#Mastodon v2.8.1 is out ๐
https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/releases/tag/v2.8.1
Among numerous fixes, there are very nice changes around how sensitive media is displayed
#Mastodon 2.8 is out ๐
I wanted to take a #TransDayOfVisibility selfie but I was too ugly in any of them so have a cat instead
Did the European Parliament just outlaw the only Europe-made social network with #Article13?
Mastodon translations that are near completely empty:
Bengali
Hindi
Irish
How to contribute: https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#translations
#Mastodon v2.7.4 is out ๐
https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/releases/tag/v2.7.4
It is bug fixes
... Actually, you know what? Now that I have swap set up, let's see exactly how screwed I'm about to be in a few minutes.
Hey, y'all-- Facebook recently announced they're launching a "Patreon killer" service.
Regardless of your thoughts on Patreon, FB's alternative is TERRIBLE!
โ ๏ธ 30% gross revenue fee
โ ๏ธ Automatic LIFETIME IP rights to ANYTHING you put on the service
even if you quit!
โ ๏ธ FB wants to give discounts and freebies whenever they like, w/o creator approval, and then deduct it from creator revenue
โ ๏ธ FB will also control WHO sees your content and how many views you have
mad @ technology company
fucking lmao
the wish shopping website does not confirm e-mails when you sign up before letting you do stuff and somebody registered with my mail address
so after a password reset I can see... all of their data, including... credit card info (which, fortunately, that person has not filled yet)
a+ security, but I'm sure it's all worth it for those sweet, sweet Conversions
I can't even delete the account, there's just a "deactivate" button (the button seems to do nothing)
~=8 Character Passwords Are Dead=~
New benchmark from the Hashcat Team shows a 2080Ti GPU passing 100 Billion password guesses per second (NTLM hash).
This means that the entire keyspace, or every possible combination of:
- Upper
- Lower
- Number
- Symbol
...of an 8 character password can be guessed in:
~2.5 hours
(8x 2080Ti GPUs against NTLM Windows hash)
Biology student LARPing as a coder, and maintainer of the Corsican localization.