Mathstodon.xyz is a Mastodon server for people who love maths. We have LaTeX rendering in the web interface! We hope there’ll be lots of maths chat, but any topic following the code of conduct is OK.

This server has a post size of up to 1729 characters.

https://mathstodon.xyz

You can find out more at https://mathstodon.xyz/about or contact the admin account @christianp

#FeaturedServer #Mathematics #Maths #Math #LaTeX #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“⌗Meta ⌗Muse ⌗ai ⌗dataprotection ⌗privacy ⌗surveillance surfshark․com/research/chart/meta-muse-ai-chatbots?srsltid=AU7gw4VayqHAospAQ4173mQWdVoLzAtKSsEwZRANp0htiBdc4TcgJyHi”

https://mastodon.online/@clarinette/117389836633896843

🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“Why Are AI Companies Hiring Philosophers?
What happens to philosophy when it is bought by Big Tech? linkedin․com/article/edit/7508825256959242242/ ⌗AIethics ⌗ArtificialIntelligence ⌗DigitalPolicy ⌗TechG…”

https://eupolicy.social/@netopia/117389244022511914

🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

🎤 Upcoming at SeaGL 2026:
📍 10:30 AM on October 23
🗣️ "BadgeFed: Open, Decentralized Badges via ActivityPub"
👥 Speaker(s): Maho Pacheco
📍 Room: Room 250
🏷️ Track: Everything Else
📝 Digital badges promise portable, verifiable recognition, but in practice, they’re locked behind prop...

#SeaGL2026 #tech #activitypub #selfhosting #fediverse #linux
🔗 https://pretalx.seagl.org/2026/talk/UC3VVG/

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“⌗Sanders introduces bill to ban the federal government from using ⌗Flock techcrunch․com/2026/10/02/sanders-introduces-bill-to-ban-the-federal-government-from-using-flock/ ⌗privacy ⌗surveillance ⌗ALPR …”

https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/@thenewoil/117389013896713407

🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“Federal judge rules warrantless Flock camera searches may violate 4th Amendment'Freedom from persistent, dragnet-style surveillance while in public is not a foreign concept in our society, and it is a reasonable expecta…”

https://mastodon.social/@gtbarry/117388903508038133

🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“Federal Judge Rules a ⌗Flock Search Was ‘Indiscriminate Mass ⌗Surveillance ’ and Unconstitutional 404media․co/federal-judge-rules-a-flock-search-was-indiscriminate-mass-surveillance-and-unconstitutional/ ⌗pri…”

https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/@thenewoil/117388777980708954

🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“Edward Snowden | AI surveillance and freedom of expression․ It appears people are struggling to even find this recent event 📣 Edward Snowden starts at youtu․be/wytH7dPlCVw?t=4740 (with introduction)․ Please, share…”

https://linuxrocks.online/@Linux/117388599594888699

🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

⚠️ Hinweis an andere #Fediverse-Admins: Wir sehen gerade eine auffällige Welle automatisierter Fake-Anmeldungen.

Muster:
* Zufallsnamen wie `FadRuwir`, `IpybVoxem`, `FaquCorar`
* Wegwerf-Maildomains wie `qaoloty.com`, `2mail.co`, `onionmail.org`
* auffällig viele Tor-/Proxy-Verbindungen
* 0 Beiträge, 0 Follower
* generische Bewerbungstexte wie „Ich möchte Teil der deutschsprachigen Community werden …“

Besonders perfide: Teilweise werden offenbar echte Bios anderer Fediverse-/Bluesky-Nutzer.innen kopiert. So wirkt die Anmeldung auf den ersten Blick erstaunlich glaubwürdig.

Ein einzelnes Merkmal beweist natürlich nichts. In dieser Kombination sieht es aber sehr nach automatisierter Account-Erstellung aus.

Schaut euch neue Registrierungen derzeit besser etwas genauer an und tauscht Beobachtungen gern unter den Instanzen aus.

#Mastodon #FediverseAdmin #Spam #Bots #Moderation

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

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

https://mastodon.social/@deflocktheusa/117388510131053342

🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“europesays․com/3291483/ Rheinmetall sends first satellite into orbit to strengthen air defense ⌗AI ⌗AirDefense ⌗Argotec ⌗DefenseTechnology ⌗MilitarySpace ⌗Rheinmetall ⌗satellite ⌗space …”

https://pubeurope.com/@europesays/117388270860379106

🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

OK, who are the experts on #DistributedSystems on the #Fediverse? There is a new #FEP for implementing a scalar #LogicalClock in #ActivityPub, #FEP4f18.

