Jonah Aragon

Sometimes people read things I write or watch things I say • I work at @privacyguides and @triplebit (ASN 401332) • Instance admin @ https://mstdn.party, https://mstdn.plus, and https://neat.computer

[ Minneapolis 🏙️ ][ Minnesota :MN: ][ USA 🇺🇸 ]

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2026-08-03 16:36:36 UTC

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@nprofile…e06a I am utterly baffled by this because the back function on Android does something seemingly arbitrary every time I use it, and there's 0 way to know in advance what that thing will be. Half the time that thing is "close the app" when I could've just swiped up to do that.

2026-08-03 16:30:01 UTC

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@nprofile…e06a sorryyyy but this is what I mean about cope because iOS's "back gesture" works exactly how you would expect it to work in virtually every app, and you just don't realize it 😭

2026-08-03 16:16:46 UTC

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Like what do you meannnn I can't swipe in from the left side of the screen to open the navigation drawer in my email client because the back button gesture has moved there now, so to switch from my inbox to a folder I have to click a menu button at the very top left of the screen of my gigantic phone?

2026-08-03 16:16:13 UTC

Every few months I get suckered into using Android again, and every few months I get to remember that the arguments about how Android has better UX than iOS are pure cope.

2026-08-01 14:22:41 UTC

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What the hell, I just looked up who’s making Waymo’s cars now that the Jaguar is discontinued, and it’s Geely. Polestar’s fully Chinese parent company!
Why is Trump banning my Polestars when they seem perfectly fine with literally everyone else, including Geely and Volvo? 😭
https://waymo.com/blog/2021/12/expanding-our-waymo-one-fleet-with/

2026-08-01 14:17:33 UTC

Just saw a Waymo wandering around Minneapolis

2026-07-19 21:31:16 UTC

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@nprofile…gfkp > the provider in question outright bans unethical usage
Suppressing/prohibiting content deemed objectionable is censorship?

2026-07-19 21:28:48 UTC

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@nprofile…gfkp I don't think illegal activity is always unethical. I do think it is unethical to tell people to run things on their network which will be used for illegal activities. Because there is actual risk, and much more so than if it being used for legal-but-unethical activities.
For the same reason I would not tell people to run a Tor exit relay at home, for example.
As far as banning certain use-cases, IMO no form of censorship is practical, therefore yes, I do personally believe that this is an inherent problem with these services.

2026-07-19 20:10:21 UTC

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@nprofile…gfkp I just don't think people can consent to things they do not understand, and if people did understand that residential proxies are almost entirely used for criminal activity, then their business model would fall apart.

2026-07-19 19:23:26 UTC

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@nprofile…gfkp simply because there are none, and I think there inherently cannot be

2026-07-16 16:37:19 UTC

all my air purifiers are sure coming in handy this week here in minnesota lol

2026-06-29 12:39:24 UTC

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@nprofile…g0tk @nprofile…f47y I guess I don’t know how heat pumps are installed. I would think a ducted one would work fine though? 🤔

2026-06-29 12:33:21 UTC

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@nprofile…f47y I mean a heat pump counts as AC if you use it to cool yeah

2026-06-29 12:08:39 UTC

Do Europeans actually refuse to use A/C, or is this just an “online discourse” sort of fact?

2026-06-26 04:41:48 UTC

am I abnormal enough to buy a domain name on behalf of a dog? yeah, absolutely
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2026-06-18 16:35:14 UTC

Long shot, but does anyone have an original Microsoft Surface (the table) I could buy? 👉👈

2026-06-05 07:46:11 UTC

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@nprofile…ks0x thinking about it, but it’s good to have one new issue open per submission so they can be commented on in an organized way, and I am not sure how to do that in bulk

2026-06-05 07:42:48 UTC

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@nprofile…9050 @nprofile…k2mn the other platforms do not yet support the (basic imo) features we use on GitHub, but we do accept submissions to Codeberg issues https://codeberg.org/privacyguides/verified-apps
You can enable showing a Codeberg button in the app’s settings too, but it is off by default because Codeberg doesn’t even support auto-filling in the form with query strings like GitHub form templates have so I think it is a worse experience.
Also Codeberg locked my phone out from accessing my account for no reason when I was testing it yesterday 🤷‍♂️

