Notices by David Chartier (chartier@toot.cafe)

“Facebook debuts Portal TV, an accessory that severely encourages me never to visit a home dumb enough to buy it.”

Moved over my growing collection of #Mastodon + #Fediverse tools, tips, videos, etc. bookmarks to Raindrop too: https://raindrop.io/collection/8245323

Please share any good'uns you think should be in here. I definitely want to grow this.

Hey Masto, who are some good general #tech folks to follow around here? I’d like to find more of that convo and community away from bird hell.

Anyone who spends at least some time on Apple stuff, or mobile/iPad/apps chat? General tech works too.

“Sorry, your browser isn’t supported. Trying using a browser from the company that is eating the internet.”

Mmmmmm try fucking off.

Facebook Messenger still scans all messages, even with end-to-end encryption. Scanning is done locally on the device before text messages are sent and after received messages are decrypted.

Facebook privacy lol

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kalevleetaru/2019/07/26/the-encryption-debate-is-over-dead-at-the-hands-of-facebook/#3e1668c45362

Since the topic of #censorship is going around again, it might be a good time to brush up on a PSA about how censorship and platforms work.

#Mastodon 2.8 gets polls, new tools for managing followers, features hashtags on profiles, new frontpage design, new admin features, Keybase integration, and more. http://blog.joinmastodon.org/2019/04/mastodon-2.8/

Reasons to quit Twitter and Facebook and switch to Mastodon https://finertech.com/2019/03/21/reasons-to-quit-twitter-and-facebook-and-switch-to-mastodon/

These companies poison us and our communities. It’s time to go elsewhere.

[new Finer Tech] 📱 Long-tap the iOS screenshot preview to immediately share it https://finertech.com/2019/02/28/long-tap-the-ios-screenshot-preview-to-immediately-share-it/

I get that #Mastodon has some important problems to solve right now. But I don’t think blocking the entire M.S instance is an effective statement or form of protest.

A lot of those users took a chance on a new social network, which is hard enough to get most people to do. I wager many don’t know (and maybe aren’t interested in) these internal politics.

A block like that seriously screws them, and Masto still doesn’t have a proper, full account migration option.

More Start-Ups Have an Unfamiliar Message for Venture Capitalists: Get Lost https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/11/technology/start-ups-rejecting-venture-capital.html

This makes me happy.