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Thoughts on needing, using, and changing a "home" VPN exit country, in the wake of increasingly restrictive internet laws.

Sorry if this is not the high brow discussion this com is for.

I travel a lot between different countries in the Middle East which have restrictive laws, and I live in one that is slowly becoming more competent technologically. I have to stay for an extended time in different places, so I’ve been connecting through always-on VPN out of the same place and it’s been working fine for now. But Digital ID laws are quickly going to close things off from me.

My risks that I’m trying to avoid are as follows:
Locally, I want to make sure my IPs aren’t connected to public accounts. I don’t say anything online that can put me in jail for the most part, but I don’t trust that this will always be the case. I also would appreciate being a bit separated from the local internet.
Elsewhere, I also don’t want my traffic to be monitored or my accounts to be tied back to my personal identity. For example, I don’t want to land in Dubai and to have my Steam account permanently affected by having “Spec Ops the Line” (banned game there) in my account (silly thing to worry about, but this is one tiny example out of many small issues that pile up). Plus, a lot of the internet is not accessible from these places, and I don’t like that, regardless of whether or not I want to peruse inaccessible internet stuff from there.

This has come with some serious downsides (online services are more expensive in Europe, where I have historically exited from), but it was/is worth the cost for me. Ironic that many VPN users seem to be trying to connect in the opposite direction than me (out of rich countries rather than in).

I’ve just been permanently using a single reputable VPN and single exit city for all of my traffic for the past while. Digital ID laws in the UK and EU will make this increasingly infeasible and I will probably have to exit out of somewhere new like Switzerland. I don’t know if those servers might be more trouble due to increased abuse for example.

Just want to know how others are dealing with this. Is just stomaching the wave of verifications after logging into all my emails from a new country the only price to pay? Is the world going to shit and should I rethink “just” using a VPN? Is it VPS time now that more and more things are being blocked from VPN access? Do I give up on the internet a decade ahead of schedule and chop wood in the woods until Israel’s AI mistakes my shack for a children’s hospital and drops heavy munitions on me?

I’m really hesitant to start using two sets of devices, some for insecure local traffic and some for encrypted traffic. I don’t think carrying like four laptops through airport security would keep eyes off of me.

#privacy

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layzerjeyt

in reply to ggtdbz • 2 mesi fa • •

Digital ID laws in the UK and EU will make this increasingly infeasible

Sorry I might have missed something... Is this Tony Blair's little hobby horse for the past 30 years or is a more substantial plan in the works?

TBH I am getting discouraged on the VPN thing. I have been using it 100% of the time for years. I used to get ads corresponding to the exit location. But now I occasionally get ads corresponding to my actual location (down to the neighborhood).

But of course I do all sorts of online business where my address is provided, and when I do that I can easily be fingerprinted I assume. So somehow, it's gotten linked up in the back end.

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ggtdbz

in reply to layzerjeyt • 2 mesi fa • •

As of right now, Nexus Mods and Reddit are enforcing these new laws. I don’t use either site very often (the latter not since the API exodus). My understanding is that it’s mandatory for platforms of a certain size in the UK after the 25th of July.

The UK is kind of a perfect exit node country (everything is in English!)

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scytale

in reply to ggtdbz • 2 mesi fa • •

What about somewhere closer like Singapore? Stuff is mostly still in English and their network is fast.

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layzerjeyt

in reply to ggtdbz • 2 mesi fa • •

I use reddit via the Firefox extension LibRedirect which sends you to a mirror instead. Between VPN, ublock and attempting to access dodgy mirrors, sometimes I have to reload a few times but it eventually works.

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Joe

in reply to layzerjeyt • 2 mesi fa • •

Disable IPv6 on your router or primary interface, and enable it on your VPN. If anything can discover an Internet IP on your PC, the link can be formed. Worst case, you are not using the VPN for IPv6 at all.

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layzerjeyt

in reply to Joe • 2 mesi fa • •

I disabled it everywhere because all I read was confusing with the sound of being easy to fuck up.

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scytale

in reply to layzerjeyt • 2 mesi fa • •

Have you tried checking for leaks? You might be having IP or DNS leaks that’s contributing to it.

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irotsoma

in reply to layzerjeyt • 2 mesi fa • •

What kind of device are you using? There was recently there was a leak that Meta is using technology to have web browsers talk to the Facebook and Instagram apps on your phone without your permission and link your identity to every website you visit that has any Meta plugins. I'm sure other companies are doing the same or similar like Amazon and Google. I've been using GrapheneOS on my Android Pixel phone which isolates apps. There are other ways to do this as well if your phone is unlockable. And I use IronFox web browser wherever possible to reduce the capabilities of the browser to do things without my knowledge. And use ReThink and a pihole to reduce the cross site communication where possible. I also left all Meta platforms, but still am migrating away from Google, Amazon, and some other platforms. And make sure your advertising ID is disabled at the OS level.

Those are where I've found most of the targeted ads were coming from. Not from the IP address alone.

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layzerjeyt

in reply to irotsoma • 2 mesi fa • •

I agree it's not only the IP because there are other people on it.

I don't have any meta apps or google accounts for years. I buy on amazon very rarely. I have no apps of any of that type installed. 98% of my apps are f-droid and I flashed a rom. I use tracker blocker to sift through all traffic and limit to only what seems required.

I think it's very difficult to control what the phone is doing. Using the tracker blocker app has made me aware of how much data is flying all around at all times.

I should set up a pihole. It's been on my list of 5 or 6 years.

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irotsoma

in reply to layzerjeyt • 2 mesi fa • •

Yeah there's a lot that apps are doing to uniquely identify you. Not just the apps themselves, but the advertising systems and unfortunately, the telemetry systems which were originally meant only for tracking errors and how apps are used so they could be improved. And often you can't block those systems without blocking the app from working, usually by design, but sometimes more because developers don't understand how their customers' data is at risk by using those systems. Often because their told it's not used that way, but actually is, just in a convoluted way so it's technically true. It's quite confusing as someone who used to develop apps myself.

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hankthetankie [none/use name]

in reply to ggtdbz • 2 mesi fa • •

Not sure I follow the problem here. Is it easier in the countries you are in to get blocked for using vpns? I mean if the goal is to access games and stuff i would just use a good vpn , mullvad is the only one i still have good trust in.

Start using onion sites for sensitive stuff. If you use a always on vpn , then you dont have to worry about state actors seeing that you are using tor.

The thing you really should watch it for is your phone. If you can the best is to use a phone without sim card and with GOS on it, preferably with a broken papertrail and no sim card use previously. If you need internet on the go use a sim card in a travel router and connect that via vpn to your devices. But no tech solution would save you from user error of course.

And use a secure email service , I use tuta wich never complaints about my vpn. Other stuff sure but i dont miss those sites. Good ones will lift any blocks if you ask.

VPS is of course an option , but it does have the downside of not being able to blend in with the crowd.

For the legal issues yeah UK is a bad option. But any EU country should be fine even if they in the eyes programme. Germany have decent privacy laws still. Iceland as well. But for me I just use another closer to home. I trust mullvad enough (and they dont know anything about me in form of payments or identification)

And stop using services that blocks you. There are alternatives for a lot.

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deffard

in reply to ggtdbz • 2 mesi fa • •

OpenWRT has a package called mwan3 that in tandem with dnsmasq can allow you set the IP addresses associated with a DNS entry to a particular VPN/country.

