Notices by bengo (bengo@mastodon.social)

@silverpill @ilja what's a good client i can download to create posts/URIs that conform to FEP-ef61?

@ilja ya! Good rec. I've been following it. Personally I don't love a new custom URI scheme vs just using did:, but on the whole it's a great contribution

@Gargron the fediverse was created primarily for sharing trekking photos. Depending on who you ask 🏔️

@aral @serapath @evan Love your stuff @aral . Thanks for working on it!

@aral @evan It's interesting. The W3C submitted an application for 501c3 status in Dec 2022, ostensibly volunteering to be regulated to ensure it serves the *public interest*.

https://www.w3.org/press-releases/2022/w3c-le/

@evan @aral (just to connect the threads) I think Evan refers to my comment here https://mastodon.social/@bengo/111070356827784617

@aral @w3c The CG is open to all of us and generally should seek consensus for all decisions. You can disagree on list and in the open meeting (as long as it’s a CG and not a WG).
This is one proposal by one person, not a @w3c action, and it will fail to reach consensus as long as at least one person expresses concern/objection, eg a concern that a WG could de facto capture the fediverse. Trust the process (or not!)

In a few weeks @w3c social web community group meeting may receive a proposal to explore chartering new social web working group that would only be open to people who work at W3C member companies. (The CG is open to all). Today there was an in person discussion at TPAC, the yearly W3C-wide f2f. It was a day-of addition to the agenda.
Now is a good time to join the CG, subscribe to mailing list, and start participating in the discussions.
https://www.w3.org/community/SocialCG/
#vote #activitypub

"FTC Explores Rules Cracking Down on Commercial Surveillance and Lax Data Security Practices
- Agency Seeks Public Comment on Harms from Business of Collecting, Analyzing, and Monetizing Information About People"

https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2022/08/ftc-explores-rules-cracking-down-commercial-surveillance-lax-data-security-practices