Post APsTZnOFGz1LN1VXMm by expat@mamot.fr
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(DIR) Post #APsI5zdw3L6pBnQulU by darius@friend.camp
2022-11-22T21:40:24Z
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Everything *else* aside, having a government account hosted on a community server seems an awful lot like having a government website hosted at something likebobspersonalpage.com/users/~InternalRevenueService
(DIR) Post #APsI600yffXaLGDJgG by zundan@mastodon.zunda.ninja
2022-11-22T21:42:19Z
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@darius It looks great that EU has their own Mastodon server running: https://social.network.europa.eu/@EU_Commission/108220439624357877
(DIR) Post #APsIAoyr7iVJZGWLNw by darius@friend.camp
2022-11-22T21:42:46Z
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@zundan yes! I love that!
(DIR) Post #APsLrkwUJSR7MGZsJc by SuperDicq@minidisc.tokyo
2022-11-22T22:24:38.671Z
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@darius@friend.camp Or a government agency emailing you using a hotmail account.
(DIR) Post #APsMHzMxIRkTdDSyJc by egallager@home.social
2022-11-22T22:29:20Z
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@zundan do you know how they went about setting that up? Their profile says it's "part of an EU pilot for supporting and using social media platforms based on open-source software"; do you have the language for establishing that pilot program?
(DIR) Post #APsN2Eo2EdvmpRBa40 by mwfc@chaos.social
2022-11-22T22:37:41Z
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@zundan @darius There is even German Government, run by Germany DPOhttps://social.bund.de/aboutMeanwhile rumors are that VW is on mastodon.socialhttps://europe.autonews.com/automakers/vw-joins-mastodon-concerns-over-twitter-mount@VWGroup @cariad_tech Nowhere there is notice that they are on mastodon.social. Just "Mastodon". So I guess someone at brands.town might appear more legit if they start with content.
(DIR) Post #APsRbYS5aDmniC15d2 by zundan@mastodon.zunda.ninja
2022-11-22T23:28:56Z
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@mwfc Nice to see that! It's a pity that the .de TLD doesn't have the second level domain reserved for the governments like .gov for the US governments so it is a little bit harder for non-German people to verify that the server is run by the government.We'd always need to verify accounts on generic AP servers by means something outside the AP, like a link from the official web site we know legit.
(DIR) Post #APsRk4hFaBds27AeZ6 by zundan@mastodon.zunda.ninja
2022-11-22T23:30:28Z
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@egallager I'm sorry I don't know any further than what is publicly available. I guess they are still trying Mastodon out and may stop running it.
(DIR) Post #APsSAUeNi4cO3YQUVM by darius@friend.camp
2022-11-22T23:29:55Z
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if you like websites that have the energy of, say,anissas-world.com/CatsILove/FuzzyEars.htmyou should check out https://wiby.me , my favorite search engine
(DIR) Post #APsSAV1mJ5KjE7NAyO by matt@oslo.town
2022-11-22T23:35:18Z
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@darius I do have https://wiby.me/surprise bookmarked for that quick fix of internet.
(DIR) Post #APsSOWfsyqlCO9oydU by mwfc@chaos.social
2022-11-22T23:37:43Z
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@zundan bund.de basicly means federal.deIt is the administration domainhttps://bmi.bund.de is Ministery of Interiorso basicly like gov.ukThe governing of .de helps to clarify a lot for those who are familiar.On the other hand, sad that US does not use .us and mostly went into .com space.Most stuff is a relic as TLDs were not created for everyone and their dog. Our universities are not even in edu space (I know of few)
(DIR) Post #APsSkQjjjojyLM4EAy by darius@friend.camp
2022-11-22T23:41:45Z
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@matt good lifehack!
(DIR) Post #APsTZnOFGz1LN1VXMm by expat@mamot.fr
2022-11-22T23:46:03Z
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@SuperDicq @darius That’s actually the norm in #Belgium. The /government/ actually uses outlook.com for official business. Most people don’t realize it because they mask it with a vanity domain. If you do an MX lookup you’ll find most Belgian gov agencies use MS #Outlook. Even the Belgian data protection office! But they are a bit more sneaky-- you only see MS in the headers if they email you.
(DIR) Post #APsTZnt5QJgsufwARE by SuperDicq@minidisc.tokyo
2022-11-22T23:50:59.692Z
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@expat@mamot.fr @darius@friend.camp Yeah well I mean I wish they didn't take services from Microsoft, but at least the address that shows up in the email client isn't outlook.com so it at least looks trustworthy.