Patrick Breyer: New EU #ChatControl proposal leaked +++ Governments to position themselves by 23 Sep
there are some Mastodon instances (like bird.makeup) that mirror posts from Twitter accounts, someone just has to request to mirror each specific account first. technically someone could set up a Pixelfed instance that would do the same with Instagram users, but 1. storage is much more of an issue when it comes to a media-first service, and 2. I bet Meta’s legal team is much more trigger happy than Twitter’s.
they are collating and amalgamating data coming from a single IP
lol no shit. of course they’re aggregating location data, this is how, among other examples, some therapists ended up having their patients recommended as Facebook friends in the past.
if they see someone being frequently in the same location you are and at the same time you are, they will leverage your relationship to serve you ads based on their (and, presumed by the algorithm, shared to some extent) interests.
it doesn’t support any Galaxy Watches at the time I’m writing this, but if you end up picking another device, look into Gadgetbridge and which devices it supports: https://gadgetbridge.org/
from the linked website:
Ask you government to call on the European Commission to withdraw the chat control proposal. Point them to a joint letter that was recently sent by children’s rights and digital rights groups from across Europe. Click here to find the letter and more information.
one paragraph below that:
When reaching out to your government, the ministries of the interior (in the lead) of justice and of digitisation/telecommunications/economy are your best bet. You can additionally contact the permanent representation of your country with the EU.
the bold parts are clickable URLs in the original text.
yes, then it got rejected, and now another iteration is about to be voted on on June 20, 2024 https://digitalcourage.social/@echo_pbreyer/112637908478562409
if the software is good and works to your benefit, why not use it?
sometimes people just don’t feel comfortable using work of someone who opposes their rights. even just using the product gives the creator more exposure, recognition, possible funding in the future if it gets big enough, and so on. so, if the creator is openly transphobic, for example, trans folks won’t want to use the product, and doubly so when the community around the product is toxic, too. they’re voting with their feet.
FYI, for stuff like this you can just use Catima
I’m currently stuck using DuckDuckGo myself, just with the AI fluff disabled in settings. I’ve tried various other search engines but they’re either also buying in the LLM hype, or are just Not There Yet™ (https://stract.com, for example), or both.
from the ISP likely to analyze my traffic to a VPN provider who didn’t provide any data after being raided by the police because they didn’t store any
many ISPs over here offer a ~5-10% discount on monthly bills if you agree to have your traffic analysed for marketing purposes. the last time I signed a contract I had to explicitly opt out of that. the ISP providing internet to all of my landlord’s flats offers a similar deal when signing a contract, and 1. I’m willing to bet that my landlord has opted in, and 2. I have no way of opting out of that for my flat. I think I’ll stick with a VPN for the foreseeable future.
hasn’t some EU entity just ruled that it’s illegal?
edit: yeah https://tuta.com/blog/chat-control
they didn’t say using Steam Deck per se is cheating, but that it’s a cheating vector, i.e. it’s (according to them) easier to use cheats on it than on Windows PCs.