Posts by penguinrebellion@tldr.nettime.org
 (DIR) Post #B4oe8ywzwReV1gLs6S by penguinrebellion@tldr.nettime.org
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       No, Mozilla is not rolling out a "free #VPN" with #Firefox.It's merely a #proxy, traffic is encrypted via TLS only, and you need a user account.Since there is a 50GB per-month limit, it follows some amount of traffic logging and accounting must take place on Mozillas servers, as well.This may still better than nothing, but it's no alternative to a real VPN, and also deliberately misleading marketing.#Media and #journalists should not simply adopt such wording  without question.https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/built-in-vpn/
       
 (DIR) Post #B4oe8zlKvHuzXnu4Z6 by penguinrebellion@tldr.nettime.org
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       Those who really want something will be looking for ways. Those who don't really want it will be looking for "reasons" not to.Pour your energy, time and motivation into working with the former, not into discussions with the latter.
       
 (DIR) Post #B5GC6Lx0c7upCVC14q by penguinrebellion@tldr.nettime.org
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       New #Linux #kernel #policy: when writing code, humans can be "assisted" by "#AI", but they have to disclose it, and take full responsibility, as contributors.While this gets celebrated as a "pragmatic stance", it simply delegates responsibilities to individual contributors that no one in good conscience can reasonably take.Would you be willing to guarantee, legally binding, with all consequences, that your "AI" "assistant" didn't copy-paste code that's under an incompatible license? Or even proprietary, stolen one?This is a cop out, not a responsible policy. Basically the dirty #subcontractor pattern: Everybody knows that nobody can actually guarantee what they're promising, but hey, wink wink here's their signature, they "promised" it wink winkhttps://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/linux-lays-down-the-law-on-ai-generated-code-yes-to-copilot-no-to-ai-slop-and-humans-take-the-fall-for-mistakes-after-months-of-fierce-debate-torvalds-and-maintainers-come-to-an-agreement
       
 (DIR) Post #B5Jv3myckoP1YyynK4 by penguinrebellion@tldr.nettime.org
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       @EUCommission ❓ "Highest privacy standards in the world"You have merely claimed to have done threat modeling in the course of an  "internal design process". To this day, you haven't published any related documents. "Trust me" and vague assertions don't prove anything.What is currently published, though, rather diminishes trust, like your "important note" on PINs:»To enhance security, it is strongly recommended that the allowed PINs raise the overall security level. Sequential or easily guessable patterns (such as "135246 or "147258") should not be permitted. Additionally, it is advisable to check against a list of the most commonly used or "pwned" PINs to prevent users from choosing weak credentials.«❌ "Works on any device""To enable online age verification, the User is required to install an AV app on their mobile device."You have openly stated in 2025 already (and bluntly closed the related issue on GitHub as "completed"): "The project is currently focused on mobile platforms, specifically Android and iOS, as these cover the vast majority of end users and use cases. Desktop support is not in the current scope of the project, but we will take this suggestion on board."No desktops, no de-googled phones.That is: you are lying straight to our faces, here.❓ "Easy to use"Again, from your current "important note":»This white-label application is a reference implementation of the Age Verification solution that should be customised before publishing it. The current version is not feature complete and will require further integration work before production deployment.«How is ease of use, let alone accessibility, tested for a "white-label application [sic]" that isn't even customized?
       
 (DIR) Post #B5xJ8tzK5ZyOoxiMq0 by penguinrebellion@tldr.nettime.org
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       Very good news this morning:In a rare coordinated action, three #German parties (Greens, Left, Social Democrats) have declared they're leaving #X (formerly #Twitter).This goes for their official party accounts as well as for the accounts of their respective parliamentary caucuses. They're also recommending their party members and MPs leave X.All three parties have published a coordinated statement.E.g., SPD on InstagramVia a privacy-preserving frontend: Imginn:»In recent years, X has descended into chaos and is increasingly dominated by right-wing trolls. Political debates thrive on dialogue and on reaching and informing people. We no longer wish to foster a platform like X that promotes right-wing populist content, hate, and disinformation. That is why we have decided, across party lines, to stop posting on our account. We remain active on various other platforms and will continue to engage in dialogue there.«#DEpol #SocialMedia #SocialNetworks #WirVerlassenX
       
 (DIR) Post #B6DozrZC1olNlcaKfY by penguinrebellion@tldr.nettime.org
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       @EUCommission If you are serious about this, start regulating platforms.Instead of subjecting everybody to "verification" processes that lock adolescents out. Processes that merely enable platforms and their "partners" to collect more and more data about #EU citizens, destroying even the tiny bit of privacy that is still left.#AgeVerification
       
 (DIR) Post #B8ByPPz1M8luve69bs by penguinrebellion@tldr.nettime.org
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       @mullvadnet As long as you have a Co-CEO that supplies a deeply racist party with 72% of its budget, to foster its nation-wide expansion in Sweden, please abstain from lecturing the British.Your money is better invested into finding a CEO that actually and credibly represents the values that you are currently just faking to hold up.
       
 (DIR) Post #B8IlSoQYZFf1XUY7EG by penguinrebellion@tldr.nettime.org
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       @mullvadnet That depends on whether the next prime minister thinks differently than the racist party leader Markus Allard, whose Örebro Party received nearly 500,000 € from your co-CEO, to campaign in Sweden.
       
 (DIR) Post #B8YksozkCg3XRgNBAW by penguinrebellion@tldr.nettime.org
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       @mullvadnet To quote you:»It should be clear by now how the party donation relates to this. Mullvad does not condone it, nor condemn it. It most likely was a bad idea; most things where there are a multitude of conflicting opinions necessarily are. But societies need a great diversity of ideas, initiatives and organizations who can be tested and sifted until the best ones remain. Ideally through rational debate.«In short:You believe that the promotion of racist and xenophobic ideologies, including deportation, aka "remigration" of citizens, should be filed under "diversity of ideas".You also declare the deportation of people as yet another idea, to be "tested and sifted until the best ones remain".You did not address the fact that half a million Euros donated by your Co-CEO didn't come out of thin air, but was most likely money made from what he received as your Co-CEO.In other words: you don't object to the money made from your customers being openly funneled into the support of a racist and extremist party.To which we say:Fuck you, enablers of racism.