"Unfortunately We Are Unable To Provide Feedback" No, you're not "unable", you are _unwilling_. And this is not OK. https://gagliardoni.net/#20251227_nofeedback Many cybersecurity and Web3 conferences refuse to provide an explanation of why a submission was rejected. The argument is that it […]

I've finally switched to the @Vivaldi browser. I've been using Firefox for as long as I've been on the internet, but the focus on AI means it's no longer the browser for me. Thankfully unlike Chrome, Vivaldi supports the uBlock Origin extension which is the most important extension for being […]

Imagine your name were "Jon" and everybody kept misspelling your name as "John". This is how I scream internally whenever people call me "Tomasso".

Hey #mastodon this is something to look at! @soatok just announced v0.1.0 of their key transparency specification for the Fediverse! https://soatok.blog/2025/12/15/announcing-key-transparency-fediverse/ This is an incredibly useful project, something really missing in a robust decentralized […]

I just found this cool video explaining the DIffie-Hellman cryptographic key exchange with the analogy of mixing colors! I was not aware of this neat explanation! Cute! https://youtu.be/YEBfamv-_do?t=160 #crypto #cryptography #security #privacy #education #video

Today we are calling on institutions around the world to take control of their #digitalsovereignty, including their social accounts. Governments should communicate directly with their citizens on open platforms, not through the mouthpiece of a corporation […]

I just received a letter from the Swiss Confederation about a "Mikrozensus Mobilität und Verkeher". Basically they ask me to participate in a survey by installing a tracking app on my phone to report my location as I drive my car around. GIGALOL #switzerland #privacy #madness

Dear #mastodon can someone explain me why sometimes a thread gets "broken" and I cannot access part of it anymore? Example: I toot "A", other users reply to the toot as "B" and "C", and I reply to both with "BA" and "BC", respectively. After some time I see that my original thread only shows […]

Mastodon users: please, please remember to tag your toots with the correct language.

Oh, this is so f***ing gold. This post is a juice concentrate of the many reasons why Matrix sucks: https://yaky.dev/2025-11-30-self-hosting-matrix/ Among others: > Users cannot be deleted > This is simply not an option in the API. Server admin can perform a "deactivate" (disable login) and […]

In a rare show of sanity, the Swiss Data Protection Officer has severely restricted the use of international cloud services – particularly hyperscalers like AWS, Google, or Microsoft – for Swiss federal authorities! […]

The results of the 2025 elections for the president and board members at the International Association for Cryptologic Research (IACR) have been botched because the results of the super-secure cryptographic e-voting system cannot be retrived due to the "accidental loss" of a decryption key […]

WTF IACR? Conspiracy intensifies... #IACR #helios #crypto #cryptography #politics #conspiracy

Interesting take from Christopher Butler on " What AI is Really For". https://www.chrbutler.com/what-ai-is-really-for > The best case scenario is that AI is just not as valuable [...] The worst case scenario is that the people with the most money at stake in AI know it’s not what they say it […]

RE: https://mastodon.social/@noybeu/115531153839682864 @tomgag @noybeu @edri see my crash-out on this above. Most of us don't want this and we understand that the implementation of this would be way more catastrophic than chatcontrol and impossible for us to escape. Let "us" know what to do to […]

@tomgag Sorry to dump on your post like this, but after seeing this mentioned a couple times I couldn't hold back anymore. is there a public pressure, direct action, or/and information campaign that we can join or start similar to what was done for #chatcontrol? Who do we point our voices and […]

Here's another thing I didn't need today: "Digital Omnibus". EU antitrust chief Henna Virkkunen will present to the EU Commission on November 19th a series of amendments to European data protection guardrails, which would substantially weaken GDPR and other privacy protections, and explicitly […]

🇪🇺⚠️ A perfidious trick? The EU Council Presidency wants to introduce mandatory #chatcontrol through the backdoor 🚪: An Art. 4 amendment would MANDATE "all appropriate risk mitigation measures," including scanning, enforced with sanctions! 😡 […]

You will be SHOCKED to know that a NONZERO number of Italian politicians replied to the letters I sent by post last month last month to speak up against ChatControl! https://gagliardoni.net/#20251106_chatcontrol_butti #chatcontrol #privacy #eu #italy #politics