Finding a unicorn country where everything works and all traffic is routed is getting increasingly difficult. For example, if a US news site didn't want to implement GDPR, it geolocates all users outside the US and blocks them, whilst other US services start to require ID/age verification to post content for non-US users so accessing both easily requires switching location.

I suspect we will see more services and technology to be able to deal with this complex cat and mouse game of destinations (websites/services) and origin counties. You can typically get by with a few rules/countries today, but I think that is getting harder.

CDN's may pose a problem if the DNS resolves to a shared IP address, so IPv6 can help, but many VPN's do not support it. For some services we may just have to accept there is no easy way to use them unless tools improve (e.g. the browser/application auto-selecting from multiple interfaces)

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ggtdbz

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Finding a unicorn country where everything works and all traffic is routed is getting increasingly difficult. For example, if a US news site didn’t want to implement GDPR, it geolocates all users outside the US and blocks them, whilst other US services start to require ID/age verification to post content for non-US users so accessing both easily requires switching location.

You've hit the nail on the head, my own post is a bit meandering and this is what I was going for. I hate how many hoops one needs to jump through for basic anonymity online nowadays.

OpenWRT has a package called mwan3 that in tandem with dnsmasq can allow you set the IP addresses associated with a DNS entry to a particular VPN/country.

I think this would be infeasible outside of very narrow use cases, but I don't know. I don't have an advanced networking setup, but the way I see it, if I, say, route service A and B to connection 1 and service C to connection 2, I only have control over individual IP ranges/DNS entries. So if my bank IP is routed to connection 1 and one new security background service their app/site uses goes to connection 2, something can get flagged, and I could face an unpleasant with the bank/law. I've been trying to avoid things like this. (I have a very rudimentary understanding of networking, I'm not super comfortable doing all of this manually).

I feel as though the most logical way about it would be to compartmentalize connections by application, but I wasn't able to find an easy way to do this. For example, splitting off a browser window and having that exit from somewhere else. I know split tunneling exists in the basic Mullvad client, and I guess I can just throw my whole network on Connection 1 and route Connection 2 through it (meaning when I split tunnel I find myself on connection 1) but in that scenario I'm doing myself even less favors re: latency and headroom and all that good stuff.

And that's just the computers. I use a phone as well.

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MalReynolds

in reply to ggtdbz • 2 mesi fa • •

I feel as though the most logical way about it would be to compartmentalize connections by application, but I wasn’t able to find an easy way to do this. For example, splitting off a browser window and having that exit from somewhere else

I use multiple gluetun containers with connections to various endpoints, each provides a proxy and I use foxyproxy firefox addon to switch between the proxies manually (as well as setting up rules), works pretty well for me.

As to phone, wireguard to your computer will minimize duplicating effort.

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layzerjeyt

in reply to ggtdbz • 2 mesi fa • •

@deffard@lemmy.world mentioned getting a openwrt travel router as the last and kind of most extreme thing on the list. But its the easiest thing to do. Glinet has good ones with a custom (proprietary) openWRT variant on it with a simpler GUI but they are compatible with plain openWRT if you are able to manage it its probably better.

You can do much of that other stuff on the router then connect from other devices and have it follow the rules.

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Joe

in reply to ggtdbz • 2 mesi fa • •

I don't think you need separate laptops, but a separate router may be useful.

If you use Linux, you can have apps isolated to their own lightweight network namespaces (like containers), using different VPNs. Otherwise VMs can serve a similar purpose on Windows and Macs.

Iptables can also be used to block traffic, and force it through proxies (which can be whitelisted by uid/gid) or VPNs.

If you want a more secure VPN setup, I'd even recommend having the VPN(s) running on the router (eg. portable OpenWRT setup) so your laptop never gets offered a public IP / connects directly to network. Put a proxy on it for special (eg. DNS based) routing exceptions, like banking from real IP, reddit via the US, etc.

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stupid_asshole69 [none/use name]

in reply to ggtdbz • 2 mesi fa • •

Wipe before you leave and restore when you arrive. Carry a second, minimal device with limited smartphone features for when you need to contact someone between those times.

While in some place that worries you, audit and change your behavior and the way your software works in order to be more secure and less convenient. Limit computer use.

Figure out what method of storing data remotely works for you and use it, but don’t treat it as a backup.

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Ukrainian army might have shrunk by over 200,000 in 2025 due to casualties, desertions

🤧 Gosh how awful, I hope nothing happens to the brave conscription officers who must replace the cowards with haste

Ukrainian army might have shrunk by over 200,000 in 2025 due to casualties, desertions

Meanwhile, TASS estimates - based on reports from the Russian Defense Ministry - suggest that Ukraine may have lost over 265,000 military personnel in combat during the first six months of 2025

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PolandIsAStateOfMind

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Here you go

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SkybreakerEngineer

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Good job, that's exactly what OP's article is doing. You know, by asking Russian officers about Ukrainian casualties.

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US Privacy Focused Carrier Cape.co

There is this carrier I stumbled upon called Cape, calls itself America's privacy first carrier.

It claims to offer privacy and security and to only store necessary information.

We don’t collect your name, social security number, address, or other personal information. Any data we do receive (like call logs) is deleted after 60 days.
We secure your account against SIM swaps—attacks to steal your phone number and access your accounts—with modern cryptography protocols.
Our proprietary signaling protection blocks attempts by bad actors to intercept calls and SMS via outdated signaling protocols like SS7.
Voicemails can hold sensitive information like 2FA codes. Cape encrypts your voicemails so only you have access to them.
We don’t collect your name or billing address at checkout, and Cape never sees your credit card details.
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They are also partnered with Proton

Here is a detailed list of what data they collect

They are currently offering a $1.50 trial for one month.

The CEO, John Doyle, was a communications specialist in the U.S. Army and worked for Palantir.

Thoughts?

Home - Cape

Cape is premium wireless coverage with an added layer of personal security. Talk, text, and live with the confidence that you’re protected.

^cape.co

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besselj

in reply to lock • 2 mesi fa • •

Looks interesting, but it's the first time I've heard of them and I'm wary about the CEOs ties to palantir and the fact that its a US-based company. I'll wait for others to do some deeper research into the company first.

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lock

in reply to besselj • 2 mesi fa • •

Signal is also US-based and Cape is literally a carrier with coverage only in America. I found one of there employees that previously worked 9 years with DuckDuckGo and is now working with Cape.

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lerky

in reply to lock • 2 mesi fa • •

Sounds like good ol' too-good-to-be-true honeytrappery to me, but that's pure knee-jerk speculation on my part. Army+Palantir = massive alarm bells in my book, and Proton has a growing number of issues that have tainted their reputation.

I also don't know how it would even be possible to legally operate a privacy-centric carrier in the US given the requirements of the Patriot Act/etc. To say nothing of how deeply intertwined they all are with alphabet agencies and data brokers.

At the very least I'd use extreme caution and operate under the assumption that they're not being 100% truthful.

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Ulrich

in reply to lerky • 2 mesi fa • •

The Patriot Act was sunset years ago, and even before that it had nothing to do with requiring companies to collect information.

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lerky

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Many of its mechanisms effectively forced entire industries to require a ton more identification, record-keeping, and access by law enforcement... particularly financial and telecom companies. Or at least that's how courts and corporate lawyers ultimately interpreted it. Potato, potato.

