Hans-Christoph Steiner @eighthave@librem.one

great to see #security reviews also include key factors like "organizational transparency", #Mozilla #Firefox deserves the credit here https://www.zdnet.com/article/germanys-cyber-security-agency-recommends-firefox-as-most-secure-browser/

#BillGates gets so much "feel good" press these days because he has a foundation, but he's still up to his old tricks of profits above all else https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/oct/16/republic-services-strike-bill-gates-sanitation

#fastlane collects tracking data and sends it to their server, it is also opt-out so it is enabled by default https://docs.fastlane.tools/#metrics
they hashed the Application ID so it must be private! ;-) except the Application ID space is small enough to just generate all possible Application ID, then have a lookup table.

"20 companies responsible for 35% of world CO2 output since 1965" https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/oct/09/revealed-20-firms-third-carbon-emissions
Meanwhile, the Scotland and Norway are using their expertise in setting up offshore platforms to make gianormous, 100m tall, floating windmills that can power 20,000 homes (30MW).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUlfvXaISvc

"The future is already here – it's just not evenly distributed"

it is absurd that airplanes pay no energy taxes while electric trains and buses do. #ClimateAction #kerosenetax_EU
https://zeeus.eu/news/germany-to-reduce-electricity-tax-for-electric-buses
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-aviation/france-wants-eu-to-seek-end-to-jet-fuel-tax-exemption-to-curb-emissions-idUSKCN1T41HI
https://www.wienerzeitung.at/nachrichten/wirtschaft/oesterreich/2032318-Die-Kostenwahrheit-zwischen-Lkw-und-Bahn-ist-ein-Witz.html

The Austrian state railway #OBB is expanding the night train network! Night trains are really a wonderful, low stress, productive way to travel for work, and kids totally love them. They do take a little getting used to, but its worth it.
https://www.politico.eu/article/night-trains-set-for-return-to-brussels/ #ClimateAction

#Zapatismo are still going strong in #Chiapas

https://www.thenation.com/article/zapatista-chiapas-caracoles/

Interesting to see that the #ClimateImpact of travelling by electric train is less than the impact of manufacturing the car or motorcycle. So just owning the car has more impact than taking the train.

https://thebulletin.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Carbon-Intensity-1024x863.jpg

#Netanyahu is promising to annex territory gained through force. That should receive the same treatment as #Putin received when he annexed Crimea https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/13/eu-leaders-must-get-tough-with-israel

The reusable #tor Android binary now is now a #ReproducibleBuild on the same machine, e.g. in the #GitLab CI Docker runners. There are still diffs when running the process on a different Debian version, albeit with the exact same #Android NDK binary. More to come as its finished

"#OpenBanking bedeutet vielmehr, dass es im Finanzmarkt viele neue Player geben wird, weil die großen Finanz-Haie ihre Gewässer für hungrige Piranha-Schwärme öffnen müssen – und wir sind das Futter."

https://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Kommentar-zu-PSD2-Was-die-Finanzbranche-unter-Open-Banking-versteht-4522127.html

#blogs are still a thing, especially in #security research, so my #RSS reader is key to my work. Recently, I've started an experiment with it: I read the articles in oldest-first order. It feels unnatural at first, but now I'm starting to appreciate the calm, without the #AddictionByDesign of pull-to-refresh breaking news feeds

#FreeSoftware like #SAMBA was key to breaking open the #microsoft #monopoly in the early 90s with #AdversarialInteroperability. The #BigTech web and bad #copyright and #patent laws like #DMCA make that even harder now than in the 90s.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/07/samba-versus-smb-adversarial-interoperability-judo-network-effects

"Uighurs in China were target of two-year #iOS #malware attack – reports"

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/02/uighurs-china-target-two-year-ios-malware-attack-reports

If you are worried about #security, keep in mind all the sites your cohort might be visiting. #wateringhole #malwareattack

“As Indonesia deliberately tries to create ethnic conflict in West Papua with militia, I must stress that for West Papuans our enemy is not the Indonesian people. Our enemy is only the system of colonisation. We will not be provoked. Our peaceful struggle is for a referendum.”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/02/west-papua-students-reportedly-shot-by-militias-as-video-of-soldiers-firing-on-crowds-emerges

#WestPapua