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14 hours ago	mod	Banned rhinestones ( rhinestones@europe.pub ) from the community Privacy@programming.dev reason: Scam
8 days ago	mod	Removed Post There's only one way to stop Al stealing your business data reason: This is just an ad for a different AI company to steal your data?
8 days ago	mod	Locked Post Border agents are randomly seizing phones of US citizens who support Palestine
19 days ago	mod	Removed Post How do you handle sites that ask for email before earning trust? reason: Transparent ad
1 month ago	mod	Removed Comment Founder of Halocard here. > Okay I am trying out Halocard right now. What the actual fuck, it sends the verification code via Whatsapp to the phone number I provide. SMS verification is no longer required to sign-up. You can (optionally) verify your phone after you create your account and we'll send the code via whatsapp first and then SMS as a fall-back. This is intentional to combat SMS-pumping attacks we've experienced in the past. by ed_halocard ( ed_halocard@programming.dev ) reason: Automod
3 months ago	mod	Removed Post Field note: the permissionless-access landscape across Lemmy instances (Open vs RequireApplication, and why captcha_difficulty lies) reason: AI slop
3 months ago	mod	Removed Comment uhhhhhh, ok leech. by _‌_反いじめ戦隊 ( AntiBullyRanger@ani.social ) reason: Code of Conduct: 1.1 Remember the Human.
4 months ago	mod	Locked Post [Swedish] Mullvad CEO donates to Swedish party that believes in "remigration"
4 months ago	mod	Banned whoever loves Digit 🇵🇸🇺🇸🏴‍☠️ ( iloveDigit@piefed.social ) from the community Privacy@programming.dev reason: Repeated use of slurs expires: 3 months ago
4 months ago	mod	Banned whoever loves Digit 🇵🇸🇺🇸🏴‍☠️ ( iloveDigit@piefed.social ) from the community Privacy@programming.dev expires: 4 months ago
4 months ago	mod	Unbanned whoever loves Digit 🇵🇸🇺🇸🏴‍☠️ ( iloveDigit@piefed.social ) from the community Privacy@programming.dev
4 months ago	mod	Banned whoever loves Digit 🇵🇸🇺🇸🏴‍☠️ ( iloveDigit@piefed.social ) from the community Privacy@programming.dev reason: Repeated CoC breaches. expires: 4 months ago
4 months ago	mod	Banned ratrace ( ratrace@lemmy.zip ) from the community Privacy@programming.dev reason: Andybytes alt
5 months ago	mod	Removed Post Gmail for android silently overwrites links in your emails, so it can track what you open reason: Duplicate.
5 months ago	mod	Removed Comment Why don't they just learn from China and make the GCF? \ ![](https://programming.dev/pictrs/image/0c023fc4-22a0-4e1c-82dd-35656c6227a6.gif) by ghodawalaaman ( ghodawalaaman@programming.dev ) reason: Automod
5 months ago	mod	Banned greenmonster ( greenmonster@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) from the community Privacy@programming.dev reason: Andybytes alt.
5 months ago	mod	Banned honesthenery ( honesthenery@thelemmy.club ) from the community Privacy@programming.dev reason: Andybytes alt.
6 months ago	mod	Banned mynameisbob ( mynameisbob@lemmy.ml ) from the community Privacy@programming.dev reason: Ban evasion - removal of content
6 months ago	mod	Unbanned mynameisbob ( mynameisbob@lemmy.ml ) from the community Privacy@programming.dev
6 months ago	mod	Banned mynameisbob ( mynameisbob@lemmy.ml ) from the community Privacy@programming.dev reason: ban evasion
6 months ago	mod	Banned alex_riv ( alex_riv@lemmy.org ) from the community Privacy@programming.dev reason: Spam bot.
7 months ago	mod	Restored Comment Is anyone who really cares abut encryption, security, and privacy actually using Instagram and co. fr? by teaHead74 ( teaHead74@programming.dev )
7 months ago	mod	Removed Comment Is anyone who really cares abut encryption, security, and privacy actually using Instagram and co. fr? by teaHead74 ( teaHead74@programming.dev ) reason: Automod
7 months ago	mod	Restored Comment Is anyone who really cares abut encryption, security, and privacy actually using Instagram and co. fr? by teaHead74 ( teaHead74@programming.dev )
7 months ago	mod	Removed Comment Is anyone who really cares abut encryption, security, and privacy actually using Instagram and co. fr? by teaHead74 ( teaHead74@programming.dev ) reason: Automod
7 months ago	mod	Removed Comment Also known in Biz as [Know-your-Client](https://www.investopedia.com/terms/k/knowyourclient.asp). [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Know_your_customer) [cc](https://lemvotes.org/comment/fedia.io/m/privacy@programming.dev/t/3560444/-/comment/14308380) @logging_strict@programming.dev @Drusas@fedia.io @farthouse@lemmy.zip @HalfAFrisbee@lemmy.world @zikzak025@lemmy.world @reseller_pledge609@lemmy.dbzer0.com Acknowledgement doesn't equate approval. I want these Nazis staked. by _‌_反いじめ戦隊 ( AntiBullyRanger@ani.social ) reason: Randomly tagging people unrelated to thread.
