Hans-Christoph Steiner @eighthave@librem.one
Joined Aug 2019
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Doing #metrics by starting with safe data makes a lot of hard problems go away, and avoids violating users' #privacy
https://guardianproject.info/2021/03/02/new-insights-into-clean-analytics/ #DataAnalytics
"Wind turbines can apparently operate in Antarctica, so it's not clear what Texas' problem is."
https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/02/texas-power-grid-crumples-under-the-cold/
@guardianproject @fdroidorg@mastodon.technology
Popularity Contest aka F-Droid #Metrics is now posted as a merge request, it should be included in the v1.12-alpha1 which will be out soon.
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#Usability: the wonderful, powerful idea that betrayed us. A discussion of switchblades as kitchen tools, hammering in the bathroom, and measuring effectiveness rather than "engagement".
https://guardianproject.info/2021/02/18/usability-the-wonderful-powerful-idea-that-betrayed-us/ #AddictiveDesign #SurveillanceCapitalism
Left/Right fails to describe the current political turmoil, it is status quo vs those who follow anyone who can bring change: former #Bernie supporters were at the #CapitolRiots, #WhiteSupremacists are taking on hedge funds. #Biden and #Democrats must deliver real change, or risk more violence and intolerance from those who will.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jan/31/market-is-rigged-in-favour-of-rich-as-gamestop-fiasco-reveals
Key parts of the #Debian #AndroidDev tools package suite no longer build on anything but x86. This is also true with the new 10.0.0 version. I'd love to see the #ARM and #MIPS packages make it into #bullseye. We need contributors! If you can help, see:
#ZoomMeeting had employees use fake accounts posing as child pornographers and Islamic State members join meetings of Chinese dissidents so they could terminate the accounts of Chinese dissidents because the meetings "violated the terms of service".
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/how-zoom-violated-its-own-terms-service-access-china-s-n1252092
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That Zoom shut down accounts and calls where people were talking about Tiananmen Square is bad enough. But you need to understand the subtext: Zoom says that their calls are encrypted and private, and yet they can monitor them.
Those two things are mutually exclusive. This entire video chat system is built on a foundation of lies and backdoors.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/12/18/zoom-helped-china-surveillance/
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How old is your (smart) phone since its release?
the world needs more quiet places https://www.quietparks.org/
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We've identified two new, easy data points for #TrackingTheTrackers, and are already applying them to @fdroidorg@mastodon.technology They can be added to @exodus Looking forward to seeing what others do with this! https://guardianproject.info/2020/12/15/new-data-sources-api-key-identifiers-and-broadcastreceiver-declarations/
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@exodus's ETIP database is the canonical place for #TrackingTheTrackers on #Android, @guardianproject, @fdroidorg@mastodon.technology @privacylab and others all contribute there, join us! https://guardianproject.info/2020/12/11/%CE%B5xodus-etip-the-canonical-database-for-tracking-trackers/
I'm starting work on the "Popularity Contest" idea for @fdroidorg that will provide #anonymous statistics on app usage as part of @guardianproject's #CleanInsights project, follow progress at https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroidclient/-/issues/396
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#resilient #distribution systems include support for mirroring! This blog post goes into the core concepts with examples: https://guardianproject.info/2020/12/07/distribution-in-depth-mirrors-as-a-source-of-resiliency/
It is time for a comeback of double spaces between sentences! The rationale for switching to single in #digital text is #proportional fonts. With the rise of #Markdown and blogs, lots of people are writing prose in #monospace again.
I've started to really enjoy writing tests for the code I'm working on. They are fun when you view them as a puzzle with a clear end, unlike most of software development. It used to be so hard to think of how to write them, with practice, it has gotten a lot easier.
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#Cuba's #ElPaqueteSemanal is well known for providing access to digital media where there is no Internet. It should also be recognized for a system with decentralized, built-in, human-powered curation. Thanks @SujathaTF for highlighting that.
https://nacla.org/news/2014/12/20/do-cubans-really-want-us-style-internet-freedom
Starting this week, I want to try something new in the #fdroid weekly meeting slot (Thursdays @ 11:30 UTC): I'll have "office hours" so anyone can come and ask any question, either via the regular chat channels, or realtime voice in https://meet.jit.si/fdroid
#Thanksgiving: "Celebrating the day Americans fed undocumented aliens from Europe"
Joined Aug 2019
