I'm glad I'm old enough to still remember what the #internet was like before it got overwhelmed by the shitty wave of #generated contents.

@mspro

Chef von Wikipedia (ein traditioneller Frauenjob) ist Bernadette Meehan, zuvor Foreign Service Officer, Botschafterin, line officer für Außenministerin Clinton, Mitglied des National Security Council NSC, chief international officer der Obama Foundation, heute mit der Aufgabe die Mitmachenden von Wikipedia vor staatlicher und nichtstaatlicher Verfolgung zu beschützen.

@wikipedia @wikimediaDE @magnusmanske @wikimediafoundation @Data_is

#predictionMarket #wikipedia #wikimedia #internet #regression #GLAM #pfadgelegenheit #tendenz #besserwisser #besserwisserei #valueCreation #zeitalterDesEnzyklopädismus #Enzyklopädie #socialMedia #Grokipedia

About Cloudflare https://sillypedia.org/cloudflare/ #Cloudflare #Internet #Wikipedia

LE toujours formidable, indispensable Cory Doctorow aka @pluralistic : Surveiller les enfants pour les protéger de la surveillance
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https://pluralistic.net/2026/06/23/destroy-the-village/#to-save-it

(traduction en image via le tout aussi excellent Hubert Guillaud @danslesalgorithmes ici https://danslesalgorithmes.net/stream/ne-leur-donnez-jamais-votre-visage/ )

(effectivement la stupidité intrinsèque de l'argument sécuritaire de la surveillance de masse rappelle ce fameux slogan contre la guerre du Vietnam en image)

#AgeVerification
#Internet
#Tech
#Surveillance
#Capitalisme

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« Cela dépasse la farce. Après tout, quels que soient les préjudices que l’Internet infligerait aux enfants — et il est indéniable que certains enfants souffrent de leur usage d’Internet —, tout commence par la surveillance. Vos enfants ne peuvent pas être ciblés par des algorithmes sans les données de surveillance utilisées pour les cibler. Ils ne peuvent pas être orientés vers des contenus faisant l’apologie de l’anorexie ou des forums d’une misogynie extrême sans que ce mécanisme d’orientation ne soit amorcé par l’espionnage commercial. « Toute tentative de protéger les enfants contre les dangers du numérique devrait commencer par les préserver de la surveillance en ligne ; or, nous faisons exactement l’inverse aujourd’hui. Après avoir échoué pendant des décennies à adopter et faire respecter des mesures de protection de la vie privée sur Internet, ces mêmes gouvernements battent tous les records de vitesse pour faire adopter des lois de « vérification de l’âge » qui rendent la protection de la vie privée illégale. » La surveillance en ligne nuit à tous, rappelle Doctorow. Elle sert à vous fourbir de la désinformation, vous refuser un prêt, un emploi, augmenter les prix que vous payez et réduire les salaires qu’on vous propose. « On ne peut pas protéger les enfants de la surveillance en ligne en les espionnant. »

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Photo d'une manif sur un campus US contre la guerre au Vietnam en 1969. Une jeune femme porte une pancarte : Bombing for peace is like fucking for virginity

The US Congress is considering legislation that cripples privacy and security online, under the guise of seeking a silver bullet that will “keep kids safe.”

https://youtu.be/TIqzmatFMUQ

#privacy #security #internet #law

The 'papers, please' era of the internet will decimate your privacy (fire.org)

https://expression.fire.org/p/the-papers-please-era-of-the-internet

#privacy #internet

The 'papers, please' era of the internet will decimate your privacy

https://expression.fire.org/p/the-papers-please-era-of-the-internet

#HackerNews #privacy #internet #security #surveillance #digitalrights

https://linuxiac.com/cloudflare-unveils-pact-to-help-websites-fight-bots-without-captcha/

Cloudflare along with Mozilla, Google, and more are introducing PACT (Private Access Control Tokens) A way to identify legitimate traffic to a website (as opposed to bots/scraping) without relying on CAPTCHA's or using privacy invasive tracking

#Privacy #Security #internet #Browsers

Q: What animal or nonhuman being do you most identify with?

A: An ecosystem.

