Mauve 👁💜 @mauve@mastodon.mauve.moe

Message in a bottle time again #GetFediHired (not a peep from anyone yet).

Growing desperate in search for (remote) software developer work in the #Ottawa #Montreal areas. #C C# #Erlang #Java #NodeJS #Shell #SQL #BSD #Linux #English #French and more. Very versatile, adaptable, experienced.

http://www.snert.com/resume/

Hey! If its remote, its possible to work world wide too!

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OpenPrinting is an essential piece of the free software system infrastructure and it needs to be kept in its good shape in which it is currently, many people appreciating my work and sometimes even telling that for them printing works better than under Windows or macOS.

Any help is appreciated, including just boosting this thread.

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#OpenPrinting #LinuxFoundation #getfedihired

Don't trust cloud services with your creative work.

#enshittification #privacy #infosec #security #cybersecurity #writing #art

@21ffd29c411746837aa1dfface253d4403160542419833e0026ebac6518a8ff5 @seachaint - Ok.

Based on your link. Signal is safe.

The link focuses on the EncroChat hack.

First off, the EncroChat hack did not use signal.

Second, the EncroChat handsets were hacked and infected. Signal and other apps are end-to-end encrypted (meaning encryption in transit). They do not protect the endpoint from being hacked. If you open your phone and let someone read your messages, they will read your messages. Right. No app - Signal or Tox or anything else - will prevent that.

Also for the US senator thing, that was not Signal specific either. In one case, it was a group chat of Signal where one of the group members leaked the information. Which... yeah. Again, end-to-end, if you send an encrypted message to someone and they show that message, the encryption worked. Also there was another instance where a bunch of senators used a TROJAN HORSE app that was DISGUISED as Signal and was backdoored.

That's not Signal.

That's malware.

So, no, Signal is still safe and still fine to use.

Please do not spread misinformation or disinformation.

You probably should not use link shorteners, here's why:

- All links on Mastodon count as 23 characters no matter how long they really are. There is no need to shorten links on Mastodon, it won't save you any space.

- Link shorteners endanger privacy by allowing click tracking, and by hiding what is actually being clicked.

- Shortener providers will shut down, breaking all their links. e.g. Google's shortened links will all show 404 errors from September: https://chaos.social/@root42/114929876895398208

#FediTips

There is a counter-campaign to call the payment processors and demand they reverse the censorship, see here for who to call and write https://bsky.app/profile/meltingcomet.com/post/3luqlzgxkz222

A lot of these payment processors are headquartered in California. If you're a vendor that's been discriminated against (for example, if you're an LGBTQ artist whose content has been censored) you can file a civil rights complaint at https://calcivilrights.ca.gov/complaintprocess/

New California state law may also be needed to require large payment processors to accept payments for any legal business, similar to how a utility or railroad have to serve everyone. Talk to your state legislators. 4/

HTML day, Ottawa edition 🍁
August 2, 2025
12pm-5pm
Brown's Inlet Park

Come hang out and write some HTML!!!

More info ➡️ https://html-day-ottawa.vercel.app/

Not in Ottawa? Other locations + online event here: https://html.energy/html-day/2025/index.html

https://discord.gg/kyjfet2hpT

If people want to do something about the itch.io thing, a number of us engineers, artists, and community members are gathering together to plan for and build a real alternative that's genuinely resistant to this kind of censorship in a way centralized platforms with singular payment processor relationships simply can't be

Join us! We need all the help we can get.