Manuel Erhardt @erhardt@librem.one

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/

TIL In 458 BC, Father of the Greek tragedy, Aeschylus was returning to his home in Sicily when, just outside the city, he was killed when an eagle dropped a tortoise onto his head which had mistaken his head for a rock suitable for shattering the shell,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeschylus
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1fh59pf/til_in_458_bc_father_of_the_greek_tragedy/

I have seen the infamous Metro Trains JSON PID

Websites don’t have to be built as web applications. It’s perfectly ok to use html and css.

" in no language is peace synonymous with surrender. In no language is sovereignty synonymous with occupation. So those who argue to stop support for #Ukraine do not argue for peace. They argue for appeasement and the subjugation of Ukraine."