soc.octade.net is a Fediverse instance that uses the ActivityPub protocol. In other words, users at this host can communicate with people that use software like Mastodon, Pleroma, Friendica, etc. all around the world.
This server runs the snac software and there is no automatic sign-up process.
From "Social Media" to Social Movements...
Social #Movements are more than just Tech or Software:
#Mastodon you've done great work for social media but we need help to redevelop socialising itself:
- not only as media or storage.
- help move on from 1-way #interaction.
At some peak level of software we jump from a #tech tree of development to a #social tree of development:
To Develop:
How to socialise / #increment #trust.
How not be #afraid of others.
To achieve a Techno-Social balance!
Could alien signals be hiding in old telescope data? Researchers are looking beyond the radio frequencies they’ve focused on for decades and focusing on narrow-band signals. @Gizmodo has more, including why scientists are excited about this new approach:
Last month’s earthquakes in Venezuela killed over 5,000 people and another 16,000 injured. Rescuers from around the world not only used trained dogs, seismic and acoustic listening devices, and thermal imaging cameras to search for signs of survivors, but also snakebots equipped with a video camera to slither into tight spaces that other machinery or humans couldn’t get into. Read more from @ArsTechnica:
Global open-source platforms and cloud #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/global-open-source-platforms-and-cloud/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
boostedApple Sued by Customers Who Lost Combined $1.8 Million Through Fake Bitcoin Wallet in App Store
Apple is facing a new lawsuit from three customers who allegedly lost a combined $1.8 million after falling victim to a fake Bitcoin wallet app in the App Store, according to a complaint filed in California federal cour…
https://www.macrumors.com/2026/07/25/apple-app-store-fake-bitcoin-wallet-lawsuit/
#Tech #Technology #TechNews #AI #Gadgets #Software #Cybersecurity #Apple #Google #Microsoft #Startup #OpenSource #MacRumors [MacRumors]
Internet subcultures: Doomers and Zoomers #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/internet-subcultures-doomers-and-zoomers/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
Social media platforms made in Europe #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/social-media-platforms-made-in-europe/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
An Atlanta man was arrested last year as he arrived back in the U.S. because he allegedly provided border officials with a passcode that wiped the contents of his phone. The Justice Department is prosecuting him on destruction of data while using a so-called “duress” password. Read about the case, the software that does this, an embarrassing typo in the government’s indictment, and more from @Techcrunch:
Task: High-energy, over-the-top "I am online" post for Mastodon, talking about being back from somewhere strange.
RE: https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/116968826554216628
"When it comes to making a new, good internet, there's plenty of room for labor law, civil rights legislation, antitrust, and other legal regimes. But privacy has the biggest constituency, gets us the most bang for the buck, and has the fewest harmful side-effects. It's a policy we can all agree on, even if we don't agree on much else. It's a coalition in potentia that would be unstoppable in reality." - @pluralistic
#privacy #surveillance #SurveillanceCapitalism #tech #BigTech
Is it reassuring to convince people that AI is going to make the world better with an ad set to a David Bowie song about the end of the world? Meta’s newest commercial drives home that an AI-reliant future “is for everyone.” The song strikes a different tone. Read more from @Techcrunch that also links to the ad:
The long road to quantum stability #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/the-long-road-to-quantum-stability/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
Bootlickers at Google fined €890 million for breaching the Digital Markets Act, by promoting their own services and restricting customer access to better Alternatives.
Try to use other providers/search engines and such. All the fedi folks have made an impact and I have been de-googling and deleting fascist tech.
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_26_1670
Cryptography: from paper to silicon #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/cryptography-from-paper-to-silicon/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
How should I deal with websites that don’t respect my browser’s privacy settings? Preventing me from reading an article because I’ve enabled my tracker and ad blockers in Vivaldi—and then pressuring me to disable them—is unacceptable. That will only lead me to avoid such sites.
I certainly won’t compromise my privacy just because a corporation wants me to. If advertising is the only way they can make money, something is fundamentally wrong with them.
@techcrunch_official @Vivaldi #privacy #ads #adblocker #it #technology #tech #browser #web
If you have been wondering about the effectiveness of the social media ban of under 15 year olds, this study got you :)
Spoiler: 92%+ of kids age 14-15 in #Australia still use it 🥳
Meanwhile IMO forced verification of users had a much better success rate 😉
Source:
https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w35162/w35162.pdf
#Privacy #ageverification #IDverification #Study #Data #Science #Survey #Tech #SocialMedia #Technology #Internet #Censorship #Authoritarianism #MassSurveillance #Surveillance
Before you sign: due diligence to save money #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/before-you-sign-due-diligence-to-save-money/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
I am very tired of all the tech companies embracing dystopian surveillance, overhyped AI, authoritarianism and fascism.
