Ray Tomlinson and the invention of Email
https://negativepid.blog/ray-tomlinson-and-the-invention-of-email/

#rayTomlinson #emails #techInventors #networking #ITdiscoveries #howItWorks #Internet #tech #IT #science #STEM #computing #inventions #innovation #negativepid

Random acts of digital kindness you can do
https://negativepid.blog/random-acts-of-digital-kindness-you-can-do/

#kindness #givingBack #digitalKindness #mentalHealth #communities #freeGifts #Internet #tech #IT #wellbeing #selfCare #negativepid

An introduction to SSH
https://negativepid.blog/an-introduction-to-ssh/

#linux #CLI #ssh #secureShell #ITadmin #remoteAccess #Internet #tech #IT #science #STEM #computing #negativepid

"I expected connectivity like I expected air."

Laura J. Martin for Noema: https://www.noemamag.com/limiting-not-just-screen-time-but-screen-space/

#Longreads #Essay #Internet #Technology #AI #Space #Online

Proton reports a 770% rise in Big Tech data requests, with Google, Apple, and Meta sharing data from millions of accounts with authorities. Centralized data collection enables disclosure, raising risks for children’s privacy and long-term digital profiles 🔍

🔗 https://proton.me/blog/big-tech-government-requests-parenting

#TechNews #Proton #BigTech #Privacy #DataRequests #Surveillance #DigitalRights #Encryption #DataProtection #Security #AI #Technology #Internet #Families #IT #Google #Apple #Meta

So what should we do about the "age verfication" (meaning our actual ID/photo verification) issue, which will probably eventually be required to access all or most of the traditional internet.

Seems like we need to make a separate internet with its own separate protocols for those who don't want to submit to it and thus will lose access to the world wide web. Something non-techy users like me could access.

I know about Gemini and Gopher protocols and have used them. They might do for basic, simply formatted text communication, but aren't suited for more complex structures. They're probably limited in other ways too, like how robust or secure they are and how much traffic they can handle.

There's ftp - file transfer protocol. There's Tor, which I know almost nothing about. AFAIK everything else is just http/https.

So are there people working on this, or sources to find out more about alternative networks?

Of course none of it will matter if it gets to the point where our ISPs start blocking any devices that don't provide the required credentials.

Maybe it will come down to mesh networking, at least for people who live in the more densely populated areas.

#ageVerification #age_verification #privacy #internet

OS-level age checks in California and Apple shift verification from apps to devices, classifying users and sharing age signals across services 🔐.
Centralized OS identity APIs can entrench platform control and expose sensitive data, impacting privacy, shared-device access and open ecosystems 🌐

🔗 https://proton.me/blog/age-verification-operating-system

#TechNews #Privacy #AgeVerification #Apple #Regulation #DigitalID #FOSS #OpenSource #Security #Data #Freedom #Internet #Policy #Surveillance #Tech #OS #California

Public-key cryptography

https://negativepid.blog/public-key-cryptography/

#cryptography #PKC #Internet #secrets #tech #IT #science #STEM #computing #AI #quantumComputing #innovation #Cybersecurity #onlineSecurity #negativepid

Under [insert age here] social media bans are vile in two major ways. These ways are as follows:

1. They bar young people from digital life. Stunting their digital literacy.

2. They force adults to go through privacy invasive age verification to avoid losing access to their accounts.

#Privacy #FreeSpeech #Censorship #DigitalRights #Internet #SocialMedia #AgeVerification #Under16SocialMediaBan #Under15SocialMediaBan #UK #UnitedKingdom

RE: https://mastodon.social/users/eff/statuses/116308334510742517

Electronic Frontier Foundation » 🌐 2026-03-28
@eff@mastodon.social

This week, the UK debated legislative proposals seeking to ban young people from social media platforms. To get situated with what’s been happening and what it all means, check out our primer. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/03/uk-politicians-continue-miss-point-latest-social-media-ban-proposal

@osma @neil I agree. We should be approaching this pragmatically:

The most critical task is for the open internet to survive, and we can’t do that if nobody can afford to run servers anymore, because they die under the staggering load of AI company crawlers.

We need community-run detection, databases and block lists first.

Big Tech stopped playing nice and embraced fascist techniques a long time ago.

#fediverse #internet #openaccess

#fediverse #hubzuilla #internet #social-network  

RE: https://hub.hubzilla.hu/item/fe85085a-4838-4b82-98d1-faa0be82819f

"So it’s very important, it needs to be nice at first. But then... Yes. Oh, yes."

The Norwegian Consumer Council's "Day in the life of an enshittificator" infomercial might be the best thing we've ever seen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4Upf_B9RLQ

#Enshittification #Internet #Technology #CoryDoctorow

The #internet is being erased, and you’re not seeing it, because the evidence of wrongdoings that contradict what our increasingly authoritarian governments want us to believe, mostly lives on big platforms.

