Posts by admin@kolektiva.social
(DIR) Post #9zwDRrE1bMz7uAin32 by admin@kolektiva.social
2020-09-26T05:25:40Z
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Hey everyone, thanks for joining!We have a little ask:To keep up with the storage demand we could really use a pair of SSDs like Samsung 860 (EVO or PRO) 4 TB. If you can help us out please reply to this thread and together we can keep this instance running! Solidarity!
(DIR) Post #9zwDRrg1vFO1J1p9hQ by admin@kolektiva.social
2020-10-06T15:00:07Z
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@liaizon hey there, Thanks! For now to donate via one time donation @ itsgoingdown.org/donate we'll be on the look out for it and can apply it to this instance
(DIR) Post #ADNM0sCH3Z4t4ZxIo4 by admin@kolektiva.social
2021-11-12T07:04:08Z
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Hello fediverse.On 11/10 we experienced hardware failure that took out servers offline for two days.Some faulty memory corrupted our hard drive and it took quite some time to restore 1.5TB of memes!If you can, send some 🌯💲 to our Bitcoin or Liberapay page to get better equipmentBTC: bc1qh32d2gen82fyq8jv0upt74s645s7p65tllwh88Liberapay: https://en.liberapay.com/kolektiva/In love and rage,Kolektiva
(DIR) Post #APZCr97COkn3WZ9bLk by admin@kolektiva.social
2022-11-13T16:39:10Z
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⚠️🔧 Server Maintenance: kolektiva.social and kolektiva.media may be briefly unavailable. 🔧⚠️➡️➡️➡️ From ~11am PT to ~12pm PT today there may be a brief interruption.We'll do our best to be quick, but we got to make some tweaks under the hood. Thank you everyone for your patience.🖤Also: We're growing quick, ty! If you'd like to donate: https://kolektiva.info/donate/
(DIR) Post #APhZ2AkAR6EK15iu9Y by admin@kolektiva.social
2022-11-17T17:30:12Z
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@maop @ramonita :zapatista: :zapatista_cat: :zapatista: :zapatista_cat: :zapatista: :zapatista_cat:
(DIR) Post #APicrsvCRARYozC3iS by admin@kolektiva.social
2022-11-09T03:36:44Z
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@tansyfeuilles @pine4 Thanks! We're building a site for "kolektiva" but it's still rough, but should be functional. Absolutely donations are appreciated as with this kind of growth, we'll need some beefier hardware and have a $0 budget 😉 https://kolektiva.info/donate/
(DIR) Post #APicrxl6S8L1p7VZAm by admin@kolektiva.social
2022-11-09T03:57:03Z
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@tansyfeuilles @pine4 Thanks to whomever donated. We're working on making the donate form more legible!
(DIR) Post #APlr3DzYQ88yBgPZnU by admin@kolektiva.social
2022-11-19T02:51:25Z
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A big thank you to all who have donated at https://kolektiva.info/donate/ :blob_pat_anar_raccoon: And thanks as well to all those broke-as-a-joke dumpster divers who spanged and didn't give a penny, but some how found us, Seriously up da punx :acabkitty:#Kolektiva started the week with around 5k users and as the birds flew the coop :birdsite: our little part of the fediverse filled with cast-aways, weirdos, lovers, fighters, rebels, sinners blossomed into a 19k user instance super charged with quality conversations that are personal, hilarious and bold.The #KolektivaMod team and our little tech team have been doing our best to keep up with the #MastodonMigration and all that it entails.. The donated pirate booty 💰 y'all have sent us will go directly to funding server hardware resources and we plan an upgrade on the 23rd of Nov. We hope to resolve some minor database issues and upgrade to Mastodon 4.x when we're ready.🤞Revolutionary solidarity with #AnarchistPrisonersProps to #BlackTwitter for breaking free with an online riot for #Autonomy :sparkles_panafrican:Solidarity means Attack, and in attack we find our communes Nothing stops - everything continues.- SubComandante KA0
(DIR) Post #AQgE1vzP0ikUmnHOVM by admin@kolektiva.social
2022-12-16T02:55:02Z
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Should kolektiva change its registration policy? Currently it's open.#Kolektiva
(DIR) Post #ASkDK4VqUJVlBhpRAm by admin@kolektiva.social
2023-02-16T13:55:56Z
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Good morning/afternoon/evening!Apologies for the downtime! There was a power outage at the data center where our server is located.It happened just before I went to bed and as soon as I awoke, I brought the box back up.The server is encrypted at rest and as such requires a passphrase + special considerations to start back up. The collective will be discussing access at our next meeting to ensure no single point of failure, so that everyone can keep on toot'n!:heart_cyber:
(DIR) Post #AVHtRkEWSFOPEMNPlI by admin@kolektiva.social
2023-05-03T19:24:44Z