2026-06-04 23:24:24 UTC

I'm testing out something new: https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/verified-apps-app-for-android-pre-release/38348
Last week Privacy Guides posted about building a database of signing certificates for Android apps, so that people can validate their APK files against an independent source.
Now, I've released an (alpha) version of a new app which:
Checks the apps on your phone against our database, and let's you know which apps match, and
Makes it super easy for you to submit any apps you have installed which aren't in our database yet!
If you want to help submit your apps to our crowdsourced dataset, please give it a try and let me know what you think!
https://mastodon-cdn.neat.computer/media_attachments/files/116/694/395/805/596/137/original/ba2c7c15184cc25a.png
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2026-05-30 15:04:36 UTC

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@nprofile…gue0 well Proton has 100 million+ accounts, which is more than the population of Germany. I meant largest single user, it's possible that combined there are more GnuPG users total (although even that I somewhat doubt).
It's also been brought to my attention that the German government supports RFC 9580 (thereby rejecting LibrePGP), so actually it doesn't really seem to matter. https://lwn.net/Articles/1074146/

2026-05-30 13:57:47 UTC

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tried to sum this stuff up: https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/replace-gnupg-with-sequoia-pgp-actively-warn-against-gnupg/38238

2026-05-30 13:57:34 UTC

I hate pretty drama in most/all open source communities so much

2026-05-25 04:49:00 UTC

If anyone uses #AppVerifier on #Android we are hoping to publish a database of APK signatures to privacyguides.org soon, and are accepting crowdsourced submissions now: https://github.com/privacyguides/verified-apps/issues/new?template=app-submission.yml
If you can contribute some apps you use, we'd appreciate it!

2026-05-16 07:00:37 UTC

I feel like any profession could put out billboards that would be indecipherable to the layperson. Tech nerds are the only ones insufferable enough to actually do it.
https://mastodon-cdn.neat.computer/media_attachments/files/116/582/951/117/787/769/original/0d7c37ee83849cd7.jpeg
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2026-05-15 16:49:17 UTC

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Hey, speaking of weirdness, what the hell does this line in GitLab's even mean? Did they have slaves not making the choice to work for GitLab?
https://mastodon-cdn.neat.computer/media_attachments/files/116/579/609/067/061/899/original/0bdbdbe7927ac33d.png

2026-05-15 02:50:46 UTC

Sony: You’ve tried normal photos. What about making them as shitty as possible? It’ll only cost you a datacenter in your backyard!
(real ad yes https://nitter.net/sonyxperia/status/2054853108988047562)
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2026-05-14 13:50:25 UTC

Fucking-AI-ass posts from Cloudflare and GitLab 🤮
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2026-04-23 21:31:20 UTC

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@nprofile…0hde unfortunately, the only other solution I'm aware of remains WordPress :(
1. Costs me $3.28/month to host jonaharagon.com at https://www.pikapods.com.
2. True, if you need it to integrate with memberships or paywalled articles. If it's only donations like a tip jar though, you could just embed anything you want of course.
3. Not a ton of themes. Ghost themes are static HTML though, somewhat similarish to Jekyll's if you're familiar with those.

2026-04-23 21:10:14 UTC

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@nprofile…0hde feels like an XY problem without knowing what you don't like about Ghost

2026-04-20 19:45:36 UTC

Noticing a trend where lots of people are supportive of my posts here, I get a lot of favorites and don't typically get negative feedback, but far fewer people are willing to actually boost them to their own circles, besides the most uncontroversial possible statements.
I can only assume I'm either still too boring, or my takes still remain a tiny bit too spicy for casual Mastodon conversation 😂

2026-04-20 14:32:32 UTC

Can we instead stop ceding all the words that are useful descriptors to the right just because they start using them?
I also have this issue with libertarianism, which should describe a useful political position about liberty from government abuses independently from your views on economic policies, but now just makes you sound like a gun toting nut. This makes it harder to defend against the narrative that everyone on the left is rooting for some authoritarian communist society.
The same goes for many internet memes and sayings that were once universally used, e.g. Pepe the Frog. It is no wonder members of younger generations keep falling to the alt-right, when the right is co-opting all the things they enjoy, and everyone else not only lets them, but actively works to make those popular things be seen as hateful. In this example, the popular idea that Pepe the Frog is a hate symbol stems almost entirely from some uninformed, reactionary article the Clinton campaign posted to try and smear Trump, then got the media to repeat forever.

2026-04-17 05:13:55 UTC

This whole thread is a good explainer for people who still wrongly think Bluesky is a resilient/user-run/federated network like Mastodon is.
The reality is that Bluesky requires infinite VC money to fully replicate, whereas Mastodon can run totally self-sufficiently on a Raspberry Pi.

