Notices by Gianmarco Gargiulo :tux: :kde: (gianmarcogg03@mastodon.uno)

@kaia

@SuperDicq @quad

@fosstodon cc @wafflesies

So, this is kinda huge: https://yewtu.be/watch?v=pVI_smLgTY0 or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVI_smLgTY0 This is (last I checked) the guy with 100 million YouTube subscribers... switching to Linux (Mint) with a lot of useful commentary and some choice words for Microsoft and Windows. This could be a bit of a big deal.

@fedora why didn't you include it in the KDE Plasma edition?

Signal is open source, so our code is regularly scrutinized in addition to regular formal audits. We also constantly monitor security@signal.org for any new reports, and we act on them with quickness while also working to protect the people who rely on us from outside threats like phishing with warnings and safeguards.

This is why Signal remains the gold standard for private, secure communications. 5/

@waff reminds me a bit of Soundscapes 2000 by The Cynic Project.

@waff cc @ITzTravelInTime

@waff based Gigi.

Oh no no no no no...

@slashdot https://mastodon.cloud/@slashdot/114383894955845979

Since recently, Firefox has a built-in interface for chat bots.

Whether that's good or bad is a different discussion. Anyway this feature exists now and people might use it. So it makes sense to know what we are dealing with.

Does integration of chat bots in Firefox respect my privacy? Since I can chat with LLMs without needing a login or key, is my data anonymised?

I guess that's not the case, but maybe somebody knows more.

(edit: improved phrasing)
(edit: partial self-answer, see thread)

Web Browser telemetry - 2025 edition

"An article about which browser has the most connections after a fresh install."

https://sizeof.cat/post/web-browser-telemetry-2025-edition/

"But I do believe that’s a huge amount of connections for some of the browsers since it’s actually the first start after installing."

#webdev

I recently came across two videos by this Jules on YouTube about how the current state of the internet is not only devoid of any humanity, but it also abuses our minds in ways that most people don't realize. What is talked about is not even the same kind of argument regurgitated by a hundred other videos, it goes much deeper, and I think more people should watch them.

Gen Z's Unique Oversocialisation: https://youtu.be/V5m2oKe9-sE
State of The Dead Internet: https://youtu.be/GELgKl_Wow8

Here's what the folder structure looks like, it's basically the same as before.

@nyanide @raccoon the positive comments are so stupid they hurt me to the very core of my soul.

@antrofocus suppongo sarà un sociale dedicato solo all'IA, quindi bot che si parlano da soli. Che bello.

@KoolTechLord
Google taught me to let my photos become AI training data
Tumblr taught me to normalize having random porn come up in your feed
YouTube taught me to fall for clickbait
Vine taught me to waste time on short videos
DeviantArt taught me to look at fetish art
Blogger taught me to normalize Google Tag Manager
Facebook taught me to believe AI slop and get spied on
Instagram taught me apathy and parasociality
Etsy taught me to buy useless shit
Twitter taught me to fall for ragebait

@waifu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palermo

@AAMfP @informapirata @eticadigitale purtroppo vedo ogni singolo giorno un bimbo piccolo in carrozzina con un telefono in mano. Mi fanno venire una specie di "istinto omicida" per urlare ai genitori di smetterla.

@ahhhhhhoniichan @rpmrosie GrapheneOS doesn't really have any real functionality compromise apart from whatever requires SafetyNet like a few banking apps, but otherwise the experience is great. CalyxOS and LineageOS don't have the same security and privacy qualities but they're the next best thing and better than most custom ROMs.