Let's see where this cuts off on threads...

Using bash, python, and a systemd timer I have a check running every 5 minutes for new mastodon posts. Those posts are converted into an image and reposted to threads with a link back to my mastodon post.

I wanted to set this up for X as well, and its totally doable, but they switched new developer accounts to pay-per-use as of recently. Not ready to pay to post on X.

#x #threads #meta #mastodon #python #systemd #bash

We added our Vivaldi Social server to the Fediverse on November 15th 2022. We are still, I believe, the only browser company that is fully behind the Fediverse. It is something we are very proud of! The Fediverse is the natural alternative to Big Tech social media, just like, IMHO, Vivaldi is the natural alternative to Big Tech browsers.

#Vivaldi #Fediverse #Mastodon #Twitter #SocialMedia #AI #Meta #Facebook #Instagram

https://vivaldi.com/blog/news/vivaldi-social-a-new-mastodon-instance/

Piractwo jest dla zarządu?Źródła:
https://zurl.co/u0ruD
https://zurl.co/4LsAM
#cyberbezpieczeństwo #nvidia #meta #piractwo

Zum #DiDay: Weg von amerikanischen TechBros: #Linux Umstieg leicht gemacht.
#Windows #Whatsapp #X #Meta #Office365

https://youtu.be/qVngQCufTmY

Warum man in der heutigen Zeit definitiv #Meta, #Musk und diversen anderen #antisocial #Plattformen den Rücken kehren sollte? Jede Unterstützung dieser #Datenhändler, ist eine #Unterstützung für #Trump und seinen #Sturmtrupp #ice.

Außerdem ist ihr #Algorithmus eine Gefahr für einen echten Austausch. Er schreibt euch vor, was eure Interessen sind und überflutet euch mit unendlichem Müll aus den Weiten des #www.

Anders im #Fediverse, mit #Mastodon, #Friendica, #Pixelfed, etc. Hier bekommt ihr die Inhalte, die euch wirklich interessieren. Ohne Werbung, ohne dass eure Daten verkauft werden. Der Beitritt ist schon lange nicht mehr komplizierter als beispielsweise bei der #Müllhalde #Facebook, auch wenn viele aus dem Bereich des "Qualitätsjournalismus" etwas anderes erzählen wollen. Nicht jeder der Nachrichten für ein Onlineportal schreibt, hat auch Ahnung davon.

Zwischenfazit zum 2. #diday : #microslop bin ich schon seit längerem los, #google muss ich noch Maps und den Play Store wegkriegen. Ich bin zwar auf #fdroid und den Aurora Store gewechselt, brauche für Updates aber noch den Play Store. Will ich aber auch ändern. Kopfzerbrechen bereitet mir aber #meta : Instagram, Facebook und den ganzen Kram hatte ich zwar noch nie aber bei Whats app sind halt alle.
Achso, ein Update zu meinem #Homeserver : Hab mir jetzt ein USB auf PCIe SSD Adapter besorgt, jetzt läuft er. Immich läuft schon, Nextcloud kommt die nächsten Tage.
#did

#nvidia #meta #google etc. are companies that will survive the #ai bubble

These are big established companies with different sources of revenue.

But #openai ( #chatgpt ) is about to pop. It is NOT profitable, lol!

Many seem to think it will go bankrupt this in year in 2026

Ce trebuie să știi despre procesele în instanță din 🇺🇸#SUA unde vor răspunde #Meta, Snap, #TikTok și ▶️#YouTube.

🔗 https://wp.me/p9KpFA-54me

#Știri #RețeleSociale #RețeleDeSocializare

People are leaving #WhatsApp either because it's (A) owned by #Meta and/or (B) it's American. Are people also leaving #Apple #iMessage for the same reasons?

The messaging app that stands to gain the most from these boycotts is open-source #Signal. However, nobody has been able to explain to how Signal is more secure and better for privacy than iMessage is.

Ban Meta. It has no moral compass and no fine is going to stop its practices. Lawsuit after lawsuit, Meta just edits the same playbook to find better ways to avoid scrutiny while continuing to abuse kids' data.

Reuters: Meta faces New Mexico trial over child-exploitation claims https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/meta-faces-new-mexico-trial-over-child-exploitation-claims-2026-01-30/ @Reuters #Meta

Maybe it's time Apple started poaching.

