Ben Trister @ben@librem.one
Chairperson, Purism, SPC
Lawyer (LL.B, J.D.) and Chartered Director (C. Dir.)
Joined Apr 2019
The Nightmare of Our Snooping Phones
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/21/technology/phones-location-data.html #privacy #security #purism #librem5
Jeff Bezos Got as Much Morning Show Coverage in a Day as Climate Change Got All Last Year
https://gizmodo.com/jeff-bezos-got-as-much-morning-show-coverage-in-a-day-a-1847334966 #climatechange #climatecrisis #leadonclimate
Ben Trister
boosted
We are upstreaming our software development for the wider community. Calls will become a part of the @gnome project. Having a dialer application available shows that mobile is an important use case for GNOME. Read more: https://puri.sm/posts/how-calls-became-a-part-of-gnome/
Climate change threatens food security of many countries dependent on fish
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/07/210720114402.htm #climatechange #climatecrisis #leadonclimate
iFixit CEO calls out Microsoft, Apple, Samsung over device repairability
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wmexperts/~3/IWFt-r6Vm0Y/microsoft-apple-samsung-called-out-ifixit-ceo #bigtech #purism #righttorepair
Ben Trister
boosted
Cities are scrambling to prevent flooding - US cities are working to shore up their flood defenses in the face of climate change, bu... - https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/07/20/1029748/cities-infrastructure-prevent-flooding/ #climatechange
Grim CO2 forecast by International Energy Agency puts Paris Agreement targets almost out of reach | Euronews
https://www.euronews.com/2021/07/20/grim-co2-forecast-by-international-energy-agency-puts-paris-agreement-targets-almost-out-o #climatechange #climatecrisis #leadonclimate
Huge data leak shatters the lie that the innocent need not fear surveillance
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2021/jul/18/huge-data-leak-shatters-lie-innocent-need-not-fear-surveillance?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other #privacy #security #Purism #librem5
How a powerful US lobby group helps big oil to block climate action
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jul/19/big-oil-climate-crisis-lobby-group-api?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other #climatechange #climatecrisis #leadonclimate
Spyware can make your phone your enemy. Journalism is your defence
https://www.theguardian.com/world/commentisfree/2021/jul/19/spyware-can-make-your-phone-your-enemy-journalism-is-your-defence?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other #privacy #security #purism #librem5
Edward Snowden calls for spyware trade ban amid Pegasus revelations
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2021/jul/19/edward-snowden-calls-spyware-trade-ban-pegasus-revelations?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other #privacy #security #purism #librem5
Despite the hype, iPhone security no match for NSO spyware
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/07/19/apple-iphone-nso/ #privacy #security #purism #librem5
‘No One Is Safe’: Extreme Weather Batters the Wealthy World https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/17/climate/heatwave-weather-hot.html?unlocked_article_code=AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACEIPuonUktbfqohkT1UaBCbeWdkipwGLwvjCyaAjj2HzaTeYQCpCwv5QA4-cvUfRYK4pL_0C4wOmfv4Terk-WK41ieZFI01mTwTvq5HdwZkPfXtw-I65AiZrh86WGOFgq2CvNGfmdrkjybHm7kPXenCqDPKEqQApIwxkpJBjdVq4izdfluqeTLkDipQp1uwhB5t5WT4FeCGP2vHvAB96M9yNBQrOvkh0A6oKHGGOwqPPru4IYw5QClrZTX1g425a6N9UOtwfPaaXPAcqIsw6z7t9P_TUR-okln-e #climatechange #climatecrisis #leadonclimate
Climate change to bring more intense storms across Europe https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/07/210716150752.htm #climatechange #climatecrisis #leadonclimate
It Seems Odd That We Would Just Let the World Burn
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/15/opinion/climate-change-energy-infrastructure.html #climatechange #climatecrisis #leadonclimate
Disparities of climate change mapped
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/07/210714151140.htm #climatechange #climatecrisis #leadonclimate
Amazon rainforest now emitting more CO2 than it absorbs
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jul/14/amazon-rainforest-now-emitting-more-co2-than-it-absorbs?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
#climatechange #climatecrisis #leadonclimate
Ben Trister
boosted
Just published Google lawsuit evidence indicates that like always retained users' location data, even if disabled in user interface, to the extent that its own employees flashed LineageOS on their phones to avoid tracking. Full thread on https://twitter.com/jason_kint/status/1398353211220807682
The Assault on Our Privacy Is Being Conducted in Private
Central databases are exploited by criminals, governments and companies that want to part consumers from their money.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/13/opinion/data-privacy-rights.html #privacy #purism
World ‘must step up preparations for extreme heat’
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/jul/07/world-must-step-up-preparations-for-extreme-heat?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other #climatechange #climatecrisis #leadonclimate
Chairperson, Purism, SPC
Lawyer (LL.B, J.D.) and Chartered Director (C. Dir.)
Joined Apr 2019
