Notices by Em :official_verified: (em0nm4stodon@infosec.exchange)

@dansup @drwho What determines how people are listed? Is it simply from hashtags in the profile description?

@thepeoplestech @MediaActivist 💚

I greatly dislike that I need to find money before starting projects, instead of just doing them. I wish I could just start projects without caring about money so much.

This whole capitalism thing really sucks.

If you have to upload a piece of information to validate your age or identity, it is not privacy-preserving.

Stop privacy-washing surveillance tech.
Stay alert about false privacy claims.

#Privacy #StopIDSurveillance #StopKillingTheInternet

Surveillance capitalism is
mass surveillance is
authoritarianism.

@dsmasterson Not if you use a long, complexe, and unique password with a second factor of authentication. Which is something everyone should do for all their accounts.

Do not provide your ID or facial scan to access social media.

I repeat, do NOT provide your ID or facial scan to access social media when requested.

This is not a drill.

If everyone refuse to comply, and let their accounts dormant instead, I promise you the platforms themselves, with their immense budget and network of lobbyists, are going to fight these absurd laws to recover their users.

They need you more than you need them.
Make them fight for your rights.
Do not comply.
Spread the word and boycott ID checks ✊

#StopIDSurveillance #AgeVerification #Privacy #HumanRights #Democracy #Safety #MassSurveillance #Authoritarianism

If you want to hire someone with a guarantee that they will not be using any AI in their work, let me know, I'm still available (and semi-looking).

More information on the types of work I'm looking for on my profile page pinned post :no_ai:

#GetFediHired #NoAI

From Global News:
Grok AI broke Canada’s laws, created 6K sexual deepfakes per hour

"The investigation has found that X Corp and xAI violated Canada’s federal private sector privacy law by launching the Grok AI-powered image generation tool without implementing appropriate safeguards at the outset," privacy commissioner Philippe Dufresne said in a press conference in Ottawa Thursday.

https://globalnews.ca/news/11899687/grok-sexual-deepfake-report/

#NoAI #Grok #Privacy #Consent #CanPoli

In reality, what they call age verification is abusive ID surveillance checks for everyone.

Start calling it what it is:
ID Surveillance.

We must all fight to Stop ID Surveillance.

#StopIDSurveillance #AgeVerification #MassSurveillance #Authoritarianism #Privacy #HumanRights

PRIVACY ALERT!
Please boost for reach! 🚨👇

The Canadian government is planning
to introduce a bill on Wednesday, June 10th, to mandate identity surveillance of every adult using social media in Canada! 👁️🗨️

https://globalnews.ca/news/11894610/canada-social-media-ban-teens-online-harms-bill/

A ban on social media for children
does nothing to reduce the harm caused by commercial social media. Instead, it means mandatory ID scans for every adult using social media.

We must stop this authoritarian proposal,
and demand our government focuses instead on reducing the harm for everyone using social media.

It has been explained by experts over and over that bans of social media are shortsighted lazy measures that do not help in the end, but in fact harm everyone, including the children.

Stop ID surveillance in Canada! ✊⛔️

Contact your MP and our Prime Minister TODAY to voice your opposition. Here's where to find their contact information: https://www.ourcommons.ca/members/en/search

If you aren't aware of this issue yet, here's more information on age verification: https://www.eff.org/issues/age-verification

#AgeVerification #Privacy #Canada #HumanRights #CanPoli #StopIDChecks #StopIDSurveillance

I'm so tired of the AI hype.
Can we start solving real problems please?

#NoAI

Is there a tech conference that only presents software and topics that do not use any AI?

#Tech #NoAI

What do you miss the most about how the web was 10, 20, or 30 years ago? 🕸️✨

#Web #Tech

Please stop with the floating elements on websites. They're hiding your content, and make me want to leave!

No, I don't want to "swipe to the next article" if there's also gonna be a giant floating arrow hiding the text and make me want to stop reading the one I'm painfully trying to read right now.

No, I don't want to "donate" if I can't even fully read what your organization is about because of all those buttons floating over your content.

The goal is to show your content! Why hiding it with a bajillion arrows, buttons, and popups? And please test your website for small mobile display. Your floating elements are ENORMOUS there 😭

#WebDesign

@TimWardCam Agreed, although I don't think this is serving their goal of making money either, which usually requires at minimum people stay on the website and share links to it.

Tiny reminder to add alt-text to the images and media you post here my FediFriends :ablobcatbongokeyboard:

This is not only the right thing to do for accessibility, but it will also increase your posts' engagement by having more people happy to repost them!

Thank you! :awesome:

#Mastodon #Fediverse #AltText #Accessibility

We must fight for democracy if we want to keep it. Never take it for granted. It is constantly under attack, and requires continuous nurturing.

Cherish and defend democracy every opportunity you have 💛

#Democracy

Today, 37 years ago, was the Tiananmen Square massacre in Beijing.

Remember these events.
Remember these people who fought for freedom and democracy.
This is important 💛☂️

"On the 30th anniversary of the protests in 2019, the well-known Chinese artist Ai Weiwei wrote that 'autocratic and totalitarian regimes fear facts because they have built their power on unjust foundations' and he also wrote that memory is important: 'without it there is no such thing as a civilised society or nation' because 'our past is all we have.'"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_Tiananmen_Square_protests_and_massacre

#TiananmenSquare #Democracy #JuneFourth

To celebrate the start of Pride Season, what is your favourite(s) queer-related sticker?

Share in reply! 🌈👇

#Pride #PrideMonth #LGBTQ