8 months ago	mod	Unbanned OsrsNeedsF2P ( OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml ) from the community Privacy@programming.dev
8 months ago	mod	Banned OsrsNeedsF2P ( OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml ) from the community Privacy@programming.dev reason: Propagated ban
8 months ago	mod	Removed Comment IO: “Show me your Facebook profile” Me: “I don’t have Facebook” IO: “Uhm no problem. Let me see your Instagram. Me: Don’t have that eith..” IO: “Twitter?!” Me: “No, but I’m on the Fediverse” IO: “The what now?” Me: “ Okay, so—picture social media, right? Now take that picture and gently crumple it into a ball, toss it into a basket labeled “no single corporation owns this,” and then immediately realize the basket is actually a network of baskets that can all politely lend each other baskets, provided they all agree on what a basket is. That is the Fediverse. The Fediverse is “federated” social media, which is a fancy word for “it’s not one website, it’s a bunch of websites that have agreed to talk to each other,” like a neighborhood where every house is its own little party, and the parties can mingle because everyone uses the same doorbell standard. Except the doorbell standard is called ActivityPub (yes, that sounds like a government office where you renew your passport, and yes, it behaves like a protocol), and instead of ringing a bell you’re sending tiny structured messages that say things like “hello I have posted a meme” and “please deliver this meme to the people who asked for my memes.” Now, you’d think that would make it simpler. It does not. It makes it \more\ explainable in the way that a mechanical watch is explainable. Like, yes, it’s logical, but it contains tiny gears and springs and you can feel yourself losing the attention of the person you’re explaining it to around the time you say “decentralized.” Here’s the basic concept: On normal social media, you make an account on One Big Platform™. You’re “you” on that platform, in that platform’s kingdom, under that platform’s rules, algorithms, ad-tech, and mysterious vibe shifts. If the platform decides tomorrow that your posts will only be shown to your mom and a bot selling sunglasses, that’s just your life now. In the Fediverse, you don’t join “the platform.” You join an \instance\ (also called a server), which is basically a community-run site that hosts accounts. Think of it like email: you don’t “join email,” you pick Gmail or Outlook or some weird domain your friend owns because they’re into self-hosting and pain. Same idea—except instead of sending emails you’re sending “posts,” and instead of the goal being productive communication, the goal is… social media. So your name is usually like: @yourname\@some.server And that’s already where the explanation starts to sound like you’re describing a secret society, because people are like, “Why is your name twice?” and you’re like, “It’s not twice, it’s… an address.” And they’re like, “So your social media is… email?” and you’re like, “No, but also kind of yes, but not in the way that makes it less weird.” Each instance has its own rules and moderation style. Some are calm, some are chaos, some are niche, and some are like “this server is for people who only post photos of mushrooms and politely say ‘nice mushroom’ to each other.” Many instances are run by volunteers, which gives the whole thing the energy of “community garden,” except sometimes the garden is arguing about composting, and sometimes the argument is about whether to block an entire neighboring garden because one guy in that garden keeps yelling. Now: federation. Federation means the instances can “federate” with each other—share posts and follows across servers—so you can follow someone on a different instance and it still works. If you’re @you\@serverA, you can follow @them\@serverB, and then you see their posts in your feed, and they see your replies, and everyone pretends it’s normal that they’re interacting across independent websites like it’s one big site. But—and this is key—this is where it becomes delightfully ridiculous: Federation is not a magical universal law. Federation is a \choice\. Instances can choose who they interact with. They can block other instances. They can limit them. They can say, “We don’t talk to that server because it has bad moderation,” or because it’s spammy, or because it’s philosophically incompatible, or because one time in 2022 someone posted a cursed GIF and nobody recovered emotionally. So instead of one giant platform with one giant set of rules, you get many smaller communities with their own rules, and a sort of diplomatic system between them. It’s like the United Nations, except the delegates are servers, the treaties are blocklists, and the primary export is posts. Okay, so what does it \look\ like? It looks like social media. Like, genuinely. You have a timeline. You post. People reply. You can boost/reshare. You can like. You can follow. You can make lists. You can post media. You can have DMs. It resembles the familiar thing enough that you relax— —until someone asks, “What platform is this?” And you say, “Well it depends.” Because the Fediverse is not one app. It’s many apps and services that speak the same language. \- Mastodon: microblogging (Twitter-ish) \- Pixelfed: photo sharing (Instagram-ish) \- PeerTube: