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  Sanity check pls? 🤪🫡😱 🚩🚩🚩 A local sexual health clinic uses a free Squarespace / Acuity ad-supported online form. To take details from users booking Rapid HIV testing. The users submit details such as sexual health, lifestyle, criminal history, HIV status, sexual identity etc. So far i've been told that i should be wearing a tin foil helmut. The DPC has not replied to my complaint. Can i get a sanity check pls? Am i the crazy one? Is this outrageous or not? #corkcity #sexual #datap...

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  Did you know? Your mobile phone has over 7 different ways of tracking your location! Open-source government software platforms are wonderful. We badly need an open-source #europhone though. The world's most insidious and most intrusive spy is sitting in our pockets. Listening. Tracking. Monitoring. Reporting. Without a #europhone, there is no tech sovereignty in Europe! Motorola has to be a possible candidate right? #fdroid #eu #motorola @fdroidorg @EUCommission @neil

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  🚨Important System Advisory🚨 There's a new insidious form of malware in the wild. Security researchers have named this threat: #keirware If you have noticed unusual activity on your system - including uninstalled 'age verification' popups, VPN blockers and / or unprompted scanning of your system files for 'nude images' Then it's very possible your system may be infected with #keirware Contact your local elected representative immediately #datap...

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  NEW PM: Thank god for that; the last guy was totally stressing meow-t! 🇬🇧🤣😂 #uk #politics #starmer

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  The Revolution Will Not Be Televised... Tune out the World Cup! #trump #worldcup #fifa2026

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  Create your own custom homepage and share it with your friends at the click of a button. Create a beautiful, sleek first page of the Web by displaying content from your favourite creators eg. podcasters, news sources, mastodon feeds etc... https://handihomepage.com/?utm_campaign=masto #eu #software #opensource

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  Who wants to play the:"how long before the stock market implodes" game?🍿🍾😅

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  Wishing everyone planning their trip to #Rebuild in #helsinki a great time. Now more than ever #Europe needs to reclaim its #techsovereignty in #socialmedia #rebuildhelsinki @vestager @muddle @europeangreens @EUCommission

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  I missed a submission deadline due to the incredibly bad official 'EU LOGIN' app by the EU. The litany of 1 star Google Play reviews say it all really... My guess: the EU Wallet rollout will be a SH*TSHOW. 🤗😝 #EU #security #FUEU

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  ZERO ads. ZERO trackers. It's official. The handi homepage is the web experience you deserve. Including chat, social media, music, podcasts, newsfeed, calendar notifications and more - all on one safe page... https://handihomepage.com/ #socialmedia #privacy #irishNews #cork @tech @IrishExaminer @IrishTech @nixCraft

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  Pick your favourite caption for this image? 😅🤣😂 Add your own in the comments... #datacenter #joke #tech @muddle @nixCraft @TCMuffin @funny

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  If it wasn't for Iran, the EU and Trump's USA would be at war by this stage. Their suffering is our suffering. Their dead are our dead. 🇮🇷 #iran #trump #ukraine @irannews @iran

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  I've an incredible idea for a non-chatgpt business... It came to me last night while i was noodling around on chatgpt. /s 😅🤣😂 #chatgpt #ai #startup

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  @pixelfed@mastodon.social is returning a 521 @dansup@mastodon.social

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  KPMG are amoral business consultants. They'll tell you the sky is purple and the sea is orange if they're paid enough money. The government policy on data centres is about smoke-and-mirrors. I'm a techie. I've worked in a data center. They are black holes for energy and employment. Our official policy of being a 'global leader in data centers' is akin to leading the world in landfill sites. Not our data. Not our problem. #daracenter #ireland #tech https://www.thejour...

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  Ouch! 🖲🇮🇪 Fairly f**kin bad in all fairness... https://www.ontheditch.com/irish-state-increases-palantir-shareholding/ #ireland #genocide #palantir @palantirwatch@kolektiva.social @nhgrown@mastodon.online @muddle@infosec.exchange @GrumpyOldFart@expressional.social

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  "Intel said demand for artificial intelligence is driving their investment in advanced silicon, which makes cutting-edge semiconductor chips that power AI factories." ...what's an 'AI factory'? My guess: a new name for 'data centre'... https://www.thejournal.ie/hundreds-of-jobs-to-be-created-in-leixlip-as-intel-pledges-e5bn-investment-in-campus-7100225-Jul2026/

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  CRAZY IDEA #1: An international *Secret Server* community! What if we hosted mini-servers with friends from countries that respect data privacy? Eg. I send my Secret Server to Ingel in Iceland. He hides it in his home and connects it to wi-fi then leaves it. This private, tamper-proof server hosts eg. webmail, website server, safe chat, file hosting, AI etc I agree to update and maintain the mini-sever. Ingel (and his friends) get free access? @nixCraft@mastodon.social @clickhere@mastodon.ie...

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  Smart phones: An Orwellian nightmare near you... Location tracking, microphone listening, gyroscope movement tracking, keyword tracking, keyboard tracking, search tracking, camera tracking, network tracking, photo and video access, contacts lists, data aggregation, ambient light sensor, proximity sensor, barometer, location history, telephone and sms access etc Tracking Vectors: 1: GPS 2: WIFI 3: BLUETOOTH 4: CELL TRIANGULATION 5. GYROSCOPE 6: IP @iballesty.bsky.social

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  https://www.theregister.com/on-prem/2026/07/11/irish-datacenters-now-guzzle-23-of-the-countrys-electricity/5270013 @iballesty.bsky.social #datacenters #ireland #greens

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  Does anyone know where I can find info on the new Irish digital surveillance legislation? #Ireland #dataprivacy #chatcontrol

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  As an Irish techie. I whole-heartedly agree with the author of this piece. the Data Protection Commissioner in Ireland needs to actually grow a pair of balls. It's embarrasing! ...for freedom of speech and democracy. NB: the author didn't mention the time the Irish government took a case against the European Commission to disclaim the €13 billion awarded to the Irish people in outstanding corporate tax by Apple. #ireland #eu #freedomofspeech https://www.theguardian.com/comm...

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  @maxschrems what can #irish techies do to help the cause of #democracy and #freedom during the Irish #EU presidency? @noybeu

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  What started as a passion project two months ago. Blossomed into a full-time obsession. I've enjoyed every minute of it though. Built as a solo-dev on a shoestring... The Handi Homepage concept is simple. Can you replace #bigtech user features with safe and private alternatives? YES. It turns out - you can. Eg. a music player that plays files from your harddrive. A private chat feature over matrix. A #mastodon social media integration and lots more. Check it out! @maxschrems @noybeu...