2026-04-17 04:18:04 UTC

Politics? Business? No. This is as serious as the internet was intended to be, at maximum. We’ve strayed too far from the path. https://youtu.be/p3G5IXn0K7A

2026-04-12 17:53:19 UTC

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@nprofile…k2mn "'the real victory is the friends we made along the way,' I don't subscribe to that. We need to win" 😂 💯

2026-04-12 01:31:16 UTC

A lawyer advised this. Be sure to forward to 3 friends, this will bypass the system…. He who does nothing consents
I do not give John Mastodon or any entities associated with Fediverse permission to use my pictures, information, messages or posts. The content of my profile is private information. I also do not give AI permission to look at my internet presence. I do not agree to let anyone offer me AI without my specific authorization or permission. The violation of privacy can be punished by law.
COPY AND PASTE TO YOUR PAGE! Every member must post a note like this. If you do not publish a statement at least once, it will be technically understood that you are allowing the use of your photos, as well as the information contained in your profile status updates. I HEREBY DECLARE THAT I DO NOT GIVE MY PERMISSION TO USE ANY OF MY PERSONAL DATA.

2026-04-12 00:29:17 UTC

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@nprofile…dzml sharing my personal tech stack? sounds like an opsec fail to me

2026-04-11 23:35:05 UTC

I like this tbh. Not at all enough to switch from Zen Browser, but a decent idea nonetheless.

2026-03-30 06:08:22 UTC

It remains ridiculous that #Mastodon refuses to indicate when a post has more than 4 images.
Fine, be stubborn about limiting the number of images you display in Mastodon itself, but give us a “show more on original site”-type button so people can at least know they exist. #Pixelfed is huge at this point.

2026-03-28 16:03:57 UTC

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@nprofile…p0cz @nprofile…7svd Like, ultimately, to pretend that Rossmann is really sitting around hoping GrapheneOS will forgive him when they sent him messages like that is just ridiculous.

2026-03-28 15:54:31 UTC

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@nprofile…p0cz @nprofile…7svd sure, they can be pissed. They can be pissed forever.
They can be pissed at me forever for once working with Techlore too. Even though *he* once published *my* private DMs out of context and with misleading/false context (which does make the whole “they’re private” argument a whole lot less weak in my mind), I don’t really care.
I’m just saying that now that the messages are out, it’s clear to most people that they were out of line. Should they have been shared at all? Probably not, but my point is that *if they are serious* about actually wanting to make amends they have to take *some* responsibility for their actions and meet people halfway.
If they can’t do that then their statements about being willing to forgive seem hollow. All parties involved need to forgive *each other* and not pretend like one party is above everyone else.

2026-03-28 02:18:50 UTC

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@nprofile…ws7h good thing 3 of them are then, but the zooms are fun lol

2026-03-28 01:52:33 UTC

Moving on up from my one 28-75mm lens :)
https://mastodon-cdn.neat.computer/media_attachments/files/116/304/289/197/488/546/original/c1b94193276d8170.png

2026-03-28 01:46:19 UTC

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@nprofile…7svd I believe they don’t like this video because Rossmann started streaming their DMs. https://youtu.be/4To-F6W1NT0
It’s interesting, because in the thread I just linked to they said they were mad at Rossmann for streaming “someone who had just been […] swatted,” so they do recognize that their messages to Rossmann were out of the norm, given the whole situation going on. Yet I’ve never seen anyone at GOS ever go “hey I shouldn’t have messaged you like that, it was a crazy month, let’s figure this out” 🤷‍♂️
Anyways yeah, there are probably more cases since I didn’t check all their posts, but if they handle this list that I could find with quick 5-minute search, I’ll consider that enough of a good faith effort, and I won’t even care about other posts or getting an apology 🙂

2026-03-27 20:16:14 UTC

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@nprofile…q6ut they just don’t like me. And the guy who used to run Calyx (and now runs Phreeli) *really* doesn’t like me either, so I’m out of luck in the Android world no matter which direction I go haha
GrapheneOS is alright though, it’s really the only reasonable way to get a de-Googled Android phone these days, so I’d stick with your plans 👍

2026-03-27 19:23:36 UTC

Surprise, surprise. T-Mobile acquired my ISP and I’ve had more outages this month than the entire rest of the time I’ve been with them. Monopolies suck ass, it’s insane T-Mobile and AT&T are allowed to scoop local fiber providers up like this.

