Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

The description "world's richest third world country" comes to mind.

BREAKING: EFF obtained records revealing that a San Francisco business district gave police live access to hundreds of cameras to spy on protestors.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/07/san-francisco-police-accessed-business-district-camera-network-spy-protestors

“But safety is only one attraction of in-cabin monitoring. The systems also hold huge potential for harvesting the kind of behavioral data that Google, Facebook, and other surveillance capitalists have exploited to target ads and influence purchasing habits.”

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/m7jpmp/car-companies-want-to-monitor-your-every-move-with-emotion-detecting-ai

Nextcloud wins *all* subcategories in this German survey for cloud data service providers (including MS, Apple, Dropbox, and Google)... https://nextcloud.com/blog/nextcloud-is-the-winner-of-all-subcategories-in-euro-am-sonntag-magazines-rating/

But what about billions invested in legendary* "ease of use" by the proprietary providers? And "free" (loss leading) services?

*not legit legends. These are made up by paid PR firms

Canada used the #USMCA as a chance to fix its copyright, reducing the risk to Canadians' human rights and businesses. Mexico went the other way, importing the worst of US copyright law in ways that permanently disadvantage its people and businesses. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/07/mexicos-new-copyright-law-puts-human-rights-jeopardy

NLRB (all male, all Republican, btw) decides that workers using "profane or racist" language with managers is a legitimate firing offense...and uses that ruling to uphold the firing of a Black union member, because of course. smh.

The Other White Vigilante https://itsgoingdown.org/the-other-white-vigilante/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Just got confirmation from T1J that the Nebula video platform is legit. Owned by the creators and they get surplus payouts every month (based on watch time). And he was totally psyched about collective ownership. Glad I signed up.

A coop owned patreon alternative with only 2.5 percent fee. Might be of interest ro @rek and @neauoire, and to everyone really

https://comradery.co/

Mexico rushed through new copyright as part of its #USMCA trade deal, copy-pasting the worst of US copyright. This law undermines Mexicans' fundamental rights and burdens Mexican businesses in so many ways. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/07/mexicos-new-copyright-law-puts-human-rights-jeopardy

I'm excited to announce that our Librem 14 laptop will now feature BIOS and EC flash chip write protection via a dip switch on the motherboard: https://puri.sm/posts/librem-14-features-bios-and-ec-write-protection/

Investing in Real Convergence

https://puri.sm/posts/investing-in-real-convergence/

"Real convergence means bringing your desktop computer with you wherever you go."

Learn more about the Librem 5: https://puri.sm/products/librem-5/

#linux #convergence #privacy #freedom #librem5

I would say FB should pay every single person $5000
http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/mpD9_RWMCvI/facebook-adds-100-million-to-landmark-facial-recognition-settlement-payout

This article explains all the reasons why we should actively shun Microsoft products and kindly but firmly refuse to collaborate with people who use them, polluting the world with their effectively proprietary formats... this is a teaching opportunity. Microsoft are a bad actor - people should avoid being sullied by association. And Google is only slightly better. https://www.theregister.com/2020/07/23/g_suite_javier_soltero_interview/