Ben Trister @ben@librem.one

Apple Has No Tolerance For Webcam Covers – Purism
https://wp.puri.sm/posts/apple-has-no-tolerance-for-webcam-covers/ #privacy #security #purism

Climate Change Poses ‘Systemic Threat’ to the Economy, Big Investors Warn
Financial regulators should act to avoid economic disaster, according to a letter from pension funds and other investors representing almost $1 trillion in assets.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/21/climate/investors-climate-threat-regulators.html #climatechange #climatecrisis

Google Coronavirus Apps Give it Way to Access Location Data
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/20/technology/google-covid-tracker-app.html #privacy #security #purism #librem5

Global Warming Is Driving Polar Bears Toward Extinction, Researchers Say
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/20/climate/polar-bear-extinction.html #climatechange #climatecrisis

Open SmartNews to read 'How the Twitter hack highlights the dangers of Slack' here: https://smartnews.link/a/t4hs or you can directly access the content using this link here: https://smartnews.link/w/T6o3 #bigtech #privacy #security #purism #libremone

That Siberian Heat Wave? Yes, Climate Change Was a Big Factor
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/15/climate/siberia-heat-wave-climate-change.html #climatechange #climatecrisis

Gates, Musk and Other Top Tech Figures Get Twitter Accounts Hacked
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/15/technology/twitter-hack-bill-gates-elon-musk.html #privacy #security #purism #libremone

Global methane emissions soar to record high
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/07/200714182228.htm #climatechange #climatecrisis

Here’s a Map of the Surveillance Tech Police Are Using to Track You
https://gizmodo.com/here-s-a-map-of-the-surveillance-tech-police-are-using-1844391857 #privacy #security #bigtech #purism

On Tech: Just collect less data, period.
https://messaging-custom-newsletters.nytimes.com/template/oakv2?campaign_id=158&emc=edit_ot_20200715&instance_id=20332&nl=on-tech-with-shira-ovide&productCode=OT&regi_id=91658101&segment_id=33473&te=1&uri=nyt%3A%2F%2Fnewsletter%2F0d369e57-6700-5e29-9c55-aae209c0884a&user_id=3593d0a3aec76354dafb17a2c0249e69 #privacy #security #bigdata #purism

New Data Show an ‘Extraordinary’ Rise in U.S. Coastal Flooding
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/14/climate/coastal-flooding-noaa.html #climatechange #climatecrisis

Climate change will cause more extreme wet and dry seasons
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/07/200713125455.htm #climatechange #climatecrisis

Death Valley Recorded the Hottest Temperature on Earth This Year
https://earther.gizmodo.com/death-valley-recorded-the-hottest-temperature-on-earth-1844367161 #climatechange #climatecrisis

We Could Breach the 1.5 Degrees Celsius Threshold in the Next 5 Years
https://earther.gizmodo.com/we-could-breach-the-1-5-degrees-celsius-threshold-in-th-1844328105 #climatechange #climatecrisis

CO2 in Earth's atmosphere nearing levels of 15m years ago
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jul/09/co2-in-earths-atmosphere-nearing-levels-of-15m-years-ago?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Librem_Social #climatechange #climatecrisis

Climate Change Could Make Arctic Waves Two Stories Higher
https://earther.gizmodo.com/climate-change-could-make-arctic-waves-two-stories-high-1844311611 #climatechange #climatecrisis

Cybersecurity Experts Take Aim at Senators Over Encryption https://www.wsj.com/articles/cybersecurity-experts-take-aim-at-senators-over-encryption-11594200601 #privacy #security

How to tackle climate change, food security and land degradation
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/07/200707140929.htm #climatechange #climatecrisis

If you have any interest in quadratic equations, check out this new simpler way to solve them: Po-Shen Loh | Quadratic Method: Detailed Explanation
https://www.poshenloh.com/quadraticdetail/ #math

Heatwave trends accelerate worldwide
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/07/200706114005.htm #climatechange #climatecrisis