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Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@katrinakatrinka" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>katrinakatrinka</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://universeodon.com/@digyoursoul" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>digyoursoul</span></a></span> OFC, take your time...</p><p>I just think <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monero" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Monero</a> is <em>the least worst</em> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Crsptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Crsptocurrency</span></a> because it's not some <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Shitcoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Shitcoin</span></a> with artifical scarcity, long transaction times, high fees and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NFT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NFT</span></a> garbage!</p><ul><li>In fact, it's inherently incompatible with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SmartContracts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SmartContracts</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NFTs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NFTs</span></a> per design, so all the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CryptoBros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CryptoBros</span></a> hate it!</li></ul><p>Given how much <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PaymentProcessors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PaymentProcessors</span></a> like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PayPal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PayPal</span></a> can change and outside <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SEPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SEPA</span></a> there isn't a good &amp; fast <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WireTransfer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WireTransfer</span></a> system, it's growing in adoption.</p><ul><li>Espechally since it's the closest to digital <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/cash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cash</span></a>!</li></ul>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://wandering.shop/@Catvalente" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Catvalente</span></a></span> 75 day widthholding is IMHO an unpaid &amp; interest-free <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/loan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>loan</span></a> to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Apple</span></a> because even with the shittiest <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PaymentProcessors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PaymentProcessors</span></a> having to circumvent embargoes that payment should be done and dusted in less than 14 calendar days / 7 business days - whichever is shorter!</p><p>I hope developers not just <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ClassAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClassAction</span></a> but legally force Apple to change that shite!</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://misskey.bubbletea.dev/@Rocc" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Rocc</span></a></span> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FunFact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FunFact</span></a>: <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CEO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CEO</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CFO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CFO</span></a> and/or their family being held at gunpoint/kidnapped"</em> is literally a scenario that <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.bund.de/@BaFin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>BaFin</span></a></span> demands <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PaymentProcessors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PaymentProcessors</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Banks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Banks</span></a> to have <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/contingencies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>contingencies</span></a> for (since at least the days of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_army_faction" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>"Red Army Faction"</em></a>)!</p><ul><li>Don't ask me how I know...</li></ul>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://veganism.social/@MichalBryxi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>MichalBryxi</span></a></span> yeah...</p><p>As much as I'm still angry at <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Apple</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Mozilla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mozilla</span></a> for blocking <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CACert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CACert</span></a> to this day, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@letsencrypt" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>letsencrypt</span></a></span> is a net positive.</p><ul><li>Tho I've had to deal with more <em>"serious business"</em> where that wouldn't cut it. <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PCIDSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PCIDSS</span></a> <em>demands</em> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EV</span></a>-<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SSL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSL</span></a> for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PaymentProcessors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PaymentProcessors</span></a> and that <em>is</em> a process in that they actually do <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/KYC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KYC</span></a> a company and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ID</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CEO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CEO</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CFO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CFO</span></a> (cuz I was in charge of updating said cert and had to wait for that to complete)...</li></ul><p>And for the upper triple digits that cert costs per year, the process went quite fast and it took like 5 mins tops.</p><ul><li>Almost as if <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/LetsEncrypt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LetsEncrypt</span></a> killed the <em>"low end"</em> market...</li></ul>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://calckey.club/@mrhamel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mrhamel</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bark.lgbt/@njion" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>njion</span></a></span> <em>OFC</em>, because laws decided that <em><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PaymentProcessors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PaymentProcessors</span></a></em> ain't <em><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Utility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Utility</span></a> Companies</em>...</p><p>I have no problem with businesses choosing their customers/suppliers/partners/...<br>I just expect them to be consistent in that matter...</p>
toolbear#🌶️<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://anticapitalist.party/@malte" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>malte</span></a></span> </p><blockquote><p>I have an ethical way to take control over my Nebula video discovery and watching workflow if I want to do the work.</p></blockquote><p>This is genuinely something I keep trying to motivate myself to build. Something standalone but also a way to integrate it with Plex (as a way of trying to keep Plex from becoming a walled garden, too).</p><p>But if I do this, I'm going to want to share it or find others who've want to build the same, and I feel an imperative that sharing something like this I ALSO need to streamline the paying the artist part of the equation. If I'm going to justify "fair use" archival of these videos, I want there to be a non-shaming but low-effort way to pay those folks directly. Then I can feel good that I've done more to cut out the middle man even though it would invevitably make it easier to steal from the artists by sharing archives and never paying even with Patreon, OpenCollective, or whatever payment processor the artist uses.</p><p><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Nebula" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nebula</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Streaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Streaming</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/DigitalPreservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalPreservation</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Patreon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Patreon</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/PaymentProcessors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PaymentProcessors</span></a></p>