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⚠️🔧 Server Maintenance: kolektiva.social and kolektiva.media may be briefly unavailable. 🔧⚠️➡️➡️➡️ From ~12pm PT to ~6pm PT tomorrow, May 4th Kolektiva will experience periods of unavailability.We'll do our best to be quick, but we got to make some tweaks under the hood. Thank you everyone for your patience.🖤Also: We're growing quick! If you'd like to donate: https://kolektiva.info/donate/
(DIR) Post #AVHtRl8t4gTm3AkQcK by admin@kolektiva.social
2023-05-03T19:29:00Z
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For those interested in the tech details: We're migrating our servers to a new cabinet with dual power feeds. Additionally we purchased some recycled hardware that will allow us to run a High Availability CEPH cluster 🙌 Thanks to @stgraber and the teamfor MicroCloud!https://discuss.linuxcontainers.org/t/introducing-microcloud/15871
(DIR) Post #AXExVM3jiLpmlfjAXI by admin@kolektiva.social
2023-07-01T04:52:07Z
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🚨 Kolektiva.social SECURITY ALERT 🚨 This is an alert for Kolektiva.social users. Please read this post in its entirety!In mid-May 2023, the home of one of Kolektiva.social's admins was raided, and all their electronics were seized by the FBI. The raid was part of an investigation into a local protest. Kolektiva was neither a subject nor target of this investigation. Today, that admin was charged in relation to their alleged participation in this protest.Unfortunately, at the time of the raid, our admin was troubleshooting an issue and working with a backup copy of the Kolektiva.social database. This backup, dated from the first week of May 2023, was in an *unencrypted* state when the raid occurred and it was seized, along with everything else.The database is the heart of a Mastodon server. A database copy such as the one seized may include any of the following user data, in this case up to date as of early May 2023: - User account information like the e-mail address associated with your account, your followers and follows, etc.- All your posts: public, unlisted, followers-only, *and direct ("DMs")*.- Possibly IP addresses associated with your account - IP addresses on Kolektiva.social are logged for 3 days and then deleted, so IP addresses from any logins in the 3 days prior to the database backup date would be included. - A hashed ("encrypted") version of your password.🚨 👉 As a precaution we highly recommend that all users on Kolektiva.social *change their password immediately* to a new, unique, and strong password.We sincerely apologize to all our users and regret this breach. In hindsight, it was obviously a mistake to leave a copy of the database in an unencrypted state. Unfortunately, what would otherwise have been a small mistake happened to coincide with a raid, due to bad luck and spectacularly bad timing.We understand that our users and other people on the Fediverse will have a lot of questions. We will try to answer them as best we can, but please be patient and bear in mind that we may be overwhelmed with messages, and may be delayed in responding or unable to provide answers to certain questions for legal or technical reasons. As a security culture reminder, it can be extremely harmful to the individuals charged and to our community to openly speculate on the Internet about alleged criminal activity or about what law enforcement may be able to do with seized data. Our present awareness is that the seized Kolektiva data is unrelated to the federal investigation and prosecution and we are exploring legal avenues to have the seized data returned and copies destroyed. Thank you for your understanding and solidarity :black_sparkling_heart: 👇 Please see our replies to this post for additional information (1/?) 👇
(DIR) Post #AXExVNJj2ODafYDS64 by admin@kolektiva.social
2023-07-01T04:52:43Z
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Please see our previous post for full context 👆 Why did we delay in notifying our users? After extensive internal discussions and advice from multiple movement lawyers, we made the difficult decision to delay informing our users, since an earlier public statement could have made the situation worse in a number of ways.To be clear, the physical Kolektiva servers were not targeted or affected by the FBI raid. Our actual, live servers are encrypted, in that the hard drives are encrypted at rest. We have no reason to believe that any Kolektiva.social data has been compromised, outside of the database back-up that was seized. Our admin's various electronic devices and other drives were encrypted, and we swiftly rotated all passwords and keys as appropriate for any potential breach like this. In other words, we have no reason to believe this is an evolving threat to our server integrity, or our users' data security.So then, why are we asking users to reset their passwords? The seized database did not contain user passwords, it contained hashed user passwords. To better understand why we recommend users change their password, here is a good explainer: https://www.troyhunt.com/we-didnt-encrypt-your-password-we-hashed-it-heres-what-that-means/Without