9to5Mac: Apple loses more AI researchers, Siri exec to Google and Meta https://9to5mac.com/2026/01/30/apple-loses-more-ai-researchers-siri-exec-to-google-and-meta/ @9to5Mac #Apple #Google #Meta

Kann WhatsApp doch mitlesen? Klage vor Gericht

Wenn sich der Gegenstand dieser Klage bewahrheitet, wird das eine Bombe! Mehrere Anwaltskanzleien, die Kläger/innen aus der ganzen Welt vertreten, haben beim zuständigen Bezirksgericht in San Francisco eine Sammelklage gegen META und seine Tochter WhatsApp (WA) eingereicht. Die Anschuldigung lautet im Kern, dass META (WA) entgegen wiederholter anders lautender Beteuerungen doch Nachrichten-Inhalte lesen kann. Zwar behauptet WA, dieselbe sichere Verschlüsselung zu verwenden wie Signal. Aber jede Verschlüsselung ist nur so sicher wie der Schlüssel bzw. die Verfügung über den

https://www.pc-fluesterer.info/wordpress/2026/01/30/kann-whatsapp-doch-mitlesen-klage-vor-gericht/

#Allgemein #Empfehlung #Hintergrund #Mobilfunk #Warnung #hintertr #meta #privacy #privatsphäre #spionage #UnplugTrump #verschlüsselung #whatsapp

A few people said, I was making things up. 🙄

What is in the news today? ICE caught stealing jewels and gold (see URL below).

The things I learn about while working for Meta (Facebook) — I should add they're also stealing people's cars to conduct raids.

https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/ice-agents-allegedly-stealing-during-arrests-after-being-seen-wearing-detainees-gold-bracelet-1775099

#ICE #Meta #Facebook #Fediverse #Theft #GrandTheft

WhatsApp migrated 160,000 lines of C++ to Rust to eliminate memory-safety bugs. Here’s how compiler-level security changed its threat model.

More details here: https://ostechnix.com/why-whatsapp-migrated-to-rust-from-c/

#Whatsapp #Rust #C++ #Meta #MemorySafety #Security

Uninstalled #WhatsApp completely.

It's past time to circle the wagons, and my #privacy shouldn't be held hostage by anyone. Particularly people stuck on #Meta platform.

Meine IT Datenschutz Liste für alle 2026 !!

https://cryptpad.digitalcourage.de/file/#/2/file/UwmuOAX-VxTAGlhnIZWY43Ao/

( Transparenz: Ich arbeite nicht in der IT, dies ist ein kleines HobbyProjekt, wo Ich versuche Menschen ein paar nützlich Computer Tipps zu geben. )

#Datenschutz
#Privatsphäre
#Sicherheit
#Verschlüsselung
#Chatkontrolle
#Linux
#Windows
#Windows10
#Endof10
#Windows11
#Betriebssystem
#Supportende
#Gaming
#Browser
#Fediverse
#Mastodon
#Suchmaschine
#Passwortmanager
#Informationssicherheit
#DigitalIndependenceDay
#YouTube
#Werbeblocker
#2FA
#eMail
#Messenger
#UnplugTrump
#BigTech
#AI
#GraniteAct
#CloudAct
#Meta
#Facebook
#TikTok
#Instagram
#DID

Alt...

Meine IT Datenschutz Liste für alle. Februar 2026 !!

Die Tech-Milliardäre, die Donald #Trump bei seiner Wahl unerstützt haben, helfen ihm natürlich auch weiterhin.

Derzeit ist das Wort "Epstein" in der US-amerikanischen Variante von #TikTok gesperrt und in #Meta-Plattformen wird das Teilen des Links zur "ICE List" blockiert. Das erinnert uns daran, dass wir alle nur Gäste auf fremden Plattformen sind, wo andere ihr Hausrecht durchsetzen können und bestimmen, wie weit #Meinungsfreiheit wirklich gehen kann.

Alt...

Screenshot von Facebook-Meldung bei dem Versuch die "ICE List" zu teilen.

📺 https://peer.adalta.social/w/opmEjLGYRXorC9cN8eyfCr
[🇩🇪🇺🇸🇫🇷](https://p4u.xyz/ID_0D0JU98F/1)

A detailed eyewitness report documents a cascade of technical and operational failures crippling regional rail services during a record heatwave.