I'm especially interested in mitigations for Byzantine faults in the system; right now, it's kind of hand-wavy based on value and trust heuristics:

https://fediverse.codeberg.page/fep/fep/4f18/

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“🕵️ Latest from ⌗Surveillance ⌗Technology Oversight Project (S․T․O․P․) ⌗NYC ''The outrage is reaching beyond Flock now to other license plate reader companies․․․ There are lots of alternatives waiting to fi…”

https://privacysafe.social/@yaleprivacylab/117387008915390420

🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“Headline: Your car is a smartphone on wheels․ Here's who's listening․Me: In my estimation, installing 'apps' on your cell phone and pairing/connecting it to your vehicle are two supremely horrible choices for your priva…”

https://mastodon.social/@DaveMasonDotMe/117385388667116315

🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“Population One, All in Favor

The election notice goes up on the tavern wall․ That is how the mayoral race begins in Monowi, Nebraska, the only incorporated village in America with a population of one․ Elsie Eiler tapes…”

https://bolesblogs.com/2026/10/04/population-one-all-in-favor/

🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“Surveillance Daily: October 4, 2026 ⌗ALPR ⌗Surveillance ⌗Privacy ⌗FlockSafety deflocktheusa․com/surveillance-daily-october-4-2026/”

https://mastodon.social/@deflocktheusa/117382958807968031

🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“Watsonville Council Forum: Why Local Races Shape Surveillance ⌗ALPR ⌗Surveillance ⌗Privacy ⌗FlockSafety deflocktheusa․com/watsonville-council-forum-why-local-races-shape-surveillance/”

https://mastodon.social/@deflocktheusa/117382958742805968

🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

Tomorrow is the submission deadline of an #EuropeanCommission grant for a pilot around youth and decentralized #SocialMedia. Contestants are given the choice to target either the #ActivityPub fediverse, or #ATProto atmosphere. Targeting both is also an option.

Competition is expected to be fierce. It will be quite interesting to see who the EC will pick as the winner, and what protocol their proposal is based on.

It is telling that there is only one pilot for either one or the other #SocialWeb protocol, and not two pilots, each for their own protocol. Though I hope that an AP-based #fediverse pitch will be granted, my gut feeling tells me they probably already made up their mind - driven by political and market(ing) forces - to select #atmosphere. Hope I'm proven wrong. Fediverse is the more "for the people, by the people" choice, and best fit to European culture and values imho, among others.

Results will be in near the end of the year.

https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/PPPA-2026-YOUTH-SOCIAL-MEDIA-DESIGN

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

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

https://mastodon.social/@deflocktheusa/117382847789742647

🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

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

https://mastodon.social/@deflocktheusa/117382847710637332

🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

I really enjoyed doing this talk about #Wikimedia and the #Fediverse at the #WMFHackathon in May. I just found this URL in my email box. Thanks @boz !

https://bbb.ch-open.ch/playback/presentation/2.3/7c1c8f9609ff3f7a2e43b8ae7ccbf145f3ec901a-1777792021264

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

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

https://mastodon.social/@deflocktheusa/117382847638884185

🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“europesays․com/videos/105121/ Flock’s AI tracking sparks privacy fears and violence • FRANCE 24 English ⌗ai ⌗ArtificialIntelligence ⌗cameras ⌗Controversy ⌗Flock ⌗FRANCE24 ⌗FRANCE24English …”

https://pubeurope.com/@videos/117381865283958677

🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

Pixelfed is not for sale. It never was.

I've turned down 6 and 7 figure offers, and I'd do it again tomorrow. Some things matter more than a beach and a Peach Bellini.

We're building something generational here. Something that outlives us if we get it right.

100M+ people. Ethically sustainable. Admins and creators get paid.

You deserve better, and we're going to build it together.

#activityPub #fediverse #together #notForSale

RE: https://hashtaggames.online/2026/10/03/249899/

Thanks for playing #FrugalTVShows #HashTagGames.

It was a fun game and we have had around 900 game plays! See you tonight at 9PM eastern time for the new nightly game!

