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When you turn in any of your devices for repair, how worried are you about your data being compromised and copied?

"Researchers at University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada, recovered logs from laptops after receiving overnight repairs from 12 commercial shops. The logs showed that technicians from six of the locations had accessed personal data and that two of those shops also copied data onto a personal device. Devices belonging to females were more likely to be snooped on, and that snooping tended to seek more sensitive data, including both sexually revealing and non-sexual pictures, documents, and financial information."

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/11/half-of-computer-repairs-result-in-snooping-of-sensitive-data-study-finds/

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27 Jan 2023, 21:16
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@Kolombiken

Thank you! 💚

Bonus pic:

Outdoor closeup of brindle French bulldog in a black jacket and pink harness, sniffing frosty grass.

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27 Jan 2023, 12:04
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@iamdavidobrien Beautiful. Thank you for pointing me to it David.

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27 Jan 2023, 06:32
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@Kolombiken Thanks for sharing. I got no notification for a new follow though, which would be expected.

Have to run some tests now with my secret Mastodon account 😅

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25 Jan 2023, 19:52
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@Kolombiken Perhaps. It's a bit concerting that they decided not to support ActivityPub, the W3C standard, and have opted for Mastodon specific APis.

I just found out that I also can not be followed by someone using Ice Cubes. It simply blocks anything that isn't Mastodon.

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25 Jan 2023, 19:50
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@lucas Nope.

Screenshot from Ivory app showing an error message. The message says

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25 Jan 2023, 13:36
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One concern that suddenly hit me is that if @ivory app doesn't allow people not using Mastodon software to log in, will they allow to click follow on people who are not on Mastodon?

Hardcoding a block for certain ActivityPub/Fediverse software seems like it can cause all sorts of both technical and exclusionary issues.

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25 Jan 2023, 12:07
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@Silhelm Ibland tÀnker jag pÄ hur det var för 25 Är sedan nÀr man tecknade prenumerationer via en förfrankerad talong pÄ 18x6 centimeter. Alla villkor som gÀllde stod pÄ talongen.

För att det ska kunna jÀmföras med idag sÄ skulle det skickas hem en katalog pÄ 20 sidor tillsammans med talongen, som man ska godkÀnna och som man behöver anlita en jurist för att förstÄ.

Det Àr ett helvete att det har fÄtt gÄ sÄ hÀr lÄngt och att det tydligen inte finns nÄgra som helst ramar de mÄste hÄlla sig inom. KonsumentvÀgledaren sa i princip att det inte finns nÄgra grÀnser alls för hur lÄnga avtal man kan lura in folk i. "Det Àr inte prövat."

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25 Jan 2023, 11:11
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Tomorrow (Jan 25) I’m on Swedish national radio getting worked up about the subscription terms for Sweden’s most renowned financial newspaper, Dagens industri.

Wrote about this in February of 2020 (yes, 3 years ago) and they are now finally being investigated by the Swedish Consumer Agency.

Hundreds of people have contacted me over these years to express distress over the large sums of money they are being locked into paying.

For Swedish speakers who want to hear me rant, the program is PlÄnboken and the time is 10am, just after the hourly news. My bits are pre-recorded.

My original post:
https://axbom.se/dagensindustri/

Det hĂ€r att organisationer som skadar konsumenter kan komma undan med “vi tittar pĂ„ det” Ă„r efter Ă„r efter Ă„r


"Vi har försökt göra det tydligare.”

I 3 Ă„r. Akta er för att anlita kommunikatörer frĂ„n Dagens industri som inte förstĂ„r att orden “bundet avtal” skulle göra det lĂ€ttare att förstĂ„ att det Ă€r ett bundet avtal.

Att ordet “tillsvidarepris” enligt konsumentvĂ€gledare inte Ă€r en skyddad term Ă€r ju bara bisartt. Man fĂ„r sĂ€ga vad man vill och det fĂ„r betyda vad man vill.

