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@kuketz

Die Unfähigkeit das eigene Handeln mit den Wünschen an die Umwelt, in der wir leben, in Einklang zu bringen?

Frag doch einfach mal:

"Hey, cooler Schlitten, den Sie da fahren. Mal eine Frage: Würden Sie sagen, dass sie sich wünschen, dass alle so ein Auto fahren?"

technical debt. This concept, due to Ward Cunningham, encapsulates the observation that development shortcuts are like debt. Whenever we skimp on documentation, fix a problem with a quick-and-dirty kludge, don’t test a fix thoroughly, fail to build in security controls, or fail to work through the consequences of errors, we’re storing up problems that may have to be repaid with interest in the future (Ross Anderson, " — Third Edition", PDF-Preview 2020-05-16)

the centralisation of human knowledge in the servers of a small number of firms – from Amazon’s e-book system to the servers of the major news organisations – takes us, in some sense, back to the 15th century. It’s also easier for the authorities to observe the transmission of disapproved material, as they can monitor electronic communications more easily than physical packages (Ross Anderson, " — Third Edition", PDF-Preview 2020-05-16)

@digitalcourage Danke , es gibt seit Wochen keine Termine mehr für die Beantragung, die vor Anfang August gelegen hätte...

The rhetoric of terror puffed up the security agencies at the expense of public health, predisposing governments in America, Europe, India and Africa to disregard the lesson of SARS in 2003 – (Ross Anderson, " — Third Edition", PDF-Preview 2020-05-16)

@xpac lesenswert - auch wegen humoristischer Aspekte :-)

"Das eigentliche Problem war, dass „Leute sich beschwerten“. Das Anbringen von großen Spiegeln in der Lobby gab den Leuten etwas zu tun, die Anzahl der Beschwerden ging stark zurück. "

Seit ich vor kurzem gelernt habe, was das XY-Problem ist, sehe ich (im Kontext IT/Community/Hilfeanfragen) nur noch überall XY-Probleme.... also gesehen hab ich die schon vorher, aber jetzt hat das Kind einen Namen :))

de.wikipedia.org/wiki/XY-Probl

… This means that most of your subscription – or at least of the money the tech firms don’t take one way or another – goes to the megastars like Ariana, and Ed Sheeran and Lady Gaga (Ross Anderson, " — Third Edition", PDF-Preview 2020-05-16)

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So if my granddaughter pays £10 a month and listens to Ariana Grande four hours a day while I pay the same and listen to Kathryn Tickell two hours a week, then rather than giving them £10 each (less Apple’s 30% commission), Ariana will get fourteen times what Kathryn gets [1553]. …

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That was a sharp reminder that it’s hard to block the attacks that haven’t been invented yet, and that attacks can improve very quickly once experts start to hone them (Ross Anderson, " — Third Edition", PDF-Preview 2020-05-16)

Software encryption of disk contents can be defeated unless there are mechanisms to zeroise the keys on power-down (Ross Anderson, " — Third Edition", PDF-Preview 2020-05-16)

@norbert

Trying to adopt parts of the google ecosystem to make them respect privacy is a fight against windmills.

Please invest into support of real FOSS alternatives like linux phones and if it is only by ordering a pinephone and a librem5 to keep money flowing into the emerging new ecosystem.

Phone phreaks were counterculture heroes, while phone companies were hand-in-hand with the forces of darkness (Ross Anderson, " — Third Edition", PDF-Preview 2020-05-16)

Indeed, the main users of evaluated products are precisely those system operators whose focus is on due diligence rather than risk reduction (Ross Anderson, " — Third Edition", PDF-Preview 2020-05-16)

if a capable motivated opponent can run their code on the same machine as you, you’re basically toast (Ross Anderson, " — Third Edition", PDF-Preview 2020-05-16)

Hello Mastodon, we finally made it 🎉 We are a pan-european NGO with one specific goal: to make privacy a reality. noyb stands for "none of your business" and pursues strategic and effective enforcement by thoroughly analyzing privacy violations and litigating them. Want to know more about us? Then visit noyb.eu/en

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@noybeu joined Mastodon some days ago. Welcome to the Fediverse!

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