Notices by Em :official_verified: (em0nm4stodon@infosec.exchange), page 2

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

Which Linux distros have officially taken a stand against AI in their OS?

#Linux #NoAI

Last year for Pride I wrote a series
of articles at the intersection of privacy and LGBTQ+ experiences :rainbow_heart: 🔒

Data privacy is important for everyone. But for some marginalized populations, data privacy is indispensable for social connection, access to information, and physical safety.

Here are 3 articles published with Privacy Guides last year discussing this topic from different angles:

The Importance of Data Privacy For The Queer Community

Stay Safe, but Stay Connected

Queer Dating Apps: Beware Who You Trust With Your Intimate Data

#PrideMonth #Privacy #LGBTQ #HumanRights #DigitalRights

Do you know a payment service that collects donations, tips, and monthly subscriptions that does NOT rely (only) on either PayPal or Stripe?

#AskFedi

What is the best way to monetize a blog, from a contributor/reader point of view?

What makes you, as a reader, happy to give money to a blog, and in which form do you prefer it?

#Blog #Writing

Just so you know, using an AI notetaker during a meeting without priorly asking for consent from all participants before starting it breaches many if not most privacy laws around the world.

In certain cases, it can even breach two-party consent laws, and be a criminal act.

Ideally, never use these privacy-invasive tools ever. But if you do use them, you must ask for everyone's consent first, and respect their choice fully if they refuse to be recorded.

#Privacy #AInotetakers #NoAI

Do not collect the data that you do not need.

Do not collect the data
that you do not need.

Do not collect
the data
that you
do not
need
.

#DataMinimization #Privacy #DigitalRights

Which are good organizations to work at for women in tech? 👀

#AskFedi #WomenInTech

Never before have I lived in a time where it was so unsatisfying to be proven right repeatedly.

#DigitalRights #Dystopia

Fighting for human rights is how we make the world better.

Fighting for human rights is how we all get better living conditions.

Fighting for human rights is how humanity becomes a true community.

Never stop fighting for human rights,
no matter how hard it gets ✊💚

#HumanRights #DigitalRights

Anyone asserting encryption is a tool for crime is either painfully misinformed or is attempting to manipulate legislators to gain oppressive power over the people.

Encryption is not a crime,
encryption is a shield.

Encryption protects you from cyberattack, identity theft, discrimination, doxxing, stalking, sexual violence, physical harm, and much more.

For safety, for privacy, for democracy, and for all our human rights, it's critical that we defend our right to encryption.

https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/04/11/encryption-is-not-a-crime/

#Privacy #Encryption #DigitalRights #HumanRights #Democracy #RootForE2EE

Today is my Fediversary! :rainbowdance: ✨

I cannot tell you enough how much the Fediverse and Mastodon changed my life positively.

From the amazing community,
to a new connected social life free from big tech's authoritarianism, I will forever be grateful for what I found here 💚

If you want to give me a gift for my Fediversary, please send a donation to my incredible instance Infosec Exchange, generously administrated by @jerry

🎁 :em_rainbow: https://liberapay.com/Infosec.exchange/

On each of our Fediversary,
let's take a moment to appreciate all the people who kindly give their time to manage an instance for free, to do the hard work of moderation to protect us all, to contribute with code, documentation, art, and more. Without them, you and I wouldn't be here.

Thank you everyone for being part of this community :blobcatheart:

Long live the Fediverse! :blobcheer: :mastodon:

#Fediversary #Fediverse #Mastodon