It's a honor to be your Hashtag Games host! #Fediverse #Mastodon #WordPress

See all the games via the fediverse at @hashtaggames or online at https://HashTagGames.Online

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“US Judge Rules ⌗Flock ⌗Search Was Mass ⌗Surveillance․ ⌗BernieSanders Proposes 'Ban Flock Act'
⌗banflockact ⌗privacy ⌗security ⌗alpr yro․slashdot․org/story/26/10/03/0532218/us-judge-rule…”

https://mas.to/@PrivacyDigest/117381032183163758

🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“⌗Surveillance Company Tells Cops It Wants to Add ⌗FacialRecognition to ⌗Flock ⌗Cameras
⌗privacy ⌗security ⌗alpr yro․slashdot․org/story/26/10/03/0545254/surveillance-company-tells-cops-it-want…”

https://mas.to/@PrivacyDigest/117381005376416527

🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“Federal judge calls Flock 'indiscriminate mass surveillance' techcrunch․com/2026/10/03/federal-judge-calls-flock-indiscriminate-mass-surveillance/ ⌗HackerNews ⌗Tech ⌗Surveillance”

https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/03/federal-judge-calls-flock-indiscriminate-mass-surveillance/

🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“ICE is reportedly using a Palantir database to compile dossiers on protestors engadget․com/2276609/ice-is-reportedly-using-a-palantir-database-to-compile-dossiers-on-protestors/ ⌗Privacy ⌗Surveillance ⌗TechN…”

https://www.engadget.com/2276609/ice-is-reportedly-using-a-palantir-database-to-compile-dossiers-on-protestors/

🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“Welcome to the Flock Elections

web․brid․gy/r/motherjones․com/politics/2026/10/flock-cameras-midterm-elections-democrats-republicans-alpr-axon-motorola/”

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/10/flock-cameras-midterm-elections-democrats-republicans-alpr-axon-motorola/

🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“Flock search that led Lexington police to surround wrong home intensifies debate over the tech ﹫kentucky lpm․org/news/2026-09-30/flock-search-that-led-lexington-police-to-surround-wrong-home-intensifies-debate-over…”

https://mstdn.social/@KentNavalesi/117378327128353242

🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“⌗EFF: 'We Demand More Information on How ⌗Marin Cops Illegally Shared ⌗Flock ⌗ALPR Data' eff․org/deeplinks/2026/10/we-demand-more-information-how-marin-cops-illegally-shared-flock-alpr-data ⌗privacy …”

https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/@thenewoil/117377689487801297

🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“⌗^ Florida county officials have no idea where extra Flock cameras came from, or who owns them

County officials thought they had 52 of the cameras — which law enforcement agencies use to record passing vehicles' lic…”

https://hub.farthinghalearms.com/item/eb6dc9ba-3495-4461-b8d5-ae226beea5c2

🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“From yesterday․ One more time: you cannot trust Meta, more so than any other scheming, prevaricating, leaching, corrupt AI or tech company․Apple said 'it plans to change its Mac operating system to make it more obvious …”

https://infosec.exchange/@AAKL/117377545378923803

🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“📷 5 new license plate readers just reported around Grand Terrace, CA․ Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching․ ⌗ALPR ⌗Surveillance ⌗GrandTerrace ⌗Privacy ⌗FlockSafety deflocktheusa․com/flo…”

https://mastodon.social/@deflocktheusa/117377185429324916

🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“Things have been very quiet here over the last few months, for various reasons: summer, vacation, health, and also because I’ve been watching developments around the world․And, of course, especially what’s been going on…”

https://social.linux.pizza/@unixviking/117375929909849989

🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“Filming an ICE arrest? You end up in a Palantir
database․ Court records reveal DHS agents
tracking observers․ Back in March, a Maine judge
noted First Amendment policy violations:
unconstitutional state surveillance aga…”

https://mastodon.social/@2k_115/117375720309102565

🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“🕵️ Latest from ⌗Surveillance ⌗Technology Oversight Project (S․T․O․P․) ⌗NYC ''Faith leaders across the Twin Cities say they're still dealing with fallout from the surge, whether it's lingering fear among mi…”

https://privacysafe.social/@yaleprivacylab/117375684149359262

🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“A good watch from ⌗PBS on ⌗privacy and ⌗surveillance․ youtu․be/2e304gjz0VY ⌗amazon ⌗ring ⌗flock”

