keverets @keverets@librem.one

Social media’s job is to show you posts from the people you follow, but social media’s business model is to charge news companies to reach their subscribers. That’s a bad deal for everyone (except the platforms’ owners!)

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/06/save-news-we-need-end-end-web

JMP is Launched and Out of Beta https://lemmy.ml/post/1217231

> In their damning report of education technology Human Rights Watch found that 89% of the 150 products they examined “monitored or could monitor children, in most cases secretly and without the consent of children or their parents”. With CryptPad students can learn without being surveilled and tracked.
https://cryptpad.org/pricing/education/
#Cryptpad #SoftwareForEducation #HumanRightsWatch #OnlineCollaboration #共同文章作成

Me: I won't discuss business in a room with an Alexa, because Amazon is my business competitor and they eavesdrop.

Various other folks:

Today: Amazon to pay fine for eavesdropping. https://www.npr.org/2023/06/01/1179381126/amazon-alexa-ring-settlement

launching next week: the new MNT Reform Keyboard V3 (also as drop-in module for the MNT Reform laptop)!

If we priced externalities into the cost of fossil fuels, it’s not a profitable business.

The cleanup costs in California will be triple the industry’s projected profits, and that doesn’t even include cleaning up CO₂ and CH₄ from the atmosphere.

https://www.propublica.org/article/cost-of-california-oil-cleanup-exceeds-industry-profits

Time to ask questions, boys!

What communications tools/chat protocols do you use in 2023 for PERSONAL communications? Only select those you have used in the past week or two. If you only write via Facebook to your grandma once a year, don't select it.

Also, I don't care if your workplace uses Slack or MS Teams. Only choose the options you use for personal stuff.

Please, repost for greater reach.

And whose fault is that?

It's my belief that if an electronic device needs replacing within four years—for any reason—it was defective from the beginning.

Kudows to @Fairphone for the new Fairbuds XL 🎶

A new proof that with some willpower, we can make a more sustainable world! 🌳🌍

And since they are cool and compatible with all Murena phones with /e/OS, we have decided to make them available at https://murena.com/shop/accessories/fairbuds-headphones/

#sustainability #privacy #mydataisMYdata

@murena @e_mydata

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Ocean temperatures are off the charts right now, and scientists are alarmed. So many species harmed, more energy in the weather system, and more glacial melting. I’m worried that everyone is underestimating the pace of sea level rise. 😱 https://apple.news/ArTsirfhPSMqmHFhSche-TA

We are analyzing #openstreetmap community communication behaviors and will present our findings at #sotmus. Want to help? Take this quick, anonymous survey to tell us if and how you use the #osm forum, mailing lists, social media and other channels. Thanks! https://forms.gle/Ez6xUkKcvmJNB6Rs5

"Microsoft Edge sends a request to bingapis .com with the full URL of nearly every page you navigate to"

Microsoft secretly tracks people across myriads of websites/apps via pixel. Now it was caught tracking them directly in the browser, by default. Wild.
https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/25/23697532/microsoft-edge-browser-url-leak-bing-privacy