Facebook goes offline 🤭

[JAC]

@gotwf said in Facebook goes offline 🤭:

@phenomlab Meh, you ain’t seen nothin’ yet… Today’s testimony, which I watched live, is tame as a newborn puppy. Comparatively. Check this out. If you’ve the stomach. Be forewarned, some some sick 'chit crosses the “content analysts” desks

Facebook Whistleblower Reveals Censorship Guidelines for Moderators - WARNING

I don’t know what is going on w/my browser, but the link above fails to display. @phenomlab, feel free to edit this post as necessary to make it so. Gotta run.

Watched the first few mins and then bizarrely had a chat request on Facebook (believe me I don’t use it, I probably go on it once a fortnight if that to see how the family are etc) anyway the person requesting a chat seemed to send me a link to a dodgy X rated website that I of course didn’t click, but funnily enough as I was watching that first little bit I did think to myself what on earth am I doing with a Facebook account .

[gotwf]

@phenomlab Maybe. I noted it on another NodeBB forum as well - they’re running latest version. Perchance are you using fail2ban? If so, that would be one common denominator.

It does not happen w/all links, however, as evidenced by the Politico Facefart link I just posted. Maybe only when posting video stream links? Hm… quick test:

Aha, maybe onto something here. Both those failed display links are youtubers…

[phenomlab]

@gotwf said in Facebook goes offline 🤭:

Perchance are you using fail2ban? If so, that would be one common denominator.

Certainly am. Sometimes YouTube blocks the playing of videos from sites other than themselves. Seen this happen several times.

[gotwf]

@phenomlab Interesting. I would just as soon not have anything Goog related on my sites but folks like to post music vids to a “What Song Are You Listening To” thread. Lots and lots and lots of youtuber links. But not so many lately. Guess I should check there as well.

Okies: One of those same links not displayed here display fine for me. Maybe a geolocation issue? I am US based. You? Hm… Nuremberg. So maybe? Just a moment and I’ll check the other site w/the issues: ah, cloudflare in New Jersey. Kind of rules that one out, eh?

Oh well, have fun!

[phenomlab]

@gotwf My VPS is located in Nuremberg, but I’m in the UK I also sit behind a VPN so it’s likely the case that’s blocked by YouTube. I see the videos fine from a desktop with no VPN

I don’t use CF…

[gotwf]

@phenomlab Ya’ meant FF?

fwiw, I can post above on community. But not on the other site I referenced, wh/coincidentally enough is also UK based. Although their server is, I think, New Jersey.

[phenomlab]

@gotwf said in Facebook goes offline 🤭:

Ya’ meant FF

No - CF = Cloudflare

[gotwf]

@phenomlab Oh, rly!

No cdn.jsdeliiver.net CNAME abuse rerouting to cdn.jsdeliver.net.cdn.cloudflare.net, eh? Hmm…

A couple quick links:

• https://brave.com/privacy-updates-6/

• https://www.techradar.com/news/thousands-more-secret-trackers-that-could-be-following-you-online

I’d thought I’d bookmarked the CVE but, alas, this too, shall pass…

Edit: Just to be clear: Yes, I realize that jsdeliver’s cloudflare games are totally out of your control.

[JAC]

@gotwf said in Facebook goes offline 🤭:

https://brave.com/privacy-updates-6/

Sorry to go off topic with this but having read a few sites previously when looking at different browsers the Brave browser cropped up as the one that offers the most privacy, no tracking etc.

Is there such a thing as a privacy free browser that doesn’t track you? or is that another reason to have a VPN .

[gotwf]

@jac Cannot beat 'em? Join 'em and drown them in BIG DATA!!!

Literally https://adnauseam.io/

Here’s a link to the research paper http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-1873/IWPE17_paper_23.pdf

Interesting and sweet “fsck you” side benefit is that not only does adnauseam drown the the big data ad servers in data it also costs the advertisers who subscribe to such services, as they must then pay the sites you visit “click thru” rates rather than mere “impression rates”, the latter of which are essentially zero modern days? Hence, not only is one confounding the data of the provider but also hitting their subscribers in both the pocket and marketing efficacy books.

A complex topic for sure. You thoughts?

[JAC]

@gotwf said in Facebook goes offline 🤭:

@jac Cannot beat 'em? Join 'em and drown them in BIG DATA!!!

Literally https://adnauseam.io/

Interesting

[gotwf]

@jac said in Facebook goes offline 🤭:

@gotwf said in Facebook goes offline 🤭:

@jac Cannot beat 'em? Join 'em and drown them in BIG DATA!!!

Literally https://adnauseam.io/

Interesting

Indubitably

[JAC]

@gotwf said in Facebook goes offline 🤭:

@jac said in Facebook goes offline 🤭:

@gotwf said in Facebook goes offline 🤭:

@jac Cannot beat 'em? Join 'em and drown them in BIG DATA!!!

Literally https://adnauseam.io/

Interesting

Indubitably

Will be taking a closer look into this tomorrow, is it something you use yourself, just out of interest?

[phenomlab]

@jac I’ve used this myself in the past, but admittedly not do much these days. I much prefer being behind a VPN.

[gotwf]

@jac No, I do not. Although I kind of like the ideas behind it. Winning the ad/big data arms race is not going to happen even with use of VPN. All we can do is raise the bar.

The adnauseam approach may offer a bit of a warm fuzzy feeling in that “the victims” finally have some chance to play offense. I is a plugin so I suppose one could enable/disable as the mood strikes.

Just tossed that up here fwiw. Had my head into some other things as of late. Be interesting to see how much a drag on performance behind the scene advert clicks incur - both network and local resources side.

[phenomlab]

@jac I got as far in as 7:16, where I just closed it. This is completely incomprehensible that this sort of content was even posted in the first place, let alone be left there for others to view. Truly shocking.

[JAC]

@phenomlab said in Facebook goes offline 🤭:

@jac I got as far in as 7:16, where I just closed it. This is completely incomprehensible that this sort of content was even posted in the first place, let alone be left there for others to view. Truly shocking.

Thanks Mark, will have a watch later

[phenomlab]

@jac Be warned that the content is pretty graphic, and it’s NOT an easy watch

[gotwf]

Lest “we the sheeple” are delusional enough to believe/hope all this “subcommittee hearing theater” will result in consequences with any real teeth:

Proof positive: Talk is cheap. Actions are loud. And speak volumes.

Not to single Amy out because I’ll be I can do same for pretty much every politard talking head on the subcommittee. I picked Amy because she was one making some of the more pointed comments and also a former presidential candidate.

Hmm… Walk of shame anyone? How many of your elected officials are voting with their feet? I’ll be not a single one.

From website of committee chair, Richard Blumenthal:

Ranking member Marsha Blackburn, who is extra hip and also sporting Instagram button:

Senator Edward Markey, who d**n near busted an elbow patting himself on the back for his previous child protection litigation;

Senator Brian Schatz, HI

Senator Tammy Baldwin

You get the picture: Hypocrites to the last member. I’ll finish this up with just one more from “the other side of the isle”, lest anybody get the false impression I am favoring one side:

Well, the above is two thirds of the committee, I’ll leave those even remotely interested to do their own clickery:

https://www.commerce.senate.gov/consumer-protection-product-safety-and-data-security-subcommittee

[JAC]

@phenomlab said in Facebook goes offline 🤭:

@jac Be warned that the content is pretty graphic, and it’s NOT an easy watch

Oh right, I’ve not seen it but I didn’t expect it to be as bad as it’s being made out? I guess I’ll have to watch it of course to know what you guys are thinking etc .