🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“Here's some local reporting, encouraging users in the Poconos to recognize and report Flock cameras wherever they see them․
They mention WaPo's reporting that over 50 police have been charged with using Flock surveillan…”

https://masto.nyc/@GetMisch/117072274691800039

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🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“﹫publicwondering A future where we are not be able to talk privately IRL within earshot of proprietary OSes does not look far fetched․․․ ⌗AI ⌗privacy ⌗surveillance”

https://social.vivaldi.net/@opensourceopenmind/117071772433992418

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ok so. bear with me. going to type up a (medium? long-ish?) thread on "traditional" social media vs the #fediverse

so I was in a professional group setting, where folks sort of know each other on a surface level, but most have not met in person, and/or don't talk a lot outside of this setting. unfortunately this meeting was started with a mandatory "ice breaker:" ( 🤢 )

"what is a habit you'd like to either start, or kick, this year?"

and I'm thinking to myself: good question!

🧵 1/5?

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“🔍 Richmond, VA has 99 Flock license plate readers tracking every car that passes․ Police won't say where they are, and they've denied every records request asking how they're used․A Richmond Times-Dispatch investigatio…”

https://dmv.community/@jcrabapple/117071409717676329

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🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“How Cameras Can Track Every Car in the U․S․, and Iran's Catch-22 nytimes․com/2026/08/10/podcasts/the-headlines/cameras-car-flock-iran․html ⌗Surveillance ⌗Technology ⌗Geopolitics”

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/podcasts/the-headlines/cameras-car-flock-iran.html

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🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“Apply Risk = Probability × Severity honestly, and the math is brutal․Hackers want your credit card․ The Big Five want everything․ And when the EU tried to kill cookie banners, Google lobbied Germany and France to stop i…”

https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@nicolabaudo/117070122742421644

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THEODORE ROOSEVELT SHOT BY CRANK IN MILWAUKEE STREET

#content_review #unix_surrealism #fediverse #loops #mastodon #lemmy #art #mastoart

Alt...

Funhole Content Review FEDIVERSE I HAVE A DREAM 'you need to enable javascript to run this this app.' How to make it big? You don't @mmtmm pls sponsor me How to get more boosts? Cats. so many rabbits LOOPY CONSPIRACY - Who is behind the manufactured fame of a tiktok clone nobody asked for? THE C BANSHEE: What is snac and should you be worried? FEDIVERSE MENACE: HAVE YOU SEEN THIS MAN? hackers.town: Is nowhere safe? ONE FREE ANTI-SLOP KITTO THE LIST: 50.000 mastodon addresses to avoid if you don't like illegal content.

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“📷 28 new license plate readers just reported around Gainesville, FL․ Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching․ ⌗ALPR ⌗Surveillance ⌗Gainesville ⌗Privacy ⌗FlockSafety deflocktheusa․com/flock…”

https://mastodon.social/@deflocktheusa/117069061588206173

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🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“Police agencies refuse to share how their Flock cam networks are used by others daytondailynews․com/local/area-police-agencies-won-t-share-how-they-use-flock-systems/article_33e6145d-fb68-5648-8330-3b1a04efd51b․html S…”

https://syzito.xyz/@OccuWorld/117068002615430756

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@pallenberg

Finde das besser: https://hopper-mobility.com/

Für Taiwan, für Deutschland, für die ganze Welt.
Insbesondere für den Fall aus dem Foto: 2 Erwachsene, Kind, Gepäck.

#Taiwan #Fediverse

Typische Familienkutsche in #Taiwan und nein, das ist keine Ausnahme, eher die Regel wenn ne Familie unterwegs ist.
Kein Land hat eine derartig hohe Scooter-Dichte wie meine Wahlheimat.

Moin #Fediverse und euch einen gesunden Start in die neue Woche. Alles wird gut!

Alt...