Though you are right that the act itself was not reauthorized in 2020. I must have missed the final vote, after its initial passage. That said, plenty of its impacts remain as they've been spun off into their own bits of legislation. I suppose "post-Patriot-Act America" would have been more accurate for me to say. Apologies!

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lock

in reply to lerky • 2 mesi fa • •

It would be the first ever telecom honeypot. Even if it was a honeypot, nothing sufficient can be collected and it would not make sense to waste so much resources on an entire telecom company for no info. Just does not make sense

Don't be paranoid whenever you stumble upon a privacy company because If everybody doesn't trust a decent privacy focused company like you, the company will fall. You can't just assume something is a honeypot because of small details.

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irotsoma

in reply to lerky • 2 mesi fa • •

I'd guess they would give the data to government agencies as it comes in through backdoors that most communication companies have these days. Likely they just don't store the data for future requests and don't have your data stored to sell. That's about the only way I could see it working without them getting shut down.

But that's assuming they're being truthful at all. Only way to be confident would be if someone can trace the money used to make the company to see what their possible business plans are and wait and see. Based on the current government, I'd be more likely yo assume they're actually just a government agency doing a sting operation for which they aren't legally required to tell any truth at all, but time will tell.

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Luffy

in reply to lock • 2 mesi fa • •

collect your name, social security number, address, or other personal information.

At least where I live there are laws to collect this info. Is it not regulated in Murica?

We secure your account against SIM swaps…with modern cryptography protocols.

This just dosent make ANY sense. Sim swaps are done via social engeneering.

proprietary signaling protection

If they wanted to be private, it would be Open source.

Voicemails can hold sensitive information like 2FA codes.

Since when do people send 2fa codes via voicemail? The fuck? Just use signal.

U.S. Army and worked for Palantir.

Me smell honey

Also, they DO collect your Credit card data. Not they themselves, but Stripe. So Stripe knows every detail about you.

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lock

in reply to Luffy • 2 mesi fa • •

The coverage is only in America, I guess it doesn't need to be collected over there

They use Digital Signatures instead of usernames and passwords. Cape employees don't port out numbers and only you can with a 24 word seedphrase you can read more about it here so I guess they are more secure compared to others.

This has to be a joke, what do you mean "just use signal" and "open source" ???

Stripe handles the actual card details, while Cape only receives the token, which cannot be mapped to your real credit card number.
Stripe generates a token that is stored on cape's systems to confirm a payment has been made. Cape does not store your credit card number. Cape does not associate tokens to subscribers

Product Feature: SIM Swap Protection - Cape

Traditional carriers rely on insecure and hackable usernames and passwords. Cape replaces them with digital signatures, providing advanced cryptographic authentication to protect you from SIM swaps.

^www.cape.co

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Thordros [he/him, comrade/them]

in reply to lock • 2 mesi fa • •

Stripe handles the actual card details, while Cape only receives the token, which cannot be mapped to your real credit card number.

Good thing the founding financiers of Stripe, Cape, and Palantir aren't the same person.

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TaviRider

in reply to Luffy • 2 mesi fa • •

We secure your account against SIM swaps…with modern cryptography protocols.
This just dosent make ANY sense. Sim swaps are done via social engeneering.

See this for details. Their tech support people do not have the access necessary to move a line so there’s nobody to social engineer. Only the customer can start the process to move a line after cryptographic authentication using BIP-39.

proprietary signaling protection
If they wanted to be private, it would be Open source.

I’m really tired of this trope in the privacy community. Open source does not mean private. Nobody is capable of reviewing the massive amount of code used by a modern system as complex as a phone operating system and cellular network. There’s no way to audit the network to know that it’s all running the reciewed open source code either.

Voicemails can hold sensitive information like 2FA codes.
Since when do people send 2fa codes via voicemail? The fuck? Just use signal.

There are many 2FA systems that offer to call your number so the system can tell you your 2FA code.

The part where I share your reaction to Cape is about identifying customers. This page goes into detail about these aspects, and it has a lot of things that are indeed better than any other carrier out there.

But it’s a long distance short of being private. They’re a “heavy MVNO”. This means their customers’ phones are still using other carriers’ cell towers, and those can still collect and log IMSI and device location information. Privacy researchers have demonstrated that it is quite easy to deanonymize someone with very little location information.

On top of that, every call or text goes to another device. If it goes through another core network, most call metadata is still collected, logged, and sold.

If we accept all of Cape’s claims, it’s significantly better than any other carrier I’m aware of, but it’s still far from what most people in this community would consider private.

Product Feature: SIM Swap Protection - Cape

Traditional carriers rely on insecure and hackable usernames and passwords. Cape replaces them with digital signatures, providing advanced cryptographic authentication to protect you from SIM swaps.

^www.cape.co

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Far

in reply to lock • 2 mesi fa • •

Major anom vibes.

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quickenparalysespunk

in reply to Far • 2 mesi fa • •

lol i didn't think of that. it's so true.

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Voytrekk

in reply to lock • 2 mesi fa • •

I'm not judging them on their claims, but their cost compared to other MVNOs is insane. The extra features they add do not seem worth the $99 they want to charge.

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lock

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Sadly privacy is costly. It's the only option compared to the others

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irotsoma

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Only because you are the product with the others, pr your information anyway. Without selling that info, they need to do a lot to make up the lost profit. Assuming this is real and not just a sting op or something.

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rumba

in reply to lock • 2 mesi fa • •

Yeah I wouldn't put my dick in that.

There is perhaps an opportunity there. You can't be sure that they won't collect location information or information off your phone. But if you took precautions to make sure you were anonymous when you purchased the stuff, and the device you are using was divorced from you entirely, you just have to make sure you never ever turn it on at home. Getting a working phone number/sim without an SSN/address identification isn't nothing.

I don't trust that stripe wouldn't out you. So you'd need to protect your payment info.

I don't trust that they won't locate you or log your communication or handle your communication or location in a way that could be tracked by a powerful third party.

That said, 99 bucks a month is pretty expensive to get an unidentified sim from a company you can't necessarily trust.

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loomy

in reply to lock • 2 mesi fa • •

why does their website require javascript?

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lock

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You can go on the site without javascript, but it breaks the UI

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Prpl

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Why do we need a Sim and number , its just a way for government to keep control and manipulate.

Time to promote a simless future.✊

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jumping redditor [they/them]

in reply to Prpl • 2 mesi fa • •

how do esims work? can I transfer it between devices in seconds?

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monovergent

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Also the IMEI irrevocably attached to every cellular modem. Can't rotate it like a MAC address either without breaking a law or two.

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lock

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They have a special option called Obscura but it is only available via contact

One of Cape Obscura’s key features is identifier rotation. By regularly changing the identifiers your phone transmits—like IMSI, IMEI, and AdID—Cape makes it nearly impossible for trackers or malicious actors to follow your digital footprint. Source

Obscura - Cape

Cape is premium wireless coverage with an added layer of personal security. Talk, text, and live with the confidence that you’re protected.

^www.cape.co

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Matt

in reply to lock • 2 mesi fa • •

What about calling via some VoIP service via public WiFi?

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lock

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Major difference, as this is a carrier.

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Mikelius

in reply to lock • 2 mesi fa • •

They're blocking my VPN connection... I've already got problems with this lol.

