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Jerry on Mastodon @jerry.hear-me.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026

@castaway Hi, Thank you for bringing this to my attention! I didn't know it was broken. Things keep changing. It should be fixed now. Be sure to do a ctl-shift-R or cmd-shift-R to refresh the screen and bypass the old cache entries.

Map of the area displays so the event location can be located.

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Jerry on Mastodon @jerry.hear-me.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/09/2026

I just got this phishing email FROM THE OFFICIAL #TREZOR newsletter account. Of course there's a link to a website meant to steal the seed phrase. This is the 3rd time Trezor's newsletter account has been taken over. And they did promise after the other […] [Original post on hear-me.social]

8 TREZOR
Critical Security Alert:
STM32 Entropy Bug Identified
Urgent update regarding hardware microcontroller vulnerability
Dear customer,
We have some difficult news to share. Unfortunately, our engineering
team has identified a critical hardware-level vulnerability in the STM32
microcontrollers used in a range of Trezor devices.
Currently we believe the majority of defective devices were initialized
prior to 2023, however some newer devices also may be vulnerable. The
bug is a hardware factory defect present in an estimated 1 in 4 devices.
The vulnerability results in:
o Insufficient randomness in recovery phrase generation
o Exposure of seeds to brute-force cracking
o Seeds with as little as 40 bits of entropy
The incident affects a portion of our user base with full exposure
(critically low 40-bit entropy) and others with partial exposure. The
scope is limited due to Trezor's strict security and initialization
monitoring policies.
All potentially affected customers are being contacted separately by
email.
Our software systems remain secure, but affected devices could be
vulnerable to mathematical brute-force attacks until a new seed is
generated.
NEVER enter your recovery phrase on a website or share it with
anyone, and only check for updates on official Trezor channels.

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Jerry on Mastodon @jerry.hear-me.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/04/2026

Oh Wow! Since February 25th, mastodon.social, the massive mothership instance, has been having problems. I wasn't aware they were struggling so. #Mastodon

Shows mastodon.social status over the past 90 days. Solid red for streaming, web, and background queues beginning February 25th.

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Jerry on Mastodon @jerry.hear-me.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/01/2026

My Internet speed while using #ProtonVPN. It's been consistent throughout the day. Great VPN. Highly recommend it. I have Verizon #Fios, and these speeds are close to the maximum I get without the VPN. #Proton

Image showing Ookla speed test results while on ProtonVPN. Download is 860 Mbps, and upload is 795 Mbps.

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Jerry on Mastodon @jerry.hear-me.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2025

It appears that someone here in Massachusetts found my unused domain BostonSocial.online a tempting domain to use for spamming Massachusetts people. But because I have my unused domains protected from being spoofed, they failed. Here's a report sent to me by […] [Original post on hear-me.social]

Image of an XML file sent by mail.ru showing a rejected attempt by an IP address in Massachusetts to use my BostonSocial.online domain for spam email.

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Jerry on Mastodon @jerry.hear-me.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/08/2025

I just received this #scam email targeting hear-me.social users, trying to get them to log in using a malicious link so their accounts can be stolen. I hope nobody would be fooled by this. I will never send an email asking anyone to sign into their accounts […] [Original post on hear-me.social]

Image of the scam email asking people to click a button to log in and verify their email address.

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Jerry on Mastodon @jerry.hear-me.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/06/2025

I really feel for the people who maintain this site and those who use the site. As an Admin, this situation would depress me. This is one of the main reasons why I use servers hosted by an established cloud provider. I wish them quick recovery. #selfhosted #selfhosting

Slrpnk.net is currently offline due to an unforseen hardware failure in combination with the main system- administrators having no physical access to the server location until mid July due to work or summer-holiday related travels.

We are very sorry for this unforseen down-time, but slrpnk.net will return for sure and we already have some plans for a nice relaunch, so stay tuned!

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Jerry on Mastodon @jerry.hear-me.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/04/2025

Time to mention again, that if you own a domain, and you don't use if for email, that hackers will eventually try to use it to send spam. Google (just one email provider) told me there were 44 attempts in the past week they blocked because I put blocks in […] [Original post on hear-me.social]

Report from Google showing 44 attempts to use my domain for a spam test.

