n'hésitez pas à donner votre avis)

♲ @ttauket@mastodon.social:

Elle est où l'instance #Peertube du #CNES ? 🧐
#ÉnergieSombre #Univers



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Hannah Grace

@rozeboosje @Veza85UE
I will look into it but no promises
This was conceived as a dedicated YouTube project, and we brought people in who are YouTubers, etc.
pS: dumb question time: what’s the difference between having a peer tube account and just uploading videos on the mastodon server you/I already have? Are there technical aspects to it?
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Magnus Ahltorp

@rozeboosje @Veza85UE There are quite large technical differences that affect how efficiently video spreads between servers, and that is less relevant to users. I haven’t seen any comparisons, but my guess is that large videos are better with Peertube, while smaller ones work well on Mastodon.

There is also a huge difference in how the interface works. Peertube works like a video service, where I can browse a channel’s videos easily. On Mastodon the video is always secondary.

@Pino Carafa @Veza85UE
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hahaa! Successfully removed all IR and UV filters from my old Canon EOS 600D, I can do full spectrum, UV and IR photography now!

All of the following photos have been taken with a ~550nm+ lpf, meaning cutting everything under 550nm (blue, purple and uv) off. I love the vibrant pink foliage and dramatic turquoise skies #photography

A photo of a canon eos 600d with a yellow coloured filter on its lens. A glass plane with a flatflex cable lays next to the camera
A vibrant photo down a concrete path. It is lined with pink grass and vibrant, almost glowing pink trees. It’s not flowers, but the entire foliage is bright pink. The visible path of sky is clouded and turquoise coloured
A photo up a grass hill. Two trees grow ontop, a few humans are beneath the trees. The whole foliage bright pink, glowing in sunlight. The sky behind the trees is dramatic and turquoise, it’s all cloud. A contrasty and solemn image
#Photography
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Jana

this is so cool!! Taking photos with atypical spectra is a lot of fun, even with the rather old and bulky camera. The imaging technique used here emulates old Kodak Aerochrome film stock. It’s not available anymore, but used to be a colour IR film, which mapped the IR on the blue channel, while remapping red and green to get this pink-foliage look. I do the same here! Blue is solely IR and swapped with the red channel in post. #photography
A dramatic photo down a curvy path in a park. It is lined with bright pink grass and leads to a row of bright pink trees. The sky is clouded, with dramatic turquoise patterns
A photo down a deep turquoise lake towards a hilly park. All trees have bright pink foliage, the grass grows in the same tone. The sky is clouded and white to turquoise patterned. A powerline runs through the photo
A photo down a bright red pink alley, its line with trees, roofed by leaves. Everything is obnoxiously pink, except for the concrete and tree bark
A photo up a weirdly iridescent office building. A few windows are open and reflect weirdly reddish. The sky is deeep vibrant turquoise
#Photography

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a photo of a treeline with a building emerging behind it settling into the mustard-green sky. the treeline is white-purple
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Ray McCarthy

I bought a near IR filter (760 nm) for my regular Canon EOS-70D. Only useable with the electronic screen, bright day, changed EV stop by 2 and only manual focus.
Really good IR needs a dedicated camera.
I also have an IR LED array. A cheaper sort of phone camera or old vidicon "sees" with it easily. but almost useless for the Canon, which is good really.
The cheap phone "sees" the UV light very differently too!
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@raymaccarthy
Here are some options to get a dedicated IR (and even UV if you remove all the filters):

monochromeimaging.com/

kolarivision.com/product/full-…

Or find a discarded point-and-shoot at a flea market and hack into it yourself. You can find how-to vid's on YouTube.

I have experimented a bit with portraiture in various bands using a full-spectrum camera. In near-IR everyone has pasty white skin. Think of the scenes in Dune 2.
youtube.com/shorts/5UEGpAvaeEU

If you shoot in near-UV, every freckle or other dark skin mark looks like a blotch of india ink. Folks can look 20 years older in near-UV.

Dune: Part Two Used INFRARED Cameras for This Scene

Auf YouTube findest du die angesagtesten Videos und Tracks. Außerdem kannst du eigene Inhalte hochladen und mit Freunden oder gleich der ganzen Welt teilen.
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@spacekatia
Thanks for asking.

monochromeimaging.com/ did the conversion for me. I sent them a used Sony a6300 body.

They never told me how they did it, and I never asked...but my hunch is that they removed the sensor from the camera body and then heated it...just enough to soften the adhesive that held the Bayer filter in place, gently pried it off, and put the sensor back in the body with some spacers to change the sensor height. They had to do that because removing a glass filter out of the converging optical path shifts the resulting focal plane...so they set sensor height so that my manual lenses had the same focus setting...infinity focus setting remained the same after the conversion, give or take a few thousandths of an inch. Works for me. Your mileage may vary.