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nooneescapesthelaw

in reply to lock • 2 mesi fa • •

I like what they're doing in terms of the anonymity when signing up, but 100/month is kinda high. Maybe in the future when they release cheaper plans (ie no unlimited internet call/text) and they get subpoenad a couple times I'll switch over

Overall pretty cool

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Drunk & Root

in reply to lock • 2 mesi fa • •

pretty sure calyx has somthing simmilar and id trust them more calyxinstitute.org/membership/…

Calyx Internet Membership - Calyx Institute

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LemmyThinkAboutThat

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Never heard of it but I’m definitely curious especially when it states:
“This website doesn’t use cookies.”
I bookmarked your post; thank you for sharing.

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Photos before Desaster

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Batadon

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Can someone explain this to me? I don't get it.

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Lumidaub

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I can only assume this is shortly before non-descript guy on the right realises Budget-Karl on the left and creepy guy in the middle have horribly deformed hands.

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eldavi

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and i'm guessing that all the downvoters are deformed hands enjoyers. lol

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Lumidaub

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The downvoters disagree with the use of generative "AI".

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tflyghtz

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AI is part of the named disaster

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Lumidaub

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Apparently you're trying to say something with this post that unfortunately nobody understands. Care to elaborate?

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reagansrottencorpse

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Who the hell is the guy in the middle supposed to be

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Science, Diplomacy, and Sustainability in Bilateral Relations between Cuba and the United States

By José Ramón Cabañas Rodríguez, October 2024 Introduction In September 2024, the United Nations (UN) launched a call for a Pact for the Future to guide the achievement of global development goals …

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Il mobile da ufficio creato sul finire della guerra per sbloccare il vasto potenziale della mente umana - Il blog di Jacopo Ranieri

Fu così che il paradigmatico ricercatore, una generazione dopo l’altra, poteva aggiungere Qualcosa ogni volta.

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Musk’s Chatbot Started Spouting Nazi Propaganda. That’s Not the Scariest Part.

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By Zeynep Tufekci - Opinion Columnist
July 11, 2025

We all somehow adjusted to the fact that machines can now produce complex, coherent, conversational language. But that ability makes it extremely hard not to think about L.L.M.s as possessing a form of humanlike intelligence.
They are not, however, a version of human intelligence. Nor are they truth seekers or reasoning machines. What they are is plausibility engines. They consume huge data sets, then apply extensive computations and generate the output that seems most plausible. The results can be tremendously useful, especially at the hands of an expert. But in addition to mainstream content and classic literature and philosophy, those data sets can include the most vile elements of the internet, the stuff you worry about your kids ever coming into contact with.
archive.ph/qZjnK

Peter Link

2025-07-15 04:08:00

Musk’s Chatbot Started Spouting Nazi Propaganda. That’s Not the Scariest Part.

By Zeynep Tufekci - Opinion Columnist
July 11, 2025
We all somehow adjusted to the fact that machines can now produce complex, coherent, conversational language. But that ability makes it extremely hard not to think about L.L.M.s as possessing a form of humanlike intelligence.
They are not, however, a version of human intelligence. Nor are they truth seekers or reasoning machines. What they are is plausibility engines. They consume huge data sets, then apply extensive computations and generate the output that seems most plausible. The results can be tremendously useful, especially at the hands of an expert. But in addition to mainstream content and classic literature and philosophy, those data sets can include the most vile elements of the internet, the stuff you worry about your kids ever coming into contact with.

archive.ph/qZjnK

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/opinion/ai-grok-x-llm.html

#technology

Peter Link via United States | News & Politics

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Peter Link
2 mesi fa • •

Musk’s Chatbot Started Spouting Nazi Propaganda. That’s Not the Scariest Part.

cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/33174237

By Zeynep Tufekci - Opinion Columnist
July 11, 2025

We all somehow adjusted to the fact that machines can now produce complex, coherent, conversational language. But that ability makes it extremely hard not to think about L.L.M.s as possessing a form of humanlike intelligence.
They are not, however, a version of human intelligence. Nor are they truth seekers or reasoning machines. What they are is plausibility engines. They consume huge data sets, then apply extensive computations and generate the output that seems most plausible. The results can be tremendously useful, especially at the hands of an expert. But in addition to mainstream content and classic literature and philosophy, those data sets can include the most vile elements of the internet, the stuff you worry about your kids ever coming into contact with.
archive.ph/qZjnK

Peter Link

2025-07-15 04:08:00

Musk’s Chatbot Started Spouting Nazi Propaganda. That’s Not the Scariest Part.

By Zeynep Tufekci - Opinion Columnist
July 11, 2025
We all somehow adjusted to the fact that machines can now produce complex, coherent, conversational language. But that ability makes it extremely hard not to think about L.L.M.s as possessing a form of humanlike intelligence.
They are not, however, a version of human intelligence. Nor are they truth seekers or reasoning machines. What they are is plausibility engines. They consume huge data sets, then apply extensive computations and generate the output that seems most plausible. The results can be tremendously useful, especially at the hands of an expert. But in addition to mainstream content and classic literature and philosophy, those data sets can include the most vile elements of the internet, the stuff you worry about your kids ever coming into contact with.

archive.ph/qZjnK

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/opinion/ai-grok-x-llm.html

#USA

Peter Link via United States | News & Politics

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Peter Link
2 mesi fa • •

Musk’s Chatbot Started Spouting Nazi Propaganda. That’s Not the Scariest Part.

By Zeynep Tufekci - Opinion Columnist
July 11, 2025

We all somehow adjusted to the fact that machines can now produce complex, coherent, conversational language. But that ability makes it extremely hard not to think about L.L.M.s as possessing a form of humanlike intelligence.
They are not, however, a version of human intelligence. Nor are they truth seekers or reasoning machines. What they are is plausibility engines. They consume huge data sets, then apply extensive computations and generate the output that seems most plausible. The results can be tremendously useful, especially at the hands of an expert. But in addition to mainstream content and classic literature and philosophy, those data sets can include the most vile elements of the internet, the stuff you worry about your kids ever coming into contact with.

archive.ph/qZjnK

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/opinion/ai-grok-x-llm.html

#USA

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China Emerges From Trade Chaos With Record Exports, Surplus

Yahoo fait partie de la famille de marques Yahoo.

^{finance.yahoo.com}

#Worldnews

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Supabase MCP can leak your entire SQL database

Supabase MCP can leak your entire SQL database | General Analysis

In this post, we show how an attacker can exploit Supabase’s MCP integration to leak a developer’s private SQL tables. Model Context Protocol (MCP) has emerged as a standard way for LLMs to interact with external tools.

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#technology

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Gaza: Israel kills more than 130 Palestinians in 24 hours

cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/33173703

By Mera Aladam
Published date: 14 July 2025 11:50 BST | Last update:~08:00 EDT

According to the UN agency for #Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), "truckloads of food and medical supplies are waiting in warehouses" outside #Gaza.
"Stop the starvation. Lift the siege. Let the #UN, including #UNRWA, do its lifesaving work," they said in a post on X.

Peter Link

2025-07-15 03:40:44

Gaza: Israel kills more than 130 Palestinians in 24 hours

By Mera Aladam
Published date: 14 July 2025 11:50 BST | Last update:~08:00 EDT
According to the UN agency for #Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), "truckloads of food and medical supplies are waiting in warehouses" outside #Gaza.
"Stop the starvation. Lift the siege. Let the #UN, including #UNRWA, do its lifesaving work," they said in a post on X.