The content documenting Israeli & US government wrongdoings is silently being erased & the Internet Archive is blocked from retaining that data.

I’m happy we’re on the #fediverse, we have pixelfed & loops video, peertube and lemmy..

But most of the world isn’t.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=hMiVZoFtH6s

Public-key cryptography

https://negativepid.blog/public-key-cryptography/

#cryptography #PKC #Internet #secrets #tech #IT #science #STEM #computing #AI #quantumComputing #innovation #Cybersecurity #onlineSecurity #negativepid

Call me pessimistic, but I think we just have to make peace with the fact that the internet we've known for the past 30 years is coming to an end and we're entering a full on fascist surveillance state.

We should make our preparations for this now and not right before the legislation takes effect.

I'd like for things to work out and these bills either fail to pass or get struck down in court but I feel that ain't going to happen. So many people will get hurt because of this.

#Privacy #FreeSpeech #Censorship #DigitalRights #Internet #SocialMedia #KOSA #KidsOnlineSafetyAct #AgeVerification #ClientSideScanning #US #UnitedStates

RE: https://sharkey.world/notes/ak1wfxs7bm0m0001

Privacy and Surveillance boosted

Space Queen Enthusiast » 🌐 2026-03-20 / 2026-03-20
@GalacticGoddess@sharkey.world

Well, looks like we can't rely on Ted Cruz stonewalling bills anymore. They want to proceed with the Kids Online Safety Act, Children and Teens' Online Privacy Protection Act, and Kids Off Social Media Act (at minimum). Cruz wants to advance these bills "within the next six weeks" (i.e. factoring in recesses, it will either be the week of April 13th or the week of April 20th). I have no idea if Cruz is siding with the Senate version or the House version of KOSA as last I checked, he was on the fence (there will clearly be negotiation/butting heads as the two versions differ drastically).

This has a greater chance of proceeding as scheduled as Cruz is the chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee. Though it could be delayed if the previous two calls for votes are anything to go by (Blumenthal wanted a vote on KOSA by late 2025 and Graham wanted a vote on various bills back in February).

Please call your Senators and Representatives ASAP!

#Privacy #FreeSpeech #Censorship #DigitalRights #Internet #SocialMedia #KOSA #KidsOnlineSafetyAct #AgeVerification #ClientSideScanning #US #UnitedStates

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/03/12/congress/cruz-seeks-to-advance-senate-kids-privacy-proposals-in-next-six-weeks-00825098

Well, looks like we can't rely on Ted Cruz stonewalling bills anymore. They want to proceed with the Kids Online Safety Act, Children and Teens' Online Privacy Protection Act, and Kids Off Social Media Act (at minimum). Cruz wants to advance these bills "within the next six weeks" (i.e. factoring in recesses, it will either be the week of April 13th or the week of April 20th). I have no idea if Cruz is siding with the Senate version or the House version of KOSA as last I checked, he was on the fence (there will clearly be negotiation/butting heads as the two versions differ drastically).

This has a greater chance of proceeding as scheduled as Cruz is the chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee. Though it could be delayed if the previous two calls for votes are anything to go by (Blumenthal wanted a vote on KOSA by late 2025 and Graham wanted a vote on various bills back in February).

Please call your Senators and Representatives ASAP!

#Privacy #FreeSpeech #Censorship #DigitalRights #Internet #SocialMedia #KOSA #KidsOnlineSafetyAct #AgeVerification #ClientSideScanning #US #UnitedStates

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/03/12/congress/cruz-seeks-to-advance-senate-kids-privacy-proposals-in-next-six-weeks-00825098

«Putin sperrt das freie Internet – Bevölkerung greift zu Walkie-Talkies:
Der Kreml dreht der russischen Bevölkerung "aus Sicherheitsgründen" den freien Internet-Zugang ab. Auch auf dem Smartphone sollen nur noch staatlich kontrollierte Dienste genutzt werden.»

Wir sehen diesbezüglich nach Russland aber wird indirekt auch bei uns u.a. durch "freiwillige" URL sperren von Internetanbietern durchgeführt.

✋ https://www.watson.ch/digital/datenschutz/135955620-putin-sperrt-das-freie-internet-bevoelkerung-greift-zu-walkie-talkies

#internet #sperrung #freiheit #putin #russland #internetsperren

🧵 …nun wird in Moskau (Russland) das Internet vor allem Mobil blockiert. Klar nützt da VPN aber kann unter Umständen auch gesperrt werden und ist nicht anonymisiert. Da wäre @torproject noch eine Lösung für freies Internet.