Eine Aufnahme aus dem Straßenverkehr in Taiwan, die eine vierköpfige Familie auf einem einzigen Motorroller zeigt. Zentrales Motiv: Ein dunkler Motorroller wird von einer Frau im roten Oberteil und mit orangefarbenem Helm gesteuert. Vor ihr am Lenker sitzt ein kleines Kind, während hinter ihr ein zweites Kind und ganz hinten der Mann im schwarzen T-Shirt und hellblauem Helm mitfahren – alle tragen einen Helm.

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“youtube․com/watch?v=lnBPhelCdWE John Oliver discusses police surveillance technology․Y'all remember Ice-T's rock band Body Count? ⌗FLOCK, ⌗ALPR, ⌗surveillance ⌗privacy ⌗freedom”

https://mastodon.social/@AlfNoProblem/117066750531676159

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#Mastodon / #Fediverse idea: allow posts to be flagged as an “announcement”, which will appear in all followers' notifications, not just their home feeds.

People could use this to inform followers of a major event that they mustn't miss, like migrating to a different instance.

Only thing is, this feature sounds like it'd be easy to abuse…

Also, it would need a different name. “Announce” is what ActivityPub calls boosts.

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“This ‘adversarial’ pattern can prevent surveillance cameras from detecting you tech․yahoo․com/cybersecurity/articles/adversarial-pattern-prevent-surveillance-cameras-140000786․html > A security researcher has designed…”

https://indieweb.social/@4slam/117066561130288108

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heyo #mastodon! this is not an #introduction post, but I realized my bio had gone really stale, so I updated it. if you're interested in any of the topics below, feel free to request to follow!

I'm a data monkey in tech, but that's just what I do by day to keep the lights on.

things I am interested in & can talk about for hours on end if you let me:
🎮 #retroGaming #retroTech
🌐 the #smallWeb #indieWeb #Fediverse
🐧 #Linux #popOS
🖥 #privacy, #FOSS, the ""#AI"" bubble
🌆 #yeg #Edmonton 🇨🇦

🧵 1/2

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“Widespread Vandalism of Flock Cameras and Growing Opposition to ALPRs📰 Original title: Flock Camera Vandalism Continues Around America, While 100 Communities Reject ALPRs🤖 IA: It's clickbait ⚠️
👥 Users: It's clickbai…”

https://mastodon.social/@killbait/117066338381796894

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RE: https://mstdn.party/@zed/117067814902609663

#Mastodon #fediverse question, if I write a toot in French, selecting French as the language of the post, then write alt-text in English, will that mess up people who use #screenreaders ?

Since I’m still trying to learn French, if I already know how to say something in French, and it makes more sense to write in French (like my meeting friends post, including the Eiffel Tower pic), I want to use French. But I also wrote the alt-text in French thinking I had to.

What’s best practice here ?

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“Surveillance Daily: August 9, 2026 ⌗ALPR ⌗Surveillance ⌗Privacy ⌗FlockSafety deflocktheusa․com/surveillance-daily-august-9-2026/”

https://mastodon.social/@deflocktheusa/117065870004077816

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🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“The Camera You Never Noticed Is Already Watching You ⌗ALPR ⌗Surveillance ⌗Privacy ⌗FlockSafety deflocktheusa․com/the-camera-you-never-noticed-is-already-watching-you/”

https://mastodon.social/@deflocktheusa/117065869818244872

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🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“Content warning:Bookloversdaypaper books and their use can't be surveilled, e-books can ⌗BookLoversDay
⌗PaperBooks
⌗EBooks
⌗surveillance
⌗bookstodon”

https://todon.eu/@Bart/117065429736256272

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🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“MSU researchers explore wastewater surveillance to track cyclospora outbreak․ ⌗Cyclospora ⌗surveillance ⌗wastewater ⌗epidemiology wwdmag․com/wastewater-treatment/news/55396525/msu-researchers-explore-w…”

https://mstdn.social/@WWBugs/117064136056101981

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🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“A sprawling network of license plate readers across the U․S․ is drawing growing public attention — and frustration․ The infrastructure itself isn't new, but its scale and data retention practices raise concrete question…”

https://mastobot.ping.moi/@Bobe_bot/117063549818162424

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🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“⌗cannabis ⌗Flock ⌗surveillance 'Wisconsin Cops Tracked a Man Across State Lines With Flock Cameras to Arrest Him for WeedBadger state? More like Surveillance State․Let’s operate for a moment under the assumptio…”

https://kolektiva.social/@LevZadov/117061890677789251

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𝗣𝗹𝘂𝗺𝗲:

