Notices by MadeInDex 📰🌎 (madeindex@mastodon.social)

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¹ As in for example disability
² Which might already be happening anyway

I've noticed that some people can be unkind to those who did not add an alt text.

Some people don't know about it, some might not be able to, staying constructive & friendly is the best way to achieve more #alttexts :)

This post was inspired by:
https://mas.to/@mcdutchie/113993819929651241

@autoperipatetikos & @mcdutchie
I hope this is helpful to you & others like you :)

Some people are simply UNABLE¹ to write #Alt text of their images for various reasons.

Here are some solutions on the #Fediverse:

1. Ask the community for help using #ALT4ME (needs more support)

2. Follow #Alttext bots that generate text for you, but be aware they use electricity & #Google Gemini #AI which may train on images².

✔ @TeLoDescribot
✔ @altbot
✔ @altext
✔ ...

3. For those who are forgetful, there's a reminder #bot that privately notifies you if you forgot: @PleaseCaptionBot

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Governments worldwide are training AI models to use them - on US. Cameras are found wherever we go, with growing amounts of footage evaluated not by humans, but #AI!

Under the cover of "fighting crime" this prepares the ground for widespread, automated mass #surveillance.

They are:
✔ Preparing the legal framework
✔ Expanding surveillance infrastructure
✔ Exploring new use cases

More & Sources:
🇬🇧 https://madeindex.org/blog/ai-mass-surveillance-human-rights-violations-made-in-germany
🇩🇪 https://madeindex.org/de/ki-massenueberwachung-menschenrechtsverletzungen-made-in-germany

#Privacy #Chatcontrol #Sicherheitspaket #Parody

🗺️ As many people are angry with #Google & asking for alternatives to #GoogleMaps, here are some Free & #OpenSource options:

📱 App
- https://osmand.net/
- https://organicmaps.app
🌐 Web
- https://mapcarta.com
- https://www.openstreetmap.org

Not Open Source:
🌐&📱
https://en.mapy.cz
https://wego.here.com
https://www.mapquest.com
🌐
https://www.lokjo.com
📱
https://www.komoot.com
https://www.magicearth.com

#FCKGoogle #Alternative #Apps #App #Web #Software #News #Tech #Maps #Map #Technology #it

⚠️ New #Botnet on the loose? ⚠️

A surge of accounts from gtmastodon.online / mastodon.gtmastodon.online has emerged, all seemingly following a limited number of #MastodonSocial users.

Is this a coordinated effort? If so, what is the goal? 🤔

#SocialMedia #Mastodon #Fediverse #news #Profiles #Account #Follow #Followers #Network #alert #fake #bot #bots #user #users #info #it #server #servers

@bb_elle I understand ❤️ 👍

@sensiblequiet
Yay congratulations! 🥳

That’s good to hear 😀 Happy you liked it 🤝
@mstdn

@bb_elle So what is? :)

@bb_elle Seeing kids clean up #trash in nature that was left by adults :) 🌏

@jaimeJ "Simply #Caturday" 😹

@helplessduck 🐸 😂

@Seitansbraten Easier said than done! My experience looks: similar inside the pan and very different after taking the cake out 💔 😂

@dandylover1 Interesting topic & summary! 😂

I can recommend some artists who regularly share their lovely work here:
@orbite @jaimeJ @RuWeng1987 😊

@natureshelperokanaganhighlands shares beautiful garden and nature photographs. There are also many others with amazing content; try #gardening :)

Have you tried using filters? You could filter out keywords related to politics, war...

@Seitansbraten Absolute beauty! 😍

@LibiusPoke fun intro & nice build up 🎶

@behrmann 😮 👍

@terrillmoore It's absolutely amazing!!! Not just a silly Insta filter ;)

You did all this with a Semi Leotax R folding camera from 1953? 😮

@Angle If you go with basic HTML, a retro font and design might be cool! :)

If you build it as a static site, you can also add some fun features and Easter eggs ;)

@Angle Do you want to include a blog? If so, you might consider using a #CMS 🙂

@wkfry 😜 👍