Notices by ilyess (ilyess@mastodon.online)

One of my favorite apps is my #RSS reader. Its simplicity and tidiness are refreshing in many ways. There are no hoops to jump through, no ads, no sneaky “consent” forms, and no paywalls. Just plain text. Ah, what a delight!

For anyone new to online #privacy and unsure where to begin, the @privacyguides resource is an excellent starting point: https://www.privacyguides.org/en/tools/

Is #Bluesky fully federated like #Mastodon yet? Last time I checked there was only one server for all users, despite the underlying protocol supporting federation.

#askFedi #askMastodon

@dansup Looks sharp! What features do you think are still missing for the official release?

@pixelfed

The World Wide Web turned 35 this year! But its creator is profoundly disappointed in what it turned into.

"There are two [...] issues to address. The first is the extent of power concentration, which contradicts the decentralised spirit I originally envisioned. [...] the second, the personal data market that has exploited people’s time and data with the creation of deep profiles that allow for targeted advertising"

https://webfoundation.org/2024/03/marking-the-webs-35th-birthday-an-open-letter/

#fediverse #openWeb #web

#Google: Here’s a new and easy way for you to share your browsing interests with advertisers.

#Firefox: *rolls out a TLS extension to hide the websites you visit from your ISP and anyone else sniffing your traffic*

See the difference? Choose wisely.

#privacy #googleChrome

#Firefox just announced a new #privacy feature: Encrypted Client Hello (ECH). In short, it encrypts the very first message the browser sends out to initiate an encrypted communication tunnel (TLS channel) with a website.

"ECH uses a public key fetched over the Domain Name System (DNS) to encrypt the first message between a browser and a website, protecting the name of the visited website from prying eyes and dramatically improving user privacy."

https://blog.mozilla.org/en/products/firefox/encrypted-hello/

@HistoPol How is profiling done using LLMs? I’m assuming you’re referring to Large Language Models here.

@smallcircles

@pixelfed would it be reasonable to get the official mobile app out the door first? Last time you gave an update you said it was almost ready for public release.

Just a suggestion; could be an easy win.

@Mastodon

@dansup @pixelfed I haven’t noticed because I don’t have the app. I don’t have the app because it’s not released yet 🤷

@hankg Typical cat-and-mouse game. I predict this will go even further: we’ll see libraries for major web servers pop up that would handle query param encryption/decryption on the fly which will make this practice ubiquitous, rendering any existing URL-based tracking prevention irrelevant.