Spend some time with #CoryDoctorow in our latest Longreads Questionnaire: https://longreads.com/2026/06/17/questionnaire-cory-doctorow/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

#Longreads #Books #Authors #Tech #Interview #Internet

New blogpost, primarily for people providing Internet services in the UK who need to DNS (or otherwise) block domains for sanctions purposes:

"Internet services sanctions (June 2026)"

There are now *94* Internet services sanctions (up from 37 in January) and, for the first time, a punycode domain.

https://decoded.legal/blog/2026/06/internet-services-sanctions-june-2026/

#UK #Internet #law #telecoms #blog

What makes something "web-based" in 2026? @ricmac writes about today's tech ecosystem, and if the web is still truly made of people.

https://flip.it/LXjg7t

#Technology #Internet #ArtificialIntelligence

🆕 blog! “Two Way TV - product photos of 1997's hottest gadget”

Back in the late 1990s, I did a brief stint of work experience at the BBC. One of the most memorable moments was sitting in on a meeting about early forms of Interactive TV.

I saw a demo of "Two Way TV". A flimsy grey box which (somehow) integrated with your OnDigital TV Box and…

👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/06/two-way-tv-product-photos-of-1997s-hottest-gadget/
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#BBC #history #internet #retrotech #tv

Liar. #grickledoodle #robot #liar #internet #cartoon #art #drawing #funny #humor

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A cartoon illustration of a sad robot sitting at his desk and computer. Caption reads "It filled him with shame each and every time he clicked "I am not a robot" to access his own bank account online."

"Realizing your trove exists is terrifying. So is learning that it’s never been more vulnerable."

Bridget Read for New York/Intelligencer: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/your-digital-self-is-vulnerable.html

#Longreads #Privacy #Surveillance #Data #Technology #Internet

Right.

Internet safety / #OnlineSafetyAct in the UK is clearly going to be the topic of the day.

Child protection is essential, but I am highly sceptical of the proposed approach.

Keeping to my "more than three toots should be blogpost" rule, here's a brief - probably entirely as-expected - analysis from me:

https://neilzone.co.uk/content/files/2026-06-15_online_safety_phase_2.html

#UK #Internet #blog

#tech #technology #BigTech #data #security #privacy #safety #InfoSec #IT #surveillance #computing #digital #online #internet #web #cloud #meme

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Meme, showing a continuous circle of data breach messages from corporations… Ahaha you're not gonna believe this but we had a bit of a data breach. Your data is probably for sale online now. That means someone could easily impersonate you. Going forward we're gonna need more of your data to make sure its you.

Cryptography as a tool of power
https://negativepid.blog/cryptography-as-a-tool-of-power/

#cryptography #history #IT #tech #privacy #Internet #tech #IT #science #STEM #computing #AI #quantumComputing #quantumPhysics #inventions #innovation #negativepid

Behold! The net cop gives expensive advice! You are basically requiring that I pay for yet another ERC20 cryptocurrency token just to send text messages.

From the Autonomi site:

"WHEN SOMEONE (A PERSON OR A COLLECTIVE) UPLOADS DATA THEY PAY A FEE TO DO SO."

"+1 Million tokens on offer for early contributors."

"MaidSafe are the team behind Autonomi ..."

Newscard has several selling points:

0. It's not for sale. Try that with Autonomi, Maidsafe, and a thousand others.
1. It is free, unlike your suggested cryptocurrency pump.
2. My solution is simple and elegant - naming small text files for retrieval.
3. Newscard uses existing infrastructure already in operation for decades.
4. Many mature client softwares and terminal emulators already exist for the task.
5. Newscard doesn't require investment or payment.
6. Newscard doesn't have an integrated, useless payment system.
7. Newscard is ANONYMOUS and uses The Onion Network by default.
8. Users won't lose their money when using Newscard.

And my Newscard solution doesn't require taking zillions of dollars from people who will likely never see a return on their token investment. Storage token sale schemes are a dime a dozen. I can't believe you think I have the credulity to swallow such a scheme.

For almost two decades running countless crews have claimed that they will, 'decentralize the Internet' if you give them your money.

Newsflash: The Internet already is decentralized. Decentralization is a basic part of the design of the Internet. It already routes around damage and censorship by default. Why do I need to pay for a crypto token for something that already exists? Decentralized Usenet has been in continuous operation for decades. I'm already using the 'decentralized Internet' for the Newscard protocol. I've been using the 'decentralized Internet' since forever! It doesn't need to be decentralized by crypto pump schemes. The Internet is already decentralized.

So we already have a decentralized Internet where data storage is abundant and cheap. And these token pumpers want to set themselves up as gatekeepers so we have to pay them to get the tokens to store our data. That is not decentralization. That is the essence of a centralized monetary gatekeeper!

You accused me of misusing Usenet. Yet I am only doing what people have done with Usenet for decades--posting encrypted messages. I'm not misusing Usenet. You're misusing my patience for cryptocurrency dumps and re-hashed token sales strategies.

#CryptoCurrency #Tokens #Decentralization #Usenet #NNTP #Internet #Censorship #Blockchain