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[–] otter 8 points 5 days ago

Could you give a short guide on how to use it, and what the limits are? A link would be cool too :)

[–] otter 10 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I was thinking it was AI at first, but I settled on it being a scan of a photograph which then got processed weirdly by the scanning software

[–] otter 8 points 5 days ago

This is what they listed:

What makes CIRA’s IPT test different?

CIRA’s IPT is made up of test servers located throughout Canada at various Internet Exchange Points (IXPs). IXPs are critical hubs on the Canadian internet and play an important part in the efficient and fast transfer of data securely within our borders. Currently located in Vancouver, Calgary, Winnipeg, Toronto, Montreal and Moncton, these servers run a network diagnostic test (NDT) provided by M-Lab, which allows us to run a variety of tests measuring everything from network speed and latency to blocking and throttling.

I think a benefit specific to this project is to build up data that could be used to put more pressure on the telecom companies to fix the issues?

The CIRA Internet Performance Test (IPT) is a quick and easy test of your internet connection, either at home or at work, that gathers data for communities, researchers and decision makers so they can better understand and improve Canada’s internet. It also provides advanced users with detailed technical diagnostic information.

Users can now explore trends and performance data from previous tests, gaining a deeper understanding of internet performance changes over time. These insights empower individuals, researchers and policymakers to track progress and identify gaps.

https://www.cira.ca/en/net-good/internet-performance-test/how-internet-performance-test-works/

[–] otter 16 points 6 days ago

You may have already seen this, but if not

https://www.privacyguides.org/en/basics/threat-modeling/

If you wanted to use the most secure tools available, you'd have to sacrifice a lot of usability. And, even then, nothing is ever fully secure. There's high security, but never full security. That's why threat models are important.

A threat model is a list of the most probable threats to your security and privacy endeavors. Since it's impossible to protect yourself against every attack(er), you should focus on the most probable threats. In computer security, a threat is an event that could undermine your efforts to stay private and secure.

You could break it down further

  • what are you trying to protect day to day
  • what do you need to take extra steps for
[–] otter 2 points 6 days ago

Congratulations! Looking forward to trying this :)

[–] otter 3 points 6 days ago

It could be simple to design since you can have the content federate in and then ignore the removals. That's one of the risks of posting on federated places since there's always a chance that some instance won't respect deletions.

However, if such a tool was made, it might be good to have it be text only and/or hidden behind a login screen. The vast majority of content I remove is spam, and occasionally gross. I wouldn't want that stuff to still be out there polluting the internet

[–] otter 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Looks cozy! Also ptarmigans make a cool sound

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EXxUa3mUp-s

[–] otter 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

That's the face of having someone catch you with your abundant and unexpected food source

[–] otter 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] otter 14 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

[email protected]

@[email protected] has been amazing and consistent with posting new content, I love when the posts pop up

[–] otter 2 points 1 week ago

I remember hearing some concerns with the tool before it was acquired by Mozilla, did they end up resolving those?

[–] otter 1 points 1 week ago

Can you try going through each tab and pressing the two check marks button up top

Else you might need to log in to your web instance and clear it there

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See the video description for details on what it supports. From the email:

🆕 Self-hosters, you can now configure web server URLs in our desktop and mobile applications to enable features like Publish, Copy Link to Share, Custom URLs, and more. Download the latest version to give it a try!

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/37700634 ([email protected])

The article description below is from an email newsletter:

Physicians are expected to always act in the best interest of their patients. Increasingly, many doctors find they must speak up and be advocates before a world that seemingly cares little for the lives and rights of their patients. In some cases, that advocacy has been in the form of civil disobedience against policies and laws seen to be unjust or inequitable.

However, civil disobedience by doctors is complicated. On the one hand, medicine is a profession of norms, rules, regulations, standards and tradition. On the other, there are often times of moral crisis that call on physicians to challenge those very norms, rules and expectations.

Today in The Conversation Canada Wael Haddara from the Schulich School of Medicine at Western University discusses his research into how the Canadian Medical Association’s code of ethics has changed over the decades, and explains why doctors sometimes need to take a moral stand, even with the risk of losing their job.

 

The article description below is from an email newsletter:

Physicians are expected to always act in the best interest of their patients. Increasingly, many doctors find they must speak up and be advocates before a world that seemingly cares little for the lives and rights of their patients. In some cases, that advocacy has been in the form of civil disobedience against policies and laws seen to be unjust or inequitable.

However, civil disobedience by doctors is complicated. On the one hand, medicine is a profession of norms, rules, regulations, standards and tradition. On the other, there are often times of moral crisis that call on physicians to challenge those very norms, rules and expectations.

Today in The Conversation Canada Wael Haddara from the Schulich School of Medicine at Western University discusses his research into how the Canadian Medical Association’s code of ethics has changed over the decades, and explains why doctors sometimes need to take a moral stand, even with the risk of losing their job.

