Notices by maiki (maiki@mastodon.sdf.org), page 14

Just got a bill for $521. Sent an email, now $7.70.

It was their mistake, but I didn't even flinch. That, my friends, is what being charged $3,000 a day for a week from AWS teaches you!

Nerves of steel!

I love Cloak and Dagger! I have the first couple eps, and I have high hopes for the show, and I already love the characters from the comics. ^_^

That earlier sentiment makes sense contextually. ^_^

@satchmoz @saxnot I think it is better from a 2fa perspective; there isn't any hardware to hack. SIM cloning is weirdly easy!

It does mean your attack vector is a password and JID, but I don't see that as worst than online accounts at one's cell service provider. I've taken over plenty of T-Mobile and Verizon accounts with *mild* social engineering, so renting a number and parking it at jabber seems fine to me. ^_^

If I were Marvel, I would have made Cloak and Dagger take place in the immediate aftermath of Infinity War.

That shit would have been the most watched TV in HISTORY! #missedopportunity

A reason I prefer #Discourse over #Mastodon: so much easier to talk to multiple folks in a single message.

This isn't a critique, I think they both do their thing well. I just see how one doesn't replace the other. Need my long form discussion platform that let's me quick quote folks and mention them at different places in the post! ^_^

@satchmoz @saxnot I think jmp.chat just bridges telephony services (voicemail transcription, SMS forwarding). Signal and WhatsApp, I think those use data connections. The point here would be to have a POTS number forwarded to a jabber ID. That is aside from how your device connects to a network. If you use a SIM connection, then you might as well use a phone for a phone. Well, maybe. ^_^

@satchmoz mentioned phones as a safety issue, and as I am fairly anti-phone in my stance, I wanted to boost that sentiment.

My mother and I often had to flee at a moments notice, or communicate from a strange place. Nearly everyone in my immediate family has been kidnapped at some point, myself included.

Phones are a crucial tool in the fight against violence, to keeping safe via your tribe and public services.

#capitialismistheproblem, not safety!

@satchmoz I can't even say what I am working on, because it is so confusing I'd get lost explaining to folks, and I can just show it when it is done. But it will be fun! And I am looking forward to your course! I probably know HTML and CSS, but I learn well by seeing what others are doing. ^_^

@satchmoz Well let's combine resources where possible. Feel free to tag me on talkgroup to discuss services in long form. ^_^

I need to rebuild my Nextcloud server (want a better database than I chose). Waiting on that to offer, so I don't have to migrate with users. But that is a whole thing... =P

Okay, the #PGP thing was kinda hyperbolic. Americans! Redirect your energy to the Senate vote on #NetworkNeutrality. What's your Senator up to?

@satchmoz I am gonna start offering free voice and video chat to my tribe, see how that sticks. Maybe I can just make a better experience and they will like it. Even if I personally think video chat is suuuuuuuuuuck. ^_^

I just need to figure out *which* web video tech stack to use...

@satchmoz I support your efforts, as we are after the same goal. As I phase email out, you will end up doing a lot more heavy lifting, since you will be fighting the Matrix: a system of minds you are trying to save, all working against you.

Gawd, at this rate I am going to live in a yurt...

@satchmoz First: I agree with the email, there was more hype than warranted.

Second: "Modification Detection Code" is a weird way to handle this particular issue. And it is a weird issue. I am not an armchair cryptographer, so maybe this is the best solution. Meh. ^_^

@satchmoz, I think as part of my personal journey, email is done. I delete it as I receive it, and I think that changes my relationship with the technology.

I don't need secrets without expiration in my message storage; I keep those in other places. For messages I need a series of one-off secrets that disappear.

Or mundanely, jabber works. ^_^

Can that be my ultimate personal dismissal of email? "Jabber works."