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もしあなたが、1年以上アップデートしていない Misskey または Mastodon を運用しているのであれば、なぜアップグレードしないのか、その理由を今一度見直してほしいと思います。

この低コストな攻撃手法（スクリーンショット参照）は、Mastodon 4.0.x から 4.3.x までの環境で実行可能です。もしまだ Mastodon 2.x や 3.x を使っているなら、状況はさらに深刻です。

⚠️ これは Mastodon だけの問題ではありません。Misskey にも影響します。2025年より前のバージョンの Misskey を使用している場合、これまで被害に遭わなかったのは単に運が良かっただけです。

参考までに、現在の Mastodon の最新バージョンは 4.5.11（4.6 beta 1 も利用可能）、Misskey の最新バージョンは 2026.5.4（2026.6.0 も利用可能）です。アップグレードするなら、今がまさにその時です。⏳

私見ですが、Fediverse はこれまで非常に幸運だったと思います。多くの管理者が経験した問題は、せいぜいスパムをばらまくボットや、いたずら目的のスクリプトキディ程度だったでしょう。しかし、ソフトウェアを未修正のまま放置することは、それよりはるかに深刻な脅威にシステムをさらすことになります。

率直に言って、かつてオンラインフォーラムのコミュニティ管理をしていた立場からすると、アップグレードをためらう理由が理解できません。危険にさらされるのは管理者自身だけではなく、あなたが安全にプラットフォームを運営してくれると信頼している数百人、数千人のユーザーのセキュリティまで危険にさらしているのです。

#Mastodon #MastoAdmin #FediAdmin #Misskey #Forum #Community #ActivityPub #Fediverse

@jalefkowit

Years ago, I owned a domain and GoDaddy refused to let me renew or transfer the domain.

Once the domain expired, GoDaddy themselves, sold the domain as a premium domain name.

NEVER use GoDaddy. Ever.

#GoDaddy #Domain #Domains

Windows 12 is due to come out this year.

1) Your computer does not meet the system requirements. Again.

Why?

Your PC will need a dedicated NPU — a specialized processor designed to handle AI tasks. So, if you recently bought a new PC just to use Windows 11, Microsoft wants you to go shopping again.

2) It will finally, unfortunately, introduce a subscription model.

That's right — you read that correctly. They want you to pay and keep paying to use the computer you just bought. Technically, you won’t own your computer while Windows is installed.

NOW is the time to try Linux. Stop waiting. Don’t make excuses. Don’t even complain — we all knew this day was coming. Either try Linux, or admit you’re Microsoft’s little bitch.

Source? Yes, this is real.

https://tech4gamers.com/windows-12-reportedly-relasing-2026-modular-ai-focused-os/

#Windows12 #Windows #Microsoft #Linux #Windows11 #Windows10

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I have previously, in good faith, reached out to the person claiming to run "Gaza Verified," and they showed no interest in taking action. In fact, their own website is independently attempting to raise $42,000.

I understand that many people want to help — what’s happening in Gaza is truly awful. But you'd be wiser to donate through trusted organizations like the Red Cross or, as someone else suggested, UNICEF, rather than responding to random direct messages.

https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/palestinian-children-remain-deprived-most-essential-supplies-and-services

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What’s happening in Gaza is absolutely awful. But what’s also awful is that there are dishonest people taking advantage of others during a crisis.

I have reviewed every account associated with the group known as “Gaza Verified” — and they are all scammers. Every single one of them.

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In one photo, from Facebook (my job, where I work), we had a woman claiming to be a 36-year-old mother of two children, ages 4 and 7. She spaced out the URL in her post, hoping it wouldn’t get flagged by spam filters (it did). The very next day, someone on the Fediverse posted the exact same message, with the same URL. The only differences were that they used a different name, a different profile photo, and claimed to be a 19-year-old girl.

#Gaza #GazaVerified #Israel #Palestine

I have seen a draft of US Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s speech.

It was only a draft, so it may not reflect the final message he delivers tomorrow.

But the draft implied that we might be leaving NATO, citing how NATO “wrongfully” threatened us when we demanded Greenland. It further suggests that Europe is not serious about global defense. The speech wraps up similarly to last year’s address, criticizing what our regime sees as Europe’s so-called “censorship” of free speech. 🤦

#Europe #NATO #UnitedStates

RE: https://planet.moe/@Adam_Howard/115777085935021570

Attention women:

Twitter now allows people to edit your photo and put you into a bikini without your consent.

Every photo of you is now a potential soft NSFW photo for someone else's amusement.

#Twitter #X #ElonMusk #Consent #Women #Exploitation #Abuse

1 mainstream web browser has said, NO AI.

Vivaldi web browser.

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Vivaldi #VivaldiBrowser #Firefox #Mozilla

RE: https://social.vivaldi.net/@NetscapeNavigator/115671312844470695

⚠️ Please double-check to make sure your site is using the latest Fediverse software:

Misskey: 2025.12.0
Mastodon: 4.5.3
PeerTube: 8.0.0
PixelFed: 0.12.6
Loops: 1.0.0 Beta 5
Mbin: 1.8.4
Lenny: 0.19.14
Akkoma: 2025.12
Sharkey: 2025.4.4
Pleroma: 2.9.1

#Fediverse #ActivityPub #Mastodon #Misskey #PixelFed #PeerTube #Sharkey #Loops #Akkoma #Pleroma #Mbin #Lemmy #InfoSec #Security #Hack #Foss #OpenSource #Linux #SystemAdmin #Administrator #WebMaster #ITTech #FediAdmin

Here’s the link to download Vivaldi, the browser I’m using: https://vivaldi.com/invite

@jon I left Twitter long ago and have little sympathy for those who still use it.

@BeAware

Clicking on a link means needing to know it exist. If I created my own Fedi Server, I'd be the lone wolf no one knew about.

The Fediverse has a flaw.

On principle, you have a social network that cannot technically be shutdown. That's great!

But also on practice, starting up your own instance means being that lone wolf, and shouting into the void. If you're not part of Vivaldi DOT Social, for example, and you visit my profile, and you're not yet following me, odds are not all my post show up. Now imagine that on instance, that is all alone in the void with few users.

#Fediverse #Sharkey #Mastodon

Issues ranged from software, yes, obviously that was 1st.

But issues also range from admins who should never have been admins. The type of admins who ran old community forums and who are drama queens and who freedom of speech is whatever they agree with (cannot say, for example, you dislike both Donald Trump and Joe Biden).

I like the software, Sharkey, but I do find the general use in practice to be discouraging.

A personal observation that I dislike is it seems many of the Sharkey instances experience issues.

It is a shame, because I do like Sharkey. But one of the reasons I kept hopping from one instance to another instance is I would join these so-called well-known instances, only for them to have some issues.

Mastodon is "OK". I dislike that you cannot move your post with Mastodon. I have a backup of all my content on my local PC which I can port into any Sharkey instance, but Mastodon moving means starting over.

#Sharkey #Misskey #Mastodon