Algorithms shape our online world. Teaching students to audit them builds critical tech literacy—helping them ask, “Is this fair? Who’s left out?” From social media to AI, students explore how algorithms work and where bias might hide. This modern skill prepares them to think deeper, ask questions, and become smart, responsible users of tech. It's a key step toward digital fairness and future-ready learning.
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Educational technology industry's exploitation of worker anxiety through tool-obsession pedagogy undermines collective technical knowledge.
"Master all AI tools" ideology serves platform dependency over authentic skill development.
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@midtsveen Yes, #Fairphone needs to up their game, but that still does make them one of the better vendors.
- You've seen the #ManufacturedEwaste by #Unihertz, #WiKo & other garbage brands?
Now realize most #TechIlliterate #Normies never update their devices even if they get updates at all!
- The only reason #Apple, #Smasung, #Google and other Vendors get their usera to update is to basically violate #consent and force it down their throats because that's easier than teaching #TechLiteracy.
#TechIllterates werden solange Opfer von #Betrügern werden solange #TechLiteracy keine Grundvoraussetzung zum Benutzen jener Technologie darstellt, oder diese nicht mindestens monatlich sich fortbilden müssen!
- Gerade weil #Govware wie #Windows, #Malvertising und #Bullshit wie "#Antivirus" - #Scareware erlaubt sind!
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@domi @foone Sadly, #TechLiteracy is in decline and #consoomers get groomed into accepting #bloatware!
Infosec.SpaceKevin Karhan :verified: (@kkarhan@infosec.space)One thing that really pisses me off personally is the #regression in terms of #Messenger #Apps.
My personal distaste and dislike for #proprietary, #SingleVendor & #SingleProvider #services like #Signal [¹](https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/114234551915193036), #Telegram, #Discord [²](https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/114865723904157014), #WhatsApp [³](https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/114873895410403238), #Slack, #MicrosoftTeams, etc. aside:
- *WHY* is there no #CrossProvider #Messenger to handle that shite?
- *WHY* does everyone of these shitty providers think people want to download their #bloated #WebApp that takes up triple digit Megabytes if not entire Gigabytes and will gobble up all the #RAM and #CPU each of them can??
This problem ain't new and *already got [solved for corporate social media](https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/114862619013462466) ages ago!* (Not to mention actually good messengers!)
- And no, [bridges](https://toots.ch/@dalai/114862754556459439) *[don't](https://swecyb.com/@troed/114862774972645542) count*!
- I mean `API 0` - [style](https://digipres.club/@foone/112685423773959519) access because obviously [none of the platforms](https://digipres.club/@foone/112685414638522984) will *allow, endorse or support such an endeavour* and [*actively fight the developers and users*](https://digipres.club/@foone/112685441496803574) !
So yeah, consider this a call for a @gajim@fosstodon.org / #Gajim or @pidgin@fosstodon.org / #Pidgin *for garbage platforms!*
- Cuz back in the day we had *way worse messengers* yet people actually made #AIM, #ICQ, #MSN, #QQ, #IRC & #XMPP work just fine from one single *"phat" client*!
- Can we please get that back?
#api0 #Enshittification
School leaders: Understanding basic technology like IP addresses is vital for informed conversations with your IT professionals! It helps you grasp the tech that's crucial to your schools. #EdtechForLeaders #TechLiteracy
My first big punishment as a #communicator of #techliteracy is having to go through my own files.
Years of neglect has made my storage HDD simulate the conditions of a wild jungle boobie trapped by the natives.
As I brush aside misplaced documents and videos I chance upon an old GIF, i realize:
Hi, I'm Thor and I'm a digital #hoarder.
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Join the conversation: zhach.news/beyond-the-echo-chamber/
What strategies have you found helpful in navigating personalized feeds?
So many people insist on making shitty GIFs from the 1990s, instead of any actual video format that came out in the 30 years since.
#GIF #video #fileformat #techliteracy #mpeg
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@rakoo @delta @cy @thunderbird
It is a good tool because it allows for self-custody of keys.
- Also by that notion manually setting up an eMail account is also complicated for anything that Thunderbird can't autoguess or doesn't have in it's database.
Shure that isn't an excuse for #Thunderbird to not deliver sane defaults and handhold users asking them at account creation/import if they want to create/import a keypair and/or wish to automatically activate it.
- Same with pulic keys: #Enigmail used to have the nice feature to automagically attach the Pubkey to every eMail and to automatically sign and encrypt them. In fact I have this preconfigured to the point that any non-encrypted eMail requires me to manually confirm stuff.
I don't "belittle people for not knowing how to use gpg" but instead acknowledge the lack of #TechLiteracy as a matter of facts because most people got groomed into being consoomers and into ignorant users.
