Octarine.io est un blog dédié aux technologies de l’information, leurs usages au quotidien au travers du prisme de la sécurité et de la vie privée.
This is our first post, following the Facebook ban on us talking about Linux.
Just an FYI, you can easily ban Twitter/X links in your Discord servers with Discord's built in tools.
Server settings -> Safety Setup -> AutoMod -> Block Custom Words. Add these in "Choose your words":
*://twitter.com*, *://x.com*
An Open Letter to All European Politicians and Leaders to Abandon X/Twitter:
"By abandoning X/Twitter, leaders can reduce its credibility, promote fairer alternatives, and take a stand against the spread of disinformation, ensuring democratic principles are upheld."
H/T to @everton137 for organizing this - already close to 1,000 signatures:
This is how we stand up to and combat #musk and the oligarch cabal; collective action with integrity. #USPol #auspol #nzpol
De façon tout à fait étonnante, on découvre aujourd'hui que le type qui a commencé sa carrière en créant un site permettant de noter le physique de ses co-étudiants est finalement un parfait connard machiste.
« Les valeurs que sont la diversité, la liberté et la science ne sont plus présentes sur la plateforme ». Plus de 60 universités allemandes et autrichiennes quittent le réseau social X. #JeQuitteX
https://www.nouvelobs.com/economie/20250110.OBS98852/plus-de-60-universites-allemandes-et-autrichiennes-quittent-le-reseau-social-x.html
Much like the Metaverse, no one wants this and it makes everything worse, so of course Facebook is doing it.
https://futurism.com/the-byte/facebook-planning-ai-powered-users
If you are using a "free VPN" you are almost certainly setting yourself up for big trouble.
(This is also likely the case with some paid VPNs.)
Bon mon conseil serait de supprimer carrément Linkendin mais bon pour ceux qui aiment ne pas se tromper : https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/09/how-to-stop-linkedin-from-training-ai-on-your-data/
Oubliez #whatsapp, #signal ou #Telegram la seule solution s'apelle #Matrix : https://matrix.org/blog/2024/09/whatsapp-dma/
Nous sommes ravis de vous annoncer que Google à enfin accepté notre politique de vie privée. À présent notre application est aussi à jour sur le Google Play Store que sur F-Droid !
Sam Altman needs enclosure of the digital commons to make AI slop into money but the Internet Archive can't lend books for free, what an embarrassing timeline
If you hear a scream across the internet right now, it is the sound I am making while reading the Internet Archive v. Hachette Books appeal, which IA has lost: https://www.wired.com/story/internet-archive-loses-hachette-books-case-appeal/
Debian 12.7 est dispo https://www.debian.org/News/2024/20240831
#Debian #patch
Monopoly - Par Thibault Prévost | Arrêt sur images
https://www.arretsurimages.net/chroniques/clic-gauche/monopoly
👉(...)Media giant Cox Media Group (CMG) says it can target adverts based on what potential customers said out loud near device microphones, and explicitly points to Facebook, Google, Amazon, and Bing as CMG partners, according to a CMG presentation obtained by 404 Media.(...)🤯
https://www.404media.co/heres-the-pitch-deck-for-active-listening-ad-targeting/
#adtargeting #listening #smartphone #privacynightmare #gafam
The Telegram CEO has been arrested. They have hardly any staff so interested to see how this plays out. https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/telegram-messaging-app-ceo-pavel-durov-arrested-france-tf1-tv-says-2024-08-24/