Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

Nearly 70% of smart TVs and 46% of game consoles were found to contain hardcoded DNS settings - allowing them to simply ignore your local network’s DNS server entirely.

On average, Smart TVs generate an average of 60 megabytes of outgoing Internet traffic per day, all the while bypassing tools like PiHole - and DNS filters.
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https://labzilla.io/blog/force-dns-pihole

Happy independence day to Finland.

According to research the safest, most stable and happiest country in the world, with highest rate of social trust.

Also the lowest childhood poverty rate, most cooperative based economy and one of the highest unionisation rates in the world.

Taken as a whole, these orders do nothing short of breaking the Internet. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/12/wechat-case-us-government-doesnt-care-if-it-breaks-internet

The vaccine must be free. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/04/lengthening-patent-terms-10-years-exactly-wrong-response-covid-19

Amazon Asks Its Advertisers to Consider Being a Bit More Invasive
https://gizmodo.com/amazon-asks-its-advertisers-to-consider-being-a-bit-mor-1845812027 #amazon #bigtech #privacy #security

Watch Live TV on Linux With Hypnotix: New IPTV App from Mint
https://itsfoss.com/hypnotix-iptv-app/

Tell the Senate not to bankrupt Internet users and enable copyright trolls. https://act.eff.org/action/tell-the-senate-don-t-let-a-quasi-court-bankrupt-internet-users-03509896-af6c-4f29-9f1c-e13782b1ef16

Ouarzazate Solar Power Station(by Noor Solar Power).

Covers 2500 hectares (the size of 3,500 football fields) making it the world's largest concentrated power plant. located in the #Sahara desert in #Morocco.

Powers over 500,000 homes.

CBP wants to create a facial recognition database of every non-US citizen traveler to the United States - https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/cbp-wants-to-create-a-facial-recognition-database-of-every-non-us-citizen-traveler-to-the-united-states/

Apple is sued in EU over iPhones that wear out too quickly - BNN Bloomberg
https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/apple-faces-eu-lawsuits-over-iphones-that-wear-out-too-quickly-1.1530577 #apple #bigtech #purism #librem5

Google illegally spied on workers before firing them, US labor board alleges - The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2020/12/2/22047383/google-spied-workers-before-firing-labor-complaint

Congratulations to all the Slack employees who will learn that their new boss thinks the Hawai'ian word "Ohana" means "at-will employment."

Online event, Dec. 9th

Returning to the Land: BIPOC in Conversation About Community and Self-Determination

https://www.ic.org/event/bipoc/

How stable is the Antarctic ice sheet?
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/11/201130113559.htm #climatechange #climatecrisis #leadonclimate

International lawyers draft plan to criminalise #ecosystem #destruction | #InternationalCriminalJustice | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/law/2020/nov/30/international-lawyers-draft-plan-to-criminalise-ecosystem-destruction

#Nature #Wildlife #Conservation #Law #Justice