George Maschke @gwm@mastodon.social

Google De-lists AntiPolygraph.org on Key Search Terms: https://antipolygraph.org/blog/2018/06/28/google-de-lists-antipolygraph-org-on-key-search-terms/

Today is a good day to start proactively protecting the privacy of your communications! If you haven't yet done so, install Signal Private Messenger on your mobile phone (and desktop or laptop computer): https://signal.org

How to Use Quad9 (9.9.9.9) DNS Resolution with Algo VPN: https://georgemaschke.net/2017/12/25/how-to-use-quad9-9-9-9-9-dns-resolution-with-algo-vpn/

Today I used Edward Snowden et al.'s Haven app to turn my old Android phone into a securely-reporting home monitoring device. 🙂 Photo and audio captures are sent to my new phone via Signal. Haven can also create a Tor hidden service through which you can privately access its activity log. You can learn more about Haven here: guardianproject.github.io/haven/ https://mastodon.social/media/DiAddrCqLn2IKDwh3Pk https://mastodon.social/media/qIOuvBjR7N8ccGKLzmQ

I am very pleased that Chelsea Manning is no free. Here are photos I took at a support rally for Manning held in front of the U.S. embassy in The Hague on 20 March 2011: https://goo.gl/photos/DEeTAnDA7bkVcy4X7

NSA Polygraph - admissions and fallout: https://antipolygraph.org/cgi-bin/forums/YaBB.pl?num=1493399034

Because the Dukgo XMPP server is shutting down on 9 May, I have created a new XMPP account. I can now be reached at georgemaschke@jabber.calyxinstitute.org.

Mastodon was the headline topic on @leo@mastodon.net's "This Week in Google" podcast this week. Here's a link to the YouTube video, beginning where the discussion of Mastodon starts: https://youtu.be/Yp6cD0mHIWw?t=1h18m1s

United Airlines: Fly the Friendly Skies:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2S9T505hVY

#unitedairlines

Leo Laporte "The Tech Guy" mentioned Mastodon on his Saturday, 8 April Tech Guy podcast. He's been using the service, and you can follow his "toots" here: @leo

This post is an experiment to see how (or if) video uploads work.

Former CIA and DIA officer Philip Giraldi says that "military and intelligence personnel" who are "intimately familiar" say the claim that Assad gassed Khan Sheikhoun is a "sham." Worth a listen: https://scotthorton.org/interviews/4617-philip-giraldi-says-ic-military-doubt-assad-gas-narrative/

In 2013, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) confirmed that the Syrian government had "completed the functional destruction of critical equipment for all of its declared chemical weapons production facilities and mixing/filling plants, rendering them inoperable." https://www.opcw.org/news/article/syria-completes-destruction-activities-to-render-inoperable-chemical-weapons-production-facilities-a/

It seems to me that Mastodon doesn't have enough cat pictures. So here:

I wonder, if a Mastadon server were seized by a government agency, what metadata regarding toots and tooters would be available?

Amaroq (or is it the Mastodon server?) reduced the photo to 1280 x 960 pixels and stripped all metadata, including the date and time the photo was taken. The image's date and time are the time I posted, instead.