Facebook are ruining Instagram and turning it into a shitshow of misinformation.
http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/5D6ydphPwmQ/instagram-displayed-negative-related-hashtags-for-biden-but-hid-them-for-trump
Probably old news to some but this is shit. I won't be buying a OnePlus as a future replacement now.
As always, some incisive analysis from Black Agenda Report:
https://blackagendareport.com/freedom-rider-let-movement-be-radical
If your development partner's unwilling to open the source or "can't"... then you screwed up. You picked the wrong partner. You're the buyer, you call the shots. Lift your game.
Senator @RonWyden has said he'll stand against any attempt to ram through the EARN IT bill while the Senate is in DC to deal with the Covid emergency. He shouldn't be the only one speaking up. https://act.eff.org/action/stop-the-earn-it-bill-before-it-breaks-encryption
Businesses across the world are harvesting and monetizing our biometrics without our knowledge or consent. We’re proud to support a new federal bill to end this.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/08/sen-merkley-leads-biometric-privacy
Another pre-work ride up the hill & more National hoardings on people's fences. Just making sure that would-be National voters realise that a vote for National is implicitly stating you believe in trickle down economics (it doesn't exist). And that more roads will mean less traffic, like a larger waistband results in weight loss.
Police spy tech like ALPRs puts everyone at risk of false arrests, and especially people of color. https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/aurora-police-detain-black-family-after-mistaking-their-vehicle-as-stolen
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Harvard's TraceFi appears to be the introduction of a powerful new location surveillance for everyone on their campus. Students should not be asked to sacrifice their privacy to use this technology. https://covidtech.harvard.edu/howitworks.html
Schools were already operating as testbeds for mass surveillance before the advent of COVID-19, from kindergarten through college levels. We shouldn't give them another tool in their surveillance arsenal. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/02/schools-are-pushing-boundaries-surveillance-technologies
The Constitution requires disclosure of the source code of programs used by prosecutors to prove an accused’s guilt in order to ensure that the evidence is reliable. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/08/eff-and-aclu-tell-federal-court-forensic-software-source-code-must-be-disclosed
This is some pretty terrifying shit, US: https://www.democracynow.org/2020/8/3/nils_gilman_2020_election_scenarios - I'm in despair that it's got to this point.
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