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@ maltfield @monero.town

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  • Lemmy's Image Problem (Updated 02-06-2024)

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  • Can you mention this in your article?

  • should i delete my lemmy instance

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  • Personally I wouldn't run a lemmy instance because of this (and also many other concerns)

    I recommend [a] letting the lemmy devs know (eg on GitHub) that this issue is preventing you from running a lemmy instance and [b] donating to alternative projects that actually care about data privacy rights.

  • should i delete my lemmy instance

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  • The fines usually are a percent of revenue or millions of Euros, whichever is higher.

    So if your revenue is 0 EUR then they can fine you the millions of Euros instead. The point of the “percent of revenue” alternative was for larger corporations that can get fined tens or hundreds of millions of Euros (or, as it happened to Meta, in some cases -- billions of Euros for a single GDPR violation).

  • should i delete my lemmy instance

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  • The fines usually are a percent of revenue or millions of Euros, whichever is higher.

    So if your revenue is 0 EUR then they can fine you the millions of Euros instead. The point of the “percent of revenue” alternative was for larger corporations that can get fined tens or hundreds of millions of Euros (or, as it happened to Meta, in some cases -- billions of Euros for a single GDPR violation).

  • should i delete my lemmy instance

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  • That would be true if their instance wasn't federating. If the instance is federating, then it's downloading content from other users, even if the user isn't registered on the instance. And that content is publicly available.

    So if someone discovers their content on their instance and sends them a GDPR request (eg Erasure), then they are legally required to process it.

  • should i delete my lemmy instance

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  • It's definitely not impossible to contact all instances; it's a finite list. But we should have a tool to make this easier. Something that can take a given username or post, do a search, find out all the instances that it federated-to, get the contact for all of those instances, and then send-out a formal "GDPR Erasure Request" to all of the relevant admins.

  • PSA: you can't delete photos uploaded to #lemmy. So don't (accidentally) upload a nude to lemmy. That would be bad 😱

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  • Did you read the article and the feedback that you've received from your other users?

    Any FOSS platform has capacity issues. I run my own FOSS projects with zero grant funds and where I'm the only developer. I understand this issue.

    What we're talking about here is prioritization. My point is that you should not prioritize "new features" when existing features are a legal, moral, and grave financial risk to your community. And this isn't just "my priority" -- it's clearly been shown that this is the desired priority of your community.

    Please prioritize your GDPR issues.

  • PSA: you can't delete photos uploaded to Lemmy. So don't (accidentally) upload a nude. That would be bad 😱

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  • Very nice. Unfortunately it doesn't look like Boost is available on F-Droid.

  • Privacy @lemmy.ml
    maltfield @monero.town

    PSA: you can't delete photos uploaded to Lemmy. So don't (accidentally) upload a nude. That would be bad 😱

    tech.michaelaltfield.net /2024/03/04/lemmy-fediverse-gdpr/

  • PSA: you can't delete photos uploaded to Lemmy. So don't (accidentally) upload a nude. That would be bad 😱

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  • Fortunately, in my case, my image was "orphaned" and never actually attached to a post or comment, so it wouldn't have federated.

    If the image has already federated then that's a whole next level problem :(

  • PSA: you can't delete photos uploaded to #lemmy. So don't (accidentally) upload a nude to lemmy. That would be bad 😱

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  • PSA: you can't delete photos uploaded to Lemmy. So don't (accidentally) upload a nude. That would be bad 😱

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  • Lemmy @lemmy.ml
    maltfield @monero.town

    PSA: you can't delete photos uploaded to Lemmy. So don't (accidentally) upload a nude. That would be bad 😱

    tech.michaelaltfield.net /2024/03/04/lemmy-fediverse-gdpr/
  • Fediverse @lemmy.ml
    maltfield @monero.town

    PSA: you can't delete photos uploaded to #lemmy. So don't (accidentally) upload a nude to lemmy. That would be bad 😱

    tech.michaelaltfield.net /2024/03/04/lemmy-fediverse-gdpr/

  • BusKill Warrant Canary #7 Published

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  • You definitely can do that, but if you're afraid that you might stand-up and forget you're using it, then you probably shouldn't.

    It's probably enough to just use the default trigger that locks your screen. Or, once you get comfortable with it, set it to shut down your computer. Most people don't need to shred their FDE keys, unless they're facing torture.

    In fact, we make it difficult to use "destructive" triggers (like the LUKS Header Shredder that wipes the FDE header) and intentionally do not include the ability to switch to it in the app. To use it, you have to do a lot of extra work. So most users don't have this issue.

  • BusKill Warrant Canary #7 Published

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  • Why? It defaults to just locking your screen. So you stand-up, the magnetic breakaway cable separates, and then you just have to type your password...

    If you're the type of person that would forget to lock your computer before standing up and walking away, then it's exactly what you'd want.