Great article by F-Droid on "What We Talk About When We Talk About Sideloading". https://f-droid.org/2025/10/28/sideloading.html A few excerpts: > It bears reminding that “sideload” is a made-up term. Putting software on your computer is simply called “installing” [...] the term “sideload” […]

Ah, the joys of calling my ISP's support number to complain that the new fiber modem they sent me is as configurable as a tamagotchi, and spending 15 minutes at the phone with the operator trying to let her understand that, yes, I have already tried clicking on the top white bar of my browser […]

Today's AWS debacle is the perfect example of the reason why in the last few years I started to be less enthusiastic about Signal, and more oriented to federated or even P2P solutions like XMPP and Jami. I wrote about it already: https://gagliardoni.net/#im_battle_2025 Signal was down for few […]

Ah, the joys of half of the internet relying on AWS because "Cloud". Among too many other things, also Signal is down. https://mastodon.world/@Mer__edith/115405436746725236 #aws #amazon #outage #cloud #down #signal

Here is my morning trying to convince Gemini that, no, the --discard option in Debian's losetup is pure hallucination. #ai #ml #hallucination #linux #debian #opensource #google #gemini

The FSF has shared details on the #librephone project: Announcement: https://www.fsf.org/news/librephone-project Website: https://librephone.fsf.org/ FAQ: https://librephone.fsf.org/FAQ.html Documentation: https://librephone.fsf.org/site/ And you can join an IRC channel at […]

Some big news regarding mobile OSes: First, Graphene OS has confirmed a partnership with a large OEM to bring support to non-Pixel devices (Snapdragon SoC): https://piunikaweb.com/2025/10/13/grapheneos-ending-pixel-exclusivity-new-oem/ This is good news, but IMHO it only delays the […]

RE: https://neuromatch.social/@jonny/115343246885448739 Rumors that the fediverse can't do mobile identity have been greatly exaggerated: #fep_1580 is now in draft status - https://codeberg.org/fediverse/fep/src/branch/main/fep/1580/fep-1580.md This is a proposal for how to migrate all your […]

Stop calling it "sideloading". Call it "installing" instead, as it should be. If you're "installing" from the Play Store, call it "Googleloading" instead. Word choice is important. Make the legislators understand what's going on here. #google #android #aosp #politics #enshittification […]

New Paper Finds That When You Reward AI for Success on Social Media, It Becomes Increasingly Sociopathic https://futurism.com/future-society/ai-models-social-media-research

May whoever invented the "We sent a one-time login code to your registered email address" login method find a little dog turd in their sandwich. #security #hacking #curse #rage #compliance #humor #annoying #email #authentication

Finally some good news! I feel I really needed them! > We are finally able to write with good news! The Member States could not find a consensus in their meeting today, and the planned vote to approve a chat control regulation has been removed from next week's agenda of the ministers of home […]

🇪🇺 EU diplomats discussed #chatcontrol today. Result: No majority, so the vote planned for next week will be called off. https://orf.at/stories/3407810/ A huge success in our fight for freedom!🎉💪 Next goal: No suspicionless scanning, not even on a voluntary basis!

🇩🇪Klare Ansage jetzt auch der Bundesjustizministerin: „Anlasslose #Chatkontrolle muss in einem Rechtsstaat tabu sein.“ Private Kommunikation dürfe nicht unter Generalverdacht stehen. "Solchen Vorschlägen wird Deutschland auf EU-Ebene nicht zustimmen." […] [Original post on digitalcourage.social]

🇪🇺Germany's Minister of Justice today: "Suspicionless #chatcontrol must be taboo in a state governed by the rule of law." Private communication cannot be placed under general suspicion. "Germany will not agree to such proposals at the EU level." […]

🇮🇹Un messaggio chiaro dalla Ministra della Giustizia tedesca: « Il #chatcontrol indiscriminato deve essere un tabù in uno Stato di diritto. » La comunicazione privata non può essere soggetta a un sospetto generalizzato. « La Germania non approverà tali proposte a livello UE. »

