kravietz 🦇 @kravietz@social.privacytools.io

Monero has a lot of important news in the last couple of days:

1) CLSAG audit results: https://web.getmonero.org/2020/07/31/clsag-audit.html

2) Monero Atomic Swaps research: https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/i1fknt/ccs_results_monero_atomic_swaps_research/



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#Monero #XMR #crypto #cryptocurrency #privacy

Mastodon highly encourages image descriptions to be written, which is something I've come to enjoy quite a bit. My client tells me to do it "for the visually impaired", but think it is selling it short. Image descriptions are very useful means for providing context to an image that would otherwise be awkward to put in the main toot. I think they should be fun and have some personality too!

Interesting timing on #TikTok ban in the US, coming right after TikTok's blogpost about how #BigTech algorithms should be open for audit and scrutiny:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-01/trump-says-he-will-ban-china-owned-tiktok-from-operating-in-u-s-kdb1nhx1
https://newsroom.tiktok.com/en-us/fair-competition-and-transparency-benefits-us-all

Probably a coincidence, but still.

"Egypt tells Elon Musk its pyramids were not built by aliens"

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-53627888

🤦‍♂️ 🤦‍♂️ 🤦‍♂️

And you think you're being spied on? 🤣

"In my pocket, I had a burner phone; in my backpack, a computer wiped free of data—standard precautions for Western journalists in China. To visit China on sensitive business is to risk being barraged with cyberattacks and malware. In 2019, Belgian officials on a trade mission noticed that their mobile data were being intercepted by pop-up antennae outside their Beijing hotel."

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/09/china-ai-surveillance/614197/

I was made redundant this week, so I'm looking for a new job.

I have a Masters degree in International Marketing and 6 years experience in marketing, social media & customer service.

Would prefer remote working, but will consider Manchester area.

Email: siobhandockerty@hotmail.com

ReverseEagle is a young community thriving to stop monolithic organizations taking over the web and the software we use, for the sake of our privacy, security, freedom and health.

Currently, we are dedicated to helping developers with removing or replacing the unnecessary proprietary code in their open source projects, and also helping you find free and open-source alternatives to everyday software and services.

Happy #SysadminDay to the badasses keeping everything running.

Relevant xkcd: 705

#openstreetmap never stops impressing me!
In the area where I live, where there is almost no data on Google Maps (took 2 years for them to put our house on the map), OSM has lots of details, such as ski trails and football fields.

See image, comparing OSM to Google Maps:

"My July 15 story observed there were strong indications that the people involved in the Twitter hack have connections to SIM swapping, an increasingly rampant form of crime that involves bribing, hacking or coercing employees at mobile phone and social media companies into providing access to a target’s account." - Developers of so many services think that phone number means anything for authentication, it is concerning.

Грузовик с утра — к счастью :)

@rf @russian_mastodon

Прямо сейчас должен состояться долгожданный запуск ракеты Atlas V с марсоходом Perseverance. Трансляцию вы сможете посмотреть на нашем сайте.

https://naked-science.ru/article/live/live-zapusk-rakety-atlas-v-s-marsohodom-perseverance

The blood will be scarce due to the covid19 high level. That's why I share this again for everyone.

You may be able to help a people of colored, LGBTQ-people or someone with c19. People with cancer, hemophilia and accident victims are also often helped.

A donation is not painful and usually takes ¼h + ½h rest. At the moment, stocks are scarce due to C19!

You should be healthy for donation.

💓Thank @TonyStark and @stux for sharing.