Ben Trister @ben@librem.one

NSA Warns Cellphone Location Data Could Pose National-Security Threat https://www.wsj.com/articles/nsa-warns-cellphone-location-data-could-pose-national-security-threat-11596563156 #privacy #security #purism #librem5

Extreme Heat Could Cause as Many Deaths as All Infectious Diseases Combined
https://earther.gizmodo.com/extreme-heat-could-cause-as-many-deaths-as-all-infectio-1844608336 #climatechange #climatecrisis

'Worst-case' CO2 emissions scenario is best for assessing climate risk and impacts to 2050
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/08/200804085912.htm #climatechange #climatecrisis

What Years of Emails and Texts Reveal About Your Friendly Tech Companies

Theatrics distracted from the real payoff of the congressional hearings: the subpoenaed documents.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/04/opinion/amazon-facebook-congressional-hearings.html #bigtech #purism

Up to a Third of Bangladesh Is Underwater
https://earther.gizmodo.com/up-to-a-third-of-bangladesh-is-underwater-1844594639 #climatechange #climatecrisis

A Pair of Canadian Ice Caps Has Disappeared Completely
https://earther.gizmodo.com/a-pair-of-canadian-ice-caps-has-disappeared-completely-1844592208 #climatechange #climatecrisis

A Global Flood Is Coming, And This Is What Scientists Expect It to Look Like https://smartnews.link/w/1t1J #climatechange #climatecrisis

The 4 Most Secure Phones for Privacy
https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/best-phone-privacy/ #privacy #security #purism #librem5

What Are Stingrays and Dirtboxes? How Cops Can Secretly Track Your Phone
https://theintercept.com/2020/07/31/protests-surveillance-stingrays-dirtboxes-phone-tracking/ #privacy #security #purism #librem5

'Humanity likely faces rapid ‘catastrophic collapse,’ study warns' here: https://smartnews.link/w/FDZQ #climatechange #climatecrisis #extinction

Rising Seas Could Menace Millions Beyond Shorelines, Study Finds
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/30/climate/sea-level-inland-floods.html #climatechange #climatecrisis

Sea Level Rise Alone Threatens to Crush the Global Economy
https://earther.gizmodo.com/sea-level-rise-alone-threatens-to-crush-the-global-econ-1844557915 #climatechange #climatecrisis

A Record Number of Environmentalists Were Murdered in 2019
https://earther.gizmodo.com/a-record-number-of-environmentalists-were-murdered-in-2-1844543894 #climatechange #climatecrisis

New Report Reveals the Shocking Toll Bushfires Took on Australia’s Wildlife
https://earther.gizmodo.com/new-report-reveals-the-shocking-toll-bushfires-took-on-1844529556 #climatechange #climatecrisis

'If you’re not terrified about Facebook, you haven’t been paying attention' here: https://smartnews.link/a/cwzo or you can directly access the content using this link here: https://smartnews.link/w/CGEW #facebook #libremone

Big Tech Versus Climate Change
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/23/technology/big-tech-climate-change.html #bigtech #climatechange

Tech Is About Power. And These Four Moguls Have Too Much of It.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/23/opinion/tech-moguls-congressional-hearing.html #bigtech

Facebook's New Private Messaging Feature Promises Privacy From Everyone (Except Facebook)
https://gizmodo.com/facebooks-new-private-messaging-feature-promises-privac-1844472189 #privacy #security #purism #facebook

How Much Will the Planet Warm if Carbon Dioxide Levels Double?
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/22/climate/global-warming-temperature-range.html #climatechange #climatecrisis

'Australian Government sued by 23-year-old Melbourne student over financial risks of climate change' here: https://smartnews.link/a/FZ7s or you can directly access the content using this link here: https://smartnews.link/w/oFh5 #climatechange #climatecrisis