https://bunnymotorsports.com/@mookie/117373779941538418

🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“europesays․com/conflicts/20084/ Fast Takes: The real route to AI safety, ‘conflict is inevitable’ and more ⌗Affordability ⌗ArtificialIntelligence ⌗Conflict ⌗ConflictNews ⌗Conflicts ⌗Democrats …”

https://pubeurope.com/@conflicts/117373521712423334

🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“'DHS🚨agents tracked people observing ⌗ICE, took photos of them, ran their license plates, pulled their personal info․․․
-P Thakker ⌗DHS 🚨intimidated people observing ICE activity in ME, stored info about them in a…”

https://toad.social/@KimPerales/117373402450881065

🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“Jeff Merkley, Bernie Sanders, & AOC are introducing the Ban Flock Act, to effectively put an end to AI surveillance cameras that track Americans․
It would prohibit federal agencies from using automatic license plat…”

https://pdx.social/@503bartley/117373255733942794

🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“Paragon Solutions has long promised to cut off customers who misuse its spyware against journalists and activists, but CEO Andrew Boyd told WIRED the company cannot see whom customers target, has no kill switch, and lea…”

https://infosec.exchange/@technotenshi/117372987044739104

🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“Netzpolitik․org reports that the German customs investigation office (Zollkriminalamt) has used messenger monitoring permanently since August 2025, after a pilot that began in late 2023, according to a classified intern…”

https://infosec.exchange/@technotenshi/117372941710096526

🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“⌗Flock ⌗surveillance 'Flock cameras are everywhere․ Here’s what you need to know about license plate readers․Whether you realized it or not, you’ve almost certainly driven by an automated license plate reader․
The …”

https://kolektiva.social/@LevZadov/117372899493142012

🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“As State Assembly for District 59, I will be a vehicle for my constituents․ My focus is fighting for the concerns and needs of the ⌗people in our district, including our most vulnerable․ From ⌗datacenters and …”

https://union.place/@babakofi/117372239315899329

🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“﹫thenewoil The new quote has become:
'⌗Cameras and ⌗Drones and ⌗Surveillance, oh my!'”

https://mastodon.social/@AntisocialShadow/117371810983429636

🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

RE: https://pixelfed.com/p/NRCfediverse/1011729427924914472

Goed nieuws!
#NRC #fediverse

When you want to follow someone on the Fediverse but there are multiple accounts with their name in the search results, how do you decide which to follow?

#EvanPoll #poll #Fediverse #UserSearch #PeopleFinder

Week in Fediverse 2026-10-02

Servers

- PeerTube v8.3.1
- Hollo v0.9.20
- Mastodon v4.7.3
- Ibis v0.3.4
- Wafrn v2026.10.01
- Hometown v1.3.0
- Misskey v2026.10.0
- NeoDB v0.19.5
- Hatsu v0.3.5
- Wanderer v0.21.0

Clients

- Pachli v3.9.0
- Fedilab v3.45.0
- chan-fe v0.4.0
- PeerTube Mobile v2.3.0

For developers

- Fedify v2.4.0
- activitypub-federation-rust v0.6.6
- Fedipub v0.10.0

Protocol

- FEP-070c: Block synchronization across servers
- FEP-302f: QuantPub — federated personal metrics for quantified-self sharing
- FEP-6757: Content License Metadata in ActivityPub

Articles

- Why Does Nobody Use Lemmy?
- Fediverse News – Summer 2026

-----

#WeekInFediverse #Fediverse #ActivityPub

Previous edition: https://mitra.social/objects/01a0dbf1-5095-74a1-b198-2872b783a198

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

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

https://mastodon.social/@deflocktheusa/117371522965948651

🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“RE: flipboard․com/﹫npr/business-uklg5idmz/-/a-qrCp1CThR9msn9oz15Bpxg%3Aa%3A3195441-%2F0 Having a personally assigned surveillance done follow each person around would also 'reduce crime'․ Effectiveness, which is also…”

https://todon.eu/@RadicalEcologist/117371160008824083

🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“🕵️ Latest from ⌗Surveillance ⌗Technology Oversight Project (S․T․O․P․) ⌗NYC ''From small towns to cities as large as Los Angeles, communities across the country are canceling their contracts with Flock and …”

https://privacysafe.social/@yaleprivacylab/117370021982360040

🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“Cuckoo Flock cameras: when people put up private Flock cameras for surveillance without the state security units being aware which ones they license and which ones they don't․
arstechnica․com/tech-policy/2026/10/flori…”

https://social.ofaolain.com/@david/117368455433343964

🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“How the Feds Get Your Data ⌗Surveillance isn’t just about who is collecting the data․ Surveillance is, of course, also about who that data ends up with․ A great story from Jason today looks at that with ⌗Flock a…”

https://mas.to/@PrivacyDigest/117368075987428565

🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

The hardest part of joining the fediverse is the first 10 minutes.

https://fediverse.info fixes that.