#Plume #Fediverse

https://thewhale.cc/posts/plume

Plume is not a single website, but an entire interconnected, yet independent network of what we call instances. You write content from your own instance, but anyone else on any other Plume instance can enjoy your stories too.

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Plume is not a single website, but an entire interconnected, yet independent network of what we call instances. You write content from your own instance, but anyone else on any other Plume instance can enjoy your stories too.

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“Smart glasses are going mainstream․ Do current privacy laws protect us from the risks?
⌗SmartGlasses ⌗Privacy ⌗Kmart ⌗Tech ⌗AI ⌗WearableTech ⌗DataPrivacy ⌗DigitalPrivacy ⌗Meta …”

https://mastodon.world/@The14/117061654562934906

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🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“Mums and babies risk lives on mega-dinghies in desperate bid to get to UK

web․brid․gy/r/mirror․co․uk/news/world-news/migrant-channel-boat-crisis-calais-37528860”

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/migrant-channel-boat-crisis-calais-37528860

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#Fediverse is in trouble.

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“Palantir Paid No Federal Income Tax․ Its Global Tax Rate Is Just 1․4 Percent․ | Truthout ⌗palantir ⌗tax ⌗taxrate ⌗oligarchy ⌗USA ⌗technology ⌗surveillance ⌗digitalsovereignty ⌗fckusa …”

https://mastodon.social/@aproposnix/117060248083324709

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🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“Surveillance Daily: August 8, 2026 ⌗ALPR ⌗Surveillance ⌗Privacy ⌗FlockSafety deflocktheusa․com/surveillance-daily-august-8-2026/”

https://mastodon.social/@deflocktheusa/117060207620175137

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🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“LA Mayor Calls for LAPD to Drop Flock Safety Contract ⌗ALPR ⌗Surveillance ⌗Privacy ⌗FlockSafety deflocktheusa․com/la-mayor-calls-for-lapd-to-drop-flock-safety-contract/”

https://mastodon.social/@deflocktheusa/117060207553071142

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🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“Open WebUI: chatgpt's interface, your serverOpen WebUI — chatgpt's interface, your server․ Clean chat UI for local models․ Documents, voice, images․ Multi-user, no accounts upstream․ Free and open-source․ Install guide,…”

https://mastodon.social/@selfhost_discovery/117060118404990512

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You are designing your ideal #fediverse social network which is humans only. How do you defend it against bot account creation?

I think Nextdoor might be the only botproof network currently existing due to the IRL requirements for access.

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“As of 2026-08-08, ⌗OpenStreetMap contained information about 547313 ⌗surveillance ⌗cameras․OpenStreetMap is a world-wide map that everyone can edit and reuse for free․ mapcomplete․org/surveillance is an ed…”

https://defcon.social/@surveillance_watch/117058395974659569

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🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“'Bay Area artists commit to avoiding venues employing surveillance technology—Tune-Yards, Deerhoof, and others are among more than 300 artists who’ve signed a pledge organized by local digital rights activists' ⌗GoodNe…”

https://sfba.social/@drahardja/117057786340620800

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🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“RE: mastodon․social/﹫jeffjarvis/117057211021418357 Hey ﹫USAToday, here's a tip: No way am I going to pay to join your ⌗surveillance ⌗dystopia․ You're supposed to be ⌗journalists reporting the facts and ho…”

https://mas.to/@DanielMReck/117057384740118257

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#Tree of #Butterflies by Kaye Menner Wide variety #Prints & lovely #Products at:

https://kaye-menner.pixels.com/featured/tree-of-butterflies-by-kaye-menner-kaye-menner.html

#ai #digitalart #colorful #pretty #stream #forest #homedecor #mastoart #fediverse #fediart #fedigiftshop #giftideas #wallartforsale #Art #artforsale #BuyIntoArt #AYearForArt #Artist #FineArtAmerica #PhotographyFeed #VisualArts #CreativeArts

Alt...