Gaza: Israel kills more than 130 Palestinians in 24 hours
Israeli forces killed more than 130 Palestinians in Gaza in a single day, including several children who were attempting to collect water for their hungry families in the besieged enclave.
^{Mera Aladam (Middle East Eye)}

#Worldnews

☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ via Technology

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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆
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Huawei a private Chinese company that can't be manipulated is banned. TP-Link, a Chinese company that can't be manipulated is moving towards being banned. Starting to see a pattern here?

- YouTube

Profitez des vidéos et de la musique que vous aimez, mettez en ligne des contenus originaux, et partagez-les avec vos amis, vos proches et le monde entier.

^{www.youtube.com}

#technology

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Markaos

in reply to ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ • 2 mesi fa • •

Idk, it surprises me it took so long for TP-Link to get into trouble with how they tend to support every HW revision of their routers for about a year and then stop releasing any security updates for them. That's awful for a device intended to sit at the edge of your network, possibly having a public IP address.

Like sure, you can look for any reasons you want, but not giving a fuck about security in a device that's always connected to the internet and also routes all user traffic is bound to get companies in trouble when someone with the power to do something about it notices.

Peter Link via World News

2 mesi fa • •

Peter Link
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Gaza: Israel kills more than 130 Palestinians in 24 hours

cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/33173703

By Mera Aladam
Published date: 14 July 2025 11:50 BST | Last update:~08:00 EDT

According to the UN agency for #Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), "truckloads of food and medical supplies are waiting in warehouses" outside #Gaza.
"Stop the starvation. Lift the siege. Let the #UN, including #UNRWA, do its lifesaving work," they said in a post on X.

Peter Link

2025-07-15 03:40:44

Gaza: Israel kills more than 130 Palestinians in 24 hours

By Mera Aladam
Published date: 14 July 2025 11:50 BST | Last update:~08:00 EDT
According to the UN agency for #Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), "truckloads of food and medical supplies are waiting in warehouses" outside #Gaza.
"Stop the starvation. Lift the siege. Let the #UN, including #UNRWA, do its lifesaving work," they said in a post on X.

Gaza: Israel kills more than 130 Palestinians in 24 hours
Israeli forces killed more than 130 Palestinians in Gaza in a single day, including several children who were attempting to collect water for their hungry families in the besieged enclave.
^{Mera Aladam (Middle East Eye)}

#World

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Peter Link
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Gaza: Israel kills more than 130 Palestinians in 24 hours

By Mera Aladam
Published date: 14 July 2025 11:50 BST | Last update:~08:00 EDT

According to the UN agency for #Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), "truckloads of food and medical supplies are waiting in warehouses" outside #Gaza.
"Stop the starvation. Lift the siege. Let the #UN, including #UNRWA, do its lifesaving work," they said in a post on X.

Gaza: Israel kills more than 130 Palestinians in 24 hours

Israeli forces killed more than 130 Palestinians in Gaza in a single day, including several children who were attempting to collect water for their hungry families in the besieged enclave.

^{Mera Aladam (Middle East Eye)}

#Palestine

☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ via United States | News & Politics

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When Democrats and Republicans Agree on Foreign Policy, Violence Often Results

archive.ph/aXpVd

When Democrats and Republicans Agree on Foreign Policy, Violence Often Results - CounterPunch.org

Before a multi-course dinner at the White House, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presented President Donald Trump with a copy of a letter nominating him for a Nobel Peace Prize.

^{Michael Slager (CounterPunch.org)}

#USA

Peter Link via World News

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Peter Link
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Exclusive: Families of Israeli captives reach out to Hamas over fate of ceasefire talks

cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/33173440

By MEE staff
Published date: 14 July 2025 21:05 BST | Last update: ~17:00 EDT

"Hamas is serious about reaching an agreement to end the war and establish arrangements that ensure calm and stability. It has demonstrated significant flexibility and positive responsibility during the negotiation rounds," the sources quoted Hamas as saying.
"Israel has insisted on continuing the war, destroying the Gaza Strip, displacing its population, and imposing a state of hunger, suffering, and ongoing massacres that have not ceased for a single day."

Peter Link

2025-07-15 03:21:08

Exclusive: Families of Israeli captives reach out to Hamas over fate of ceasefire talks

By MEE staff
Published date: 14 July 2025 21:05 BST | Last update: ~17:00 EDT
"Hamas is serious about reaching an agreement to end the war and establish arrangements that ensure calm and stability. It has demonstrated significant flexibility and positive responsibility during the negotiation rounds," the sources quoted Hamas as saying.
"Israel has insisted on continuing the war, destroying the Gaza Strip, displacing its population, and imposing a state of hunger, suffering, and ongoing massacres that have not ceased for a single day."

Exclusive: Families of Israeli captives reach out to Hamas over fate of ceasefire talks
The families of Israeli captives held in Gaza reached out to Hamas through a representative to ask about the fate of stalled ceasefire talks, Middle East Eye can reveal.
^{MEE staff (Middle East Eye)}

#Worldnews

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middlemanSI

in reply to Peter Link • 2 mesi fa • •

bibi and the rest of the superior turds will never allow this

Peter Link via World News

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Peter Link
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Exclusive: Families of Israeli captives reach out to Hamas over fate of ceasefire talks

cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/33173440

By MEE staff
Published date: 14 July 2025 21:05 BST | Last update: ~17:00 EDT

"Hamas is serious about reaching an agreement to end the war and establish arrangements that ensure calm and stability. It has demonstrated significant flexibility and positive responsibility during the negotiation rounds," the sources quoted Hamas as saying.
"Israel has insisted on continuing the war, destroying the Gaza Strip, displacing its population, and imposing a state of hunger, suffering, and ongoing massacres that have not ceased for a single day."

Peter Link

2025-07-15 03:21:08

Exclusive: Families of Israeli captives reach out to Hamas over fate of ceasefire talks

By MEE staff
Published date: 14 July 2025 21:05 BST | Last update: ~17:00 EDT
"Hamas is serious about reaching an agreement to end the war and establish arrangements that ensure calm and stability. It has demonstrated significant flexibility and positive responsibility during the negotiation rounds," the sources quoted Hamas as saying.
"Israel has insisted on continuing the war, destroying the Gaza Strip, displacing its population, and imposing a state of hunger, suffering, and ongoing massacres that have not ceased for a single day."

Exclusive: Families of Israeli captives reach out to Hamas over fate of ceasefire talks
The families of Israeli captives held in Gaza reached out to Hamas through a representative to ask about the fate of stalled ceasefire talks, Middle East Eye can reveal.
^{MEE staff (Middle East Eye)}

#World

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Peter Link via Palestine

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Peter Link
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Exclusive: Families of Israeli captives reach out to Hamas over fate of ceasefire talks

By MEE staff
Published date: 14 July 2025 21:05 BST | Last update: ~17:00 EDT

"Hamas is serious about reaching an agreement to end the war and establish arrangements that ensure calm and stability. It has demonstrated significant flexibility and positive responsibility during the negotiation rounds," the sources quoted Hamas as saying.
"Israel has insisted on continuing the war, destroying the Gaza Strip, displacing its population, and imposing a state of hunger, suffering, and ongoing massacres that have not ceased for a single day."

Exclusive: Families of Israeli captives reach out to Hamas over fate of ceasefire talks

The families of Israeli captives held in Gaza reached out to Hamas through a representative to ask about the fate of stalled ceasefire talks, Middle East Eye can reveal.