  • Privacy @lemmy.ml
    maltfield @monero.town

    BusKill Warrant Canary #007 🕵️

    www.buskill.in /canary-007/
  • Open Source @lemmy.ml
    maltfield @monero.town

    BusKill Warrant Canary #7 Published

    www.buskill.in /canary-007/
  • Free and Open Source Software @beehaw.org
    maltfield @monero.town

    BusKill (Open-Source Hardware Dead Man Switch) Announces Bitcoin Black Friday Deal

    buskill.in /bitcoin-black-friday-2023/
  • Technology @beehaw.org
    maltfield @monero.town

    BusKill (Open-Source Hardware Dead Man Switch) Announces Bitcoin Black Friday Deal

    buskill.in /bitcoin-black-friday-2023/
  • Open Source @lemmy.ml
    maltfield @monero.town
    QubesOS

    Disarm BusKill Dead Man Switch with Keyboard Shortcut (Guide)

    www.buskill.in /qubes-disarm/
  • Free and Open Source Software @beehaw.org
    maltfield @monero.town
    QubesOS

    Disarm Shortcut for BusKill Hardware Dead Man Switch

    www.buskill.in /qubes-disarm/
  • Privacy @lemmy.ml
    maltfield @monero.town
    QubesOS

    Disarm Shortcut for BusKill Hardware Dead Man Switch

    www.buskill.in /qubes-disarm/
  • Technology @beehaw.org
    maltfield @monero.town
    QubesOS

    Disarm Shortcut for BusKill Hardware Dead Man Switch

    www.buskill.in /qubes-disarm/

  • BusKill Dead Man Switch now available in a brick-and-mortar in Germany 🧱🛡️

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  • BusKill Dead Man Switch now available in a brick-and-mortar in Germany 🧱🛡️

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  • BusKill Dead Man Switch now available in a brick-and-mortar in Germany 🧱🛡️

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  • Thank you for supporting open-source security hardware <3

  • BusKill Dead Man Switch now available in a brick-and-mortar in Germany 🧱🛡️

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  • I made a video of this (demo in Windows, removed, Linux, TAILS, and QubesOS) with the old DIY model here (sorry for the terrible audio quality)

    We're currently working on an updated video with someone who is much better at video production than me; it should be finished in early 2024.

  • Privacy @lemmy.ml
    maltfield @monero.town

    BusKill Dead Man Switch now available in a brick-and-mortar in Germany 🧱🛡️

    www.buskill.in /leipzig-proxystore/
  • Lemmy @lemmy.ml
    maltfield @monero.town

    Now tracking Lemmy instances' age (in months)

    github.com /maltfield/awesome-lemmy-instances

  • BusKill (FOSS Dead Man Switch) v0.7.0 released 💾

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  • I've paid myself nothing so-far. The price just barely breaks-even for the business. There's one-time costs like a few grand for a CNC'd injection mold and assembly jig, but also certification fees, product boxes, cardstock paper for documentation inserts, printing fees, artist commissions, packaging materials, warehousing, shipping, other logistics fees, etc.

    All of this is explained in-detail in "The Finances" section here.

    I prefer open-source hardware to be designed using common off-the-shelf items that are easily found everywhere in the world. Unfortunately, the one vendor of a USB-A magnetic breakaway couplers decided to EOL their product shortly after I published a guide on how to build your own BusKill cable. After we published, they all got sold-out, and we had to go to manufacturers for a custom component.

    Prices would drop dramatically if we could do production runs (and actually sell) >10,000 units at a time. Currently we only sell a few cables per month. If you want to help, please tell all your security-conscious friends about BusKill :)

  • BusKill (FOSS Dead Man Switch) v0.7.0 released 💾

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  • Open Source @lemmy.ml
    maltfield @monero.town

    BusKill (FOSS Dead Man Switch) v0.7.0 released 💾

    www.buskill.in /buskill-v0-7-0-released/
  • Free and Open Source Software @beehaw.org
    maltfield @monero.town

    BusKill (FOSS Dead Man Switch) v0.7.0 released 💾

    www.buskill.in /buskill-v0-7-0-released/
  • Privacy @lemmy.ml
    maltfield @monero.town

    BusKill (USB Dead Man Switch) v0.7.0 released 💾

    www.buskill.in /buskill-v0-7-0-released/
  • Technology @beehaw.org
    maltfield @monero.town

    BusKill (USB Dead Man Switch) v0.7.0 released 💾

    www.buskill.in /buskill-v0-7-0-released/
  • Linux @lemmy.ml
    maltfield @monero.town

    BusKill (Linux Dead Man Switch) v0.7.0 released 💾

    www.buskill.in /buskill-v0-7-0-released/
  • Lemmy @lemmy.ml
    maltfield @monero.town

    awesome-lemmy-instances adds lemmy version

    github.com /maltfield/awesome-lemmy-instances/tree/main