Es pot marxar de #Whatsapp i no passa res, no perds contacte amb ningú amb qui el vulgueu mantenir.
Es pot marxar d'#Instagram i tens el mono uns dies, però ja està.
Es pot marxar de #Twitter i notes com va desapareixent el mal humor permanent.
Es pot marxar de #Facebook i... fa tants anys que ni ho recordo.

'A jury has unanimously found Meta guilty of violating the California Invasion of Privacy Act by using data from menstruation and fertility app Flo to sell advertising to the social network.'

https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/05/meta_flo_data/

'A jury has unanimously found Meta guilty of violating the California Invasion of Privacy Act by using data from menstruation and fertility app Flo to sell advertising to the social network.'

https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/05/meta_flo_data/

are you German?
do you browse the web?
are you interested in €5000?
then consider suing Facebook for violating your privacy.

"The ruling in favor of the plaintiff sets a precedent which the court acknowledged will allow countless other users to sue without 'explicitly demonstrating individual damages'."
German court rules Meta tracking technology violates European privacy laws | The Record from Recorded Future News
https://therecord.media/german-court-meta-tracking-tech

#privacy#GDPR#Facebook#Meta#Germany

fedizine - eine anarchistische Einführung in föderierte soziale Medien

"Viele Anarchist:innen nutzen, wohl oder übel, soziale Medien wie #Twitter, #Instagram und #Facebook. Das ist Mist. Es existiert allerdings ein alternatives, open-source Netzwerk sozialer Medien, das an anarchistischen Werten ausgerichtet ist – das #Fediverse. Anstatt eines Aufmerksamkeit und Daten einsaugenden kapitalistischen Strudels, ist das Fediverse ein tatsächliches soziales Netzwerk, welches aus einer Vielzahl dezentraler, autonomer, föderierter Server (sog. Instanzen) besteht. Im Fediverse kontrollieren wir die Infrastruktur und moderieren selbst unsere Räume. Anstatt durch süchtig-machende Algorithmen geleitet zu werden, können wir uns hier auf Basis unserer (eigenen) Neigungen, Wünsche und Bedürfnisse versammeln und Dinge miteinander teilen. Viele Anarchist:innen, die versuchen den Fallen der großen kommerziellen Social Media Plattformen aus dem Weg zu gehen, sind bereits hier und teilen ihre Projekte, Kunst und Ideen. Komm rum!"

 (Aus der Einführung)

• Fedizine-de PDF zum Drucken in Farbe
• Fedizine-de PDF zum Drucken in Schwarzweiß
• Fedizine-de PDF for reading zum Lesen

Aus den Tiefen des Internets gerettet mit der WayBackMachine von archive.org - Ursprünglich gepostet auf https://distro.f-91w.club/fedizine-de

#Anarchismus#Fediverse

As I have mentioned before, I believe that commercial #SocialMedia platforms are a dire threat to the long-term survival of human civilization (see also: #X , #Facebook ), and thus (barring any better alternatives) the #Fediverse needs to grow and replace them.

But there are a bunch of use cases for social media which aren't covered by assorted Fediverse applications yet. Here are the ones I could think of:

1. A "job networking" site, similar to #LinkedIn. Most of us live in a situation where we have to work for a living, and hunting for prospective job opportunities and business connections is useful. This is where we can post our CVs and talk about our field of business.

2. A "Question and Answer" site, similar to #Quora. Having some way of people publicly asking questions that can be publicly answered by other people is not a bad idea, especially since #GoogleSucks these days. However, there is no reason why such a site should be overrun by fascist trolls the way Quora is, and Fediverse approaches to moderating instances should help dampen that down.

3. The equivalent of small business websites with strong social media integration. I know a lot of people are against the idea of any commercial aspects to the Fediverse, but we do live in a late-stage Capitalist hellscape where people need to make a living somehow. And the alternative is leaving this aspect to Facebook, with all of its assorted problems. A staggering number of small businesses around the world, especially but not only in underdeveloped countries, do not otherwise have their own website, but they do have a Facebook business page. And we need something similar for the Fediverse if we want to cater to all of these people.

What other Fediverse use cases can you come up with? #FediHelp

The #reclaimtech activity this month is #ChuckZuck ! Do you (or someone you know) still have an account on the Zuckerverse? #Instagram, #WhatsApp, #Threads and #Facebook -- this month, all together, we shut it down!!

Hitting delete is the easy part-- disentangling your life to #reclaimcontrol is much harder. So here is my experienced guide to getting off social media (hint: you need more than technical tips)

https://www.optoutproject.net/social-media-1/

Follow along with @TheBulletin

The #reclaimtech activity this month is #ChuckZuck ! Do you (or someone you know) still have an account on the Zuckerverse? #Instagram, #WhatsApp, #Threads and #Facebook -- this month, all together, we shut it down!!

