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@rmondello@hachyderm.io I find the #attestation part of that article is actually fair in some aspects. Hardware attestation seems fundamentally #antiuser to me and is typically done via #closedsource #security theater. And I'm not the only one: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/can-you-trust.html While #TOTP is fishable, and the article is weaker for not acknowledging it, I think there is a point to be made that it still is a useful defense against other threat models and has therefore arguably more than zero increased value - whether that makes it "great" or not. Some of us are of the opinion that if #passkeys aren't some trusted computing scheme, perhaps hardware #DRM shouldn't be part of the standard. Beyond at most cheap separate portable hardware key dongles (and even those seem questionable to me as a possibly enforced item). Yet #TPM attestation is in there: https://www.w3.org/TR/webauthn-2/#sctn-tpm-attestation I also find the claim that the writer of the article isn't "understanding the topic being discussed" is weakening your points! Nevertheless, your insight was useful and I appreciate you entering the discussion. #security #TOTP #passkeys
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RE: https://mementomori.social/@juergen_hubert/117319625781954546 Question: Is it possible to buy the #Earthsea books (or other books by Ursula #LeGuin) somewhere in a DRM-free ebook format? I want to buy them, but I also really hate #DRM .
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@knud@mastodon.social I really ought to read Ursula K. LeGuin. Everyone only ever sings the highest praises of her.
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A question for the indie authors on Mastadon... Do you know of a good way to sell your own ebooks? 🤔 Right now I'm using D2D which is a good service, but in some cases they take as much as 60% of a sale. Simply put is there a good way for me to do the sales myself? @galacticwriters@fedigroups.social @bookstodon@fedigroups.social @joinin@fedigroups.social @writingbooks@fedigroups.social#Ebook #Ebooks #Sales #DRM #DRMFree #Question #WritersCoffeeClub#Author #IndieAuthor #Indie #Writers #Writing #WritingCommunity #WritersOfMastodon #BoostingIsSharing
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Hey Canada? 🇨🇦 ? In dealing with Trump/billionaire/techbros, Europeans suddenly had prominent Europeans locked out of their google mail and Microsoft software. Europe is moving off US software. Canada has more reasons than Europe to abandon Gmail, Windows, Word, cloud and data. Its time for a concerted effort, including government. Get off American Software, stat. https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/27/whats-behind-europes-efforts-to-ditch-u-s-software-in-favor-of-sovereign-tech/ #cdnpoli #software #sovereignty #apple #google #linux #microsoft #meta #drm
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Als alter Konsumverweigerer bei allem, was mit #DRM zu tun hat, lebt man kulturell (Musik, Filme, Spiele) ja entweder meist in der Vergangenheit oder sucht sich "alternative DRM-freie Quellen". Doof wird das allerdings tatsächlich, wenn eine Band, die man wirklich gut findet, ein neues Album ankündigt, man keinen CD-Player mehr hat und nicht gewillt ist, DRM-der-Anbieter-bestimmt-wie-ich-Gekauftes-nutzen-darf-Geschäftsmodelle mit Geld zu überhäufen. In drei Wochen will "The Warning" ein neues Album rausbringen. Eigentlich würde ich das Kaufen. Aber mein Kaufanspruch ist auch, dass es danach *meins* ist und nicht eine "bezahlte Dauerleihgabe mit möglicher Spontanwegnahme". 🙄 Mal gucken, ob ich eine akzeptable legale Quelle finde. Ggf. § 53 UrhG? Ist dann halt nur doof für die Band.
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Others probably already know this, but if you let your #Audible subscription lapse, you will not get titles back that were previously in the included in Audible Plus subscription thing or whatever if you re-subscribe. Just be sure to download and keep all your titles, even if you purchase with cash/credit because I've had to pay for titles twice even though I paid for titles in the past and the book is still published.

Tools to de-DRM your library.

  1. Open Audible. I don't like this one much but Libation is not actively being developed. https://openaudible.org/

  2. Libation. Not being developed, but still works, as of today. https://github.com/rmcrackan/libation

#Audible #DRM #Audiobook #Audiobooks

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question to strayan users of browsers with #DRM removed or disabled... how do you manage #streaming? do you, eg, never watch abc #iView or sbs #OnDemand? i use hardened profiles in my ​:firefox_nightly:​, as i value security & privacy, but otoh i always leave drm enabled, coz i am not interested in cutting off my nose to spite my face so, pls tell me how you manage streaminig, coz atm i just don't understand, ta #dropbearpooterising #dropbearinterwebz #linuxwomen
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New post: I look at the most ideologically "pure" or least problematic general tech choices---stuff that isn't owned by bigots, not openly bootlicking for Trump, DRM- and AI-free, based on open standards, and isn't cartoonishly greedy. https://www.diversetechgeek.com/least-problematic-tech-options/ #tech #opensource #Linux #CreativeCommons #DRM #selfhosting
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Huge hammer blow for the French torrent tracker scene. Waves of arrests have taken place, and historic sites/teams are shutting down quickly. This situation affects both the brains behind the platforms as well as some moderation actors. FW, UNFR, Predb, Nexum, Xander, QTZ, Tenmaland, Supply, and Slay3r have either closed or announced imminent closure. Behind every username are real people whose dedication built communities over years, our thoughts go to administrators as well as affected users, particularly those without means to access culture legally, the most precarious, and everyone fighting against digital locks that deny access to knowledge and works. #torrent #tracker #p2p #piracy #drm #law #justice #arrest #security #french #france #it
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"Sony is contacting PlayStation Store users who bought movies from the platform that were distributed by StudioCanal—like Terminator 2, Total Recall, and Confessions of a Dangerous Mind—to say that “you will no longer be able to access your previously purchased content from Studio Canal, and it will be removed from your video library.” There’s no mention of any refunds or make-goods for the affected users. Sony simply says the films are going away “due to our content licensing agreements,” once again reaffirming the fact that you are never truly buying anything that’s digital, just temporarily renting it. This news was brought to people’s attention by X user somatyk, who posted the notification they had received from PlayStation this week." https://kotaku.com/playstation-store-movies-digital-studio-canal-terminator-2000711013 #Sony #PlayStation #DRM #StudioCanal #Copyright #IP
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