2026-03-27 19:18:14 UTC

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@nprofile…yw6k 💯🤞
This is why we’ll continue to publish GrapheneOS content with or without their support, but ideally with their support would be better. As we saw with Proton recently, working together benefits everyone involved 💪

2026-03-27 19:14:58 UTC

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@nprofile…gw66 not sure that rhetoric helps mend things, to be fair 🤔

2026-03-27 19:13:21 UTC

Opening LinkedIn and a pop-up asks me how much I enjoy using the platform. Oh LinkedIn, you don’t want to know the answer to that.

2026-03-27 17:46:22 UTC

Apparently, GrapheneOS is "offering forgiveness" to people they are in conflict with.
A few weeks ago I let them know I would be willing to accept if they were willing to remove the many lies and personal attacks they've posted about me over the years, and I provided a short list of a few examples to make it easier for them.
I have not heard back since, but I'm hopeful they will follow through on their efforts to mend our relationship 🙂
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2026-03-24 15:35:44 UTC

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@nprofile…n6tl I’m very sure those countries have been thinking about shifting away from US goods for many years now, they’ve got to have a plan in place.

2026-03-24 15:26:50 UTC

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@nprofile…n6tl https://mastodon.neat.computer/@jonah/116284849865899644

2026-03-24 15:26:35 UTC

Cisco’s sitting pretty. They were responsible for the last major Chinese attack on the USA by not issuing security updates for faulty products they sold, but that’s ignored in favor of hurting consumers and the Chinese boogeyman.
Security updates should be like vehicle recalls. Some NHTSA-equivalent agency should make corporations issue updates until the products they sell are safe to use. The move fast and break things mentality in tech is broken.

2026-03-24 15:08:28 UTC

They are only banning “consumer routers.” I wonder how they differentiate. Is Ubiquiti consumer grade? Are we going to see an explosion in “small business routers”?
Little text that says “not for residential use” like how people are buying peptides/drugs online that are “not for human consumption” these days?
Is this a ploy to get everyone to use cell phones that are more easily tracked?
Once again, like “stopping terrorists” or “protecting children,” this is another attack on the American people in the name of “security.” When will we stop accepting “security” as an excuse?
#USpol #RouterBan #Trump #Security

2026-03-23 20:11:26 UTC

This company has to abandon a 3GW wind project to front a $1 billion investment in dead fossil fuel technology, and then hope the habitually payment-dodging Trump administration follows through on paying them back the $1 billion in the future? I hope they head straight into bankruptcy 🤞

2026-03-23 05:08:22 UTC

I don’t understand why people need to ping me first to let me know they’re defederating. Just do it, or don’t do it, you’ve already made up your mind 🤷‍♂️

2026-03-23 00:35:26 UTC

I will say it’s a bummer Artemis by Andy Weir was never adapted to a movie though, or maybe it would make a great TV series if anyone from Apple TV+ is reading this 😉

2026-03-22 23:23:56 UTC

Wow, I’ve seen Project Hail Mary twice now (with different people, since I have AMC A-List free tickets lol) and it’s so good, I love this movie.
I also loved the book, and it’s a rare book-based movie where watching the movie only compliments the book rather than takes away from it.
I would seriously nominate this for Best Picture and him for Best Actor. 10/10
#ProjectHailMary #Movies

2026-03-20 04:00:53 UTC

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@nprofile…8s3m @nprofile…k2mn I’ll think about how we can clarify this a bit.
I can tell you that the main point is that we should get along with people with differences in opinion *on privacy* (or the best way to be private, etc). For one example, we often see privacy-focused companies take down their competitors in this space, instead of “punching up” (collectively) towards Big Tech.
With incompatible people for reasons unrelated to this singular core value of privacy, not so much 🤷‍♂️

2026-03-20 03:11:25 UTC

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@nprofile…lklx are the tags available in their RSS feed though? I wonder if you are expected to filter client-side… If the tags are only visible on the front-end though that would suck.

