The context: banners which say something to the effect of "by continuing to browse this site you agree for us to track you" are illegal. You cannot withhold services because the user declines to consent to your tracking garbage.
Quoting the GDPR:
>Consent is presumed not to be freely given [...] if the performance of a contract, including the provision of a service, is dependent on the consent despite such consent not being necessary for such performance.
#SolarWinds wrote a blog post a in 2019 about how #FLOSS is dangerous because anyone can push malicious code to FLOSS projects:
https://thwack.solarwinds.com/t5/Geek-Speak-Blogs/The-Pros-and-Cons-of-Open-source-Tools/ba-p/478665
The irony could not be sweeter.
#InfoSec #IronySec #SupplyChainAttacks
/via @cguess
December Update: The Longest One Yet - Lukasz Erecinski @ Pine64: https://www.pine64.org/2020/12/15/december-update-the-longest-one-yet/
I was saying for years that OSM is worth supporting and investing in, and it will catch up one day if we continue to support it despite its limitations.
Turns out it WOULD catch up one day, but I was wrong when it comes to the reasoning: it caught up because the cost of producing a new set of up-to-date proprietary maps is too high, and it's more cost-effective for corporations that need that dataset to contribute to OSM as a commons.
I wonder if a similar process will be (or is being) seen in other domains.
Have your data on Google, Dropbox or OneDrive and you'd like to migrate to a private cloud? 🌞 Today we introduce our migration apps that automate this for you! Learn more in our blog. #GAFAM #privacy
https://nextcloud.com/blog/easy-migration-to-nextcloud-from-insecure-and-privacy-unfriendly-platforms-now-available/
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https://www.gutjahr.biz/2020/12/wir-pfeifen-auf-ihre-privatsphaere/ #cookies #Datenschutz #TMG #eprivacy
In addition, multiple people from @itsfoss2@twitter.com have apologised and pledged to fix the article and do better going forward.
So, ball's in your court now @TechRadar@twitter.com...
🎉 Owncast 0.0.3 is out! 🎉
This is pretty amazing! An open-source video streaming service that comes with batteries included: live chat, adaptive bitrate streaming, an admin interface.
Think of it as a self-hosted Twitch alternative!
Website: https://owncast.online/
Sources: https://github.com/owncast/owncast
Check out the demo instance: https://watch.owncast.online/
Heads up!
Our latest Inkscope podcast edition is hot off the editing floor! Host Tim Jones interviews designer and Inkscape artist Chris Rogers.
Catch it on Inkscape's YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NRe30vKNsE
(1/3) Interessanter Artikel in GEO über die Frage: Was war eigentlich vor dem angenommenen Beginn von allem, also dem sog. Urknall?
"You're WRONG about Linux phones."
https://youtu.be/z29aJCTn-mY #purism #librem5
"I would like to extend & update the messenger matrix":
https://social.tchncs.de/@kuketzblog/105372523628834338
Hi @lrvick , German security blogger @kuketzblog asked for input to update a messenger overview.
I left a pointer to your extensive previous work (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-UlA4-tslROBDS9IqHalWVztqZo7uxlCeKPQ-8uoFOU/edit#gid=0)
Would like to encourage some collaboration on that.
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