(De anvĂ€nder alltsĂ„ bland annat “tillsvidarepris" för avtal som Ă€r bundna i upp till 3 Ă„r). Det blir fan ingen pĂ„följder den hĂ€r gĂ„ngen heller. Har dock inte sett Konsumentverkets utredning Ă€nnu.

“Ni kanske skulle skriva ‘bundet avtal’ redan i annonsen?”
“Ja vi fĂ„r titta pĂ„ om det kanske skulle göra det tydligare, annars fĂ„r de ju den informationen i bekrĂ€ftelsen efter att de tecknat avtalet
”

Det Àr goddag yxskaft pÄ hela den hÀr historien. Att vuxna mÀnniskor kan sitta och lÄtsas att det Àr nÄgot som Àr osÀkert. Ja, kanske att det skulle bli tydligare om vi skriver vad det faktiskt Àr, det som folk inte verkar ha förstÄtt i 3 Är.

Vi fÄr titta pÄ det.

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24 Jan 2023, 21:03
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@eric

😂 Awesome. Tried and tested. Won’t have time to dive into this for real until the weekend though.

@mxbck @arpcomics

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24 Jan 2023, 20:43
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@leeloowrites

  • Raindrop.ai for links
  • Bear for quick notes
  • Simplemind to sketch out broader ideas

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24 Jan 2023, 20:40
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In case anyone is wondering, the @ivory app will currently only work with Mastodon servers, no other Fediverse software.

I got the error message ”Couldn't Create Account. We currently only support Mastodon servers.”

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24 Jan 2023, 20:36
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@arpcomics

The idea is still the same 😊. A widget (that all blogs in the webring implement) where the reader can page forward and backward between blogs, or jump to a random one.

@eric

@arpcomics @eric

I’m now looking at this nice kit from @mxbck

Seems similar to your setup Eric.

https://mxb.dev/blog/webring-kit/

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24 Jan 2023, 19:45
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@gustav @eric

Nice! Love this. Having one of those moments when I want to build something new. This is fantastic inspiration.

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24 Jan 2023, 12:00
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Seeing people talk about #webrings again and it's bringing tears of joy to my eyes. We need more connections that circumvent big tech and webrings can potentially provide powerful gateways to niche subject areas.

Check out this #accessibility webring started by @eric for an example:

https://a11y-webring.club/

My personal challenge right now is finding a way to join many webrings in a coherent way. Will sit down and have a think about this.

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24 Jan 2023, 11:46
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Hope @ivory, @icecubesapp and others don't forget about those of us not using Mastodon and consider feature sets that stretch beyond Mastodon's limits.

But mostly I hope they put #accessibility front and center, not adding it clumsily as an afterthought.

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23 Jan 2023, 09:31
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@mousey @atomicpoet

The #Fediverse #infographic has been updated a few times since this image, The latest version is always here: https://axbom.com/fediverse (now at version 3.0).

Note: There is also an image description at the bottom (linked from the image) that can be used when including the image in posts and web pages.

Thanks. 😊

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23 Jan 2023, 07:43
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@Kolombiken Ha, good point! 😅

Thank you.

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22 Jan 2023, 16:02
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@Kolombiken Sorry! I was so confident that you were actually following me ;) There are about 25 of you.

Also, I still have plans for a final message 😁

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21 Jan 2023, 20:42
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@robsodergren @Allinrep AlltsÄ, jag tycker det var en bra beskrivning, men nÀr ni började prata om det sÄ blev solrosfrön, kanel och jordnötssmör intressanta för mig. Och dÄ insÄg jag att om jag inte kunnat se bilden sÄ skulle jag missat dessa indirekta tips om spÀnnande garnityr. SÄ jag la det lite pÄ minnet för att tÀnka pÄ om nÀr jag beskriver mat i framtiden.

Din beskrivning strĂ€mde klockrent med vad jag faktiskt sĂ„g nĂ€r jag blĂ€ddrade förbi. 😁

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21 Jan 2023, 09:11
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