2026-03-20 03:01:07 UTC

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@nprofile…tjh5 would be interesting, *if* SQL were pronounced “sequel” which it never should be 🫣

2026-03-10 17:45:17 UTC

This is so strange, because Facebook already owns a social network full of AI agents called "Facebook" 🤔
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/10/meta-acquired-moltbook-the-ai-agent-social-network-that-went-viral-because-of-fake-posts/
#Facebook #Meta #Moltbook #AI #AIslop

2026-03-05 05:35:07 UTC

I just found out the new Apple Studio Display XDR has an A19 Pro inside. Apple makes monitors more powerful than the MacBook Neo 😭

2026-03-03 16:21:06 UTC

🤔
#PrivacyGuides
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2026-02-08 17:03:29 UTC

There’s no way you know how much a Bald Eagle’s nest weighs, this can’t be common knowledge 😆

2026-02-07 20:39:18 UTC

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@nprofile…4yva wow kinda actually, that's pretty cool. I think I was thinking more for sellers/crafters who ship things out rather than sell in-person like FB marketplace, but still...

2026-02-07 18:31:41 UTC

ActivityPub Etsy when?

2026-02-07 01:24:40 UTC

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@nprofile…skgu @nprofile…gu7x the problem with vagueposting like this about Trump is that it’s impossible to nail down what specific thing you could be talking about, there’s just so many instances

2026-02-06 22:57:25 UTC

It should be illegal for a piece of technology to ask me, a real live person, a question unprompted.
https://mastodon-cdn.neat.computer/media_attachments/files/116/026/149/880/428/287/original/d017870f462a0e1c.jpeg

2026-02-06 17:34:52 UTC

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@nprofile…w2cy only for approved nonprofits

2026-02-06 16:09:31 UTC

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@nprofile…5ac4 each server appears to be on a dedicated Hetzner Cloud VPS (public info based on their IP addresses) so this should not be a factor.

2026-02-06 15:51:53 UTC

So, I helped Britt out with moving her instance to a new server provider this week.
While the people at toot.io were relatively helpful in our email chain (once she was finally able to get a hold of them in the first place anyways), the setup at toot.io was a bit strange and not optimized for an instance of her size. The actual server itself was well *over*powered for her to be seeing the slowdowns she was, and Mastodon & especially Postgres just weren’t using those resources to a full extent.
Honestly the biggest red flag 🚩🚩🚩 to me isn’t what toot.io is doing now necessarily, but that it was apparently sold(?) to completely new management without notice to customers. In a niche service industry like this, that seems like a big problem to me, to not even explain who’s taking over and why you should trust them.
The previous ownership is probably more at fault for this relatively speaking, but it’s probably a good opportunity for toot.io customers to reevaluate their hosting options… Even if you ultimately end up sticking with toot.io, you simply might not be fully aware of what’s going on over at your own hosting company anymore, and that’s always worth double-checking 👀
#MastoAdmin #MastodonAdmin #MstdnGames #InstanceMigration #Tootio
#nevent1q…yh4r

2026-02-03 02:26:19 UTC

Say what you will about AT&T, but now I might actually get native IPv6 within this decade on my Quantum Fiber uplink lol

2026-02-01 23:14:20 UTC

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@nprofile…jlkz why would they need to decouple app updates if they only ever release app updates for a single version (the latest version) of iOS?

2026-02-01 22:00:54 UTC

It’s so annoying that they basically hand out IP addresses if you want them, but if you want your own TLD in DNS it’s gonna cost you like a million+ bucks.
ICANN is a shitty company anyways, between removing their price cap on .org domains to sell it to private equity, and giving the .amazon TLD to Amazon the company after 7 years of dispute, instead of Amazon *the region that makes up half of South America.*
So I wouldn’t want to give them a dime anyways, but weren’t there any DNS nerds in the 80s & 90s who could’ve stopped this corporate nonsense?
#ICANN #DNS

2026-02-01 03:34:33 UTC

Trying to get better about remembering to use the notes section of my website to actually note down random things that aren't worth a blog post https://www.jonaharagon.com/notes/my-theory-about-apples-limit-precise-location-from-cellular-networks-feature/

2026-01-31 16:04:36 UTC

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@nprofile…xg4c and what law allows them to do that?

2026-01-30 06:32:53 UTC

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@nprofile…xlms this is how I find out Cohost closed? 😂

2026-01-30 06:31:32 UTC

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@nprofile…92h7 I wish that were true 😆

2026-01-29 06:07:09 UTC

When will people realize that if #AI could really do all the things that they say it can do, then they wouldn’t be trying to sell it to you?

2026-01-29 00:12:16 UTC

Marty Byrde I missed you https://youtu.be/u1XHd5rIvmY

2026-01-28 20:36:27 UTC

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I wanted to make a post about how nobody was going to this shit movie

2026-01-28 20:35:56 UTC

What in god’s name is going on here Minneapolis? 🤮
#Melania #Minneapolis
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2026-01-28 20:08:46 UTC

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@nprofile…gfkp the proliferation of AI generated elements in stock resource libraries these days makes this so much more challenging for even human editors to navigate :/

2026-01-28 16:18:40 UTC

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@nprofile…94p0 how often does snow accumulate like that, do you ever have to go out and clear those off?

