@khaos I have Glencairn glassware too, but I really like the weight and art deco style of this glass if I'm not doing a tasting.
A post-tax-filing whiskey is a tradition around here. It works when it's a refund year but especially when it's not. #itwasnt #lastminutetaxes
@dredmorbius I elaborate a bit in this post: https://puri.sm/posts/consent-matters-when-tech-takes-remote-control-without-your-permission/
One of the most damaging philosophies #infosec copied from IT is a belief in user inferiority. Too many security decisions are rooted in a patronizing notion that users are children and that trust and agency must be taken from them and given to infosec staff/vendors.
It blew his mind that a single deck of cards you can buy for $1 could mean a hundred different single and multiplayer games. I immediately taught him solitaire, and cribbage is next. Society would never invent such a thing today.
@bshah It's the same as PureOS on our laptops, it uses Gnome Software and Packagekit.
I'm digging the new boot splash screen that made it in the #Librem5 Dogwood PureOS release. I especially like the graphical feedback during system updates.
Mobile App Stores and the Power of Incentives
"A large part of our work at Purism is focused on creating a healthy, ethical, privacy-preserving alternative to the current mobile app ecosystem."
https://puri.sm/posts/mobile-app-stores-and-the-power-of-incentives/
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@farhan I'm actually writing a longer form piece on this subject right now. I'm not entirely sure legislation will solve it. If it does, it would be because fines changed the risk/reward calculation enough to remove the financial incentive.
Have you ever seen a delivery person double-park in a city? It's illegal but the occasional fine is the cost of doing business and much cheaper than parking legally.
"This has been going on for years and is an essential part of the mobile app economy."
Unless you remove the financial incentive, there's no hope for #privacy on Android/iOS. Their app ecosystems are built on selling user data and no amount of prompts or checkboxes can fix it.
https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/7/8/21311533/sdks-tracking-data-location
Movie remake: Terminator, but T-101 has 2020 facial recognition tech with current false positive rates. Twist: Sarah Connor is black. #privacy
First SARS-CoV-2, then H1N1 G4 and now actual Bubonic plague? #yearofpestilence https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/bubonic-plague-triggers-health-alert-in-china-after-herder-is-infected/2020/07/07/bfb8f874-c004-11ea-8908-68a2b9eae9e0_story.html
I appreciated Brian Chen's NYTimes piece on tech longevity (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/01/technology/personaltech/make-your-tech-last-longer.html). Mainstream attention on this is critical. My thoughts on how @purism is solving the issue are at https://puri.sm/posts/librem-5-longevity-solving-the-problem-of-disposable-technology/
The conclusion that's stuck w/ me years after reading this piece on rich preppers isn't the excess, but the selfish, short-sightedness. If those people would invest the same resources into *improving* their society, they needn't worry about its collapse. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/01/30/doomsday-prep-for-the-super-rich
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