Manuel Erhardt @erhardt@librem.one

+++ Geschirrspüler mit Zusatzprogrammen hinter Paywall +++

Eine Spülmaschine von V-Zug sorgt bei einem Kunden für Kopfschütteln: Nur mit Abo hat er Zugriff auf Spezialprogramme.

https://www.srf.ch/sendungen/kassensturz-espresso/espresso/umstrittenes-geschaeftsmodell-geschirrspueler-mit-zusatzprogrammen-hinter-paywall

Der Kohleausstieg in Europa ist damit längst in vollem Gange: Estland, Lettland, Litauen, Luxemburg, Malta und Zypern hatten sogar nie Kohlekraftwerke. 2025 wollen Griechenland, Irland, Italien und Ungarn ihr letztes Kohlekraftwerk vom Netz nehmen. Damit wird dann erstmals die Mehrheit der 27 EU-Mitgliedsstaaten ohne Kohleverstromung auskommen. Frankreich will 2027 folgen, Dänemark 2028, Finnland und die Niederlande 2029.

Mozilla bought the excellent Android email app K-9 (which didn’t include any trackers) and integrated trackers as part of #Mozilla‘s rebranding under the #Thunderbird name.

They even made it opt-out instead of opt-in. Their defense for breaking the law: ”we wouldn’t have enough data if we obeyed the law.“

It doesn’t matter whether you ”anonymized“ the data or not: If you want to extract data from someone’s device to yours, you may do so only if they knowingly consented.
https://social.tchncs.de/@kuketzblog/113244035577912640

TIL Medieval Peasants generally received anywhere from eight weeks to a half-year off. At the time, the Church considered frequent and mandatory holidays the key to keeping a working population from revolting.

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/americans-today-more-peasants-did-085835961.html
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1fwnbqj/til_medieval_peasants_generally_received_anywhere/

Let #Ukraine strike back 🇺🇦

Over 300 scientists from 33 countries have signed yet another open letter criticising Hungary's proposal for EU #ChatControl:

Client-side scanning of ALL end-to-end encrypted private communication (messages, email..)

In other words: mass surveillance!

https://homes.esat.kuleuven.be/~preneel/Open_letter_CSAR_aug24_still_unacceptable.pdf

European countries are increasingly avoiding or halting arms purchases from #Switzerland, chafing at restrictions linked to the country’s neutrality. A case involving #Germany is stirring controversy in Switzerland.

Germany has now decided to exclude Swiss companies from certain military procurement contracts. According to #armasuisse director Urs #Loher, this is a clear signal that Switzerland is no longer seen as “reliable” in Germany.

https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/foreign-affairs/european-nations-snub-swiss-made-weapons-over-ukraine-restrictions/87599015

#Russia #EU

Meta slapped with $101 million fine for storing passwords in plaintext

Company failed to follow one of the most sacrosanct rules for password storage.

https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/09/meta-slapped-with-101-million-fine-for-storing-passwords-in-plaintext/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Trump findet anerkennende Worte für Putin – Selenskyj versucht die Situation zu retten. https://www.watson.ch/!648331828?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social-auto&utm_campaign=auto-share

«Martin Andree: "Die Digitalkonzerne zerstören unsere Demokratie"
#Facebook, #Youtube und Co zerstören die demokratische Öffentlichkeit, sagt der Medienwissenschaftler Martin Andree. „Wenn wir sie nicht stoppen, dann werden unsere Kinder nicht mehr in einer #Demokratie leben.“ Er fordert: #BigTech muss weg!»

Leider reden sich zu viele #Medien sich dem raus ohne bewusst zu sein, wie sie über #Socialmedia beeinflusst werden anhand der #Reichweite falsch zu bewerten.

🔊 https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/forscher-martin-andree-die-grossen-digitalkonzerne-zerstoeren-die-demokratie-dlf-kultur-38763ba4-100.html

Inspired by Google's move to remove @organicmaps from the Playstore without warning, I finally decided to move my > 3,000 Google Maps saved places to Organic Maps. To facilitate doing this for others' benefit, I made a quick webpage to convert your Google Maps GeoJSON data to a KMZ that renders well in Organic Maps.

https://rudokemper.github.io/google-maps-places-to-organic-maps/

A German is never late. Nor are they early. They arrive precisely when Deutsche Bahn allows them to.

TIL that in the US, belief in evolution is just 40%, just behind Bulgaria, Latvia, and Greece at 45%, 50%, and 52% respectively. Among 32 European countries and Japan, the US was only ahead of Turkey.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Level_of_support_for_evolution#/media/File:Views_on_Evolution.svg
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1fi8e3h/til_that_in_the_us_belief_in_evolution_is_just_40/