keverets @keverets@librem.one
Joined Jun 2019
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NEW: Emails from 2016 show Ring provided dozens of free or discounted cameras to LAPD officers for official and personal use. In return, the LAPD officers encouraged the spread of Ring’s products throughout the community.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/06/emails-show-amazon-rings-hold-lapd-through-camera-giveaways
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"It begins with one doorbell camera on the front of your house.. It extends to cameras inside the home...It would not surprise me if in the next year or two, Sidewalk becomes an avenue by which they can extend that surveillance out into the neighborhood."
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🚀 CryptPad 4.7 is now live on cryptpad.fr!
This version introduces the new Form application to collaboratively create surveys and polls. This is a Beta version of the app with more features to be added in the coming weeks.
@aurynn I thought that was already covered by the DRM debacle
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Big Tech critic Lina Khan named chair of the FTC
Lina Khan, a prominent critic of Big Tech, has been named chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), a White House spokesperson confirmed Tuesday.
The update comes just hours after the Senate voted to confirm the 32-year-old to the agency in a 69-28 vote.
The designation as chairwoman will give Khan greater authority at the FTC at a time when the agency is pursuing an antitrust case against Facebook and as lawmakers look to revamp laws to give the agency greater authority to rein in the market power of tech giants. ...
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/558584-lina-khan-named-chair-of-the-ftc
@ehashman arrogance and unacknowledged developer familiarity
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Briar 1.3 was released! It features image attachments, profile pictures, disappearing messages and a re-organized settings screen.
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Hi!
We've just created this mastodon account to communicate about the #unifiedpush project.
UnifiedPush is specifications and tools that let mobile users choose how push notifications are delivered. All in a free and open source way.
@dthompson as a Canadian, it's still surprising how few other places in the world use Robertson. So many advantages (all those you listed for star drive and more). Such simple things make life so much better.
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We have a bunch of tech and non-tech opened positions at /e/! Software engineers, hackers, designers...
Feel free to RT or to forward to friends!
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WHY DO SO MANY COOL OPEN SOURCE WEB APPLICATIONS DEPEND ON DOCKER, HOLY SHIT LEARN HOW TO WRITE PROPER SETUP DOCUMENTATION 
I refuse to run Docker containers inside of Linux Containers so my options are…
- Install manually and make upgrading a pain in the ass
- Don't use the app
As much as I would *love* to use it, the reliance on Docker for managing 100% of the stack is a *hard* no. Figuring out how the image has changed between releases would make manual maintenance absolute hell and I am unwilling to shoulder that burden.
Not everyone is *able* to use Docker and not everyone is *willing* to use Docker. By not supporting any other deployment method, you are preventing some individuals from using what could be *the* application they've spent years looking for.
Let the admin decide how to architect their own systems. They know their backend better than you do.
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I refuse to run Docker containers inside of Linux Containers so my options are…
- Install manually and make upgrading a pain in the ass
- Don't use the app
As much as I would *love* to use it, the reliance on Docker for managing 100% of the stack is a *hard* no. Figuring out how the image has changed between releases would make manual maintenance absolute hell and I am unwilling to shoulder that burden.
Not everyone is *able* to use Docker and not everyone is *willing* to use Docker. By not supporting any other deployment method, you are preventing some individuals from using what could be *the* application they've spent years looking for.
Let the admin decide how to architect their own systems. They know their backend better than you do.
(reposted because jake wanted to boost)
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NYCers have a new ridehailing alternative to Uber: The Drivers Cooperative is a driver-owned, app-based ride-hailing service that pays drivers more, charges riders less, and pays out any profits to driver-owners as periodic dividends.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/28/technology/nyc-uber-lyft-the-drivers-cooperative.html
Platform cooperativism is a powerful antidote to app-based gig work: a way to provide customers with the convenience that made app-based services so popular while putting workers in control of their days, schedules and conditions.
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If there's one lesson you'd hope governments would take away from the pandemic and the lockdown, it's that good internet policy - universal access at fair prices, managed in the public interest - is a prerequisite for *all* good policy.
Canada didn't get the memo.
Last week, the CRTC - Canada's telecoms regulator - released its long-awaited decision on the wholesale prices paid by small, innovative ISPs to access the facilities of Canada's telecoms monopolists.
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@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.
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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
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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.
Joined Jun 2019
