Guyjin @guyjin@librem.one

McCarthy built such a machine in the `40s and `50s. Started with Communists, then Communist-leaning views, then Socialist views, eventually expanded to include homosexuality. Victims lost their jobs, were blacklisted from their industries.

Black Hat drama this week shows the risks in creating a machine/process w/ the power to censor a group for personal views. Always starts w/ dangerous/unsympathetic views, inevitably expands to censor other groups based on shakier grounds. #slipperyslope

"WhatsApp was hacked and attackers installed spyware on people’s phones" - https://www.businessinsider.com/whatsapp-hacked-attackers-installed-spyware-2019-5 #Privacy #Security #WhatsApp

We won! The UK Supreme Court has ruled that the Investigatory Powers Tribunal is subject to judicial review before the High Court. The Court's judgment is a major endorsement and affirmation of the rule of law in the UK. https://privacyinternational.org/press-release/2897/privacy-international-wins-historic-victory-uk-supreme-court https://twitter.com/privacyint/status/1128592876097691649/photo/1

As you may have read yesterday, Adobe is telling customers using older versions of Creative Cloud that they could be sued (https://elekk.xyz/@eightbitsamurai/102095888096617219).

If you are still using CC, it might be time to consider alternatives which let you actually own software instead of renting it:

https://switching.social/ethical-alternatives-to-adobe-creative-cloud/

#CreativeCloud #Adobe #Alternatives #DeleteAdobe

Weird. My ZTE Blade suddenly started to throw "DRM not supported" errors whenever I try to install anything via the Play store.

The device isn't rooted, and I didn't upgrade anything recently, and there's no system upgrade available.

Some of the apps I used to use stopped working too. #Android always finds a way to piss me off. #Librem5 can't come soon enough.

Plasma 5.15.5 brings improvements to KDE's desktop environment, including fixes to the Discover software manager, crisper widget previews and labels on the desktop, ... and emojis to window titles. Let that last one sink in for a second. https://kde.org/announcements/plasma-5.15.5.php

The #Ubuntu 19.10 Codename is "Eoan Ermine" — but what does it mean? 🧐 https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2019/04/ubuntu-19-10-codename

It's time the recommendations in our #DigitalStopAndSearch report on #MobilePhoneExtraction were acted upon.

https://privacyinternational.org/report/1699/digital-stop-and-search-how-uk-police-can-secretly-download-everything-your-mobile

2/2 https://twitter.com/privacyint/status/1125740060689747968/photo/1

A animal with a history of abuse will often flinch when a well-meaning new owner tries to pet it. It takes a lot of time and effort to rebuild trust and security.

The emotional damage in the #FOSS community from decades of abuse by exploitative companies isn't acknowledged nearly enough, and is hard to overcome.