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space slut

@KrajciTom from my research into doing it myself, it looks like most manufacturers use dyed versions of the same kind of photoresist that's used when producing the silicon itself make the bayer filter

the correct way to removie it is to buy the dedicated hard-baked-photoresist remover from 3m, some horrbile concoction of solvents that you apply to the chip boiling hot

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It's becoming increasingly clear to me that Reflect Orbital's fucking stupid giant mirror satellite, with absolutely NOTHING useful to offer, which will cause countless safety issues, ecological disasters, and destroy the night sky, is going to launch.

A bunch of astronomers and I have sent out a fact sheet about them to a bunch of journalists, but very few are going to write about this. So, let me try posting it all here.

Here's what I know about Reflect Orbital and all the downsides:

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Meme of a black cat in a shirt collar and striped tie, surrounded by circular arrows showing a cycle: “We need more of your data to verify you” → “We had a data breach” → “Your data is probably for sale online now” → “Someone could easily impersonate you” → back to needing more data.
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Intentional Obsolescence - devices are bricked by software - videos.trom.tf/w/rvcPYE5p7pFe3…

#obsolescence #samsung #google #android #opensource #eos #software #plannedobselecence #TradeRuinsEverything

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2026-05-01 15:36:58

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Intentional Obsolescence - devices are bricked by software


This is a Samsung tablet SM-T550 from 2016. Because Google and Samsung do not update these devices they are useless. You can't install any app almost, and not even browse the Internet. They are making them totally useless. Luckily I managed to install eOS with Android 13 and bring this tablet back to life.

Welcome to our trade based society where all humans care is profit....

Anyway, here's how I did it - tiotrom.com/2026/05/34e-tablet…


#opensource #Google #android #software #Samsung #eos #obsolescence #TradeRuinsEverything #plannedobselecence

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RIP Ask Jeeves. The natural-language search engine founded in 1996 was rebranded as Ask in 2006, and officially shut down on May 1.

Here are the Wayback Machine’s first and last captures of the site.

When websites disappear, the historical record can disappear with them. The #WaybackMachine preserves that history – capturing the web so its past remains accessible.

Explore 30 years of web history: web.archive.org

#90s #90sNostalgia #WebHistory #WebDesign

Image with text at the top that reads: "Wayback Machine Then and Gone" then "askjeeves.com / ask.com". Below are Wayback Machine captures of the websites from December 19, 1996 and May 3, 2026; the latter signaling the end of the service.

Wayback Machine

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#90s #webdesign #waybackmachine #90snostalgia #WebHistory
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Google needs to die & we could be observing signs that they're doing it themselves…

Looking for images of my mouse yesterday, all were from sponsored video/ review, store pages like tiktok shop, eBay, big box retailers, or the manufacturer themselves. Not a single image was indexed from community forum, micro blog, sns, repair page... absolutely nothing. Meaning everything was advertising:

google.com/search?tbm=isch&q=l…

Who would use search that's just an advertisement in disguise?

search

www.google.com
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A video and some photos from Peramola, Spain:
videos.trom.tf/w/kcNRkY2NqSzuJ…

We stayed in this place for nearly two weeks last month, in a fantastic free motorhome parking area. It did smell like shit (literally), but it is beautiful and close to some great hiking trails 😊





#travel #Spain #vanlife #motorhome #hiking #nature

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2026-04-27 12:36:34

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We stayed 2 weeks in this amazing place


Peramola, Spain. A wonderful motorhome parking spot. Beautiful views, great mountains and hike trails around, quiet. Smells like shit, literally, but a wonderful place overall.

This video is also a testing for the new camera I (Tio) got, a DJI Osmo Pocket 3. Second hand, small and really good. Will replace my webcams too, not just my main camera.

It is a long video but we loved this place.


#nature #sPAIN #travel #hiking #vanlife #motorhome

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“I've always tried to present a positive view of the world in my work. It's so much easier to be negative & cynical & predict doom for the world than it is to try & figure out how to make things better. We have an obligation to do the latter."

- Jim Henson

Jim Henson surrounded by many of The Muppets, including Kermit the frog & many others.

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Here is my city, Rafah, under occupation. It has been almost completely destroyed, leaving nothing but ruins and loss. Homes are gone, families are displaced, and life as we knew it has disappeared.
Our dreams and memories have collapsed with it, and we now live among the rubble without proper shelter or basic needs.
We appeal to the world to see our suffering and share our voice. Your support and spreading our message may be our only hope.

gofundme.com/f/support-rahafs-…

+970 594 131 738

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www.gofundme.com

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Hello my friends, I hope you are all doing well ❤️
Could you please donate and help me? We urgently need your support. My last donation was 5 days ago 💔
If you can, please support me and share my posts so they can reach people who are able to help. We need $300 to buy food and meet our basic needs.
Anyone who can donate, please do. Thank you from the bottom of my heart 😊

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#gaza #palstine #mutualaid #gazaverified #news #war #helpgaza #Israel #link #please

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Help Raghad and her family in Gaza

Hello everyone,My name is Raghad, and I am reaching out to you today with a heavy heart, hoping for your kindness and support.
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