Em

Tiny reminder that it's important
to boost posts on Mastodon!

Liking only will not help a post being seen more. Boosting will! ✨

Boost the posts you want others to see. Add hashtags to your posts to help others find them.

This is the Fediverse way

#Mastodon #Fediverse

If you plan on going to a protest this week, be very careful when posting photos of others online. Especially close-ups of identifiable people. Your threat model might not be their threat model.

Whenever possible in context,
ask for consent first.

Privacy is team work! 🔒🙌

#Privacy

Tiny Apocalyptic Time Tip 🌐✨

If you too feel uneasy about
the state of the world,
and you too worry about losing access to one of the greatest knowledge treasure of the internet,

Know that you can download an
offline copy of Wikipedia!

Here's how 📚👇

1. Download the free and open source software Kiwix (this will be your reader): https://kiwix.org/en/applications/

2. If you want smaller versions of Wikipedia, you can download them within Kiwix.

Within the app, go to "Categories" in the menu on the left, then browse to a topic/version you want. Scroll to the bottom for Wikipedia mini, for example. Click on it then click "Download" on the right

3. Once you have downloaded a database, click on "Opened" on the left > database you want to search > "Open Main Page" on the right.

4. You can use the Search field on the upper-right to find topics like on online Wikipedia! 🔍

5. If you want the full English version of Wikipedia (110GB), you might want to download it from the torrent file instead. Install a torrent client of your choice (I use Transmission).

Then, go to this page, click on "Download - 109.89 GB" blue button on the first result (size may vary overtime), then select "Torrent file": https://library.kiwix.org/#lang=eng&category=wikipedia

6. Once you have the torrent file, open it with your torrent client to start the download. This is BIG! Be patient! 📦

7. Once the download is completed, open your Wikipedia `.zim` file with Kiwix!

8. Magic! 📖✨

Extra Tip: You can download many other awesome knowledge files from the Kiwix Library! Personally, I also got the iFixit knowledge base! ⚒️

#Wikipedia #Kiwix #Offline #KnowledgeIsPower

(Medien: 1)

For English speakers who do not speak French:

I wanted to let you know about this awesome movement started in France to encourage people to quit X (Twitter) on January 20.

You can follow it here with the hashtag #HelloQuitX and use Mastodon's translation feature to read the posts (if your server has it). You can read more about this movement on this website (in English): https://www.helloquitx.com/

You can support this movement by following it on Mastodon, and sharing widely: @helloQuitX

#QuitX #DeleteTwitter #Mastodon

I cherish celebrating New Year on the Fediverse so much because it is not only at midnight here.

No controlling algorithm decides what I should see based on my location.
New Year truly lasts for 24 hours here.

I love you all so much my incredible FediFriends, netizens of the world. I feel very privileged to share this space with you.

Thank you for being here with me

#Fediverse #NewYear #NewYear2025

Friends, I know fighting for privacy rights can be exhausting at time.

But it is truly a group effort,
and all your small gestures matter 💚

Each time you opt-out or oppose an abusive collection of personal data,
it matters.

Each time you choose a privacy-respectful software instead of a privacy-invasive one,
it matters.

Each time you help a friend or a stranger understand better how to protect their own data online,
it matters.

Each time you sign a petition or write to an official representative to tell them privacy rights are important to you,
it matters.

Each time you support a privacy advocacy organization or privacy-focused software,
it matters.

We need all this to push our culture in the right direction and to preserve and improve our collective privacy rights.

Please do not give up.
We need you to fight with us 🔒✊

#Privacy #PrivacyIsAHumanRight #DigitalRights #HumanRights

About Better Data Privacy for All:

Sometimes, you will notice that
I give privacy tips not only to improve your own privacy but also for you to be better at improving the privacy of others.

Because if we truly care about privacy and privacy rights, we must also do the work ourselves to be better at protecting the privacy of others.

Privacy is team work and only by changing our own behaviors will we be able to slowly transform our societies' cultures into more privacy-respectful ones.

Be the privacy respect you wish to see in the world.

This is important,
for all of us 💚

#Privacy #DigitalRights #HumanRights

Today is John Mastodon Day!🎉

Seems like the perfect day to tell everyone to Join Mastodon!

https://joinmastodon.org/

#JohnMastodonDay #JohnMastodon #Mastodon #Fediverse

Data Privacy is not just about privacy.

Data privacy is also about safety, about democracy, about diversity, about equality, about empathy, and, perhaps most important of all, about consent.

When you fight for privacy rights, you also fight for all of the above. You fight for a better freer and safer society for all.

#Privacy #HumanRights #Democracy

I said it many times before and I will keep saying it:

No matter how dystopian the world feels, the most dangerous threat to privacy is giving up.

If you just give up and cooperate, because it's easier than fighting to opt-out, you have lost the battle without even a fight.

Privacy is only dead if we let it die.
Privacy is a human right.
Don't let it die.

#Privacy