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submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by otter to c/[email protected]
 

Summary from another site

  • A fire at the Grand Kartal Hotel in Kartalkaya, Turkey, killed at least 66 people and injured 51 others, according to Turkey's Interior Minister.
  • The fire started around 3:27 a.m. And was reported to the fire department at 4:15 a.m., as stated by Health Minister Kemal Memisoglu.
  • The government appointed six prosecutors to investigate the fire, which is believed to have originated in the hotel's restaurant area.
  • Witnesses reported that the hotel's fire alarm system failed, leading to chaos as guests attempted to escape, with some jumping from windows.
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/37638868 [email protected]

This affects Signal too

An issue with Cloudflare allows an attacker to find which Cloudflare data center a messaging app used to cache an image, meaning an attacker can obtain the approximate location of Signal, Discord, Twitter/X, and likely other chat app users. In some cases an attacker only needs to send an image across the app, with the target not clicking it, to obtain their location.

https://gist.github.com/hackermondev/45a3cdfa52246f1d1201c1e8cdef6117?ref=404media.co

Signal, an open-source encrypted messaging service, is widely used by journalists and activists for its privacy features. Internally, the app utilizes two CDNs for serving content: cdn.signal.org (powered by CloudFront) for profile avatars and cdn2.signal.org (powered by Cloudflare) for message attachments.

 

This affects Signal too

An issue with Cloudflare allows an attacker to find which Cloudflare data center a messaging app used to cache an image, meaning an attacker can obtain the approximate location of Signal, Discord, Twitter/X, and likely other chat app users. In some cases an attacker only needs to send an image across the app, with the target not clicking it, to obtain their location.

https://gist.github.com/hackermondev/45a3cdfa52246f1d1201c1e8cdef6117?ref=404media.co

Signal, an open-source encrypted messaging service, is widely used by journalists and activists for its privacy features. Internally, the app utilizes two CDNs for serving content: cdn.signal.org (powered by CloudFront) for profile avatars and cdn2.signal.org (powered by Cloudflare) for message attachments.

 

The link is to a merged PR, but this is great news since custom folders were a common request from people leaving NovaLauncher

 

For context, Hoarder is a bookmarking tool, and it was selected by selfh.st as one of the favourites of 2024

https://selfh.st/2024-favorite-new-apps/

Here is a link to the post, and it has also been copied below (with some extra lines added to fix formatting):


This post could have been about how hoarder reached 10k stars on Github, or about how we spent a day in the front page of hackernews. But unfortunately, it's about neither of those. Today, I received a cease and desist from someone holding the "Hordr" trademark claiming that "Hoarder" infringes their trademark. Quoting the content of the letter:

In these circumstances, our client is concerned, and justifiably so, that your use of a near identical name in connection with software having very similar (if not identical) functionality gives the impression that your software originates from, is somehow sponsored by, or is otherwise affiliated with our client.

They're asking to cease and desist from using the "Hoarder" name, remove all content of websites/app store/github/etc that uses the name "Hoarder" and the cherry on top, "Immediately transfer the hoarder.app domain to our client" or let it expire without renewing it (in Feb 2027). They're expecting a response by the 24th of Jan, or they're threatening to sue.

For context, I've started developing Hoarder in Feb 2024, and released it here on reddit on March 2024. I've never heard about "Hordr" before today, so I did some research (some screenshots along the way):

  1. They have a trademark for "Hordr" registered in Jan 2023.

  2. They registered the domain hordr dot app in 2021.

  3. Searching google for their domain shows nothing but their website, their parent company and an old apk (from Jun 2024). So they have basically zero external references.

  4. They've had their 2.0 release on the app store on the 3rd of Jan 2025 (2 weeks ago), with "AI powered bookmarking". The release before that is from Feb 2023, and says nothing about the content of the app back then.

    1. Their apps are so new that they are not even indexed on the play store. Google says they have "1+" downloads.
    2. I found an apk on one of the apk hosting sites from Jun 2024, which shows some screenshots of how the app looked back then.
  5. Wayback machine for the hordr dot info shows a references from 2023 to some app in the app/play store. The app itself (in app/play store) is unfortunately not indexed.

So TL;DR, they seem legitimate and not outright trademark trolls. Their earliest app screenshots from June 2024 suggest their current functionality came after Hoarder’s public release. Despite their claims, I find it hard to see how Hoarder could cause confusion among their customers, given they appear to have very almost none. If anything, it feels like they’ve borrowed from Hoarder to increase the similarity before sending the cease and desist.

Hoarder is a side project of mine that I've poured in so much time and energy over the last year. I don't have the mental capacity to deal with this. I'm posting here out of frustration, and I kinda know the most likely outcome. Has anyone dealt with anything similar before?

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/24792391

The issue (June 2024) and discussion : https://github.com/daniebeler/pixelix/issues/64

 

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