video hosting (YouTube-ish) \- Lemmy / Kbin / Mbin: link aggregation and forums (Reddit-ish) \- Misskey / Firefish: microblogging but with extra features and vibes \- And a bunch more that either (a) do extremely specific things, or (b) do normal things but with a different user interface and an even more confusing name. So now you’re not just explaining “I’m on social media,” you’re explaining “I’m on a constellation of interconnected social systems that may or may not appear to each other depending on a distributed web of trust decisions.” Which is the point where most normal people start looking for the nearest exit. Then there’s the concept of \instances having cultures\. Like, not just rules, but vibes. Some instances are techy. Some are artsy. Some are local to a region or language. Some are strict about content warnings. Some are more freeform. So choosing an instance is a bit like choosing a neighborhood, except the neighborhood is on the internet and if you don’t like it you can (sometimes) move your account to another server and take your followers with you, which is called “migration,” which sounds like you’re a digital bird. Yes, you can migrate accounts. No, it is not always painless. Yes, it feels like moving apartments. No, not all your stuff comes with you perfectly, depending on the platform and the features. Yes, this makes it feel like the Fediverse is both more user-friendly and also like it was designed by people who enjoy reading documentation recreationally. Now, here’s the part that makes it hard to explain in a fun way: In the mainstream world, the platform is a product. In the Fediverse, the platform is more like… an ecosystem. Or a public utility. Or a co-op. Or a bunch of hobbyists maintaining a train system where each station is independently run, the tracks are open standards, and the timetable is “best effort.” So when someone says, “What’s the Fediverse like?” the honest answer is: “It’s like social media, except it’s more human, more customizable, and less algorithmically manipulative… but also you occasionally need to understand what an instance is, what federation is, and why your cousin’s posts aren’t showing up because your server blocked their server due to an ongoing diplomatic incident involving moderation philosophy.” And you say it with a straight face, which makes it funnier. And then there’s the final twist: the Fediverse is simultaneously simpler and more complicated than normal social media. Simpler, because: \- No single company owns the whole thing. \- Communities can set their own rules. \- It’s often chronological and less “engagement hacked.” More complicated, because: \- “Where do I sign up?” has an answer longer than “the App Store.” \- Your username looks like an email address. \- You can’t just assume everyone is in the same place. \- Sometimes the social graph feels like it’s held together by goodwill, open standards, and a mutual agreement not to scream. So when an immigration officer says, “Please give me your socials,” and you say, “I use the Fediverse,” what you’re really saying is: “I do not belong to one empire. I belong to a federation of small city-states that exchange memes via protocol. My identity is an address. My timeline is partially dependent on inter-server foreign policy. And if you want to verify my posts, you must first ask: which server? which app? and are we currently federating?” Which is, in a way, a very strong argument that you might be either (a) extremely privacy-conscious, or (b) a wizard. Or both“ IO: “Sir, are you _carrying_ any illegal substances?” The long rambling about the Fediverse was generated by AI, cause life is too short 😅 by Meldrik ( meldrik@lemmy.wtf ) reason: AI generated rambling. If life is too short to write it yourself, it's too short to inflict it on others. Please spoiler tag next time at a minimum.
8 months ago	mod	Removed Post Banned Mullvad VPN TV ad criticizing United Kingdom escalating censorship and mass surveillance “And Then?” reason: Duplicate
9 months ago	mod	Removed Post Nothing to Hide? Let's see 2 forms of ID! reason: Off-topic, meme rather than privacy resource
9 months ago	mod	Removed Comment This is the type of “liberty” Denmark wants for Inuits. by _‌_反いじめ戦隊 ( AntiBullyRanger@ani.social ) reason: Trolling
10 months ago	mod	Removed Comment No, its not fully open source and the CEO is a jew by stupud ( stupud@lemmy.zip ) reason: Please remember to follow our Code of Conduct, making unprovoked insults will lead to admin action. Continued breaches will eventually lead to temporary and permanent ban. for more information, see https://legal.programming.dev/docs/administration-guidelines/#protocols
10 months ago	mod	Removed Comment Wait! Someone from the UK? Are you even allowed to have an opinion? Am i supposed to not acknowledge, pretend, your opinion holds the same weight as someone from a country that enshrines freedom of speech. React by saying something witty. i'm nostalgic for a time when the UK was inhabited by Brits. by logging_strict ( logging_strict@programming.dev ) reason: Mocking someone based on nationality + xenophobia
1 year ago	mod	Banned BusKill ( buskill@lemmy.sdf.org ) from the community Privacy@programming.dev reason: Spam / advertisment
2 years ago	mod	Banned BusKill ( buskill@lemmy.kde.social ) from the community Privacy@programming.dev