- It's not their fault, it's decades of failed education and awareness that now demand compound interest like credit card debt.
blah.rako.spacerakoo (@rakoo@blah.rako.space)@kkarhan I'm sorry but no, gpg in @thunderbird doesn't "just work". You need to manually create a key with the 16 clicks and technical chops that go with it, you need to understand the settings, y...
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@HumboldtUni Ich halte das für fundamental falsch, weil #Schulen heutzutage nichtmals fundamentale #MediaLiteracy geschweige denn #TechLiteracy hinbekommen.
- "#KI" taugt nur für #Shitposting, #Memes und #Mansplaining und nicht für #Bildung oder #Wissensvermittlung und läuft daher den Kernzielen der #Pädagogik zuwider!
Wir brauchen mit solchem Bullshit nicht anfangen bevor niht jede #Schule #Glasfaser und mindestens nen kompletten Klassensatz an #Pi500 am Start hat damit #Schüler*innen auch #Informatik lernen und nicht zu #Microsoft-#Kunden verblödet werden!!!
Ernsthaft, da hätte die #EU das in andere #Forschung und #Entwicklung oder #Infrastruktur investieren können, statt irgendwelche #Buzzwords wie #AI nachzurennen die eh nur dazu da sind #Geldverbrennung zu betreiben!
Ouch! Straight in my childhood, borrowing CDs at the library to try out #Linux on my i386 was not normal :(
#Pediepie: "#Windows treats you like a baby".
Let me reframe that. Companies like #Microsoft, #Google and #Apple coddles the user to a point where the user becomes reliant and submissive.
We have #techliteracy issues on a #global basis and these companies have a vested interest in keeping it that way.
You knowing too much is a detriment to every surcharge, addon and goddamn subscription fee they want to drown you in.
The New PewDiePie Linux Video Is Insane...
https://youtube.com/watch?v=LuK-uertgr4
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@lordsplodge @nixCraft @Daojoan that's because the #Internet became #accessible for #TechIlliterates & #MediaIlliterates and #Consoomers who are either unable or unwilling to use their brains.
- It was a mistake to let #Boomers and #MassMedia be allowed online!
OpenAI's new #image #generation API: because who wouldn't want their tech experience interrupted by a "please enable JavaScript" message? 
In a groundbreaking move, #OpenAI ensures that even accessing cutting-edge AI requires the tech literacy of remembering to turn on cookies. 
https://openai.com/index/image-generation-api/ #API #TechLiteracy #AIInnovation #JavaScriptCookies #HackerNews #ngated
Is your monitor resolution secretly causing your end-of-day headaches?
Did you know that the screen resolution you work with daily affects not just image quality but your overall health and productivity?
Check out this explainer on what terms like 720p, 1080p, and aspect ratios actually mean: https://www.digitalcitizen.life/what-screen-resolution-or-aspect-ratio-what-do-720p-1080i-1080p-mean/
#TechLiteracy #DigitalWellbeing #MonitorTech #WorkSetup #EyeHealth
Digital Citizen · What do 720p, 1080p, 1440p, 2K, 4K, and other resolutions mean?In the old days of technology, screen resolution was not much of an issue. Windows came with a few preset options, and to get higher resolution, more colors, or both, you would install a driver for your graphics card. As time passed, you could also choose better video cards and monitors. Today, we have many […]
Study Suggests Natural Intelligence Affects Computer Skills More Than Training.
New research indicates a person's innate intelligence may influence their computer proficiency more than previously thought. The findings suggest that practice alone may not be enough for some to become comfortable with technology.
The study challenges assumptions about training and highlights the role of cognitive ability in tech literacy.
What do you think—does natural aptitude outweigh training when it comes to mastering computers?
Rant re: Signal Shills being dangerous Tech Illiterates
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@pixelcode @taylan Your nonchalant "So what?" gets people publicly murdered by the state in many juristictions...
- Which is why there is no substitute to teaching proper #TechLiteracy ffs!
If things were so easy as in "JuSt UsE sIgNaL!" then @signalapp would be shut down.
- Or do you really think that in a world where multi-year long sting ops like #ANØM / #OperationIronside / #OperationTrøjanShield get greenlit that @Mer__edith would risk dying of old age in jail for non-paying users?
If you do think so then you should really get some professional help, cuz you seem rather lost...
- #Signal doesn't even bother to have an #OnionService, much less to provide means to use their service without self-doxxing with a #PhoneNumber, which at best is pseudonymous and requires money to attain and maintain...
It's #centralization is an absolute nightmare and mist be deemed as criminally neglectful!
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For every messenger there's the risk of someone finding out that you use that messenger (for example when you download the app without a proxy or when you rent a server for self-hosting). So what?
Nothing and no one stops you from voluntarily using Tor to connect to Signal (Orbot, InviZible, Advanced Privacy etc.). For those oppressed by authoritarian regimes, Signal offers easy-to-use censorship-circumvention proxy support built into the app.
https://support.signal.org/hc/en-us/articles/360056052052-Proxy-Support