Hitting delete is the easy part-- disentangling your life to #reclaimcontrol is much harder. So here is my experienced guide to getting off social media (hint: you need more than technical tips)

https://www.optoutproject.net/social-media-1/

Follow along with @TheBulletin

First he said #facebook was working w privacy and ethics-by-design. Then, he claimed his platform democratised the world by allowing everybody to shout out, and that #meta was ethical because it gives away it products for free - also to the poor. Now, he claims Meta’s #ai will give us individual empowerment (article)
Nothing of above is correct, it is cynical PR - they steal the words from those who truely work for humans, democracy and the planet.
https://lnkd.in/dyZf9t4S

First he said #facebook was working w privacy and ethics-by-design. Then, he claimed his platform democratised the world by allowing everybody to shout out, and that #meta was ethical because it gives away it products for free - also to the poor. Now, he claims Meta’s #ai will give us individual empowerment (article)
Nothing of above is correct, it is cynical PR - they steal the words from those who truely work for humans, democracy and the planet.
https://lnkd.in/dyZf9t4S

Mainoskatkot ovat saapuneet Facebookiin ja Instaan, jos käyttää maksuttomia versioita.

Jos vielä olisin Facebookissa tai käyttäisin Instagramia aktiivisesti sovelluksen kautta, niin varmaan tässä vaiheessa lähtisin menemään. Koska ylipäätään olen ehkä jo parin vuoden aikana alkanut kyllästyä joka tuutista tuleviin mainoksiin, en usko, että viitsisin koetella oman sietokykyni kestoa roikkumalla mainoskatkollisessa sovelluksessa. En jaksa katsoa leffoja (tai muutakaan juurikaan) telkkarista, koska kerran yhden leffan ekan mainoskatkon aikana tuli 26 mainosta. Toisessa katkossa muistaakseni "vain" 15-18. Not worth it.

Alla oleva lainaus artikkelista mun tulkintani mukaan tarkoittaa sitä, että katkosta ei ilmeisesti voi skipata vaan mainos on pakko katsoa.
"Mainoskatkot voivat keskeyttää sovelluksen selailun useaksi sekunniksi. Kun selaaminen on keskeytetty, näyttöön ilmestyy lähtölaskenta, joka ilmoittaa mainoskatkoksen pituuden."

https://yle.fi/a/74-20174054

#meta #sosiaalinenmedia #instagram #facebook

"Friendship books" were the #Facebook of the 17th and 18th centuries (without the ads and data mining). Here's a fine example of one begun in 1795 by the aunt of the poet Felicia Dorothea Browne: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/the-friendship-book-of-anne-wagner-1795-1834#FriendshipDay

"Friendship books" were the #Facebook of the 17th and 18th centuries (without the ads and data mining). Here's a fine example of one begun in 1795 by the aunt of the poet Felicia Dorothea Browne: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/the-friendship-book-of-anne-wagner-1795-1834#FriendshipDay

This article is The Register [1] reported that Meta's apps (specifically Facebook and Instagram) on Android devices were secretly opening network ports on users' phones as part of a "localhost tracking" technique to covertly link web browsing activity to user identities, bypassing standard privacy protections like incognito mode, VPNs, and cookie clearing. This practice was uncovered by security researchers in early June 2025 and had been ongoing since at least September 2024.

Whatever needed to enhance data collection for advertising purposes will be done. Privacy violations of users may not get a priority when it comes to profit driven digital surveillance. I don't think it has impacted the user base of Meta products. In India switching costs are high since WhatsApp is essential for daily life [2].

Till researchers find another violations again, it will be business as usual.

1. https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/03/meta_pauses_android_tracking_tech/
2. https://www.vox.com/recode/2022/8/24/23320183/india-whatsapp-meta-land-of-the-giants-mark-zuckerberg

#Meta#Facebook#Instagram#DigitalSurveillance#Privacy#MastodonIndians#MastIndia#India

This article is The Register [1] reported that Meta's apps (specifically Facebook and Instagram) on Android devices were secretly opening network ports on users' phones as part of a "localhost tracking" technique to covertly link web browsing activity to user identities, bypassing standard privacy protections like incognito mode, VPNs, and cookie clearing. This practice was uncovered by security researchers in early June 2025 and had been ongoing since at least September 2024.

Whatever needed to enhance data collection for advertising purposes will be done. Privacy violations of users may not get a priority when it comes to profit driven digital surveillance. I don't think it has impacted the user base of Meta products. In India switching costs are high since WhatsApp is essential for daily life [2].

Till researchers find another violations again, it will be business as usual.

1. https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/03/meta_pauses_android_tracking_tech/
2. https://www.vox.com/recode/2022/8/24/23320183/india-whatsapp-meta-land-of-the-giants-mark-zuckerberg

#Meta#Facebook#Instagram#DigitalSurveillance#Privacy#MastodonIndians#MastIndia#India