Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

53m discarded #Covid-19 #FaceMasks in #UK 'could be polluting the #sea’ | #Coronavirus | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/18/coronavirus-face-masks-could-be-polluting-the-sea

#Pandemic #Environment #Pollution #Waste #Littering

I encourage companies who have a fundamental dependence on custom software (their own SaaS or a crucial info management system or even their day-to-day productivity software) to ensure that they control that software and have in-house development expertise to customise it. If you outsource that, you're no longer an independent company. You're an effective non-voting subsidiary of whoever controls that software. More info: https://davelane.nz/mshostage

Publishing study results in AI without enough information to allow the scientific method to continue through attempted replication is not science, it's marketing. Science and scientific publications must demand more. https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/11/12/1011944/artificial-intelligence-replication-crisis-science-big-tech-google-deepmind-facebook-openai/

After receiving EFF’s letter, GitHub has reversed course, and is committed to have technical experts review Section 1201-related accusations & allow code repository owners to dispute those accusations before taking down their code. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/11/github-reinstates-youtube-dl-after-riaas-abuse-dmca https://twitter.com/EFF/status/1319787243184123904?s=20

#azure layoffs carry on and #iis will soon have the plug pulled on it (it's running out of actual users). #microsoft is in trouble and that's why it's attacking, bribing , sabotaging and infiltrating. We need to resist this Mafia. #deletegithub for starters.

Visit the the Atlas of Surveillance to view information about 82 real-time crime centers EFF and students at @RSJNevada have identified across the U.S. 10/ https://atlasofsurveillance.org/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&location=&technologies%5B93%5D=on https://t.co/ayMgmdSFEb

A real-time crime center wasn't enough for the Albuquerque Police Department in New Mexico: they also purchased two mobile surveillance vehicles to serve as satellite RTCCs. 5/
https://atlasofsurveillance.org/real-time-crime-centers/albuquerque-real-time-crime-center https://t.co/4SDyFXMQIY

The Detroit Real-Time Crime Center and DPD's Project Green Light use face recognition, which has resulted in multiple people being falsely accused of crimes. 6/
https://atlasofsurveillance.org/real-time-crime-centers/detroit-real-time-crime-center https://t.co/Pn5doJUdxP

The Atlanta Loudermilk Video Integration Center is a real-time crime center with access to more than 12,800 cameras, including cameras operated by private businesses. 3/
https://atlasofsurveillance.org/real-time-crime-centers/atlanta-loudermilk-operation-shield-video-integration-center https://t.co/8Aa7iGXJkI

In Sacramento, CA you might notice little metal boxes marked "POLICE" attached to traffic lights. Those are called "Police Observation Devices" or PODs, and they contain cameras that feed into the Sacramento Police Department's Real-Time Crime Center 2/
https://atlasofsurveillance.org/real-time-crime-centers/sacramento-rtcc https://t.co/ZTZaF8lWn6

Github should not have to have a "developers fund", because not a single developer should use it ;)

GitHub reinstates youtube-dl library after EFF intervention | ZDNet
https://www.zdnet.com/article/github-reinstates-youtube-dl-library-after-eff-intervention/#ftag=RSSbaffb68

Librem 5 Screenshots Snapshot (2020-11-15)

https://puri.sm/posts/librem-5-screenshots-snapshot-2020-11-15/

"With the Librem 5 mass production beginning to ship imminently, we are publishing some image screenshots to snapshot this momentous occasion."

#librem5 #privacy #security

More patents do not mean more innovation. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/11/tell-trumps-patent-office-director-dont-make-permanent-rule-changes-now