Which tech company do you know that hasn't?
Edit: Please keep the focus in replies on reporting on positive solutions and organizations for others to discover.
And if you wish to debate with each other, then please remove my handle from it (because this creates a lot of notifications in my phone 🫣), thanks! 🙏
#Tech #DigitalRights #HumanRights #NoAI #Privacy #Surveillance #Fascism
Weather control: the sky as a weapon #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/weather-control-the-sky-as-a-weapon/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
NO.
Japan’s AI gamble: Can technology offset the cost of an ageing society? https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2026/7/21/japan-ai-gamble-can-technology-offset-the-cost-of-an-ageing-society?traffic_source=rss
Internet subcultures: Urban Explorers #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/internet-subcultures-urban-explorers/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
Rental scams: recognize the red flags #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/rental-scams-recognize-the-red-flags/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
Fake profiles and identity cloning #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/fake-profiles-and-identity-cloning/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
Van Jacobson and congestion control #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/van-jacobson-and-congestion-control/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
So yu can COUNT REPLIES and see depth of comments daily.
(i.e.) Nobody is actually working on social itself...
As if just having #software and #computer #tech is enough and everyone is super-ready at communicating to solve the social world and bd logic of everyone currently being afraid of everyone online or insulting them when they are tired after a few normally taxing replies to read! NOooo...
We need better people, not just better tech!
The top AI fear for 6,000 tech pros isn't losing their jobs - it's more work for the same pay
Most tech professionals wouldn't recommend their own role to someone entering the industry today.
https://www.zdnet.com/article/top-ai-fear-tech-survey/
#Tech #Technology #TechNews #AI #Gadgets #Software #Cybersecurity #Apple #Google #Microsoft #Startup #OpenSource #ZDNet [ZDNet]
Cryptography on the web: the illusion of safety #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/cryptography-on-the-web-the-illusion-of-safety/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
Who would you say are the best vocal supporters/activists pushing for Fedi, tech surveillance and free open source stuff?
@aral The trouble with this and with technology is:
1 - #Tech is used for multiple purposes and with multiple people
This creates a fork and multiple reasoning / uses.
Control by individuals ?
- Most can't do it on their own
- Most don't have the money / time
= Most need help - even some #BigTech (at least to start with unless we do #handholding live video #walkthrough time)
Trust without identity: hashes and signatures #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/trust-without-identity-hashes-and-signatures/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
Fake IDs: uncovering inconsistencies #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/fake-ids-uncovering-inconsistencies/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
Louis Pouzin and the datagram revolution #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/louis-pouzin-and-the-datagram-revolution/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
Behind Discord: Citron and Vishnevskiy #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/behind-discord-citron-and-vishnevskiy/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
Privacy, surveillance, and the crypto wars #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/privacy-surveillance-and-the-crypto-wars/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
Internet subcultures: kin communities #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/internet-subcultures-kin-communities/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
Link at bottom. In my quest to get others to visit my website to see what I am up to instead of wondering why I am not posting or interacting on Facebook, I got this reply, which just made me sad.
> Hey bro! Is this your website thing? But I only visit links I know, and I've never seen Sightless Scribbles before. I don't understand why you can't just post on Facebook where I don't have to click on links I don't know. can you make it easier on me and just post your blogs to your Facebook or get a Substack? If you blogged somewhere I know, I’d read it.
I think this fear of links is the worst thing to happen to the internet. Tech literacy is still an all time low, even in people younger than me. Tech literacy should be a mandatory requirement in all schools, and yes, I mean learn stuff like, what a link is. how to read a link. What HTTPS means. How email works under the hood. I don't mean code or programming.
My website is https://sightlessscribbles.com/
How ideas gain momentum online #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/influence-and-narrative-amplification-how-ideas-gain-momentum-online/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
Connect with the #Wikidata community at #Wikimania
Whether you're a new contributor, editor, researcher, developer, GLAM professional, or open knowledge enthusiast, join any of these sessions.
🇫🇷💙
Will you be there, Paris or online?
https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2026:Program/Wikidata
#Tech #Community #OpenData
Quantum hardware: building a quantum computer #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/quantum-hardware-building-a-quantum-computer/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
How to detect the signals of a fraud #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/how-to-detect-the-signals-of-a-fraud/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
New class action lawsuit just dropped!
Apple accused misleading users about Hide My Email’s privacy protections - 9to5Mac
Do any of you #tech people know about any #online safety classes for #seniors that I could direct my mom to?