offering any excuses, we also think it warrants mentioning that the seized data would be similar to data obtained in any raid or other unauthorized access of any typical Mastodon server. It is the same data any cooperating instance admin can hand over willingly when requested. Unfortunately, there are serious limits to what admins of Mastodon instances can do to protect the data of their users. Users should always take precautions to protect the privacy of information, especially any sensitive information, they share on the Fediverse or anywhere else on the Internet. We hope that if nothing else, this situation serves as a learning experience for our users, and others on the Fediverse. It certainly has for us. For an intro to operational security on Mastodon, we strongly recommend checking out this guide: https://distro.f-91w.club/masto-opsec/Going forward, we will continue to explore our legal options. Ideally, we would be presenting a comprehensive list of internal changes, policies and best practices that we plan to implement to avoid outcomes like this in the future. These are definitely conversations we have started having, and intend to continue, but we also want people to be aware that we're a small volunteer collective, and we are dramatically affected by these events. Things may be slow to develop. We also have to keep Kolektiva.social running and pick up the slack now that we are missing a crucial team member 💔 . Our admin's legal situation is shitty, but they currently have the support and legal representation they need. We will post any information or calls for support if that becomes appropriate or needed. As many understand, our political movements are currently facing high levels of state repression, which has resulted in an increase in digital and other forms of surveillance, raids and arrests, false and overblown criminal charges, increased use of pre-trial detention and lengthy prison sentences. At times like these, political movements are tested and solidarity and security culture become important touchstones for our work to make the world a better place for all.Thank you again for your understanding, solidarity, and time taken to read all this.
(DIR) Post #AXG367BgfDqoHskpSS by admin@kolektiva.social
2023-07-01T12:35:54Z
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Two additional points:If you are a kolektiva.social user and have already enabled Two-factor Authentication on your account you should also reset that, just like your password. (Also consider that it's a good idea in general to set up Two-factor authentication, if you are able, to secure access to your account!)
(DIR) Post #AXG368JsSFzpnZasrY by admin@kolektiva.social
2023-07-01T12:40:13Z
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Some users have asked or pointed out, and yes it is the case that the database copy would also include cached copies of posts from users on other instances in the Fediverse, and this includes direct posts or "DMs" which were sent to or included a Kolektiva.social user.We welcome suggestions on how to most effectively notify (a lot) of Fediverse users in general of this, but we also ask for other instance admins to help by communicating this to their own users if it seems appropriate 🙏
(DIR) Post #AXM1ghyyIwlbrzt66y by admin@kolektiva.social
2023-07-04T14:10:07Z
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🎉 PLANNED DOWNTIME🎉 Mastodon is releasing an important update (including security patches) this Thursday July 7th. We will be applying this update on Thursday. 👉 Please take note this will result in some downtime for kolektiva.social!! 👈 We arn't sure what time, or how long. It will likely begin in the morning (9-11 EST).
(DIR) Post #AdGfelJ7baNh6xcmwq by admin@kolektiva.social
2023-12-27T17:17:11Z
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🖤 Kolektiva Loves PeerTube 🖤PeerTube is one of Kolektiva's core services, running at kolektiva.media. It is a free and open source alternative to YouTube, developed by the non-profit organization @Framasoft During the end of the year, Framasoft is raising money to finance the future development of Peertube. You can check out the roadmap here: https://joinpeertube.org/news/peertube-future-2024.PeerTube allows Kolektiva to autonomously distribute video content with the kind of smooth and accessible interface that users expect. If you have some money left this year, you should consider making a donation to fund the future of this important platform: https://framasoft.org/en/#support. If you don't have money to give, we completely understand and we ask instead that you share this post and also visit Framasoft's website (https://framasoft.org/en/) to discover all their free services. We also encourage you to talk about them with your friends and comrades, so more people use these privacy-focused alternatives to the corporate services that only want to make money out of your data.- Kolektiva's tech collective