PLUG Meeting for July 12th
We'll have 2
presentations at this month's meeting, both from
der.hans. Federated Microblogging with Mastodon &
uMatrix for webbrowser protection
For more info,
Meeting time and location see:
der.hans:
uMatrix for webbrowser protection
Description:
uMatrix is a webextension security and privacy add on for
Firefox.
Via a simple interface uMatrix allows personal rules for website
cookies, JavaScript, CSS, pictures and video.
uMatrix uses and maintains per site allowlists and blocklists.
For example, you can allow cookies, JavaScript, CSS and images
for www.example.com and only CSS and images from cdb.example.com
while blocking everything from spies.exampleduplicate.com.
Attendees will know what the web components are that uMatrix
controls, how to use the uMatrix GUI interface and save rules.
der.hans: Federated Microblogging with Mastodon
Description:
Mastodon is a decentralized, open source social network. It
implements ActivityPub for compatibility with other federated
services such as Plume blog engine, PixelFed picture sharing
service and PeerTube video sharing service.
Mastodon has per message privacy controls. Each message can be
fully public, unlisted, private of direct.
Mastodon also gives you multiple options to block content,
accounts or even complete domains.
Since Mastodon is federated there are many servers. Choose the
independently-operated service that meets your needs. Like
email, you aren't limited to just members of that particular
service. You can even install your own instance.
Mastodon posts are limited to 500 characters and intentionally
do not have rich text. It's for microblogging :).
Biography:
der.hans is a Free Software community veteran, presenter and
author. He is the founder of the Free Software Stammtisch, BoF
organizer for the Southern California Linux Expo (SCaLE) and
chairman of the Phoenix Linux User Group (PLUG).
As a technology and entrepreneurial veteran, roles have included
director of engineering, engineering manager, IS manager, system
administrator, community college instructor, developer and DBA.
He presents regularly at large community-led conferences (SCaLE,
SeaGL, LibrePlanet, LFNW) and many local groups.
The meeting will start at 7pm at The Desert Breeze
Substation. People start arriving as early as 6pm, so if you would
like to help setup and/or chat for a while, arrive a little early.
We will go for food to BJs at the Chandler Fashion Center Mall
after the meeting so we can chat with each other comfortably.
Please feel free to join us. Please come even if you aren't
hungry, the food is not mandatory.
See you there,
Brian Cluff