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Steam's new disclaimer reminds everyone that you don't actually own your games, GOG moves in for the killshot: Its offline installers 'cannot be taken away from you'
The concept of a "digital license" isn't new, but there's no pretending you didn't know about it anymore.Andy Chalk (PC Gamer)
Don’t say ‘vote’: How Instagram hides your political posts
WaPo #tech columnist Geoffrey A. Fowler investigates how #Meta’s #Instagram, #Facebook & #Threads suppress #content related to the #election. Even discussing how to #vote isn’t safe.
…Fowler shows exactly how #democracy dies on Instagram.
#SocialMedia #internet #censorship #politics
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/10/16/instagram-limits-political-content-shadowban-election-posts/
The world’s largest #InternetArchive is under siege — & fighting back
There are few organizations dedicated to the gargantuan task of preserving the vast, ever-shifting record of human activity that is the #internet. The largest such record belongs to a #nonprofit based in an old church in San Francisco that operates on a smaller annual budget than the DC Public Library.
It is currently under siege.
#tech
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/10/18/internet-archive-hack-wayback/
The world’s largest internet archive is under siege — and fighting back
Hackers struck the Internet Archive, leaking millions of users’s data and causing founder Brewster Kahle to take a sprawling library of online history offline.Daniel Wu (The Washington Post)
"If you degrade hyperlinks, and you degrade this idea of the internet as something that refers you to other things, you instead have this stationary internet where a generative AI agent will hoover up and summarize all the information that's out there, and place it right in front of you so that you never have to leave the portal."
#internet #TheWeb #hyperlinks #AI
Beyond the link tax: journalism and the changing nature of the internet - Halifax Examiner
By Philip Moscovitch This item originally appeared as VIEWS in Morning File, September 17, 2024 By now, it feels like we have heard most of the arguments and theories about the decline of journalism: The industry was too slow to respond to the new wa…Philip Moscovitch (Halifax Examiner)
Hi Fedi, technically challenged user here. May I ask: What does Bad Gateway mean? I realize I could look this up but there are so many computer professionals here I thought I'd ask. I'll likely learn more from a person than from a search.
The URL giving me that feedback is my #Linkstack, the federated non-commercial alternative to #LinkTree. @linkstack
I get there 2 ways:
via my redirect https://rmiddleton.art
& https://linksta.cc/@RMiddleton
Insecure Deebot robot vacuums collect photos and audio to train AI
The ABC has found critical cybersecurity vulnerabilities in Ecovacs devices.Julian Fell (ABC News)
Registration for #InternyetParty closes at 23:59 today! https://internyet.party/invite
What is it? "An offline computer fiesta! Celebration/Experiment focusing on DIY, local gaming and cosiness."
The World Wide Web Consortium @w3c was founded 30 years ago.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TfUBuIZkmQ
https://www.w3.org/about/history/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wide_Web_Consortium
video via @caribou
#W3C #OnThisDay #OTD #history #technology #internet #InternetHistory #TheWeb
In the first hours after the storm passed I was desperate for information.
My mind raced.
No #cell, no #internet, no #electricity.
I remembered this old #LG #phone with this funky fm #radio app. It requires something plugged in the headphone jack for antenna.
I found #pbs and just hearing anyone, anything.. was so comforting.
It has come in very helpful for info and media not draining my current phone.
WOW… und Meta nennt sich Hightech-Inovatiev?!?? Passwörter werden heutzutage doch mittels der Argon2 oder min. unter der bcrypt Funktion und nicht nur als Hash-String gespeichert.
«Wegen Passwörtern im Klartext – Meta muss 91 Millionen Euro zahlen:
Die irische Datenschutzaufsichtsbehörde sanktioniert den hinter Facebook, Instagram, Threads und WhatsApp stehenden Konzern Meta.»
