Mister Monster @mister_monster@social.privacytools.io

@alan
India annexed Goa in 1961 in a very similar fashion and using similar reasoning. The UN responded much in the same way.

People make FOSS software so that whoever needs to use it can use it. I understand that MS can't violate sanctions, but I personally don't like any project I contribute to to be locked down by state level squabbles or disputes.
@hund@linuxrocks.online

@lildicklegend
Quit making excuses.
@fribbledom

@Wetrix Yeah I would absolutely love a not necessarily political, easily digestible documentary regarding personal privacy online, it would be great if something like that were published on a mainstream distribution platform like Netflix. Unfortunately most mainstream distribution platforms rely on privacy violations to be profitable so it is unlikely you'll ever get something like that without a political agenda shoehorned in.

@Wetrix This page is 404'd. What was it about?

@Wetrix Yeah and i get the impression that some of the people in the film wanted to make a bigger deal out of themselves than they were.

I actually learned a lot from this interview here https://invidio.us/watch?v=yjn6wK01cqk whether people like or trust this guy, he is very good at what he does, very candid about it and what he believes and really goes into depth about his field of work. I don't necessarily agree with him on what he does but i gleaned some info on how it all works and that is always good.

@Wetrix Man I tried to watch that film, I guess I was under the wrong impression of what to expect, I thought it was going to be about data mining and the power of big tech and their intrusion into our lives. I felt mislead about a third of the way in when i realized it was a bunch of very very edited interviews about political activism.

@tedu considering that using humans as batteries would either be inefficient or violate the second law of thermodynamics, I would say you're over thinking it.

@darylsun Hubzilla is awesome, it is more than a social network as we think of it. It is more, making the internet social. It includes webDAV, chat, granular permissions of people and groups, portable ID, all sorts of cool stuff. Check out the Zot protocol.

Of course, there are more people on Mastodon so if all you want to do is share thoughts with people Mastodon is fine.

@Wetrix
How fod they manage to get the picture you requested?

@lball No.

@Wetrix If you did not give her your number, it is a scam and she got it from somewhere.

If you are wrong and did give her your number then that is what is going on.

If she has asked you for money then it is a scam either way.

@Wetrix Also I cannot stress enough the importance of having different strong passwords. I strongly suggest a password manager, keepsassXC or bitwarden are both FOSS and excellent.

@Wetrix To be safe, change the password for the email associated with that account, and if that email has a recovery email, change that one's password first. If it is gmail/hotmail or the like, there is a strong likelihood that your phone number is associated with it, and if they know for sure that you have a PoF account then it is possible the email address has been compromised.

@TheGnuMaster You assume that these people who want to lock others out could challenge competing ideas. The entire reason they do it is because their own ideas are being challenged in ways that they cannot reconcile. They don't follow the "sunlight is the best disinfectant, challenge ideas you disagree with" mantra because sunlight will disinfect us from their own ideas.

@Wetrix If all these sources have some email address in common, that is where you need to start, change that email address password and its recovery email password first if there is one.

@Wetrix Does your PoF account have a phone number? The fact that she says she met you there tells me she knows for certain you have an account. I would start there. Change the password, remove any identifying information on the account (besides pics, you need those).

If this is not the first time you have had this happen, check where they claim to know you from. It is possible you had some type of data breach on an account connected to all the sources these people claim to know you from

@fribbledom Man that looks awesome. I want to be there.

@rw hello