Brutkey

now it's veronicaexplains.net
@vkc@linuxmom.net

I'm convinced GitHub is doing this to force folks to sign in. I got this on my first visit today. I do not sign in to GitHub.

Electronic Frontier Foundation
@eff@mastodon.social

“Flock's ambitions go far beyond license-plate surveillance,” EFF’s @cooperq@masto.hackers.town told @404mediaco@mastodon.social. “Flock's goal isn't to catch stolen cars, their goal is to have total surveillance of everyone all the time." https://www.404media.co/flock-exposed-its-ai-powered-cameras-to-the-internet-we-tracked-ourselves/

informapirata ⁂ :privacypride:
@informapirata@mastodon.uno

Il debito non pagato dell'intelligenza artificiale: come gli scraper LLM distruggono il contratto sociale dell'open source

Le grandi aziendi di #IntelligenzaArtificiale #LLMs hanno divorato tutti i nostri dati, ma il danno che ha arrecato alle comunità open source e della cultura libera è particolarmente insidioso. Approfittando di chi condivide liberamente, distruggono il patto che ha permesso al software libero di diffondersi a macchia d'olio.

https://www.quippd.com/writing/2025/12/17/AIs-unpaid-debt-how-llm-scrapers-destroy-the-social-contract-of-open-source.html

@eticadigitale@feddit.it

SuperDicq
@SuperDicq@minidisc.tokyo

This is really cool https://annas-archive.li/blog/backing-up-spotify.html

João Santos
@jmcs@social.jsantos.eu

@echo_pbreyer@digitalcourage.social The link is broken. I assume you meant https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=COM:2025:797:FIN ?

Patrick Breyer
@echo_pbreyer@digitalcourage.social

🇮🇹La Commissione vuole estendere #ChatControl 1.0 nonostante ammetta «dati insufficienti» sull'efficacia. È un approccio fallito. Servono soluzioni giudiziarie mirate, non il rinnovo perpetuo di una sorveglianza di massa nata come eccezionale. https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/documents-register/detail?ref=COM(2025)797&lang=en

Patrick Breyer
@echo_pbreyer@digitalcourage.social

🇪🇺EU Commission seeks to extend #ChatControl 1.0, despite admitting "insufficient data" to prove efficacy. Extending it validates a failed approach. We need targeted, judicial solutions, not the perpetual renewal of "exceptional" mass surveillance! https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/documents-register/detail?ref=COM(2025)797&lang=en

My take on “voluntary” chat control: https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/digital-house-arrest-how-the-eu-wants-to-disempower-families/

Danie van der Merwe
@danie10@mastodon.social

Decentralized YouTube Alternative PeerTube Adds Creator Mode

“PeerTube is a free and open source video hosting platform that serves as an alternative to YouTube. Unlike centralized platforms, it allows anyone to create their own video hosting instance while connecting with others through federation. It is dev ...continues

See https://gadgeteer.co.za/decentralized-youtube-alternative-peertube-adds-creator-mode/

#opensource #Peertube #technology

Joe Fabisevich :verified:
@mergesort@macaw.social

So let me get this straight. The current state of fediverse integration on Threads is that you can write posts that federate, people can read and reply to them, you can like their replies, but you can't reply back, repost, or even share the post from Threads. And that's how they're gonna leave it.