Browse the Apps directory to pick a platform, the People directory to find folks to follow, and Starter Kits to build a feed fast.

All discovery is opt-in. You only show up if you choose to.

#fediverse #mastodon #misskey #pixelfed #peertube #lemmy #loops

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“Victory! ⌗California ⌗AppealsCourt Refuses to Revive ⌗Surveillance Tech CEO’s Meritless Lawsuit Against ⌗Journalist When the rich and powerful try to use the court to silence negative reporting about the…”

https://mas.to/@PrivacyDigest/117367979457468757

🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“(Besides this, the US Post Office is planning to install 'always on' ⌗cameras on every delivery truck, to capture every ⌗LicensePlate it sees․)
>Amazon's already been using this dystopian surveillance on 275K delive…”

https://masto.nyc/@GetMisch/117367807472436252

🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“I’m into tech, and that’s why AI surveillance feels so dark․
Cameras, phones, cars, apps, location data, and servers are already everywhere․ Connect all of that to AI, and it can see, hear, search, compare, and remember…”

https://mastodon.social/@ghostlinguist/117366830213683279

🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“deflock․org/ An open-source project mapping license plate readers․ These systems continuously record your movements without a warrant, probable cause, or even reasonable suspicion․ ⌗deflock ⌗flocksafety ⌗alpr …”

https://mastodon.social/@gtbarry/117366726992233295

🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“404 Media: How Cities Are Forced to Funnel License Plate Data to a Massive Federal Surveillance Program
Inbox ⌗404media ⌗news ⌗surveillance ⌗privacy 404media․co/how-cities-are-forced-to-funnel-license-p…”

https://social.vivaldi.net/@rogerc2738/117366701877437304

🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

Of all the ActivityPub servers that have ever been publicly available, how many do you think are still up today?

#EvanPoll #poll #fediverse #activitypub #sustainability

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

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

https://mastodon.social/@deflocktheusa/117365860931298201

🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

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

https://mastodon.social/@deflocktheusa/117365860833095847

🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

I want to publicly thank @dch
The FreeBSD port of littleFedi was already ready at release time, and it’s really well done.

One of the peculiarities of littleFedi is that it was developed and tested first on the BSDs, then on illumos, and only later on Linux.

The first public instance, my own @stefano@rpi0w.stefanomarinelli.it account, runs on a Raspberry Pi Zero W with NetBSD.

I don’t think many social platforms have started out on NetBSD in recent years.

#ThankYou #RunBSD #NetBSD #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #illumos #OwnYourData #Fediverse #littleFedi

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“Madison Square Garden’s James Dolan Is Spending Big on New York’s Governor Race allforgardening․com/1942933/madison-square-gardens-james-dolan-is-spending-big-on-new-yorks-governor-race/ ⌗elections ⌗GardeningN…”

https://vive.im/@afg/117365818231354674

🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“europesays․com/africa/452359/ Amnesty Details Morocco Surveillance Allegations ⌗AmnestyInternational ⌗HumanRights ⌗journalists ⌗Morocco ⌗Surveillance”

https://pubeurope.com/@africa/117365090861792789

🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“🕵️ Latest from ⌗Surveillance ⌗Technology Oversight Project (S․T․O․P․) ⌗NYC 'The tide is turning nationally against Flock cameras․ President Trump’s response? 'I like them․' Read more here: washingtonpost․c…”

https://privacysafe.social/@yaleprivacylab/117364359653224789

🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“⌗FuckNo ⌗Surveillance ⌗Privacy ⌗USPS
⌗Resist ⌗FightBack ⌗USPolitics 404media․co/usps-to-put-cameras-in-trucks-that-scan-roads-for-community-safety/”

https://mastodon.social/@Flowermob/117362979388498283

🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

Wake up, September is over ⏰️

For us, September was a month full of adventures with our team dividing to tackle four countries in two weeks. We met leaders in civil society, news product, digital security, journalism, community regeneration, and, of course, in the Social Web space.

