@moparisthebest how many hdmi switches and composite/s-video/component-to-hdmi adapters are you up to now?
@ruff @kyle the open standard is still there, used, and improving. Follow projects like #SnikketIM or jmp.chat and you'll find communities that are active and doing interesting things to grow XMPP.
New York: Now is the time to speak up for your right to repair. https://act.eff.org/action/new-york-stand-up-for-your-right-to-repair
@vogon reminds me of the TWAIN (Technology Without An Interesting Name) interface for scanners
We’re excited to announce the Dark Patterns Tip Line with @consumerreports and friends @AccessNow @PenAmerica @DarkPatterns. Anyone can submit deceptive design patterns they see in everyday products and services. Submit one today! https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/05/help-bring-dark-patterns-light
@eliasr @craftyguy @purism yes. The "number" for the data sim doesn't really do anything (no sms or calls). It's basically an account identifier for the mobile network. My actual used number connects to my xmpp clients. Only downside is that chatty doesn't support voice atm so I have to use SIP on librem5. Everywhere else (android, laptop, etc) calls come in through my xmpp clients as well.
This works well simce the SIM is just for data, but I can use wifi everywhere instead.
This is so cool https://vimeo.com/551468278
@vortex_egg little brother?
@eliasr @craftyguy @purism using jmp.chat and Chatty already gives me MMS on #librem5
Interesting article that directly compares Tesla's lock-in and remote control tactics to Apple's: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/05/14/tesla-apple-tech/
AirTags can enable stalking--especially for users who don't have an iPhone. "Apple’s failure to take seriously the safety of people who exist outside of the Apple ecosystem is inexcusable," write EFF's @evacide and @FoxCahn in @wired. https://www.wired.com/story/opinion-apples-air-tags-are-a-gift-to-stalkers/
Why is it so hard for people to have #privacy? Because a TV company can make almost as much profit selling customer data as it can selling the TVs. https://www.engadget.com/vizio-q1-earnings-inscape-013937337.html
Signal created targeted ads for Instagram that show the personal data that Facebook collects about you and sells access to.
They were blocked.
https://signal.org/blog/the-instagram-ads-you-will-never-see/
World's biggest jeweller, Pandora, to drop mined diamonds
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-56972562
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Very excited to announce that #NGI DAPSI will be funding user account data export and migration in #Snikket and #XMPP! This project will give people more control over their data and ensure they are never locked into a specific XMPP provider.
Back in November, we learned that Disney had pulled a breathtakingly criminal wage-theft manuever on one of science-fiction's most beloved authors, Allan Dean Foster, an elderly cancer-patient caring for his sick wife.
https://pluralistic.net/2020/11/19/disneymustpay/#disneymustpay
Foster is the bestselling author of some of the most successful movie novelizations ever, from the first STAR WARS novel to ALIENS novels and more.
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