Hello folks! Gibberfish was founded two years ago to bring private, decentralized services to people who need them. We provide private cloud servers to other nonprofits at no charge. We also run a bunch of free, anonymous, public services, including this pod. While we're very happy to be doing this work, it's expensive to maintain. Since we started, I and my fellow founders have poured thousands of our own dollars into the project. Unfortunately, this is not sustainable. So, here is our ask:
If you use our Diaspora* pod, our chat server, our anonymous search engine, or any of our other services, please reflect on their value to you and to the online community. If you feel that it's worth $1 per month, please consider supporting us on an ongoing basis on Patreon.
If you're already a Patreon user, it's only a couple of clicks. If you don't wish to use Patreon, please visit our website for other ways to donate. If we can reach a level where we can reliably cover our monthly operating costs, we will be able to add extra capacity to improve our existing services, as well as offer new ones. Please feel free to make suggestions.
Thank you for being awesome. Please share this post.
Sincerely,
@[Brian Ó 🐟](/u/blacksam)
Executive Director @ Gibberfish
I have nothing to hide I also have nothing to show
"New Zealand has become the first country to threaten travelers with prosecution and fines if they refuse to hand over passwords for their digital devices at security."
"We’re not aware of any other country that has legislated for the potential of a penalty to be applied if people do not divulge their passwords"
“ #Privacy is a fundamental human right that allows us to be our true selves. It’s what allows us to be weirdos without shame. It allows us to have dissenting opinions without consequence. And, ultimately, it’s what allows us to be free.” via “#PrivacyByDesign: How To Sell Privacy And Make Change”
The internet is already broken bc of #Google. Try it. Block all gooogle IPs, subsidiaries, libraries, & so-called ‘free services.’ Venture further to co’s they invest in like HTC, MagicLeap, etc. Things won't look right, not load, not allow you #ReCaptcha access, no notifications, nada etc. This is why #FuckOffGoogle is important. #Google is a monopoly bc there is no way to not give them your personal information when wanting to surf the www safely without being #Privacy#PeolpleFarm’ed by them.
Cette année encore il est de bon aloi de rappeler que Zaclys offre l'OR aux écoles et autres structures d'accueil d'enfants.
Pourquoi ? nous voulons soutenir l'éducation et plus encore protéger la vie privée des enfants et les sensibiliser, eux et leur entourage à cette question.
If anyone ever asks you why it's important to use ethical alternatives instead of big data companies like Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Amazon etc, this article pretty much sums it up. This is what we have to fight to avoid happening:
#CreepyAF ...ok, this co is getting ridiculous. “ #Amazon’s #Alexa will soon be able to act on ‘hunches’ about your behavior - Amazon announced at the event Thursday a feature called Alexa Hunches, a new feature that allows the virtual assistant to follow cues about a user’s behavior and make suggestions. This all starts with a deep neural network that allows Amazon to understand and learn behavior.” #Privacy#SurveillanceCapitalism
I see a frequently repeated assumption that single-user pods are somehow more "private". I don't see how, at all. If anything, they're less private because every interaction gets stored on someone else's pod. Am I missing something?
French non-profit @exodus has built a searchable database to reveal all the trackers they've found in thousands of Android apps, and it works great! 👏👌