Ben Trister @ben@librem.one

Draft bill could penalize companies for using end-to-end encryption
https://www.engadget.com/2020/01/31/earn-it-act-bill-would-limit-encryption/ #privacy #security

Newly released satellite data reveals the patterns of record warmth in 2019
https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2020/01/29/newly-released-satellite-data-reveals-patterns-record-warmth-2019/ #climatechange #climatecrisis

The Flawed Humanity of Silicon Valley
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/28/opinion/silicon-valley-anna-wiener.html #bigtech

Sea level rise to cause major economic impact in the absence of further climate action
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/01/200127134809.htm #climatechange #climatecrisis

Scotland Is on Track to Hit 100 Percent Renewable Energy This Year, Slàinte Mhath!
https://earther.gizmodo.com/scotland-is-on-track-to-hit-100-percent-renewable-energ-1841202818 #climatechange #climatecrisis

Earth's Carbon Dioxide Level Is Set to Make One of Its Biggest Annual Leaps Ever Recorded
https://earther.gizmodo.com/earths-carbon-dioxide-level-is-set-to-make-one-of-its-b-1841202387 #climatechange #climatecrisis

Apple's Fancy Browser Privacy Tech May Do More Harm Than Good
https://gizmodo.com/apples-fancy-browser-privacy-tech-may-do-more-harm-than-1841176956 #bigtech #purism #privacy

Maybe These Davos Guys Have Some Good Ideas About Climate Change (They Do Not)
https://earther.gizmodo.com/maybe-these-davos-guys-have-some-good-ideas-about-clima-1841181110 #climatechange #climatecrisis

Climate Change Could Cause the Next Financial Meltdown
The E.C.B., which meets Thursday, is among central banks trying to prepare for what a report warns could be a coming economic upheaval.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/23/business/climate-change-central-banks.html #climatechange #climatecrisis

Carbon Dioxide Reached a New High in Humanity's Existence
https://earther.gizmodo.com/carbon-dioxide-reached-a-new-high-in-humanitys-existenc-1841175734 #climatechange #climatecrisis

We Need a Law to Save Us From Dystopia
It’s not too late. And it better be comprehensive.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/21/opinion/facial-recognition-privacy-law.html #privacy

Greta Thunberg's Message to Capitalists: 'Act as if You Loved Your Children'
https://earther.gizmodo.com/greta-thunbergs-message-to-capitalists-act-as-if-you-l-1841130508 #climatechange #climatecrisis

Arctic sea ice can't 'bounce back'
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/01/200121112913.htm #climatechange #climatecrisis

Climate Change Takes Center Stage in Davos
With businesses under pressure to act, solutions are emerging, but not fast enough, some participants fear.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/20/business/energy-environment/davos-climate-change.html #climatechange #climatecrisis

How the ‘Sharing’ Economy Erodes Both Privacy and Trust
To participate in services like Airbnb, you have to expose yourself.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/18/opinion/sunday/privacy-trust.html #privacy #security

Apple and Google accused of using market dominance to cripple competition
https://www.windowscentral.com/apple-google-and-facebook-used-market-dominance-cripple-competition-says-smaller-firms #bigtech

America's Most Powerful Woman Called Mark Zuckerberg a Crook. Facebook Has No Rebuttal
https://gizmodo.com/americas-most-powerful-woman-called-mark-zuckerberg-a-c-1841068465 #bigtech

Your online activity is now effectively a social ‘credit score’
https://www.engadget.com/2020/01/17/your-online-activity-effectively-social-credit-score-airbnb/ #bigtech #purism

How YouTube Profits From Climate Denial and Misinformation
https://earther.gizmodo.com/how-youtube-profits-from-climate-denial-and-misinformat-1841042989 #climatechange #climatecrisis

Teen Climate Strikers Have Capitalists Shook
https://earther.gizmodo.com/teen-climate-strikers-have-capitalists-shook-1841018129 #climatechange #climatecrisis