She keeps repeatedly making the same mistakes, clicking on websites that she shouldn't go to, and downloading things to her #computer that end up sending her spammy notifications about how she needs virus protection, etc.
She clicks on those because she believes they are real and they flash up so quickly that she can't see that the URL is a fishy one. Then she puts her card number in -- and then she gets money stolen from her. Then she messages me and tells me that she messed up again and asks if I can come "fix" her computer.
The answer is no! I don't have time right now! I am sick today and I still have commitments I have to meet until 930 P.M. tonight. My sister and I can't figure out if this is just a plea for attention, if she's bored, or just what the hell she's doing.
So here she is, getting money stolen from her because she's bored and clicking on the wrong things -- probably on Facebook.
No amount of conversation or information from her children is sinking into her head. No amount of chiding, putting a post it note next to the computer, showing her what the URLs look like -- that they are clearly not official -- nothing works!
We've had this conversation a dozen times and she's still does the same thing. She's had hundreds if not thousands of dollars stolen from her because she must believe that computers are benign and that *she's* not doing anything wrong online (she's smart, so she thinks she's smart about computers -- but she isn't). We've had so many conversations about bad actors that I feel like a broken record.
I have resorted to taking her computer away from her in the past. I got her an iPad with an external keyboard, which seemed a little bit safer, but she "hated" it.
This last year, she bought herself a MacBook Neo, which runs on an iPhone chip, so I thought it would be a little bit less prone to mom fails, but somehow she's still downloading things that shouldn't be on there.
I wish there were parental controls on computers for seniors! 😩😩😩
Corporate red flags: the invisible risks of partnerships #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/corporate-red-flags-the-invisible-risks-of-partnerships/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
OnePlus officially gives up on the US and Europe
The OnePlus 15 was the company’s final US flagship. | Photo: Allison Johnson / The Verge OnePlus has confirmed what industry observers have long expected: it's quitting the US and European markets, and will no longer la…
https://www.theverge.com/tech/966404/oneplus-oppo-us-europe-withdrawal-realme
#Tech #Technology #TechNews #AI #Gadgets #Software #Cybersecurity #Apple #Google #Microsoft #Startup #OpenSource #TheVerge [The Verge]
AI and the next wave of conspiracies #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/ai-and-the-next-wave-of-conspiracies/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
Ward Christensen and the invention of BBS #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/ward-christensen-and-the-invention-of-bbs/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
Part 2 of Long Reads' discussion with #BenTarnoff and #QuinnSlobodian, authors of #Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed
for Part 1 v. https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/long-reads-trillion-dollar-baby-w-quinn-slobodian-and/id791564318?i=1000773249464
#Musk #ElonMusk #tech #BigTech #techCriticism #techOligarchs #SiliconValleyRight #books @bookstodon
Post-quantum cryptography: preparing for the unknown #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/post-quantum-cryptography-preparing-for-the-unknown/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
High tech, low life: the cyberpunk world #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/high-tech-low-life-the-cyberpunk-world/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
boostedNew York enacts one-year data center ban on projects larger than 50 megawatts — first US state to impleme…
New York is the first to pass a statewide data center moratorium, which pauses all projects greater than 50 MW for one year. The governor's office said that it will create a GEIS to hold developments to "consistent stan…
#Tech #Technology #TechNews #AI #Gadgets #Software #Cybersecurity #Apple #Google #Microsoft #Startup #OpenSource #TomsHardware [Tom's Hardware]
Behind YouTube: Hurley, Chen, and Karim #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/behind-youtube-hurley-chen-and-karim/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
You are a computer scientist working in interpretable machine learning. How did you end up working with the police to solve crimes?
Find out in #ACMBytecast episode 86, where host Rashmi Mohan interviews 2025 #ACMFellow Cynthia Rudin, a professor at Duke University.
@elsua54 Right now the motivation / incentive for those with kids seems to be "go to work anywhere that's available or die" and that as the colder and more forced kind of transaction by-passed any higher level thoughts or better evolution.
So #PersonalDevelopment at same time #work & #tech I think is the key.
Scam victimology: why did they pick me? #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/scam-victimology-why-did-they-pick-me/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
Dave Winer, RSS and the rise of blogging #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/dave-winer-rss-and-the-rise-of-blogging/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog
Women who shaped vulnerability disclosure #negativepid #digitalInvestigations #OSINT #cybersecurity #AI #tech #onlineInvestigations #robotics #cyberpsychology #cybercrime https://negativepid.blog/women-who-shaped-vulnerability-disclosure/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Negative-PID-Blog