Digital Art - Digital Art, Digital Painting, Photoshop, Square Image, https://kaye-menner.pixels.com/featured/tree-of-butterflies-by-kaye-menner-kaye-menner.html Description A vibrant tree stands in a mystical, forested landscape, its branches adorned with many colorful butterflies and colorful leaves. Sunlight filters through the canopy, illuminating a serene stream that meanders amongst lush greenery. The image depicts a fantastical and vibrant scene of a tree in a lush forest. The tree has a twisted trunk and is adorned with colorful leaves and lots of colorful butterflies The leaves are in shades of red, orange, and blue, and seem to blend in with the butterflies. The butterflies are scattered throughout the scene, adding a sense of movement and life. The tree is situated by a small stream, with rocks and lush green foliage surrounding it. Sunlight filters through the trees, creating a serene and magical atmosphere.

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“Contesting ⌗Surveillance Infrastructure on ⌗IndigenousLands by ⌗OpheliaRivas, ⌗CaitlinBlanchfield, and ⌗NinaKolowratnik 'The broad slope and rounded crest of O’ks Tak’am Do’ak outline the profile of a woma…”

https://kolektiva.social/@DoomsdaysCW/117056638376130659

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🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“Flock Reportedly Tried to Turn Uber Drivers Into Mobile Snitches gizmodo․com/flock-reportedly-tried-to-turn-uber-drivers-into-mobile-snitches-2000796138 ⌗Tech ⌗Privacy ⌗Surveillance”

https://gizmodo.com/flock-reportedly-tried-to-turn-uber-drivers-into-mobile-snitches-2000796138

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🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“Cities Are Ditching ⌗Flock, Immediately Replacing It With ⌗Axon License Plate Readers 404media․co/cities-are-ditching-flock-immediately-replacing-it-with-axon-license-plate-readers/ ⌗ALPR ⌗privacy ⌗sur…”

https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/@thenewoil/117055291553987232

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🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“'Why are you here, Mr․ Fox?''To better protect the hen house, of course․'The Intercept: State Department Wants Palantir’s Advice on Free Speech and 'Countering Digital Surveillance' theintercept․com/2026/08/07/state-d…”

https://infosec.exchange/@AAKL/117055163712517151

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🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“Flock’s Surveillance Cameras May Finally Have a Weak Point: The Poles Holding Them Upflock cameras sits atop a black metal pole 2 feet from the edge of the pavement, making it difficult to see at night․ It also had no o…”

https://mastodon.social/@gtbarry/117054831500071652

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🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“Check out this video: All men are F*CKED․ It's OVER․․․
youtube․com/watch?v=vZfZrOJf2Mc The real reason for everything - surveillance, crackdown, border control, geopolitical instability․~
⌗privacy ⌗surveillance…”

https://infosec.exchange/@lacze/117054555597709479

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🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“Surveillance Daily: August 7, 2026 ⌗ALPR ⌗Surveillance ⌗Privacy ⌗FlockSafety deflocktheusa․com/surveillance-daily-august-7-2026/”

https://mastodon.social/@deflocktheusa/117054545436867910

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Week in Fediverse 2026-08-07

Servers

- Vernissage v1.42.0
- Loops v1.0.0-beta.14
- Socialhome v0.24.0
- Ktistec v3.10.0
- Mbin v1.10.1
- Mastodon v4.6.5
- Hubzilla v11.4
- snac v1.94
- ActivityPub for WordPress v9.2.1
- PeerTube v8.2.4
- tootik v0.24.0
- NodeBB v4.14.8
- Wafrn v2026.08.01
- PieFed v1.7.10
- appy v0.6.0
- Lemmy Development Update July 2026
- Discovery Week 2026: What we learned, and what we’re doing next (Mastodon)
- What PieFed’s “social credit system” actually does
- Prismo: Federated link aggregation powered by ActivityPub