#meta #breakingnews #train #breaking #transport

📺 https://peer.adalta.social/w/jr4AuPHmDZqVVrJgY1nvWE
[🇩🇪🇺🇸🇫🇷](https://p4u.xyz/ID_0D0JU98F/1)

Un rapport d'expérience détaillé révèle l'impact systémique d'une journée de chaleur extrême sur les transports publics régionaux.

#meta #breakingnews #train #breaking #transport

📺 https://peer.adalta.social/w/gEqWipfkQfTJWZ3C5Qw2AF📺 https://peer.adalta.social/w/gEqWipfkQfTJWZ3C5Qw2AF
[🇩🇪🇺🇸🇫🇷](https://p4u.xyz/ID_WFA7_1_X/1)

Un récit chronologique révèle une crise opérationnelle systémique dans le réseau régional victorien.

#meta #breakingnews #train #breaking #transport

📺 https://peer.adalta.social/w/mqLTh3TrzkiQkqDLy8N4rQ
[🇩🇪🇺🇸🇫🇷](https://p4u.xyz/ID_0D0JU98F/1)

Ein detaillierter Erfahrungsbericht dokumentiert die Kaskade von technischen Defekten und Betriebsstörungen an einem extremen Hitzetag.

#meta #breakingnews #train #breaking #transport

Inside the world of men who use smart glasses to secretly film women

https://www.the-independent.com/life-style/smart-glasses-secret-filming-women-b2903950.html

#tech #technology #news #technews #security #privacy #women #meta

RE: https://indieweb.social/@alwirtes/115974130242828891

YEP. It's time for an #Apple #Boycott. Yes, Tim Cook is bootlicking, but Apple as a company has been engaged in its own support of Trump's fascism, for example the removal of the #Ice Block app.

Oh, of course, continued approval of the CSAM X/Grok app, continued advertising on X.

Then there's the user/developer hostile policies, malicious compliance in response to the EU DMA, and general enshitification.

Of course, we should also boycott: #Google, #Microsoft, #Amazon, #Meta

To ensure that the world can trust WhatsApps claims of privacy and safety, Meta must answer the following questions:

Did Meta provide information (including inputs or training data) used by Lavender, Gospel, or Where's Daddy to the Israeli government?
How will Meta prevent private information being used by governments to kill WhatsApp users and their families?
Does Meta believe that Israel's actions towards civilians in #Gaza and with #Lavender comply Meta's Human Rights Policy?
If not, why has Meta not revoked all access to the Israeli government that may put civilians at risk?
Why has #Meta not released their transparency report for the 2nd half of 2023?
What was the level of knowledge of WhatsApp metadata sharing with the Israeli government, including whether it was to be used for military purposes, among Meta leadership, including CEO Mark Zuckerberg and CISO Guy Rosen?
Will Meta immediately rescind access to any #WhatsApp information from the #Israeli government, army, and law enforcement?
#Surveillance #IsraelWarCrimes #IsraelTerroristState #westcomplicity #Tech #TechWontSaveUs #warcrimes #genocide
via @jackaponte https://blog.paulbiggar.com/meta-and-lavender/

#Meta is testing #AI voice control in #WhatsApp – with implications for our #privacy
"The idea sounds slick: you open a chat, start speaking, and the AI replies. No buttons, no clicks – everything feels intuitive. But here’s the catch: if a system is always ready to listen, then the real question becomes unavoidable – when is it actually listening, and what happens to what it hears?

Meta knowingly trained its AI on pirated content. And now this very system is supposed to be deeply embedded in our private conversations?

This goes far beyond smart tech that “understands” our voice. We’re looking at a company that has consciously disregarded legal boundaries to rush its AI to market. The trust such deeply integrated features would require? Meta has already thrown that out the window.

The real danger? Everything feels “smart” and “convenient.” But that very sense of effortlessness is part of the strategy. The more invisible the intrusion, the lower the resistance. And in the meantime, habits are being formed – ones that are hard to undo."
via @lazou
#spyware #Encryption #surveillance
https://onecloud.srvdns.de/s/cxkRiqL8RL4qArt

#WhatsApp can access virtually all of it 3 billion users’ purportedly ‘private’ #communications,” according to a lawsuit filed against #Meta. https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/72183413/1/dawson-v-meta-platforms-inc/

via @newsguyusa
#surveillance #connections #WhatsAppSpywareRow #spyware #encryption #tech #technews

Microsoft "struggled to justify recent spending plans to investors," while Meta "appeared to gain approval from investors to keep putting money into AI."