😵 https://www.heise.de/news/Passwoerter-im-Klartext-Meta-muss-91-Millionen-Euro-zahlen-9955698.html
#bcrypt #argon2 #passwort #facebook #instagram #threads #whatsapp #meta #internet #inet
Wegen Passwörtern im Klartext: Meta muss 91 Millionen Euro zahlen
Die irische Datenschutzaufsichtsbehörde sanktioniert den hinter Facebook, Instagram, Threads und WhatsApp stehenden Konzern Meta.Falk Steiner (heise online)
15 #cybercrime statistics you ought to know
source: https://www.independent.co.uk/advisor/vpn/cybercrime-statistics
It’s a battle for individuals and smaller companies just as much as it is for big organisations; as the digital space is expanding and as #AI is impacting our everyday lives, hackers are getting more inventive every day. And, if you’re not convinced that cybercrime is going to be an issue in your life, the statistics below will change your mind.
With the security quality of our software, the internet is only running because it is more profitable for cybercriminals to keep the internet running for ramsonware attacks.
#security #cybersecurity #digital #internet #ransomware #future #economy #news #technology #software #problem #finance #money #costs #crime
15 cybercrime statistics you ought to know
Find out what you need to know about cybercrime in 2024 with our expert-selected statisticsCamille Dubuis-Welch (Independent Advisor)
Lass dich überwachen
Sie ist zurück: Die Show, die Eure #Daten schützt – nämlich davor, in #Vergessenheit zu geraten! Das "Lass dich überwachen"-Team um Jan #Böhmermann war wieder den #digitalen Fußabdrücken seiner Studiozuschauer*innen auf der Spur.
Ob #Instagram-Accounts, #Tik Tok-Clips oder längst vergessene #Internetsünden – das #Internet vergisst nichts und die #Lass dich überwachen! - Redaktion findet #ALLES.
#Aus gegebenem Anlass #Da war doch was ... #Ach so #Fernsehpreis, oder so ... 😱
Deutschlands ehrlichste Show
Sie ist zurück: Jan Böhmermanns ultimative Überraschungsshow, die Eure Daten schützt – nämlich davor, in Vergessenheit zu geraten!Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen
✔ @torproject & @tails are going to strengthen their collaboration by merging¹! 👍
✔ #Tor has also released a new alpha
✔ It seems this #update does not address any of the potential #security issues, recently suspected after #German #lawenforcement claims to have used #timinganalysis to unmask Tor users.
✔ Potential solutions: timing delays, cover traffic...
¹https://blog.torproject.org/tor-tails-join-forces/
²https://blog.torproject.org/tor-is-still-safe/
#Torproject #Tails #Privacy #Surveillance #Freedom #Germany #Tech #Internet #Gov #IT
Is Tor still safe to use? | Tor Project
This blog post is a response to an investigative news report about a large-scale law-enforcement attack that managed to de-anonymize a user of an old version of the long-retired app Ricochet.blog.torproject.org
Hur tar jag bort mina personliga uppgifter från öppna sidor på nätet?
Guide: https://www.dfri.se/hur-tar-jag-bort-mina-personliga-uppgifter-fran-oppna-sidor-pa-natet/
Ta kontroll över dina personliga uppgifter på #Internet!
Bli medlem, donera och engagera dig du också: https://www.dfri.se/
#Telegram will share data
Source: https://reclaimthenet.org/telegram-share-ip-phone-data-government-requests
#internet #communication #messenger #France #government #news #warning
Is it normal that you get a panic attack when you first see a Mastodon.IE instance, which makes you believe #Microsoft Internet Explorer joined the #Fediverse? 😂
Sorry #Ireland, their advertisement seems to have worked on my brain 😅
Microsoft's friend #Google seems
to jump to the same conclusion though!
(Disclaimer: It's a cool Irish instance apparently run by a team of volunteers :)
#FCKMicrosoft #IT #Humor #Tech #ads #Mastodon #internet #Internetexplorer #Misunderstanding #joke #funny #ie