Clients

- Fedilab v3.43.1
- chan-fe v0.2.0
- Rocinante v1.2.2

Tools and Plugins

- FediFetcher v8.0.0
- Polls for ActivityPub v1.0.11 (WordPress plugin)

For developers

- Mastodon.py v2.2.2

Protocol

- FEP-d471: Endorsements

Articles

- DrFed on reducing complexity and enabling more people to shape the Fediverse

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#WeekInFediverse #Fediverse #ActivityPub

Previous edition: https://mitra.social/objects/019fba46-e7be-7ee0-ae8b-8a2a8daec431

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“⌗DHS Wants Protesters’ ⌗Signal Group Chats wired․com/story/dhs-wants-protesters-signal-group-chats/ ⌗privacy ⌗surveillance ⌗activism”

https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/@thenewoil/117054347845218809

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Quick reminder to boost the posts you like and add alt-text to your images!

This is important on the Fediverse! 🤘🚀

#Fediverse #Mastodon

Freeradical.zone is a Mastodon server themed around infosec and privacy and technology and leftward politics and cats and dogs.

This server has been online since 2017.

https://freeradical.zone

You can find out more at https://freeradical.zone/about or contact the admin account @tek

#FeaturedServer #InfoSec #Privacy #Technology #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“Interesting - they didn't lock off the ⌗alleyway nor fill it with ⌗CCTV, just tidied it up and put pretty flowers etc there and the ⌗crime plummetedI do wonder though if one reason was that the flowers etc nee…”

https://social.tchncs.de/@vfrmedia/117054317100645672

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🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“Not a conspiracy theory anymore․․․
⌗surveillance ⌗privacy
THIS is why they've been doing it all along!
youtube․com/watch?v=vZfZrOJf2Mc”

https://infosec.exchange/@Lightfighter/117054291306187264

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🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“July was monsterous for ⌗BigTech horror stories - and we've gathered them all here․ Get yourself up to date with a visit to the pit: blog․rebeltechalliance․org/monthly-mosh-pit-jul-26/ Plus a tech tip, book, blog …”

https://mastodon.social/@patrickleavy/117052899544510786

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You can't spell "Fediverse" without "diverse"!

#mastodon #fediverse #people

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“⌗Cars ⌗Surveillance ⌗Ads ⌗DoNotWant BMW spams it's owners with Spider man movie commercial reddit․com/r/BMW/comments/1v802of/got_this_commercial_in_my_car_today_as_part_of/”

https://dmv.community/@pixelpusher220/117050932955938774

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@Codeberg I just received this email, titled “Your recent Mastodon post” from @dpk on behalf of the Codeberg “Presidium”:

***
Dear Aral Balkan

In your Mastodon post at <https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral/117041803584140945> you publically criticized a repository that was hosted on Codeberg, despite linking to an issue thread in which it was made clear that the content should be reported through our usual internal channels for moderation. The repository in question was reviewed by the moderation team and removed. We understand that you suffered reputational damage as a result of this repository’s content, but this does not justify damaging the reputation of Codeberg e.V. in turn. The moderation team is still a volunteer operation and sometimes it takes a few hours for someone to be available to deal with reports or to ensure that consensus exists.

We therefore warn you not to make posts of this kind that could damage the association’s reputation in future. Acting against the interests of the association can be grounds for exclusion from the membership (§5 (5) of the by-laws). If you have issues with content posted on our site in future, please report it to our moderation team at abuse@codeberg.org. In general, reports sent to that email address will usually receive a reply describing what action was taken once the moderation team has considered how to deal with the reported content.

Kind regards
Presidium
***

So, I have a problem with this.

