Notices by h o ʍ l e t t (homlett@mamot.fr)

→ Bluesky and enshittification (by @pluralistic)
https://pluralistic.net/2024/11/02/ulysses-pact/#tie-yourself-to-a-federated-mast

“I would like to use Bluesky. They've done a bunch of seriously interesting technical work on #moderation and ranking that I truly admire, and I've got lots of friends there who really enjoy it.”

“My rule – I don't join a service that I can't leave without switching costs – is my Ulysses Pact, and it's keeping me #safe from danger I've sailed into too many times before.”

#enshittification #Bluesky #Ulysses

→ Proton Mail Discloses User Data Leading to Arrest in #Spain
https://restoreprivacy.com/protonmail-discloses-user-data-leading-to-arrest-in-spain/

The problem isn't so much that #Proton is evil, it's mostly that it's widely #misunderstood and seen as a #magic solution. So let's repeat: Proton is a fairly basic #mail service that won't #protect your political, journalistic, or whistleblowing activities per se. You cannot avoid understanding the whole #security chain and setting up tailored security practices. A good start is → https://ssd.eff.org/

→ Israel brands Palestinian detainees with numbers on their foreheads
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-brands-palestinian-detainees-numbers-their-foreheads

“The soldiers turned us from names into numbers, and every detainee had a number that they used to provoke him during his arrest and call him by number instead of name. To them, we are just numbers.”

#Israel #Palestinian #detainee #number #name

→ Jeff Bezos killed WashingtonPost endorsement of Kamala Harris, paper reports
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/10/25/jeff-bezos-killed-washington-post-endorsement-of-kamala-harris-.html

“'The most consequential election in our country, a choice between Fascism and Democracy, and you sit out? Cowards. Unethical, fearful cowards,' wrote one comment. 'Oh, and by the way, I’m canceling my subscription, because you are putting business ahead of ethics and morals.'”

#Bezos #WashingtonPost #Harris #election #Fascism #Democracy #Cowards #business #ethics #morals

→ Using AI to Replace an #Actor Is Now Against the #Law in #California
https://www.indiewire.com/news/breaking-news/using-ai-replace-actor-against-law-california-1235048661/

“No one should live in fear of becoming someone else’s #unpaid #digital #puppet. Gov. Newsom has led the way in protecting #people — and families — from #AI #replication without real #consent.”

→ She’s the New Face of #Climate #Activism—and She’s Carrying a Pickax
https://www.wired.com/story/climate-activism-radical-new-face-lena-lazare/

"“I think it’s important for activists to go sometimes by night, masked, and commit #sabotage,” says [Léna] Lazare. “But in Les Soulèvements de la #Terre, we want to do this in the middle of the day, not anonymously, but collectively, with #joy and #music.” Joyfulness, she says, is key to the whole idea."

@EUCommission

@EUCommission

I think @LaQuadrature 's article on the AI Act is worth a read → https://www.laquadrature.net/en/2024/05/22/with-the-ai-act-adopted-the-techno-solutionist-gold-rush-can-continue/#07abe71d-f26f-42e8-a5b1-aa568e009523

#MastoTips Do you share a lot of images? Do your instance admin a favor and enable automatic deletion after some time. This can spare a lot of disk space. If really needed, you can even keep a few of them based on some exceptions. 🌍 🌳
#Frugality #DigitalSustainability #GreenIT #Welcome

Microsoft reportedly runs #GitHub's #AI Copilot at a loss
https://www.theregister.com/2023/10/11/github_ai_copilot_microsoft/
“while #Microsoft charges $10 a month for the service, the software giant is losing $20 a month per user on average and heavier users are costing the company as much as $80 every 30 days” “building a dedicated user base and increasing prices once users are #hooked”

Greek coastguard threw migrants overboard to their deaths, witnesses say
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0vv717yvpeo
“The #Greek #coastguard has caused the #deaths of dozens of #migrants in the #Mediterranean over a three-year period, witnesses say, including nine who were deliberately thrown into the #water.”