“due to bad experiences, I don’t work with scammers. I don’t want scammers to contact me.”

“but how do you know they’re scammers? what if the scammer does good work?”

every #foss discussion right now.

📝 New post 🚀

"Openness, transparency and reach: three reasons why public institutions should embrace the Fediverse"

🔗 : blog.elenarossini.com/openness…

mentioning @europeanspodcast @haubles @aral @Gargron @tferrer @rstockm @samvie @EUCommission

#SocialMedia #FOSS #DigitalSovereignty #SocialSovereignty #policy #BigTech #Fediverse #TheFutureIsFederated #RSS #SocialWeb

Openness, transparency and reach: three reasons why public institutions should embrace the Fediverse

An article making the case that the Fediverse is a fantastic communication platform for public institutions - because of its openness, transparency and reach.

^{Elena Rossini}

Instagram will remove end‑to‑end encrypted chats on May 8, 2026 🔓.

Without E2EE, private messages could become accessible for data analysis or AI training, raising serious privacy and user‑trust concerns 🤔.

🔗 proton.me/blog/instagram-end-t…

#TechNews #Facebook #Instagram #Meta #Privacy #Encryption #Security #DataProtection #SocialMedia #Chat #Policy #AI #Surveillance #UserRights #FOSS #DigitalRights #Technology #E2EE

Instagram quietly drops end-to-end encrypted chats

Instagram will drop end-to-end encrypted chats on May 8, 2026, reversing years of Meta’s push for stronger privacy. Here's what it means.

^{Edward Komenda (Proton)}

I hope Linux as a mobile phone OS makes it.

The world needs to move on from Android. It's too far gone to be saved.

#Privacy
#Android
#Linux
#FOSS

Big news for Mastodon GmbH. They have formally joined forces with the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).

If you’re not in the design/tech world, trust me when I say this is a big step for the fediverse. The W3C establishes the standards used for the internet.

This is a solid path forward for small tech.

github.com/w3c/socialwg/blob/m…

#Mastodon #News #Technology #Fediverse #W3C #SmallTech #FOSS

socialwg/meetings/2026/2026-03-06-WG-kickoff.md at main · w3c/socialwg

Social Web Working Group. Contribute to w3c/socialwg development by creating an account on GitHub.

^GitHub