We've just about caught up with everything, now we're looking forward to a slightly quieter October...

#SocialWeb #September #October #Fediverse #Visibility

Alt...

Saskia, Mariana, and Michael stand in front of a sign saying Global Gathering outside of the Global Gathering venue.

Alt...

A banner reading 'Independent News Sustainability Summit. San Diego, CA. Sept, 9-11, 2026. Breakout session this way. Lion Publishers.

Alt...

A spaceship esque hallway at c-base Berlin with rounded metal walls and rainbow neon lights.

Alt...

Ben points to a table decorated with Newsmast Foundation branding.

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“USPS Is Putting Dashcams in Mail Trucks to Keep an Eye on 'Community Safety' gizmodo․com/usps-is-putting-dashcams-in-mail-trucks-to-keep-an-eye-on-community-safety-2000819711 ⌗Privacy ⌗Technology ⌗Surveillan…”

https://gizmodo.com/usps-is-putting-dashcams-in-mail-trucks-to-keep-an-eye-on-community-safety-2000819711

🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“youtube․com/watch?v=wytH7dPlCVw ⌗AI ⌗Surveillance ⌗FreedomOfSpeech”

https://mamot.fr/@opsocket/117361759928450139

🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“⌗Surveillance Company Tells Cops It Wants to Add ⌗FacialRecognition to ⌗Flock Cameras 404media․co/surveillance-company-tells-cops-it-wants-to-add-facial-recognition-to-flock-cameras/ ⌗ALPR ⌗privacy …”

https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/@thenewoil/117361292357276294

🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“findingflock․com/map Volunteers document license plate readers they observe and is independent of any camera vendor, police department, or government agency․ ⌗findingflock ⌗flocksafety ⌗axon ⌗alpr ⌗sur…”

https://mastodon.social/@gtbarry/117360945200102416

🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“⌗TheMetalDogArticleList
⌗TheHardTimes
Flock CEO Insists Company’s Data Only Shared With FBI, DHS, NSA, DOJ, CIA and REO Speedwagon thehardtimes․net/culture/flock-ceo-insists-companys-data-only-shared-with-fbi-dhs…”

https://mastodon.themetaldog.net/@TheMetalDog/117360838615559043

🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

Thanks for your patience (and welcomes!) everyone. I was showing people at the #Fediverse signup night at #Foulab how to make an self-introduction .

My name is Evan and I live in #Montreal! #introduction I love the #Fediverse I love #NativePlants I have a #Citroen and I believe in a #FreePalestine

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“404 Media --> How Cities Are Forced to Funnel License Plate Data to a Massive Federal Surveillance ProgramRead --> 404media․co/how-cities-are-forced-to-funnel-license-plate-data-to-a-massive-federal-surveillance-progr…”

https://pdx.social/@mistergibson/117360816773817740

🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

Heading to #Foulab for #Montreal #Fediverse sign up night.

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“Nassau County has a Flock Safety camera every 9․5 miles, residents among one of America’s most surveilledNassau County now has more than 330 Flock Safety cameras publicly mapped on over 3,200 miles of road, placing Nass…”

https://mastodon.social/@gtbarry/117360591887809069

🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“📷 5 new license plate readers just reported around Discovery Bay, CA․ Newly mapped by volunteers — see what's watching․ ⌗ALPR ⌗Surveillance ⌗DiscoveryBay ⌗Privacy ⌗FlockSafety deflocktheusa․com/flo…”

https://mastodon.social/@deflocktheusa/117360198478356779

🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“laviezine․com/1651230/six-month-trial-of-live-facial-recognition-in-london-railway-stations-nets-zero-suspects/ Six-Month Trial of Live Facial Recognition in London Railway Stations Nets Zero Suspects ⌗FacialRecogni…”

https://vive.im/@laviezine/117360179523366851

🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“That's pretty nuts guys and terrifying․ Tom Watson’s first intervention in his new job at spytech firm Palantir is to write a letter to his former colleague Labour MP Clive Lewis to say that the firm has been surveillin…”

https://mastodon.social/@Climatehistories/117359095752097352

🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

If you are a #Foulab regular and you run a #Fediverse server, and you're open to new registrations, please let me know. For our onboarding night tonight, I've lined up some of the big servers, but it would also be cool to onboard new people to local communities. Let me know before it happens!