Strypey<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://floss.social/@alcinnz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>alcinnz</span></a></span><br>&gt; Also there's RFC 8905 payto: URIs. If we can get banks to adopt either (Taler could be built upon RFC8905), that'd be great! I'm not holding my breath though</p><p>Maybe the companies that make up the payment processing oligopoly need to be identified as Gatekeepers under the EU Digital Markets Act, and forced to adopt appropriate interop standards?</p><p>Do you think this could work <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://digitalcourage.social/@echo_pbreyer" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>echo_pbreyer</span></a></span>?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/DMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DMA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/DigitalMarketsAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalMarketsAct</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/PaymentProcessors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PaymentProcessors</span></a> </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://toot.cafe/@Coffee" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Coffee</span></a></span></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@bhawthorne" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bhawthorne</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@mhoye" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mhoye</span></a></span> yeah, but you'd have the same issue with a credit card terminal and payment provider: Needing to hope you don't end up wuth <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/scammers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scammers</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/fraudsters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fraudsters</span></a> like <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/wirecard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wirecard</span></a>..</p><p>Also <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PaymentProcessors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PaymentProcessors</span></a> are way more expensive and even if you don't want to deal with exchanging <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Monero" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Monero</span></a> :monero: yourself, there are <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PaymentProviders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PaymentProviders</span></a> that do offer you to direcrpy convert that and take all the risks at the same rares, so there's that...</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/@kkarhan/110968836014007956" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mstdn.social/@kkarhan/11096883</span><span class="invisible">6014007956</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@malwaretech" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>malwaretech</span></a></span> </p><p>Needless to say that you've to comply with <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AML</span></a> and thus can request at least the same amount of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/KYC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KYC</span></a> to enshure you're not being abused as a "mule" to launder money.</p><p>This may include freezing said balance, requiring fees every step of the process that will be deducted from said amount and requiring in-person scheduled pickups by them with mandatory wait in advance.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NotLegalAdvice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NotLegalAdvice</span></a> but <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PaymentProcessors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PaymentProcessors</span></a> do that stuff all the time...</p>
Cryptocurrency News Worldwide<p>Bitcoin Proponents Slam Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman After Venmo Payment Issue <br> <br> <a href="https://news.bitcoin.com/bitcoin-proponents-slam-nobel-laureate-paul-krugman-after-venmo-payment-issue/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.bitcoin.com/bitcoin-propo</span><span class="invisible">nents-slam-nobel-laureate-paul-krugman-after-venmo-payment-issue/</span></a> <br> <br> <a href="https://aspiechattr.me/tags/subprimemortgagecrash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>subprimemortgagecrash</span></a> <a href="https://aspiechattr.me/tags/financialinstitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>financialinstitution</span></a> <a href="https://aspiechattr.me/tags/CensorshipResistant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CensorshipResistant</span></a> <a href="https://aspiechattr.me/tags/FinancialTechnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FinancialTechnology</span></a> <a href="https://aspiechattr.me/tags/KeynesianEconomics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KeynesianEconomics</span></a> <a href="https://aspiechattr.me/tags/PaymentProcessors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PaymentProcessors</span></a> <a href="https://aspiechattr.me/tags/nobelprizewinner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nobelprizewinner</span></a> <a href="https://aspiechattr.me/tags/DigitalCurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalCurrency</span></a> <a href="https://aspiechattr.me/tags/Cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cryptocurrency</span></a> <a href="https://aspiechattr.me/tags/economicimpact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economicimpact</span></a> <a href="https://aspiechattr.me/tags/electroniccash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>electroniccash</span></a> <a href="https://aspiechattr.me/tags/MonetaryPolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MonetaryPolicy</span></a> <a href="https://aspiechattr.me/tags/OnlinePayments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnlinePayments</span></a> <a href="https://aspiechattr.me/tags/paymentsystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>paymentsystems</span></a> <a href="https://aspiechattr.me/tags/Decentralized" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Decentralized</span></a> <a href="https://aspiechattr.me/tags/DigitalAssets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalAssets</span></a> <a href="https://aspiechattr.me/tags/michaelsaylor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>michaelsaylor</span></a> <a href="https://aspiechattr.me/tags/Bitcoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bitcoin</span></a></p>
Tero Keski-Valkama<p>No <a href="https://rukii.net/tags/Nudity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nudity</span></a> Allowed: <a href="https://rukii.net/tags/Censoring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Censoring</span></a> <a href="https://rukii.net/tags/Naked" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Naked</span></a> <a href="https://rukii.net/tags/Yoga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Yoga</span></a> | <a href="https://rukii.net/tags/ElectronicFrontierFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectronicFrontierFoundation</span></a></p><p>"Most <a href="https://rukii.net/tags/nude" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nude</span></a> content is legal, and engaging with such material <a href="https://rukii.net/tags/online" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>online</span></a> provides individuals with a safe and open framework to explore their identities, build <a href="https://rukii.net/tags/communities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>communities</span></a>, and discover new <a href="https://rukii.net/tags/interests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>interests</span></a>. However, <a href="https://rukii.net/tags/SocialNetworks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialNetworks</span></a> and <a href="https://rukii.net/tags/PaymentProcessors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PaymentProcessors</span></a> are intervening to become the arbiters of how people create and engage with <a href="https://rukii.net/tags/nudity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nudity</span></a> and <a href="https://rukii.net/tags/sexuality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sexuality</span></a>"</p><p><a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/12/no-nudity-allowed-censoring-naked-yoga" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">eff.org/deeplinks/2022/12/no-n</span><span class="invisible">udity-allowed-censoring-naked-yoga</span></a></p>
Dick Smiths Fair Go Supporters<p>Last week, a Social Media and <a href="https://activism.openworlds.info/tags/PoliticalCommentator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalCommentator</span></a> appeared on RT's BoomBust program, and namedropped <a href="https://activism.openworlds.info/tags/Gab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gab</span></a> as "entirely independent run, including their <a href="https://activism.openworlds.info/tags/paymentProcessors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>paymentProcessors</span></a>".</p><p>That's false — <a href="https://activism.openworlds.info/tags/Gab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gab</span></a> is Cloudflare.</p><p>This was framed in relation to <a href="https://activism.openworlds.info/tags/Parler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Parler</span></a>, which they identified as being attacked by Amazon and Apple, but Cloudflare is among the most <a href="https://activism.openworlds.info/tags/monopolistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>monopolistic</span></a> and predatory in tech.</p><p>The <a href="https://activism.openworlds.info/tags/commentator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>commentator</span></a> who made this false claim is Lauren Chen. </p><p>Please boost.</p><p>Know her or anyone at <a href="https://activism.openworlds.info/tags/RT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RT</span></a>? Tell them.</p>