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Danie @gadgeteer.co.za · Nov 18

Why and How News Media and Brands should Self-Verify on the Bluesky Social Network

See https://gadgeteer.co.za/why-news-media-and-brands-should-self-verify-on-bluesky-social-network/

#bluesky #technology #verification

Why and How News Media and Brands should Self-Verify on the Bluesky Social Network

It is actually a free and pretty quick process. Sadly, many brand entities or celebrities do not know how to do it, and often do not even know that it can be

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Danie @gadgeteer.co.za · 1d

South Africans can now spend cryptocurrency directly at more than 650 000 Scan to Pay-enabled stores

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#crypto #southafrica #technology

South Africans can now spend cryptocurrency directly at more than 650 000 Scan to Pay-enabled stores

“The integration allows users of major exchanges — including Binance, Luno, Blink and VALR — to pay merchants using bitcoin, stablecoins and other digital

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Danie @gadgeteer.co.za · 1d

Masked law enforcement is asking for very big trouble, as it is intentionally excluding accountability, which we all know leads to aggression and misbehaviour by law enforcement themselves.

Danie @gadgeteer.co.za · 1d

Google Confirms Non-ADB APK Installs Will Require Developer Registration

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#android #freedoms #privacy #technology

Google Confirms Non-ADB APK Installs Will Require Developer Registration

I get there is still ADB installation as an option, but that often requires a cable connection and disabling security in the Dev settings of the phone. The

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nixCraft @cyberciti.biz · 1d

Microsoft Blocks Windows 11 Workarounds for Local Accounts, Forces Internet Connection During Setup. I think it is time to switch to macOS or Linux or BSD 🤓 alternativeto.net/news/2025/10...

Windows 11 removes all bypass methods for Microsoft account setup, removing local accounts

Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 update removes all remaining methods to bypass Microsoft Account requirements during setup, enforcing online sign-in and blocking any possibility of creating local-only a...

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Andre Should Be Writing @andreshouldwrite.bsky.social · 1d

Preparing a new release of #BlogCat

https://blogcat.org

Finally added support for image upload to both #bluesky and #mastodon. Am quite happy with my progress.

screenshot of blogcat showing the sidebar editor with images uploaded.

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Danie @gadgeteer.co.za · 3d

We have to remember population growth has not been linear for cities... what is it going to look like in 50 or 80 years if all these living people each want a burial plot? LOL it will look like Facebook today with all its dead profiles everywhere...

Danie @gadgeteer.co.za · 3d

Plain pine box for me and municipal cremation... death and marriages seem to be becoming major money drains...

Danie @gadgeteer.co.za · 3d

I reported a faked Samsung phone sale to SAPS and did the statement etc but they declined to pursue it even though I offered to trap the seller. Facebook also said it does not contravene their rules. It is a completely rotten site. I prefer BobShop who acts as the middleman to receive payments.

Danie @gadgeteer.co.za · 3d

Pretty sad - we just had a Pro-Palestinian march in Cape Town this last week (well actually a Free-the-Hostages march) but it went off fine and the government did not fall. All democratic countries should allow peaceful protest as a right as long as property or people or not endangered.

Danie @gadgeteer.co.za · 4d

Cairo-Dock 3.6 Released With Wayland Support and HiDPI Display Handling

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#cairodock #linux #opensource #technology #wayland

Cairo-Dock 3.6 Released With Wayland Support and HiDPI Display Handling

“Cairo-Dock 3.6 is ported to Wayland to mark the project's return to relevance now in 2025 in working with the many Wayland-focused desktops. Cairo-Dock 3.6

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Danie @gadgeteer.co.za · 4d

Linux 6.18 Will Be A Big Improvement For Servers Encountering DDoS Attacks

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#linux #opensource #technology

Linux 6.18 Will Be A Big Improvement For Servers Encountering DDoS Attacks

“A set of patches merged via the networking pull request for the Linux 6.18 will help servers better cope with distributed denial of service “DDoS” attacks.

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Danie @gadgeteer.co.za · 5d

So residents should e-mail instead?

Danie @gadgeteer.co.za · 5d

This is very one-sided seeing the app "Waze but for ICE sightings," allowing users to anonymously track and report U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activities within a five-mile radius, was just banned from the Apple app store...

Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 6d

ICE is buying a location tracking tool that harvests data from hundreds of millions of phones a day. Protect your location data by updating a few settings on your phone 🧵 (1/4): www.404media.co/ice-to-buy-...

ICE to Buy Tool that Tracks Locations of Hundreds of Millions of Phones Every Day

Documents show that ICE has gone back on its decision to not use location data remotely harvested from peoples' phones. The database is updated every day with billions of pieces of location data.

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Danie @gadgeteer.co.za · 5d

Yet the Waze app that tracked location of masked ICE agents was banned from the Apple Store - seems a bit one-sided...

Danie @gadgeteer.co.za · 5d

Protest is not terrorism. I think we know what terrorism actually is, and this was not it.

Danie @gadgeteer.co.za · 5d

That looks like an exemplary case of peaceful protest being denied

Danie @gadgeteer.co.za · 5d

Subsidence can also be an issue if a lot of ground water gets extracted...

Danie @gadgeteer.co.za · 6d

So what is a US-made film, shot on locations elsewhere, like in SA?

Danie @gadgeteer.co.za · 6d

SA needs to get going ASAP with green technology manufacturing otherwise we risk long term lock-out if others get ahead

Danie @gadgeteer.co.za · 6d

Well only if actually in Israeli waters - that would be their right I expect. But certainly not in international waters.

Danie @gadgeteer.co.za · 6d

I haven't used POP3 for over a decade - IMAP is what I moved to and it has worked pretty well with GMail. Is it POP3 or also IMAP that is going.

Danie @gadgeteer.co.za · 6d

A Chairperson and Board members should be setting the example when it comes to governance!

Danie @gadgeteer.co.za · 6d

South Africa also needs to seriously ramp up its cyber-security measures. If nothing has been detected yet, it means foreign agents are already inside our networks...

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nixCraft @cyberciti.biz · 6d

Heads up! Gmail will no longer support checking emails from third-party accounts via POP. support.google.com/mail/answer/...

Learn about upcoming changes to Gmailify & POP in Gmail - Gmail Help

Starting January 2026, Gmail will no longer provide support for the following: Gmailify: This feature allows you to get special features like spam protection or inbox organization applied to your

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Danie @gadgeteer.co.za · 6d

Of which municipalmoney.gov.za has long been an excellent world-class example

Municipal Money

An initiative of the National Treasury, which has collected extensive municipal financial data over several years and aims to share it with the public.

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