2026-01-28 15:42:31 UTC

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@nprofile…ecu3 https://mastodon.neat.computer/@jonah/115973482132687933

2026-01-28 15:41:40 UTC

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I think some are still missing the point. I’m not saying they’re going to lock up every single person who uses a VPN or watches porn.
Your government’s strategy is to make “crimes” like this as common and easy to commit as possible.
This way, if you ever do something completely legal which they *actually* don’t like, *which can be completely unrelated to VPNs or bypassing age verification,* they can pull up your internet history and easily prosecute you.
Organize a legitimate protest, and the government’s swift response will be to label you a child sex offender because they found you using evil VPN technology.
This is how free speech dies, not from a law that says “free speech is dead now,” but from draconian, authoritarian laws like this that give the government “plausible” reasons to go after anyone, which can’t easily be fought against.
This has always been the playbook to target innocents. In the USA, drug possession laws being created as a pretense for cops to raid and dismantle minority communities, for example. And now this is coming to the digital realm.

2026-01-28 07:31:04 UTC

Next up will be a VPN ban. Many tech-y people will see that and think “lol yeah well that’s not going to stop *me* from using a VPN”
A VPN ban isn’t really stop you from using one. It means when they catch you doing so, they’ll use the fact you’re using this harmless technology itself as a *pretense* to lock you up without needing to do any “hard work” (i.e. an investigator’s job) like actually confirming whether you committed a real crime.
Don’t think you won’t be impacted just because you know how to outsmart an ISP filter! This is not a plan to protect children or stop you from consuming adult media. It is a ploy to eventually eliminate ALL freedom of expression and free access to information in the UK.
And the same goes for Chat Control and encrypted messengers, btw
#UKpol #VPNban #PornHub #ChatControl #Privacy #FreeSpeech #SocialMedia

2026-01-27 05:45:56 UTC

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@nprofile…g69x I think I won’t truly believe it until the day someone comes knocking on my door wanting to talk about computers /j

2026-01-27 03:36:43 UTC

Often I try talking about things with people, and not a single person is remotely interested, so I've made a blog instead lol ✍️
https://www.jonaharagon.com/posts/im-getting-into-mesh-networks-meshtastic-meshcore-and-reticulum/

2026-01-24 22:46:57 UTC

So cool to see #Minnesota congresswomen holding this conference to ask for… *checks notes* ICE to use body cams, more funding for local law enforcement, and for Republicans to reach across the aisle /s

2026-01-24 21:14:12 UTC

Every time I see Nic Zapco at a Minnesota government press conference it makes me want to learn ASL lol

2026-01-23 19:58:36 UTC

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@nprofile…y3qu the firmware for the devices is open source? I can't find source code for the T-Deck at a quick glance 👀

2026-01-23 19:54:34 UTC

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@nprofile…y3qu yeah I'm extremely unimpressed with Meshtastic, although the UX is great (until you try to use it reliably) so it's no wonder it's popular as a toy to play with.
MeshCore is an obviously better network design, but AFAIK it's proprietary so I never looked into it further.
I really like https://reticulum.network if I were to start a brand new mesh

2026-01-23 19:18:26 UTC

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@nprofile…y3qu only GMRS for now so not really, but it’s on the list lol

2026-01-23 19:09:24 UTC

New hobby unlocked
https://mastodon-cdn.neat.computer/media_attachments/files/115/945/985/797/169/186/original/cbc802fba8a85c91.jpeg

2026-01-22 20:26:24 UTC

ok my cousin is cool as hell lol https://youtu.be/uVhi7XbHjGE

2026-01-22 18:19:05 UTC

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@nprofile…gw66 we’ll see! I have an ideal tree when it comes to exploding apparently 🤣

2026-01-22 17:53:48 UTC

Neat, the temperature here is nearing the point where it can be understood in both Fahrenheit and Celsius 🥶

2026-01-20 20:00:45 UTC

Just gave a lot of money to a no-feedback eBay user, hope I don’t get scammed 😭😬

2026-01-18 00:38:53 UTC

Classic Democrat solution to respond to ICE’s nonsense by suggesting more equipment and more training 💀