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19 Nov 2022
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20 Nov 2022
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22 Nov 2022
@rdfg77:kde.orglinsui

https://www.solidot.org/story?sid=73438 Mastodon with cryptocurrency. 🤣

Cryptocurrency blogger Xu Mingen stated in a blog post that the blockchain project LikeCoin embeds its own sdk into mastodon through redevelopment, and set up an instance https://liker.social. When users read tweets, Can get cryptocurrency rewards, and the founder of this instance is only 16 years old. He believes that "Mastodon is a social platform similar to Twitter and Facebook. You can post, leave a message, share, and add friends, but its special The reason is that Mastodon is a decentralized social platform. ... I have wanted to leave Facebook for a long time. Therefore, I want to initiate a community-initiated project: to establish a Mastodon server for Matters, with the goal of establishing a Chinese version of Mastodon Community."

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@SylvieLorxu:matrix.orgSylviaReward for reading toots. Wanna bet they will all be ads? 🤮08:25:12
@enigma9o7:matrix.orgenigma9o7My toots smell like roses.17:05:19
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23 Nov 2022
@srr24x7:envs.netsrr24x7Basically just another way to sell ads to people on a social media platform. 🥴12:01:46
@srr24x7:envs.netsrr24x7Using the amazing buzzwords "blockchain", "crypto" and "decentralised". Now also adding "mastodon" because that's getting popular.12:02:46
@rdfg77:kde.orglinsuiLikeCoin is there for a long time though. It's similiar to Steemit.12:06:48
@rdfg77:kde.orglinsuiDoes Brave Browser do something similiar?12:07:21
24 Nov 2022
@srr24x7:envs.netsrr24x7Pretty much01:55:49
27 Nov 2022
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30 Nov 2022
@SylvieLorxu:matrix.orgSylviahttps://9to5google.com/2022/11/29/eufy-camera-cloud-security-leak/08:41:40
@mathijs:matrix.vgorcum.comMathijsA colleague of mine bought one, and he said something like 'I think you dont like it because its not foss, but at least it is local only' to me08:44:08
@mathijs:matrix.vgorcum.comMathijsSometimes its nice to be right08:44:21
@mathijs:matrix.vgorcum.comMathijsBut more on-topic08:44:51
@mathijs:matrix.vgorcum.comMathijsWhy did they send camera images over FCM in the first place08:45:14
@mathijs:matrix.vgorcum.comMathijsA simple ping to have the app check the feed wouldve been fine08:45:39
@mathijs:matrix.vgorcum.comMathijsIts what basically all modern chat apps do08:45:54
@SylvieLorxu:matrix.orgSylviaYeah it's not just lying they just didn't even care about minimizing privacy risks at all08:46:42
@SylvieLorxu:matrix.orgSylviaI honestly want a class action against this, they have mislead so many people. If you won't respect privacy, at least say it outright like Amazon08:47:29
2 Dec 2022
@srr24x7:envs.netsrr24x7They lie straight into people's faces00:25:48
@srr24x7:envs.netsrr24x7

Update 12/1: The Verge has further confirmed that the VLC security hole exists. An Anker PR manager said confidently “I can confirm that it is not possible to start a stream and watch live footage using a third-party player such as VLC,” while The Verge was able to do just that.

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@srr24x7:envs.netsrr24x7 * They lie straight in people's faces00:26:45
@srr24x7:envs.netsrr24x7 * They lie straight to people's faces00:27:27
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4 Dec 2022
@rdfg77:kde.orglinsuihttps://fosshost.org/ What?17:28:00
16 Dec 2022
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22 Dec 2022
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