Ben Trister @ben@librem.one

All This Dystopia, and for What?

When privacy-eroding technology doesn’t deliver on its promises.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/18/opinion/facial-recognition-surveillance-privacy.html #privacy #security #purism

One-third of plant and animal species could be gone in 50 years
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/02/200212150146.htm #climatechange #climatecrisis #extinction

Last month was the hottest January on record
https://www.engadget.com/2020/02/13/january-2020-hottest-on-record/ #climatecrisis #climatechange

Why Clearview AI is a threat to us all
https://www.engadget.com/2020/02/12/clearview-ai-police-surveillance-explained/ #privacy #security

Adapting to climate change: We're doing it wrong
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/02/200210165721.htm #climatecrisis #climatechange

Global warming and extinction risk
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/02/200210133210.htm #climatecrisis #climatechange #extinction

Chinese Hacking Is Alarming. So Are Data Brokers.

Companies like Equifax threaten our personal privacy and our national security.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/10/opinion/equifax-breach-china-hacking.html #privacy #security #purism

The End of Privacy as We Know It?

An unregulated facial recognition app can probably tell the police your name, and help them find out where you live and who your friends are.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/10/podcasts/the-daily/facial-recognition-surveillance.html #privacy #security #purism

Ransomware Attacks Grow, Crippling Cities and Businesses
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/09/technology/ransomware-attacks.html #privacy #security #purism

Antarctica is hotter than it's ever been
https://www.engadget.com/2020/02/07/antarctica-is-hotter-than-its-ever-been/ #climatechange #climatecrisis

The Washington Post: Top Stories | Want companies to stop selling your data? We finally have a law for that.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/02/06/ccpa-faq/ #privacy #security #libremone #librem5

Feds Find Fourth Amendment Workaround, Buy Phone Locations From Marketing Firms
https://gizmodo.com/feds-find-fourth-amendment-workaround-buy-phone-locati-1841516436 #privacy #security #librem5

Cutting Fossil Fuel Subsidies Could Be Even More Beneficial Than We Realized

The world wastes trillions of dollars every year on fossil fuel direct and indirect subsidies. Trillions! The U.S. alone spends hundreds of billions of dollars on them, ten times as much as it spends on education.

https://earther.gizmodo.com/cutting-fossil-fuel-subsidies-could-be-even-more-benefi-1841500311 #climatechange #climatecrisis

Bumblebees Have Something New to Worry About
https://earther.gizmodo.com/bumblebees-have-something-new-to-worry-about-1841495875 #climatechange #climatecrisis

Apple Proves It's One of Right-to-Repair's Most Powerful Villains
https://gizmodo.com/apple-proves-its-one-of-right-to-repairs-most-powerful-1841497751 #apple #bigtech

The Gap Between the Haves and Have-Nots of Tech Widens

Despite regulatory scrutiny and pressure from lawmakers, the industry’s wealthiest are continuing to grow at remarkable speeds for big companies.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/03/technology/google-earnings-big-tech.html #bigtech

'Anonymized' Data Is Meaningless Bullshit
https://gizmodo.com/anonymized-data-is-meaningless-bullshit-1841429952 #privacy #security

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