^{MEE staff (Middle East Eye)}

#Palestine

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SORELLA DI PERFEZIONE di Giuseppe Iannozzi - La recensione di Vanessa Sulpizi su Amazon.

SORELLA DI PERFEZIONE - La recensione di Vanessa Sulpizi su Amazon. 😍😍😍

amazon.it/gp/aw/review/8833438…

Grazie infinite, Vanessa Sulpizi. ❤️❤️❤️
Commosso. 😘😘😘

Dai un'occhiata a questa recensione di Amazon di Sorella di perfezione

Poesia che attraversa l'anima.

^{www.amazon.it}

#cultura

Peter Link via Progressive Politics

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Peter Link
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To the Field First, Comrades!

cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/33172838

Michael Thomas Carter
Jul 12, 2025
Mamdani’s success, according to mainstream narratives and prominent pundits, is due to a mixture of individual political acumen, social media savvy, a talented video production team, and his appealing message of a more affordable city for all New Yorkers. All of this helped, but the fact that Mamdani secured the most total votes in a primary in New York City’s history marks the culmination of a grassroots political project that began at least back in 2015, when the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) announced a “New Strategy for a New Era,” energized by the early days of Bernie Sanders’s first presidential run.
Over the past nine years, NYC-DSA has built a field organizing machine that is arguably the strongest electoral operation in municipal politics nationwide. Through wins and losses in local, state, and federal elections, NYC-DSA has learned strategic lessons, developed significant logistical capacity, created a volunteer base for canvassing and outreach, and nurtured a cadre of experienced electoral campaign workers who work on endorsed campaigns.

Peter Link

2025-07-15 03:05:33

To the Field First, Comrades!

Michael Thomas Carter
Jul 12, 2025
Mamdani’s success, according to mainstream narratives and prominent pundits, is due to a mixture of individual political acumen, social media savvy, a talented video production team, and his appealing message of a more affordable city for all New Yorkers. All of this helped, but the fact that Mamdani secured the most total votes in a primary in New York City’s history marks the culmination of a grassroots political project that began at least back in 2015, when the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) announced a “New Strategy for a New Era,” energized by the early days of Bernie Sanders’s first presidential run.
Over the past nine years, NYC-DSA has built a field organizing machine that is arguably the strongest electoral operation in municipal politics nationwide. Through wins and losses in local, state, and federal elections, NYC-DSA has learned strategic lessons, developed significant logistical capacity, created a volunteer base for canvassing and outreach, and nurtured a cadre of experienced electoral campaign workers who work on endorsed campaigns.

To the Field First, Comrades!
The NYC chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America has pulled off another stunning upset through Zohran Mamdani’s campaign. An insider shares DSA’s grassroots strategy.
^{Michael Thomas Carter (Drop Site News)}

#progressivepolitics

Peter Link via United States | News & Politics

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Peter Link
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To the Field First, Comrades!

Michael Thomas Carter
Jul 12, 2025

Mamdani’s success, according to mainstream narratives and prominent pundits, is due to a mixture of individual political acumen, social media savvy, a talented video production team, and his appealing message of a more affordable city for all New Yorkers. All of this helped, but the fact that Mamdani secured the most total votes in a primary in New York City’s history marks the culmination of a grassroots political project that began at least back in 2015, when the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) announced a “New Strategy for a New Era,” energized by the early days of Bernie Sanders’s first presidential run.

Over the past nine years, NYC-DSA has built a field organizing machine that is arguably the strongest electoral operation in municipal politics nationwide. Through wins and losses in local, state, and federal elections, NYC-DSA has learned strategic lessons, developed significant logistical capacity, created a volunteer base for canvassing and outreach, and nurtured a cadre of experienced electoral campaign workers who work on endorsed campaigns.

To the Field First, Comrades!

The NYC chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America has pulled off another stunning upset through Zohran Mamdani’s campaign. An insider shares DSA’s grassroots strategy.

^{Michael Thomas Carter (Drop Site News)}

#USA

Evan Prodromou via Social Web Foundation

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Evan Prodromou
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Seeking interop testing for geosocial ActivityPub client

Hey, all! I’m seeking some help testing an application I whipped up for the Geosocial task force of the W3C Social Web Community Group. It’s called [url=https://checkin.swf.pub/]https://checkin.swf.pub/[/url] , and it’s a barebones checkin service, simila

Hey, all! I’m seeking some help testing an application I whipped up for the Geosocial task force of the W3C Social Web Community Group. It’s called https://checkin.swf.pub/ , and it’s a barebones checkin service, similar to Swarm, but implemented as a pure Web client. You can watch the application in action.

videopress.com/embed/zCMu0OeZ?…

It logs into your account on an ActivityPub server using OAuth 2.0. It then reads your inbox, filtering the activities there to only show geosocial ones. You can use the geolocation services in the browser, and the places.pub/ service for a place vocabulary, to find nearby places. You can then “check in” to one of the places, with a note, and control of the privacy of the activity.

Geosocial activities are part of the core Activity Vocabulary that underlies ActivityPub. But, they’re not as widely implemented as other activities in the vocabulary. This app is trying to change that, by making them available on the network, and making it easy to create them.

To test the client, your service will need to support:

Webfinger (for login)
ActivityPub API (“client-to-server”, “C2S”)
FEP-d8c2 (OAuth 2.0 profile for ActivityPub API)
proxyUrl (for fetching data from remote servers)

To test federation, your service will need to support:

Receiving Arrive, Leave, and Travel activities
Showing those activities to users

As of this writing, Mastodon does not work for either of these. If you want to test receiving federated messages, follow me on evan@onepage.pub . I’ve been using it a lot!

Code for the checkin application is here: github.com/social-web-foundati…

This is my second ActivityPub API client (ap, the command-line client, was my first), and my first one for the Web. I found this process really fun and invigorating. I was able to create a new kind of social networking application (well, new on the Fediverse…) purely from the client side. The app saves no data to the server; everything is done in the browser.

Please reach out on GitHub or comment here if you want to work on interoperability. I’m happy to help debug connections if needed.

GitHub - swicg/geosocial: Geosocial Taskforce

Geosocial Taskforce. Contribute to swicg/geosocial development by creating an account on GitHub.

^GitHub

#activitypub #fediverse #Checkin #socialnetworking #socialcg #geosocial #placesPub

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Strypey

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> We're tracking mockups and implementation progress here

FYI I'd love to help. But from Jan 1 2025 onwards, I refuse to do anything that requires logging in to GritHub. For the same reason I refuse to maintain an account on FarceBook.

Even reading GH pages on mobile is starting to require allowing this BorgSoft-controlled platform to run JS in my browser.