«Zensur in Russland — Moskau geht vom Netz:
Funkgeräte und gedruckte Karten statt Smartphone - Der Kreml stellt seiner Hauptstadt das Internet ab»

🔊 https://www.srf.ch/news/international/zensur-in-russland-moskau-geht-vom-netz

#russland #internet #sperrung #freiheit #putin #internetsperren #vpn #zensur #tor #kreml #moskau

What do you do when your internet is restricted to government-controlled portals? Adapt or accept, according to Russians today. "Silicon Valley is pulling the plug. The Kremlin is locking the doors. Inside the race to cut Russia off from the global internet — and what comes after," writes Ekaterina Bodyagina for @politico

https://flip.it/h8zPre

#Internet #Russia #Telegram #Starlink #Ukraine

MidnightBSD has updated its license to ban users in regions mandating OS-level age verification, starting with Brazil (March 2026) and California (January 2027) 🌍.

The open-source BSD project cites privacy and legal risks, warning that more areas like Colorado and New York could follow 🔒.

🔗 https://itsfoss.com/news/midnightbsd-age-verification/

#TechNews #MidnightBSD #BSD #OpenSource #Privacy #Security #FOSS #Regulation #Compliance #UserRights #Freedom #Software #Internet #Policy #Innovation #DigitalRights

Digg's short-lived reboot is on pause, and a sizeable proportion of staff is being laid off, but the story isn't over. Founder Kevin Rose sold the company in 2012 but repurchased it, alongside Alexis Ohanian, in 2025, relaunching it in open beta in January 2026 as "the front page of the internet, now with superpowers." However, it was pulled from the app store today, with CEO Justin Mezzell citing the "brutal reality of finding product fit" and an "unprecedented bot problem." What now? Rose will return to Digg full time to figure out next steps. Here's @Sarahp's story for @Techcrunch.

https://flip.it/yB6k0p

#Tech #Digg #Internet

You know, if they age-gate the internet I will walk away from it for good. I enjoy it (at times) but I don't need it. I lived the first half of my life without computers or the internet. And honestly, I was happier back then without all this shit.

So yeah, threaten me with age verification and watch me put down computers and walk away into the woods never to return.

The biggest lie they told us was that we need the internet.

#tech #internet

The state of the internet is a bunch of people who are on record for being child molesters (or are at least actively covering for said child molesters) telling you that artistic expression is immoral.

"We need mass censorship and surveillance to protect the children, the same children that there are millions of pages of criminal report documents saying we brutally abused." -Lawmakers, Corporate Executives, Celebrities, Conservative Think Tanks, etc. unironically

#Privacy #FreeSpeech #Censorship #DigitalRights #Internet #SocialMedia #AgeVerification #ClientSideScanning #DigitalID

The state of the internet is a bunch of people who are on record for being child molesters (or are at least actively covering for said child molesters) telling you that artistic expression is immoral.

"We need mass censorship and surveillance to protect the children, the same children that there are millions of pages of criminal report documents saying we brutally abused." -Lawmakers, Corporate Executives, Celebrities, Conservative Think Tanks, etc. unironically

#FreeSpeech #Privacy #Censorship #DigitalRights #SocialMedia #Internet #AgeVerification #ClientSideScanning

Identitifikationspflicht gegen die Online-Anonymität
"Ein neues russisches Gesetz macht Identitätsfeststellungen im Internet verpflichtend. Vor allem Online-Plattformen und Hosting-Provider unterliegen künftig strengen Auflagen. Eine anonyme Nutzung des Internets ist in Russland damit kaum noch möglich.
(...)
Doch nicht nur Online-Plattformen nimmt das neue Gesetz ins Visier, sondern auch Hosting-Provider, die Speicher für Webseiten oder Internetdienste bereitstellen.
(...)
Hosting-Provider und Online-Plattformen, welche die neuen Auflagen erfüllen, werden in Zukunft in einem staatlichen Register mit „erlaubten“ Anbietern aufgeführt. Das Register obliegt der Aufsicht einer staatlichen Behörde, die noch bis zum 1. Februar 2024 bestimmt wird.
https://netzpolitik.org/2023/russland-identitifikationspflicht-gegen-die-online-anonymitaet/

#Russland #Internet #Privacy #Data #Antireport

Während #Russland schon weiter ist, könnte sich auch in der Europäischen Union eine Verifikations- bzw Identifizierungspflicht im #Internet schon in Kürze durchsetzen. Diese wird im Gesetzesvorhaben zur #Chatkontrolle jedenfalls für bestimmte Seiten, Inhalte und für den Download und die Nutzung bestimmter Software, wie zB Chatprogrammen wie Signal und Co., ebenso erwogen. Durch die in der #EU und ihren Mitgliedsstaaten ebenfalls vorangetriebene Einführung von "Digitalen Identitäten" (eIDAS, BundID, etc.) können derartige Kontrollen zukünftig auch leichter erfolgen und nach möglichen Einschränkungen anfangs, später mit beliebigem Anlass ausgeweitet werden. Schließlich werden die Autoritären in der EU sich gewiss nicht gerne von Russland abhängen lassen, was ihre Visionen für digitale Überwachungs- und Kontrollgesellschaften angeht.

