Keith Whyte @keith@tic-ac.org

Any device that needs to be off because it can't be trusted with your conversations should not exist in the first place.

#privacy #privacymatters #security #infosec #cybersecurity #cybersec #amazon #amazonecho #surveillance

#Competition authorities should keep an eye on the moves by #Android to push attestation for secure apps (e.g. banking apps) to the server through the #PlayIntegrityAPI, encouraging firms to make non-#GooglePlay versions of ‘open source’ Android impractical. See eg #GrapheneOS’s compatibility guide https://grapheneos.org/articles/attestation-compatibility-guide

@topio Ironically, #Mozilla's idea of "reclaiming the #internet" is to hold a five-day #offline #event in #Berlin, and to "invite" everybody who can't be there to proprietary platforms of #SurveillanceCapitalism:

»Of course, we want you to join us even if you’re not in Berlin. You’ll be able to check out the exhibits and events on our #Instagram and #TikTok, including a livestream of the Rise25 award ceremony on Mozilla’s #YouTube page.«

https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/reclaim-the-internet/

amazon, spaceX, whatever, they are both run by *the baddies*. I'm not saying that peeps who use their stuff are bad, we're all held hostage by any of the telcos, but I do caution that the cost will be high when we cede our infrastructure to any monopoly.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/10/report-amazon-made-1b-with-secret-algorithm-for-spiking-prices-internet-wide/

and I said this 2 years ago... “Digital colonialism is fucking dangerous, and we're not even talking about that... The trick is: how can we balance this need for fighting colonization with the tools that it is using to oppress us?”
https://www.vice.com/en/article/k78mnz/spacexs-satellite-megaconstellations-are-astrocolonialism-indigenous-advocates-say

Note that I wrote this 3 years ago: "What’s to stop either SpaceX or the US government from choosing who can be monitored, censured, throttled, or cut-off from service altogether? Will this end up serving as yet another mechanism to erode privacy rights?"
https://animikii.com/insights/digital-divide-spacex-starlink-and-the-indigenous-spaces-between

Mis impresiones de una visita en China, el π-HuB Global Summit & CNHUPO 2023, Sep 2023. https://mexico-pensante.blog/display/eb6814cf-1565-1b1e-fee6-662402275329

For real though

You are not responsible for other people’s failing business models.

Adblockers are a safety measure on the modern internet. Do your part: help everyone get more adblocking.

„Search engines are far from passive components of the web, they construct a selective new reality – and obscure more than they show […]", says Michiel Leenaars, Director of Strategy at @nlnetlabs.

Friday is international #FreeWebSearch Day, an annual day of action to promote free, open and transparent internet search. Join the activities and free webinars: https://freewebsearch.org/en/events/

Project manager: "What's technical debt? Explain it to me like I'm 6 years old"

Devs:

Oh, we have a new home page on https://offdem.net/

It should be contrasted enough.
Some links may be missing still, but we’re working on it…

#OFFDEM

"No one would do anything if they wasn't paid!"

Yesterday 150 locals alongside a variety of public bodies, local orgs and special interest groups cleaned up some 2000 tyres, up to 100 trolleys, and a fridge out of the River Ogmore in Wales.

Anarchism is this, normalised.