#GitHub #DataFarms

@evanprodromou @Jeremiah @herebox

#github #datafarms @Jeremiah Lee @mike @here @Evan Prodromou

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copied the GH issues and mockups in a article and published on our bonfire instance for you to read and partecipate directly from the fediverse 🔥
here you go bonfire.cafe/post/01K0V1SMG293…

@evanprodromou @Jeremiah @herebox

@Jeremiah Lee @mike @here @Evan Prodromou

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xiao via Global News

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xiao
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Cameroon's President Biya, 92, announces bid for eighth term in office

Cameroon's President Paul Biya, the world's oldest serving head of state at 92, has announced he will run in this year's presidential election in October.
"I am a candidate in the presidential election. Rest assured that my determination to serve you matches the urgency of the challenges we face," he posted on his X (formerly Twitter) account on Sunday.
A new term would keep Biya in office until he is nearly 100. He came to power more than four decades ago in 1982, when his predecessor Ahmadou Ahidjo resigned. The country has had only two presidents since its independence from France and the United Kingdom in the early 1960s.
Biya scrapped presidential term limits in 2008, clearing the way for him to run indefinitely. He won the 2018 election with 71.28 percent of the vote, although opposition parties alleged there were widespread electoral irregularities.
His re-election bid had been widely anticipated, although his age and health are the subject of frequent speculation and criticism.
Biya also used social media to announce his candidacy for 2018's presidential contest, in a rare show of direct engagement with the public on social media.
In his recent post, Biya described an "increasingly restrictive international environment" and acute challenges for Cameroon, adding that he had decided to "respond favourably to the urgent calls coming from the 10 regions of our country and from the diaspora" to stand for election.
Members of the ruling Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (CPDM) and other supporters have publicly called for Biya to seek another term since last year.
Grégoire Owona, deputy secretary-general of the CPDM, told RFI: "At the party level, we had no doubts about this candidacy."
However, two former allies have quit the ruling coalition and announced their own plans to run in the election.
Issa Tchiroma Bakary, Minister of Employment and Vocational Training, left the government before declaring his presidential candidacy under the banner of his party, the FSNC.
Bello Bouba Maïgari, a minister of state and former prime minister – and a long-standing ally of Biya's for nearly 30 years – also declared his candidacy.
Opposition parties and some civil society groups argue that Biya's long rule has stifled economic and democratic development. The opposition remains deeply divided however, and is struggling to unite behind a single candidate.
Maurice Kamto, Biya's fiercest opponent of Biya, who came second in the 2018 presidential election, and Cabral Libii, a prominent opposition figure, are already in the running for the presidency.
Sunday's announcement has revived the debate over Biya's fitness for office. He seldom makes public appearances, often delegating responsibilities to the chief of staff of the president's office.
Last October, he left Cameroon for 42 days with no explanation, sparking speculation that he was unwell. The government responded by banning any discussion on his health, saying it was a matter of national security.
Under Biya's rule, Cameroon has faced economic challenges and insecurity on several fronts, including a drawn-out separatist conflict in its English-speaking regions and ongoing incursions from the armed Islamist group Boko Haram in the north.
The date of the presidential election was set for 12 October last Friday by the head of state himself. Candidates have until 21 July to declare their intention to run.

(with newswires)

Cameroon's President Biya, 92, announces bid for eighth term in office

Cameroon's President Paul Biya, the world's oldest serving head of state at 92, has announced he will run in this year's presidential election in October.

^RFI

#globalnews

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BrikoX

in reply to xiao • 2 mesi fa • •

Last October, he left Cameroon for 42 days with no explanation, sparking speculation that he was unwell. The government responded by banning any discussion on his health, saying it was a matter of national security.

facepalm

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Alberta's measles outbreaks surpass case counts reported for entire U.S.

#canada

culprit via Memes

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culprit
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Animorphs meme

#memes

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Ignotum

in reply to culprit • 2 mesi fa • •

Nah they're completely different, klan members were proud to be so, dressing up in their silly costume so everyone could see that they are pieces of shit,
members of ICE are so ashamed of what they are that they hide it

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gizmonicus

in reply to Ignotum • 2 mesi fa • •

The costume has a hood though.

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Ignotum

in reply to gizmonicus • 2 mesi fa • •

Yeah they hide their faces, but they don't hide that they are klan

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Unimperfect

in reply to culprit • 2 mesi fa • •

Some of those that work forces, are the same burn crosses

BrikoX via Technology

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BrikoX
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Office problems on Windows 10? Microsoft’s response will soon be “upgrade to 11.”

Security updates will continue, but new features will require Windows 11.

Office problems on Windows 10? Microsoft’s response will soon be “upgrade to 11.”

^{Andrew Cunningham (Ars Technica)}

#technology

BrikoX via Nvidia

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BrikoX
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Upscaling can't save the world's slowest 'modern' GPU — FSR doubles performance on GT 1030, but titles still barely playable

The GT 1030 can take advantage of FSR upscaling, but it still isn't enough to bring FPS into playable territory in modern AAA titles.

Upscaling can't save the world's slowest 'modern' GPU — FSR doubles performance on GT 1030, but titles still barely playable

^{Aaron Klotz (Tom's Hardware)}

#nvidia

BrikoX via Tesla

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BrikoX
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Tesla’s Autopilot is under scrutiny in a rare jury trial

How will the jury respond?

Tesla’s Autopilot is under scrutiny in a rare jury trial

Tesla will face a jury over whether it is at fault for a fatal 2019 crash involving Autopilot. The company has dodged responsibility for Autopilot deaths in the past.

^{Andrew J. Hawkins (The Verge)}

#TeslaMotors

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threelonmusketeers

in reply to BrikoX • 2 mesi fa • •

McGee was using Autopilot, but had dropped his phone and was inattentive at the time of the crash.

Seems like this could be a factor.

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BrikoX

in reply to threelonmusketeers • 2 mesi fa • •

Ah yes, the magical get out of a jail card. Just add random disclaimer on page 424 that contradicts everything the company said for years in their official communications and marketing.

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Episource is notifying millions of people that their health data was stolen

The UnitedHealth-owned medical coding service was hacked earlier this year by a ransomware gang.

Episource is notifying millions of people that their health data was stolen | TechCrunch

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Nvidia A6000 GPUs flip memory bits if beaten by GPUHammer

Rowhammer returns for more memory-meddling fun

Nvidia A6000 GPUs flip memory bits if beaten by GPUHammer

: Rowhammer returns for more memory-meddling fun

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Elon Musk’s AI bot adds a ridiculous anime companion with ‘NSFW’ mode

There are currently two companions.

Elon Musk’s AI bot adds a ridiculous anime companion with ‘NSFW’ mode

xAI’s Grok chatbot now offers animated AI “companions” that users can chat with, including an anime avatar and a cartoony red panda.

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Following YouTube, Meta announces crackdown on 'unoriginal' Facebook content

Like YouTube, Meta says it won't penalize users who are engaging with other people's content, doing things like making reaction videos, joining a trend, or adding their own takes.

Following YouTube, Meta announces crackdown on 'unoriginal' Facebook content | TechCrunch

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La voce dell’intimità: Elis Martins si racconta in musica

Con “Dentro me”, Elis Martins irrompe sulla scena musicale con un'esplosione di autenticità e visione artistica. Un brano che non si limita a raccontare: vive, respira e conquista.

In questa intervista Elis ci parla della realizzazione di un sogno e del suo cammino con il Produttore Salvo De Vita.

Elis Martins, finalmente abbiamo conosciuto il tuo inedito " Dentro me".
Cosa hai provato quando è uscito?

Ho provato grande soddisfazione per la realizzazione di un sogno che, prima di conoscere il Produttore Salvo De Vita, non pensavo potesse mai avverarsi e lo ringrazio per la sua professionalità e dedizione, nell'affiancarmi, passo passo in tutte le fasi di pre e post produzione.

Potresti raccontarci qualcosa riguardo alla sua produzione?