Meta plans "to funnel between $115 billion and $135 billion AI spending this year."

"That’s nearly double what it spent in 2025."

CNBC: Meta and Microsoft are making big moves in opposite directions after earnings https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/29/meta-microsoft-stock-earnings-moves-tech.html @cnbc #Microsoft #Meta

@serigala_tropis 1/ the more damping thing is what is not written. The whole article talks about defending the rights of #ice agents, which could be considered a strong narrative by some.

In the context of #Minneapolis, it's weak. How many ice agents have been hurt or killed?

Now how many protesters?

It falls apart when you realize that #meta is likely handing over data under the #nationalsecurity guise. Unproven. Unprovable.

#meta “accept cookies or pay”

I guess this is just me then? Is #meta rolling out some new concept where you have to accept cookies or pay £4 a month??

Lawsuit Alleges That WhatsApp Has No End-to-End Encryption

A lawsuit filed in San Francisco alleges that #WhatsApp's end-to-end encryption contains backdoors allowing #Meta employees to access user messages in real-time.

According to the complaint, internal tools allow engineers to view chats by User ID without a separate decryption step, bypassing the Signal Protocol protections the app claims to use.

The lawsuit cites £whistleblowers who claim that workers can request access to specific accounts via internal tasks, gaining unlimited temporal scope to a user's history, including deleted messages. Meta has labeled these claims false and absurd.

Technical experts note that while the Signal Protocol itself is mathematically secure, the integrity of end-to-end encryption relies entirely on the security of the endpoints. Potential vulnerabilities in WhatsApp include unencrypted cloud backups, metadata collection, and the fact that the client software is closed-source.

Without the ability to audit the code or verify public keys through an independent directory, users must trust that the application is not exfiltrating plaintext data before it is encrypted for transit.

The legal action highlights the ongoing tension between corporate privacy marketing and the technical reality of centralized messaging platforms. If the allegations of an internal "widget" for message access are proven true, it would represent a fundamental breach of the encryption standards Meta has advertised since 2016.
https://it.slashdot.org/story/26/01/27/0550249/lawsuit-alleges-that-whatsapp-has-no-end-to-end-encryption

#WhatsApp #Meta #Privacy #CyberSecurity #Encryption #DataPrivacy #E2EE #TechNews #Lawsuit #Whistleblower #DigitalRights #Messaging #InformationSecurity #SignalProtocol

#Meta’s Reality Labs posts $6.02 billion #loss in fourth quarter

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/28/metas-reality-labs-posts-6point02-billion-loss-in-fourth-quarter.html?__source=androidappshare

Meta is squarely in bed with the regime, in case you forget. These are lists of the names of thousands of DHS employees.

Wired: Meta Is Blocking Links to ICE List on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads https://www.wired.com/story/meta-is-blocking-links-to-ice-list-on-facebook-instagram-and-threads/ @WIRED #Meta #fascism

Wixen files lawsuit against Meta over unlicensed music; piracy of Japanese content rises three-fold; photographer dismisses case against Drake.

https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2026/01/28/3-count-what-did-i-miss/

#Copyright #Meta #Drake #Anime #Manga

Read if you care about your privacy. Be a willing victim if you don't.

"That operating model eroded over time as privacy changes and signal loss made deterministic targeting less reliable."

"That rebuild began with Andromeda, a personalized ads retrieval engine, and expanded into Meta’s Generative Ads Recommendation Model (GEM)."

Search Engine Land:
Inside Meta’s AI-driven advertising system: How Andromeda and GEM work together https://searchengineland.com/meta-ai-driven-advertising-system-andromeda-gem-468020 @searchengineland #Meta #privacy

A new class‑action lawsuit alleges WhatsApp’s end‑to‑end encryption is ineffective, claiming Meta can access users’ supposedly private chats despite long‑standing privacy assurances. 📱🔒
https://www.heise.de/en/news/Class-action-lawsuit-WhatsApp-encryption-allegedly-ineffective-11156940.html
#WhatsApp #Encryption #Meta #Privacy #TechNews

#SIgnal is the better #WhatsApp ✅ 💡

https://signal.org/download/

Amazon’s latest 16,000 cuts sit on top of roughly 73,000 corporate roles already eliminated since 2022, as the company leans harder into AI and automation.