My post in no way damaged the reputation of Codeberg. It publicly asked them to do something about it and to state, publicly, where they stand on an issue. An issue, may I add, that has to do with real people facing actual genocide as we speak. Not to mention I thanked them for making the right decision (https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral/117043586669877395). If anything, until this email, it made the organisation look better. Unless, of course, opposing certain genocides is something that damages reputations in Germany.

I do not agree with the public issue being closed either. An issue was reported and the response was not “oh, this is serious, we’ll look into it”. It was, rather, “you reported it wrong. Report the same thing at this other place instead.”

And that other place is an entirely opaque internal system where no one gets to see what decision-making process is employed.

This is not the transparency that should exist in a member-run organisation.

So at the end of the day, I am the one being threatened with being removed from membership while the person who is actively trying to harm genocide victims (https://codeberg.org/Linux-Is-Best/) is still welcome on Codeberg?

This is a very insidious form of bothsidesism and, I can only imagine, is to ensure that I keep quiet in the future and to create a chilling effect where we cannot discuss certain things publicly for fear of reprisals.

Well, that won’t be happening.

I am sick and tired of people who cannot provide a proportional response when asked to choose between people harming genocide victims on the one hand and those trying to protect them on the other.

If this means I cannot be a member of Codeberg, so be it.

Let me know if I’m not welcome there and I will leave.

And you can show the world that Linux-Is-Best is welcome and I am not. If that’s who you are.

#codeberg #israel #germany #zionism #genocide #ethnicCleansing #apartheid #settlerColonialism #fediverse #mastodon #transparency #ethics #morals

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“Restaurants, pubs and theatres ban Meta’s ‘spy glasses’ over privacy fears theguardian․com/technology/2026/aug/06/restaurants-pubs-and-theatres-ban-metas-spy-glasses-over-privacy-fears ⌗Meta ⌗RayBan ⌗surveil…”

https://mastodon.online/@jonsnow/117050232810532891

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🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“Flock Highlighted Police Departments Using Its Tech․ Now 4 Face Allegations of Misuse

web․brid․gy/r/wired․com/story/flock-videos-highlighted-police-departments-that-face-misuse/”

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/flock-videos-highlighted-police-departments-that-face-misuse/

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#snac2 #fediverse #frugalfediverse

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“The Prevent Duty has transformed trusted public sector workers into agents of counter-terror policing․And those in need of support into subjects of suspicion․Community safety demands real investment in education, commun…”

https://social.openrightsgroup.org/@openrightsgroup/117049601833271864

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🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“Prevent referrals rocketed by almost 40% last year in England and Wales 🚨Of those referred into this counter-terrorism programme, the majority were under 18․ Almost 400 were children under 10!More than a third have a m…”

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“In just 34 days, five long-developing systems crossed major thresholds: police AI entering the evidence chain, automated Five Eyes biometrics, wider police access to DVLA data, national-security procurement exemptions a…”

https://mastodon.social/@thomaster/117049141991864384

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“Surveillance Daily: August 6, 2026 ⌗ALPR ⌗Surveillance ⌗Privacy ⌗FlockSafety deflocktheusa․com/surveillance-daily-august-6-2026/”

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“Canadian workers speak out against growing screen time surveillance
Workers at some of Canada's biggest companies say increased workplace surveillance is taking a toll on their mental health as their bosses ramp up the …”

https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/@cbcedmonton_mirror/117048540757371136

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“Exclusive: Emails reveal Palmer Luckey’s political fundraising as his company wins sole-source contracts
By Aram Roston in WashingtonCo-founder of defense firm Anduril has donated $5․9m to Republicans and bundled more, …”

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“Exclusive: Emails reveal Palmer Luckey’s political fundraising as his company wins sole-source contracts theguardian․com/us-news/2026/aug/06/exclusive-palmer-luckey-political-fundraising ⌗UsNationalSecurity ⌗R…”

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I've been thinking about an emerging issue here on the #Fediverse, and I would like to suggest we solve it collaboratively.

Issue

Civilians in #Gaza are trying to provide food, medical treatment, and basic necessities for their families. They can't see upfront who would be willing to support them here on the #Fediverse. They can't stay silent either, just watching their kids and vulnerable family members suffer.