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“Title: Surveillance Company Tells Cops It Wants to Add Facial Recognition to Flock CamerasSubtitle: A ⌗surveillance company wants to 'close the gap' that ⌗Flock won't do, by pitching facial recognition on its ca…”

https://mastodon.social/@gerowen/117356713570686839

🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“'As Flock continues to be the center of a nationwide conversation about automatic license plate reading cameras, the company has said that it doesn’t, and won’t, do facial recognition: 'We will not add facial recognitio…”

https://tldr.nettime.org/@remixtures/117356635121674668

🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“Flock’s surveillance network could gain facial recognition through third-party software, despite Flock saying it will not add the technology itself․ 📷
VIDIZMO is pitching police tools to identify and track people using…”

https://mastodon.social/@knoppix95/117356028065020498

🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“How to Beat ⌗Surveillance Pricing Before It Bleeds You Dry Consumer advocate Lindsay Owen’s new book, Gouged, traces how corporations use software—from ever-changing prices to opaque ⌗algorithms —to squeeze ever…”

https://mas.to/@PrivacyDigest/117355745357205548

🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“⌗Surveillance Company Tells Cops It Wants to Add ⌗FacialRecognition to ⌗Flock ⌗Cameras As Flock continues to be the center of a nationwide conversation about automatic license plate reading cameras, the co…”

https://mas.to/@PrivacyDigest/117355656004517163

🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“⌗Surveillance Finds a WayA thing I’ve been saying over and over is that surveillance companies can’t be trusted to regulate themselves or to make ⌗privacy decisions themselves, because one company’s red line is an…”

https://mas.to/@PrivacyDigest/117355608464431306

🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“⌗flock ⌗cameras ⌗surveillance ⌗facialRecognition 404media․co/surveillance․․․

Surveillance Company Tells Cop․․․”

https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:7hc3ntwii55gbipddmecsn47/post/3mwoccxowkk26

🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“Turns out plenty of 'prove you're human' checkboxes weren't checking anything․ Cloudflare knew which ones, per widget, and built an AI tool to wire them up․ Four days later they applied to become a certificate authority…”

https://ppb.social/@ppb1701/117355051970160904

🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“Keep Palantir out of our public institutions, and out of our public life! ⌗privacy ⌗surveillance
mastodon․social/﹫Piratenpartij/116889163312852673”

https://mastodon.social/@Piratenpartij/117354719078116419

🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

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

https://mastodon.social/@deflocktheusa/117354536160011007

🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

Mastodon should especially read WHY SHAMING PEOPLE ABOUT AI SLOP ISN’T ENOUGH TO STOP BIG AI https://www.anildash.com/2026/08/21/ai-slop-and-shame/ #Mastodon #Fediverse

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“'The European Commissioner for Defence and Space Andrius Kubilius said that Palantir Technologies is ‘a great company’' euronews․com/2026/09/24/palantir-is-a-great-company-eu-defence-chief-tells-euronews Meanwhile, Pa…”

https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral/117353972604869899

🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“Hey Bristol, the ⌗SafetyNotSurveillance townhall event is coming up THIS WEEK․Join us as we delve into the so-called 'crime-predicting' tech and AI being used by Avon & Somerset Police, which was revealed in a recen…”

https://social.openrightsgroup.org/@openrightsgroup/117353297680438232

🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

Some really cool updates! We just recently deployed some special #Fediverse features on Govdirectory.  First of all, we have now have a dedicated page where you not only can see all the Fediverse accounts for the public organizations, we also made it easy for you to download them in bulk. Check it out on https://www.govdirectory.org/fediverse/
1/5
#civictech

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“'Here’s me with the ⌗pinkhairdatawhistleblower (second left) and the then deputy leader of the Labour party at the Labour conference in 2018․ He’s the guy standing up making an impassioned point in front of the scre…”

https://tldr.nettime.org/@remixtures/117351402643958888

🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“Flock Wants the Most Detailed Map of Its Surveillance Cameras Taken Offline theintercept․com/2026/09/24/how-many-flock-devices-in-united-states-300000/ Comments: news․ycombinator․com/item?id=49884363 ⌗HackerNews …”

https://mastodon.social/@h4ckernews/117351234198335621

🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“In the years since I graduated from ⌗MIT I've had many reasons to be disappointed by my alma mater․ Here's yet another one, but I'm pleased to see faculty fighting back․
⌗AI ⌗surveillance ⌗privacy
fnl…”

https://federate.social/@jik/117349924338370157

🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@farside_bot/117352563031197548

for almost 20 years now i have not bought a sunday paper. it was my ritual to walk across the avenue, get bagels and the sunday paper with the most comics (back in the day, NY Newsday).