Amazon cuts 16,000 more corporate jobs while pouring billions into AI and automation, after roughly 27,000 cuts in 2022–23 and another 14,000 last year – about 73,000 white‑collar roles erased in the name of “efficiency.”

Meta slashed about 11,000 jobs in 2022 and another 10,000 in 2023 in its earlier “year of efficiency” pivot toward AI and infrastructure (excluding the latest 2026 Reality Labs / metaverse layoffs), while also pruning several hundred AI research roles as it refocuses on “superintelligence.”

Accenture has dumped more than 11,000 people in a global restructuring explicitly framed around AI, exiting staff they say can’t be “reskilled” for the new model.

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/amazon-cuts-16000-jobs-artificial-intelligence-rcna256280
#Amazon #Layoffs #AI #FutureOfWork #Tech #Labour #Automation #Inequality #Accenture #Meta

Presently #whatsapp is under scrutiny, but people forget that the CEO of WhatsApp stepped down due to privacy concerns back in 2018.

#Meta owns WhatsApp. It's part of their intention economy, as is #Facebook, #Instagram,...

And that intention economy, first optimistic *for* users, is weaponized against users. Anyone remember the Cambridge Analytica scandal?

Understand the #IntentionEconomy.

It likely already understands you.

#privacy

https://knowprose.com/2025/05/introducing-the-intention-economy/

#WhatsApp is rolling out a new stricter security setting to protect users from cyberattacks

https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/27/whatsapp-is-rolling-out-a-new-stricter-security-setting-to-protect-users-from-cyber-attacts/

#cybersecurity #Meta

Massive Anschuldigungen
Meta kann angeblich WhatsApp Nachrichten lesen obwohl E2EE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfjyUtR5Xdk

#Meta #WhatsApp #E2EE #Lawsuit #Privacy #Bombshell

Kuoleman tohtori @ilonamorticia on bäkkiin Mastodonissa, WoHoo!

Onko #muuten nyt nämä tänne tulevat / palaavat Sinitaivas- vai Meta- vai sekä-että -pakolaisia?

#some #somefi #Meta #Sinitaivas #Bluesky #SuomiMastodon

@c_th1 @pallenberg @ONLYOFFICE @padeluun bin Ich auch seit November, hab das ganze aber auf die spitze getrieben und #Googleund #meta gleich mit aus meinen leben entfernt. #grapheneos auf dem Smartphone, Nextcloud und #foss 😁 es lebt sich viel schöner.

#ICEList is a great #wiki project. #Meta blocks sharing the link so consider circulating this through your other networks.

https://wiki.icelist.is
#ICE #antifascism #ICEOut

"
Meta has started blocking its users from sharing links to ICE List, a website that has compiled the names of what it claims are Department of Homeland Security employees, a project the creators say is designed to hold those employees accountable.

Dominick Skinner, the creator of ICE List, tells WIRED that links to the website have been shared without issue on Meta’s platforms for more than six months.

“I think it's no surprise that a company run by a man who sat behind Trump at his inauguration, and donated to the destruction of the White House, has taken a stance that helps ICE agents retain anonymity,” says Skinner.
"[1]

[1]
https://www.wired.com/author/david-gilbert/
2026.01.27 13:10:XX
Meta Is Blocking Links To ICE List on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads
Wired
<https://www.wired.com/story/meta-is-blocking-links-to-ice-list-on-facebook-instagram-and-threads/>
> @ambiguous_yelp:ahimsa.chat
2026.01.28 02:XX:XX GMT
#created

#Censorship #USA #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #DHS #DepartmentOfHomelandSecurity #ICE #ImmigrationCustomsEnforcement #Meta #Facebook #Instagram #Threads #ICEList

With #meta blocking stories about the protests and strike in #Minnessota, it is a reminder of why platforms like the fediverse are important. This is a video of the clergy protest at the MSP airport today, passed along by a colleague, at which 97 clergy were arrested.

#AbolishICE #IceOut #ClergyProtest