keverets @keverets@librem.one

The misguided Canadian Senate Bill S-203, AKA the “Protecting Young Persons from Exposure to Pornography Act, would likely force many companies to simply eliminate sexual content instead of carrying the huge risk that an underage user will access it. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/04/canadas-attempt-regulate-sexual-content-online-ignores-technical-and-historical

Solar is now 'cheapest electricity in history', confirms IEA':
https://www.carbonbrief.org/solar-is-now-cheapest-electricity-in-history-confirms-iea

#RenewableEnergy #SolarPower #IEA

Sneak Peek of the Next PureOS Release on the Librem 5

"With the next release of PureOS, code-named Byzantium, just around the corner, let’s give you a sneak peek of what you can look forward to."

https://puri.sm/posts/sneak-peek-of-the-next-pureos-release-on-the-librem-5/

#librem5 #pureos

Parliament Seating Arrangements. http://dlvr.it/RxxM8c

Wondering if Chrome is leaking more info derived from your browsing history for advertising purposes? Visit [https://amifloced.org].

Is it a pokemon or big data?
http://pixelastic.github.io/pokemonorbigdata/

Using #Firefox' #HTTPS-only mode for some days (or weeks?) now and I'm surprised how rarely I get… cough… that legacy protocol…

Something good to tell about 2021, I guess! 😊

(You can easily enable it in the settings: https://support.mozilla.org/kb/https-only-prefs)

Spent half an hour on an updated "If Dave Dies - Computer Stuff" sheet, in case my wife suddenly finds herself without me.

If you're a nerd like me with a non-nerd spouse/partner, and have family documents, photos, music etc. on a Linux machine maybe with encrypted backups etc. it's worth an hour or so a month making sure they have multiple ways and instructions of how to get those things relatively simply.

> The power to target is the power to discriminate. By definition, targeted ads allow advertisers to reach some kinds of people while excluding others. A targeting system may be used to decide who gets to see job postings or loan offers just as easily as it is to advertise shoes.

Well said.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/03/googles-floc-terrible-idea

A few days ago I had an idea for a simple e-ink project and found Inkplate - an Open Hardware design with ESP32 and recycled Kindle displays.

Programmed it to wake up daily at midnight to download a PGM image over WiFi (https://gitlab.com/dos1/kartka) from a server which checks some stuff like trash collection schedule. Should last years on a single battery charge.

Check it out if you look for a super approachable way to build some e-ink stuff! https://inkplate.io/

Dear Spotify: don’t manipulate our emotions for profit

Take a stand against Spotify
's recent speech-recognition patent that claims to detect “emotional state, gender, age, or accent” to recommend music.

Music services shouldn't be using covert surveillance in their products.

https://www.accessnow.org/spotify-tech-emotion-manipulation/

Half a billion users. https://www.businessinsider.com/stolen-data-of-533-million-facebook-users-leaked-online-2021-4

You can now drop Google on your phone for /e/ OS, which is using Nextcloud to backup and let you share your data! https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/03/google-free-e-os-is-now-selling-pre-loaded-phones-in-the-us-starting-at-380/

i know tomorrow is April 1, but can we all agree to just not be dicks about it

"Do you Really Want Linux Phones?" A very good article about the recent developments, and the ongoing fragmentation we see on PinePhone instead of polish:
https://blog.brixit.nl/do-you-really-want-linux-phones/ #linux #smartphone #pinephone #librem

This is not consent. Amazon drivers should not be forced to submit to biometric surveillance as a condition of keeping their jobs. https://twitter.com/LaurenKGurley/status/1374114988391022606

I assumed that if GPT-3 generated pickup lines, they would be terrible because they would be something like human pickup lines. Instead, they are terrible for more delightful reasons.
https://janellecshane.substack.com/p/gpt-3-tries-pickup-lines?r=1lic4&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&utm_source=copy