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Anyone involved in the program committee or community of the International Journalism Festival? I would like to propose something but I have a few questions. #ijf #ijf26 #ijf2026 #ijf26speaker #journalism #internationaljournalismfestival #festivalinternazionaledelgiornalismo

What's going on with Firefox Beta on Android? Tonight my Fenix installed through Obtainium on my de-googled Graphene OS did an update, and since then I cannot open it anymore. The crash log contains an ominous: > Caused by: com.google.android.play.core.review.ReviewException: -1: Review […]

🇩🇪🚨 Etappensieg unseres Protests🎉 Abstimmung zur #Chatkontrolle wird angeblich auf Dez. verschoben – weil 🇩🇪 zögert! https://x.com/SeppTyvaert/status/1973788987442803023 Aber SPD & Union verhandeln ständig. ⏰ Hilf jetzt ihnen ein NEIN zur #Chatkontrolle abzuringen: https://fightchatcontrol.de 🔐💪

🇪🇺🚨 HUGE NEWS: #ChatControl vote reportedly to be postponed (unconfirmed)! 🎉 Our protests are working! https://x.com/SeppTyvaert/status/1973788987442803023 But it's just a delay. Many governments are still undecided. ⏰ Tell YOURS to join the resistance […] [Original post on digitalcourage.social]

🇮🇹🚨 NOTIZIA ENORME: il voto su #chatcontrol è stato rimandato! 🎉 Le proteste funzionano! https://x.com/SeppTyvaert/status/1973788987442803023 Ma è solo un rinvio. Molti governi indecisi. ⏰ Dite al VOSTRO di unirsi e votare NO! https://fightchatcontrol.eu 🔐💪

Questa storia di Google che vuole bloccare lo store di app open source F-Droid mi ricorda quanto sia fragile la libertà digitale. Il rischio è la fine degli store alternativi e la consegna del controllo delle app open source nelle sole mani di Google. Non lasciamo che un’unica azienda decida […]

I just received this update on ChatControl from @carmelatroncoso @bpreneel @cascremers and Anja Lehmann: > Here is a new update. As you might know, there is no consensus still on the Chat Control regulation. The next two weeks are crucial. On October 8th there will be a non-public meeting where […]

🇩🇪Die #Chatkontrolle 👁️ bedroht sichere Messenger. Signal 💬 & WhatsApp könnten in der EU 🇪🇺 abgeschaltet werden & du verlierst alle Kontakte! 🛑 🔗 https://www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/digitales/signal-app-rueckzug-europa-100.html Sag NEIN zur #Chatkontrolle und protestiere bei der […]

🇫🇷Le #chatcontrol 👁️ menace les messageries sécurisées. Signal 💬 & WhatsApp pourraient être fermés dans l'UE 🇪🇺 & tu perdras tous tes contacts ! 🛑 🔗 https://www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/digitales/signal-app-rueckzug-europa-100.html (en allemand) Dis NON au #ChatControl et proteste maintenant […]

🇪🇺#ChatControl 👁️ threatens secure messengers: Signal 💬 & WhatsApp could be shut down in the EU 🇪🇺 & you'll lose all your contacts! 🛑 🔗 https://www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/digitales/signal-app-rueckzug-europa-100.html (Article in German) Say NO to #chatcontrol and call now to protest: ✊ 👉 […]

🇮🇹Il #chatcontrol 👁️ minaccia le app di messaggistica sicura. Signal 💬 & WhatsApp potrebbero essere chiusi nell'UE 🇪🇺 e perderai tutti i tuoi contatti! 🛑 🔗 https://www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/digitales/signal-app-rueckzug-europa-100.html (tedesco) Dì NO al #controllochat e protesta ora: ✊ 👉 […]

I have been asked: "walled gardens are helping protect the majority of owners?". This is in the context of mobile platform ecosystems. I think this is difficult to assess. If you look at the numbers, the damage done by malicious Android apps on the "official" Play Store eclypses the occasional […]

Another casualty of Google's policy. My favourite weather app, Cirrus, will stop working on certified Android devices because of the forced registration requirement for Android developers. #google #android #aosp #enshittification #cirrus #fdroid #privacy #sideloading #bullshit