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@hen@berlin.social

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Natur, Fahrrad, Linux, Musik

Soon moving to Friendica🙄

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Joined May 05, 2025

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Always in the Sun - La Femme

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Henning @hen@berlin.social

· 6mo ago

Just donated to @kiwix@mastodon.social!

They do great work of making the download of various dictionaries and knowledgebases offline extremely easy!

This is essential for people in regions with bad internet, like a refugee camp.

I couldn't find any legal advice, which would be pretty important, apart from a general #StackExchange backup.

Spread the knowledge!

https://get.kiwix.org/en/donate

#Kiwix #Wikipedia #Wiktionary #Offline

berlin.social

Henning @hen@berlin.social

· 14mo ago

Replying to

@EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu Why does it need an app?? What does this app do that #OpenStreetMap couldnt? Why dont you publish the location of these hotspots to OpenStreetMap, so users can find them easily and actually freely, without a phone and without a #Google account? What is this?? https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/wifi4eu-networks-maps I didnt find it myself, but this exists somewhere https://wifi4eu.ec.europa.eu/#/list-accesspoints

Shaping Europe’s digital future

WiFi4EU Networks – Maps

From industrialised areas to rural regions, WiFi4EU is reaching municipalities from the length and breadth of Europe.

Henning @hen@berlin.social

· 14mo ago

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@chromatic@kolektiva.social @EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:internet_access%3Dwlan internet_access=wlan internet_access:fee=no internet_access:operator=Name Of City internet_access:password=no internet_access:ssid=Wifi4EU ? #OpenStreetMap

wiki.openstreetmap.org

Tag:internet_access=wlan - OpenStreetMap Wiki

Henning @hen@berlin.social

· 15mo ago

Replying to

@seshpenguin@social.sineware.ca @espidev@fosstodon.org Awesome! Native control via KDE Connect would be needed, basically another input mode for keyboard and arrow keys, or add arrow keys to the touch+keyboard screen

Henning @hen@berlin.social

· 6mo ago

Replying to

@GrapheneOS @aral Good point! Using a birthday as any form of authentication is horrifying. So many services request a correct one for mundane things like gym memberships (yes you, #Crunchfit).

Henning @hen@berlin.social

· 14mo ago

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@bart@floss.social @EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu Used as database maybe no, but an automated export to OSM should be fine. OSM is public, not sure if data can be protected somehow But generally OSM is a public and general database. Used for hydrants, power poles, drinking water, shops, attractions, borders, and of course streets, stairs, hiking paths etc. There is no restriction and as OSM is free and used everywhere, adding public wifis just makes sense. Using OSM as basemap is nothing special...

Henning @hen@berlin.social

· 14mo ago

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@bart@floss.social @EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu

I dont think we are talking about the same thing here.

I said I wasnt sure if OSM data can be in any way protected, like locking articles on #wikipedia. Probably somehow, but maybe not even the persistence of these hotspots could be ensured.

But of course I didnt say that it is a good idea to use OSM as a database including names, contact information and whatnot in there.

Just: please export

location
relevant tags as an "open wifi hotspot"
maybe SSID

to OSM

Henning @hen@berlin.social

· 8mo ago

Replying to

@brendan@social.abolivier.bzh @fosdem@fosstodon.org @thunderbird@mastodon.online I agree that the talk time is extremely short. Is there a longer form media about the effort?