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Jerry on Mastodon @jerry.hear-me.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/04/2025

Anyone know who KHR is? I need to have a word with this person. And I can't get back in. I don't think I ever posted to this group. #MastoAdmin

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Jerry on Mastodon @jerry.hear-me.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/03/2025

Somehow, this makes a lot of sense to many people #religion

Man and woman on a couch. The woman is wearing a cross on her neck and looks angry. The man is standing on the couch with a blanket on his head such that it looks like very long light-colored hair. And he says, "Behold! I am God! I know all. Yet I'm constantly testing you even though I already know what you'll do. But I'll still punish you for the sins I planned for you to do. And you'll suffer in a fiery pit, tormented beyond imagining forever and ever and ever and ever ... ... Because I love you."

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Jerry on Mastodon @jerry.hear-me.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/03/2025

There are a few #Friendica features that I love and yeah, there are some problems that drive me nuts, but two wonderful features are its seamless integration with #Bluesky, if you also have a Bluesky account, and the auto following of threads you in any way […] [Original post on hear-me.social]

Image showing the consolidation of messages, replies, and boosts consolidate between ActivityPub and Friendica

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Jerry on Mastodon @jerry.hear-me.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/02/2025

Can someone tell me if I'm in the wrong reality? Mitchell Baker, the #Mozilla CEO, just one of their upper management, is making a salary of $7MM/year. And Mozilla is asking for donations? Is this not the CEO of Mozilla asking people to give money […] [Original post on hear-me.social]

Mozilla email appeal asking for donations to make up for lost technology grants

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Jerry on Mastodon @jerry.hear-me.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/01/2025

Can anyone who knows #German (#deutsch) translate this for my cousin? She's trying to find the town her father-in-law came from. Thanks!

Section of an old passport with handwritten German letters.

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Jerry on Mastodon @jerry.hear-me.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/01/2025

Who's in? BTW, anyone using WhatsApp or Facebook Messenger is, well, dude, you're doing it all wrong, anyway! If you must use a centralized messenger application, then at least use Signal instead. Even better, choose a decentralized messaging application […] [Original post on hear-me.social]

It says, "Lights out META. January 19-26, 2025. Log out of all Meta Platforms for a week. FACEBOOK - INSTAGRAM - THREADS - FACEBOOK MESSENGER - WHATSAPP - GIPHY - METAQUEST - RAYBAN META

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Jerry on Mastodon @jerry.hear-me.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/01/2025

I don't care what happens to adults who are stupid enough not to protect themselves because they choose to believe nonsense. I feel sorry for the children whose parents don't get them vaccinated, who may have to suffer for it for their entire lives. I grew […] [Original post on hear-me.social]

Image of an "iron lung", quite old, with a sign on it that says, "Vaccines made this iron lung obsolete. Don't bring it back. VACCINATE.

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Jerry on Mastodon @jerry.hear-me.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/11/2024

@dansup Hi Dan, I don't know if it's just me, or my monitor, or both, but the yellow background on #Loops website, for me, is intolerable. Causes quick eye strain. Is it just me? Could you add something to the website to change the background color?

Full screen image of the Loops video page showing a small video in the center of a bright yellow background

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Jerry on Mastodon @jerry.hear-me.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/11/2024

About time, eh? Stephen King is leaving #Xitter. He has 7 million X followers (how many are human is unknown).

X post by author Stephen King:
"I'm leaving Twitter. Tried to stay, but the atmosphere has just become too toxic. Follow me on Threads, if you like."

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Jerry on Mastodon @jerry.hear-me.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/10/2024

Turns out Democracy dies in the light as well. I canceled my Washington Post subscription because it turns out Democracy is not important to them. #washingtonpost #USPol #USPolitics #CancelWP

Image showing that I've successfully canceled my Washington Post subscription.

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Jerry on Mastodon @jerry.hear-me.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2024

Even though my vote doesn't count for the Presidential election because I live in Massachusetts, I none-the-less have voted for Democracy! #vote #VoteBlue #VoteBlue2024 #vote2024

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Jerry on Mastodon @jerry.hear-me.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/07/2024

@hello They need someone who is better at math, or maybe they meant to exclude half the sample.

Choices in poll are "fewer than 5" "10 to 20" "50 to 100" "200 to 500" and "More than 1,000"

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