i don't even think i stopped because of the internet. i think i stopped when they didn't print Larson anymore. i wish @farside_bot posted with #AltTxt so i can boost them, but… anyways… i missed your funny ass, Gary Larson. only on #Mastodon and the #fediverse do we meet again 😁

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“⌗NYPD officers accessed ⌗Flock public ⌗surveillance data 1,710 without a contract: No legal basis whatsoever; not even a contrived 'well, we can write our own warrants' excuse washingtonexaminer․com/news/4744…”

https://hear-me.social/@nek/117349890150208998

🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

Dass es den europäischen Regierungen und der EU bei den von ihnen vorangebrachten Alterskontrollen (= Identitätsdatenkontrollen) im Internet nicht um den Jugendschutz sondern um die Kontrolle von Informationszugängen und Kommunikationsräumen geht, zeigt sich gerade wieder beim Vorhaben Frankreichs, auch das dezentrale Fediverse/Mastodon als "Pornographieplattform" einzustufen um es entsprechenden Kontrollen unterwerfen zu können.

Mit dem Argument, dass diese oder jene Kanäle, Plattformen, Programme oder Angebote dafür genutzt werden könnten, neben anderem auch nicht jugendfreie Inhalte zu teilen, wird so ein Vorwand geschaffen, der die umfassende Kontrolle von alledem rechtfertigen soll.

https://www.heise.de/news/Paris-plant-Social-Media-Verbot-fuer-Kinder-Alterskontrollen-auf-Bluesky-Co-10439513.html

#Bluesky #Mastodon #SocialMedia #EU #Alterskontrollen #Frankreich #Fediverse #Datenschutz #Daten #Privacy

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“Perhaps the intention of whoever was skulking about in vans near RAF Fairford and whoever encouraged them to do so *wasn't* to actually blow the place up (which would result in some serious retaliation or even start of …”

https://social.tchncs.de/@vfrmedia/117349743694968193

🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“Driver Ticketed For No Insurance Despite Having Insurance Just Because Flock Said She Didn’t

web․brid․gy/r/techdirt․com/2026/09/28/driver-ticketed-for-no-insurance-despite-having-insurance-just-because-flock-said-she…”

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/09/28/driver-ticketed-for-no-insurance-despite-having-insurance-just-because-flock-said-she-didnt/

🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“Putin is testing NATO on Norway’s remote Arctic islands – POLITICOWith sabotage, cyberattacks and airspace violations across Europe mushrooming, fears are growing that Putin could escalate further, according…
⌗NewsBee…”

https://newsbeep.org/@newsbeep/117349182914140467

🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

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

https://mastodon.social/@deflocktheusa/117348874034586844

🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

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

https://mastodon.social/@deflocktheusa/117348873912931040

🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“⌗Flock ⌗surveillance ⌗cameras ⌗USA Flock wants their most detailed map of cams taken down․ Quick! Mirror the shit out of it! theintercept․com/2026/09/24/how-many-flock-devices-in-united-states-300000/”

https://todon.nl/@vreer/117348192529123224

🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

Similar to the anti-meta fedi pact, does anyone know if there’s such a site, list, repository for AI? It’s a very polarizing topic. I’m not here to debate people’s views on Meta, but what I will say is that the list provided information where people stood. I believe such a list is needed for AI. It will provide information so people can make informed decisions. Such as what users and instances to block. For devs, that use AI or have AI services it would know which users to exclude and include #AI #Fedi #Fediverse #BoostForReach #ArtificialIntelligence #LLM #Fedipact #OpenSocialWeb

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“A security researcher mapped 300,000 Flock surveillance devices across the US: 170,000+ license plate cameras and 27,000 acoustic sensors․ He built it from Flock's own database, exposed by a leaking access token he repo…”

https://infosec.exchange/@indigoprivacy/117346604540337566

🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.