Ben Trister @ben@librem.one

Tech giants watch our every move online. Does that violate our human rights?

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/nov/23/facebook-google-human-rights-privacy-data?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Librem_Social #bigtech #privacy #security

The Real Cost of Tweeting About My Kids
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/22/opinion/social-media-kids.html #bigtech #privacy #security #libremone #twitter

Sacha Baron Cohen Says Social Media Companies Have Created the 'Greatest Propaganda Machine in History'
https://gizmodo.com/sacha-baron-cohen-says-social-media-companies-have-crea-1839994830 #bigtech #socialmedia #facebook #libremone

Amnesty International: Facebook and Google are a threat to human rights
https://www.engadget.com/2019/11/21/facebook-google-amnesty-international-human-rights/ #privacy #security #purism #bigtech

Amazon confirms police can keep Ring doorbell videos forever
https://www.engadget.com/2019/11/20/amazon-confirms-police-keep-ring-doorbell-videos-forever/ #bigtech #privacy #security

Building All the Fossil Fuel Projects Already in the Pipeline Would Wreck the Climate
https://earther.gizmodo.com/building-all-the-fossil-fuel-projects-already-in-the-pi-1839949666 #climatechange #climatecrisis

Stop! Don’t Charge Your Phone This Way
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/18/technology/personaltech/usb-warning-juice-jacking.html #privacy #security

Asking if behavior can be changed on climate crisis
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/11/191120121145.htm #climatechange #climatecrisis

Oxford Names ‘Climate Emergency’ Its 2019 Word of the Year
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/20/arts/word-of-the-year-climate-emergency.html #climatechange #climatecrisis

Ten Years After Climategate, the Scientists Have Won—But What About the Rest of the World?
https://earther.gizmodo.com/ten-years-after-climategate-the-scientists-have-won-bu-1839947721 #climatechange #climatecrisis

Taking a Different Approach to Fighting Climate Change

The research of Narasimha Rao, a Yale professor, shows that reducing inequality could improve our ability to mitigate some of the worst effects on the environment.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/07/climate/narasimha-rao-climate-change.html #climatechange #climatecrisis

Venice Mayor Blames Climate Change As ‘Dramatic’ Flooding Returns
https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/venice-flooding_ca_5dcea313e4b0d2e79f8b2cf6 #climatechange #climatecrisis

What Will Be Missing at Next Month's Climate Talks
https://earther.gizmodo.com/what-will-be-missing-at-next-months-climate-talks-1839837477 #climatechange #climatecrisis

We Hate Data Collection. That Doesn’t Mean We Can Stop It.

Americans are wary of the fundamental trade-off we’re making for technology. Data-hungry corporations insist that we’re benefiting from the surveillance state — and that our very acquiescence to the collection is a signal of our contentment. In fact, the vast majority of Americans say that the potential risks of data collection by companies and the government outweigh the benefits.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/15/opinion/privacy-facebook-pew-survey.html #climatechange #climatecrisis

Climate Change Poses Threats to Children’s Health Worldwide

A study from the Lancet points to infectious diseases, worsening air pollution, rising temperatures and even malnutrition as threats to child health as the climate changes. 

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/13/climate/climate-change-child-health.html #climatechange #climatecrisis

Intel's major chip flaw still hasn't been fixed
https://www.windowscentral.com/intels-major-chip-flaw-not-fixed-it-said-it-was #security

Climate Change Is Already Making Us Sick
https://earther.gizmodo.com/climate-change-is-already-making-us-sick-1839839965 #climatechange #climatecrisis

5 Global Trends Shaping Our Climate Future

Wind turbines, solar panels and electric vehicles are spreading far more quickly around the world than many experts had predicted. But this rapid growth in clean energy isn’t yet fast enough to slash humanity’s greenhouse gas emissions and get global warming under control.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/12/climate/energy-trends-climate-change.html #climatechange #climatecrisis

Federal judge rules suspicionless device searches at the border are illegal
https://www.engadget.com/2019/11/12/federal-judge-rules-suspicionless-device-searches-at-the-border/ #privacy #security

Facebook is fixing a bug that turned on phone cameras
https://www.engadget.com/2019/11/12/facebook-bug-ios-app-camera/ #facebook #libremone #librem5