Auch in der #Schweiz wurde dieses Jahr die Grundlage für eine #Ausweispflicht im Netz auf den Weg gebracht, während in den #USA und #Großbritannien der #EU-Chatkontrolle ähnliche Vorhaben ("Online Safety Bill") ähnliche Folgen haben könnten.

https://www.pctipp.ch/news/recht-politik/ausweiszwang-referendum-klar-gescheitert-2832999.html

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-plans-to-protect-people-from-anonymous-trolls-online

Online-Ausweis und #VPN-Verbot: Streit über Anonymität im Netz kocht wieder hoch....
Während andere autoritäre Staaten wie beispielsweiße #Russland bereits weiter sind, könnte sich auch in der Europäischen Union schon bald eine Verifikations- bzw Identifizierungspflicht im #Internet durchsetzen. Diese wird im Gesetzesvorhaben zur #Chatkontrolle jedenfalls für bestimmte Seiten, Inhalte und für den Download und die Nutzung bestimmter Software, wie zB Chatprogrammen wie Signal und Co., ebenso erwogen. Durch die in der #EU und ihren Mitgliedsstaaten ebenfalls vorangetriebene Einführung von "Digitalen Identitäten" (eIDAS, BundID, etc.) können derartige Kontrollen zukünftig auch leichter erfolgen und nach möglichen Einschränkungen anfangs, später mit beliebigem Anlass ausgeweitet werden. Schließlich werden die Autoritären in der #EU sich gewiss nicht gerne von Russland abhängen lassen, was ihre Visionen für digitale Überwachungs- und Kontrollgesellschaften angeht.

So dann.
"In #Frankreich und im #EU-Parlament gewinnt die Debatte über ein Ende der Online-Anonymität an Fahrt. Auch die geplante europäische #eID spielt dabei eine Rolle."
https://www.heise.de/news/Online-Ausweis-und-VPN-Verbot-Streit-ueber-Anonymitaet-im-Netz-kocht-wieder-hoch-9327812.html

https://netzpolitik.org/2023/russland-identitifikationspflicht-gegen-die-online-anonymitaet/
#EU #FightTheFortress #FightTheFortress #Überwachung #Datenschutz #Privacy

Secret #EU law threatens #Internet security #massSurveillance
Last Chance to fix #eIDAS

"New legislative articles, introduced in recent closed-door meetings and not yet public, envision that all web browsers distributed in Europe will be required to trust the certificate authorities and cryptographic keys selected by EU governments.

These changes radically expand the capability of EU governments to surveil their citizens by ensuring cryptographic keys under government control can be used to intercept encrypted web traffic across the EU. Any EU member state has the ability to designate cryptographic keys for distribution in web browsers and browsers are forbidden from revoking trust in these keys without government permission.

https://last-chance-for-eidas.org/

#Europe #Surveillance #Privacy #Data #Antireport

Multiink Monday 3/26/2026
My first Multilink Monday of the year, my concession that I have way too many tabs in my "Set Side B" group and I have to do something to clean them out. Hopefully at least one of these things will hit the right atoms in your brain to induce pleasure, or "trigger dopamine," in the
https://setsideb.com/multiink-monday-3-26-26/
#niche #CompleteWermo #directory #hackaday #huttese #internet #mario64 #multilink #Neato #niche #PizzaChannel #starwars #YourAISlopBoresMe

Iranian authorities have once again shut off internet access. People within the country are struggling to find information; Iranians abroad are cut off from their loved ones back home. DW explains what's going on, and the attempts to bypass the digital blackout.

https://flip.it/gngEgB

#Iran #Internet #Tech

@eff ⚠️
"new report gives direct evidence tt Customs & Border Protection has used #locationdata taken fr te #internet #advertising ecosystem to #track #phones. In a doc uncovered by 404 Media, CBP admits what we’ve been saying for yrs: Te technical sys powering creepy #targeted #ads also allow fed agencies to track your location. Te doc acknowledges tt a prog by CBP to use "commercially avail marketing location data" for #surveillance drew fr te process used to select targeted ads shown to you.."

#Congress Is Considering Abolishing Your Right to Be #Anonymous Online
#Bipartisan push to remove #anonymity from #internet is ushering in an era of unprecedented #surveillance and #censorship.
A dozen “child online safety” bills moving in House of Reps with bipartisan support. Framed as a way to crack down on harmful content and make internet safer, would force social media to enact invasive identity verification measures in order to keep children from online spaces.
https://theintercept.com/2026/03/05/kosa-online-age-verification-free-speech-privacy/