So they add long lists of recipients to their posts, and maybe also sent direct messages to a long list of people.

Some recipients feel helpless, because they're already donating. Some people get upset because they do not want to receive a stream of direct messages.

Suggestion

Let's use a ""#hashtag" (to be determined):

1) When you post a call for donations, write it without a long list of recipients, so everybody reading feels addressed by it.

Include the "#hashtag", to encourage boosts.

2) When you're willing to support civilians in Gaza who are in need, subscribe to the ""#hashtag".

No need to boost all of the posts you will see. If we are many, each of us boosting a single post a day will spread the message. If you don't think a post is a genuine call for help, just don't boost it. If you see malicious abuse of the hashtag, to harm its efficiency, report the abusers.

3) Whoever doesn't want to see the "#hashtag" can filter it.

Does that sound reasonable?

If you think this is a reasonable approach, please favorite and boost. Optionally reply with a "#hashtag" suggestion that:

• Signals respect for people and institutions in need
• Makes it clear it's about aid and donations for people and humanitarian institutions on the ground (not just generically about Gaza)
• Suggests boosts are also a form of help, if one can't donate (more)

I'll collect all suggestions from the replies on Thursday Aug 13th midnight UTC, and post a vote listing all of them, that will run for another week, to determine the most favorited one.

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“📢 Think about this for a second․ You make monthly payments on a car․ That same car is quietly recording your every move, exact location every 3 seconds, how hard you brake, how fast you accelerate, then selling it behi…”

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Privacy isn't something we realize the value of, until we start losing it. We all have a right to control our data, and to whom we give them.

I wrote this article to explore why our private lives are far more valuable than we think - and why protecting them is important in 2026.

I'd be interested to know your thoughts about this topic.

👉🏻 https://www.cypriendefontenay.de/blog/our-private-life-is-gold

The article is available in French, English and German.

#Privacy #DigitalRights #DataProtection #Tech #linux

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“The takeaway is simple: Install Linux ⌗GDID ⌗Windows ⌗Microsoft ⌗Surveillance ⌗Microslop ⌗CorporateGreed ⌗Capitalism ⌗BigTech ⌗BigCorpo ⌗Linux ⌗OnlinePrivacy windowsforum․com…”

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“LMAO, new AS to ban just dropped․ Obviously, the TCP portsweep scan from Cloud․ru wasn't made for good reason ⌗surveillance ⌗AutonomousSystem ⌗snort”

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“This is getting ridiculous․ youtube․com/watch?v=lnBPhelCdWE ⌗JohnOliver ⌗surveillance ⌗lastweektonight”

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“New episode!In the episodic companion piece to the blog post, Michael presents an argument against self-censorship, and for a coordinated effort to politically re-engage․ ⌗podcast ⌗privacy ⌗surveillance ⌗po…”

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Well, why am I not surprised…

“An ABC NEWS Verify investigation has found Facebook's parent company, Meta, is directly paying several controversial content creators including a white nationalist with Neo-Nazi links and a prominent anti-vaxxer.” (Source: ABC News)

All goes to underline the need to get off those commercial platforms and join an instance on the #Fediverse if you ask me.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-06/ragebait-how-facebook-is-paying-controversial-creators/106940696

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“TODAY at 3 p․m․ ET, join BINJ's Chris Faraone and Jason Pramas as they interview guest Fatema Ahmad, executive director of the Muslim Justice League, about ⌗Flock Safety Awareness! Check it out on YouTube Live! y…”

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“The ⌗SEC Bought ⌗Airline Data to Monitor Flights Worldwide 404media․co/the-sec-bought-airline-data-to-monitor-flights-worldwide/ ⌗travel ⌗privacy ⌗surveillance”

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“North Koreans turn to underground app for banned information – North Korea News — Daily NKFILE PHOTO: The North Korean smartphone, Pyongyang 2425․ (Daily NK) North Korean authorities caught a university student in…
⌗E…”

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