Certo... il brano “Dentro me” e il relativo video clip, sono stati interamente realizzati a Napoli. Due giorni di pura emozione un full immersion in cui sono stata catapultata in un in un mondo a me totalmente sconosciuto, un mondo in cui tutto quello che avevo sognato prendeva finalmente vita e io ne ero la protagonista, con un intero staff completamente dedicato a me che mi seguiva e indirizzava in ogni momento con enorme competenza e organizzazione tutto ovviamente sotto la supervisione del Produttore Dott. Salvo De Vita.

Cosa ti aspettavi succedesse dopo la sua uscita ? Quali sono state le tue aspettative a riguardo?

Cosa mi aspettavo?... La mia unica aspettativa era di arrivare a più persone possibili e, grazie al lavoro mirato e costante dell'Ufficio Stampa MP, il mio obbiettivo è stato raggiunto ed è in continuo aggiornamento.

Il tuo è un brano autobiografico. Pensi di aver toccato nel cuore delle persone con " Dentro me"?

Come dicevo poc'anzi “Dentro me” ha raggiunto una quantità di visualizzazioni, sui social e sulle piattaforme, più che soddisfacente e stando alle interazioni del pubblico.. Sì!.. posso affermare di aver toccato il cuore di molte persone e questo mi riempie immensamente di gioia e voglia di proseguire questo cammino.

Cosa ci possiamo aspettare, in futuro, riguardo a questo grandioso progetto musicale?

Il mio percorso è in continua evoluzione e ogni giorno mi confronto con il mio produttore sui progetti futuri, che a dir la verità sono numerosi e veramente interessanti, il 24 Agosto ad esempio parteciperò all'evento dell'Associazione Letteraria Engel Von Bergeiche al Castello di Venosa e, concedendovi un piccolo spoiler, per l'anno 2026, c'è in progetto l'uscita del mio nuovo inedito.

Seguitemi per scoprire tutte le novità!

Articolo: Dott.ssa Mietto Elisa

Dirigente del servizio: Dott. Salvo De Vita

Supervisore e Resp. Pubblicazione: Ufficio Stampa e Produzioni MP

Distribuzione: Urban Dream di Mietto Elisa

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Oh Great, the TikTok People Want to Strap AR Goggles on Your Face

Finally, I can get my eyeballs as close to TikTok as humanly possible.

Oh Great, the TikTok People Want to Strap AR Goggles on Your Face

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[Announcement] Secrets of the Atlas Concept Art - Supporter Packs

The launch of Secrets of the Atlas introduced two new series of supporter packs; the Cryptkeeper series and the Phrecian Magistrate series. Check out some of the concept art for these packs below.

Hallowed Cryptkeeper Armour Pack

Burrowing Bramble Bash Hideout Decoration

Sacred Archives Map Device

Phrecian Grand Magistrate Armour Pack

Phrecian Imperial Magistrate Back Attachment

Spiderblossom Pet

The Phrecian Magistrate and Cryptkeeper supporter pack series are currently available in both Path of Exile 1 and Path of Exile 2.

Announcements - Secrets of the Atlas Concept Art - Supporter Packs - Forum - Path of Exile

Path of Exile is a free online-only action RPG under development by Grinding Gear Games in New Zealand.

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Gaming & Mental Health: Are Video Games Helping Us Cope?

Gaming Mental Health is a big topic in our world today. But are video games a legitimate way of making us feel good and to help us cope?

Gaming & Mental Health: Are Video Games Helping Us Cope? - Gameranx

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Pro via AI - Artificial intelligence

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What workers really want from AI

A Stanford study captures the gap between worker desires and AI’s abilities, and highlights areas ripe for research and development.

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SORELLA DI PERFEZIONE di Giuseppe Iannozzi - Il nuovo booktrailer

SORELLA DI PERFEZIONE di Giuseppe Iannozzi - Il nuovo booktrailer

💥💥💥 SORELLA DI PERFEZIONE di Giuseppe Iannozzi, LFA Publisher - E una poesia bonus 🥳🥳🥳

PER TE SONO MORTO (*)

Per te sono morto, sono morto!
Te lo gridai ben forte
Non ti pregai di ricordarmi,
d’esser un po’ immortale
sui gradini del tuo poetare

Per te sono morto,
sfortunatamente non a sufficienza,
perciò continuo a pregarti di buttarmi
giù dalle scale di quei tuoi pensieri
che di tanto in tanto ti riportano a me,
ché solo così potrò io coglione
raggiungere la pace

(*) Questa poesia non è inclusa in "Sorella di Perfezione".

"Sorella di Perfezione" è la mia ultima opera. ❤️❤️❤️ La poesia è come la magia: sorprende il lettore, lo emoziona, gli fa palpitare il cuore. La poesia è la forma più nobile di letteratura. Con questo non voglio assolutamente dire di essere un profeta. Ho scritto un libro di circa 230 pagine. Ho impiegato ben quattro anni per scrivere le poesie che sono nell'antologia “Sorella di perfezione” (LFA Publisher). Perché dovreste leggere le mie poesie? Una risposta non ce l'ho, e non intendo stupirvi con effetti speciali e paroloni.
"Sorella di Perfezione" accoglie tante poesie, circa duecento. Ogni lirica affronta uno o più temi e tutti di grande attualità: amore, vita, morte, povertà, malattia, guerra, etc. Sostanzialmente parlo degli ultimi e dei penultimi, parlo di persone che dalla vita hanno ottenuto poco o niente. - Giuseppe Iannozzi

REPETITA IUVANT! 😊 "SORELLA DI PERFEZIONE" DI GIUSEPPE IANNOZZI". ❤️❤️❤️ LEGGETE CON ATTENZIONE, HO DELLE INFORMAZIONI IMPORTANTI DA DARVI. GRAZIE. 😘😘😘

⚠️⚠️⚠️ ATTENZIONE: Alcuni store online potrebbero segnalare che il libro non è disponibile. In realtà "Sorella di Perfezione" è disponibile. 🌹🌹🌹
Nel momento in cui effettuate l'ordine di acquisto online, l'ordine viene immediatamente inviato al distributore Libro Co Italia che subito provvederà a inviare il libro "Sorella di Perfezione". E scomparirà anche l'eventuale avviso "non disponibile". 💪💪💪

☎️☎️☎️ Sono a Vostra disposizione; se avete dubbi o perplessità, non esitate a contattarmi. Grazie infinite. 😘

Fatevi un regalo, regalate e regalatevi "Sorella di Perfezione". Un po' di buona poesia non può che fare bene all'anima. 😘😘😘❤️❤️❤️

🛒🛒🛒 ACQUISTA ON LINE 🛒🛒🛒

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⚡⚡⚡Il nuovo booktrailer è anche sul mio canale YouTube:

youtube.com/shorts/wc59RFhOhgM

⚡⚡⚡È possibile acquistare e prenotare il libro direttamente in libreria.

🎯🎯🎯 E se vi va, iscrivetevi al mio canale YouTube. Grazie di cuore a Tutte/i. 😘🌹❤️

(@GiuseppeIannozzi)

Sorella di perfezione

Sorella di perfezione è un libro scritto da Giuseppe Iannozzi pubblicato da LFA Publisher - Libraccio.it

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The Butlerian Jihad is NOT a warning against AI

- YouTube

Profitez des vidéos et de la musique que vous aimez, mettez en ligne des contenus originaux, et partagez-les avec vos amis, vos proches et le monde entier.

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