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#Signal is working on registration without a phone number. But what form will it take?

https://aboutsignal.com/news/signal-is-working-on-registration-without-a-phone-number/

#privacy #cybersecurity #FOSS

We submitted comments to the Meta Oversight Board on the removal of content related to the use of prescription drugs in pregnancy and childbirth. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/08/meta-must-stop-silencing-reproductive-health-information

#Flock Camera Vandalism Continues Around America, While 100 Communities Reject ALPRs

https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/08/08/059204/flock-camera-vandalism-continues-around-america-while-100-communities-reject-alprs

#ALPR #privacy #surveillance #police

Google replaced pushing Git tags for certain source code with obtaining source code via Google Drive after making a request through Google Forms. It's completely ridiculous and they've gradually become very slow at handling requests. They're in clear violation of the GPLv2 now.

#Apple challenges #UK government’s latest demand for #iCloud backdoor

https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/03/apple-challenges-uk-governments-latest-demand-for-icloud-backdoor-report/

#cybersecurity #privacy

Check out this clip of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver and make sure you search the Atlas of Surveillance to see what surveillance technologies are being used in your community. https://www.atlasofsurveillance.org/

Police in the UK are gathering vast amounts of personal data and have plans to share this data across 50 law enforcement agencies, the Home Office, the Ministry of Justice, and others. https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366645965/Inside-police-plans-to-share-intelligence-and-crime-data-across-the-UK

Ever wished you could have multiple independent mouse cursors on your Linux machine? No?

Anyway, turns out Wayland supports that pretty well! Let me tell you what I learned:

https://blinry.org/multi-seat-wayland/

#eBay reaches $56M settlement with e-commerce newsletter writers it terrorized in 2019

https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/28/ebay-reaches-56m-settlement-with-e-commerce-newsletter-writers-it-terrorized-in-2019/

#privacy

❗️ Bloomberg reports US senators reached a bipartisan agreement on a new sanctions bill targeting Russia and Iran. The proposal would allow President Trump to impose tariffs on the five largest buyers of Russian oil and gas and the five countries most involved in helping Moscow evade energy sanctions. #US

Wired up to ModemManager. The audio needs some extra plumbing (right now I need to run a separate CLI tool to enable it), but call control for both outgoing and incoming calls works. Accepting calls, hanging up. Switches from 4G to 2G automatically and back. No VoLTE (yet) #mobilelinux #pixel9a

RE: https://tech.lgbt/@gardencourt/116971377290626533

I’m deeply fond of the Japanese idea of “kintsugi”, that repair and repurpose are an important part of an item’s story, and not a thing to be hidden.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kintsugi

Weekly GNU-like #MobileLinux Update (29/2026): Jolla Shipping

https://linmob.net/weekly-update-29-2026/

#Phosh #SailfishOS #UbuntuTouch #PlasmaMobile #postmarketOS #UnifiedPush #PinePhonePro #Catacomb #Mobian #DanctNIX

Is anyone building ebikes with regenerative rear and disc front braking?

Apparently it's possible but rare in the market: https://electrek.co/2025/12/23/weve-been-lied-to-electric-bike-motors-can-do-regen-at-least-with-this-genius-trick/

I just realized that I've been using adblock so consistently, for so long, that I have basically no idea what the average person's experience of the internet is like.

Every now and then I use someone else's device that isn't so locked down. And I'm floored by how useless and annoying the internet is. IDK how people do this.

I want to believe.

https://www.404media.co/scientists-discover-planet-has-everything-to-host-earth-like-life-in-breakthrough/

Durstlöscher somewhere near Köln.

EFF helped expose Texas' use of automated license plate readers to track down a woman suspected of self-managing an abortion. Our friends at Mayday Health helped make sure pregnant people were aware of the surveillance risk. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/07/we-want-texans-know-their-rights-qa-mayday-health-impact-surveillance-abortion

Linux Mint 23 bringt vollen Wayland-Support für Cinnamon
https://linuxnews.de/linux-mint-23-bringt-vollen-wayland-support-fuer-cinnamon/ #linuxmint #wayland #linux #linuxnews

you're a fucking online shop. Your job is to let me order a product. I am planning to give you money. Your job is NOT to check whether I'm using a VPN or not