Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

According to @ProctorU, only 10% of the cheating flags its automated system makes are reviewed by humans, and partly as a result, the company will now discontinue its AI-only service. Your move, @proctorio and @ExamSoft.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/06/long-overdue-reckoning-online-proctoring-companies-may-finally-be-here

Companies be like: we're looking for a junior developer with the experience of a senior engineer and the salary expectations of an intern.

Last week, Congress introduced the ACCESS Act, one of the most significant, pro-competitive, pro-user tech laws in American legislative history.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/06/access-act-takes-step-towards-more-interoperable-future

It will require large tech platforms to open up to interoperability, so you can leave the platform for a rival without losing contact with your friends, communities, audiences and customers.

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At my work (Freedom of the Press Foundation) we're still hiring for a Senior Security Engineer to join the @securedrop team.

This is a work-from-anywhere role that's great for folks who have worked in security-sensitive software engineering roles for 3+ years (with or without the SecEng title).

https://freedom.press/jobs/job-opening-senior-security-engineer/

Non-profit & open source jobs can be few and far between. HMU if this looks of interest to you or you have questions about it :)

Have been convinced we need mass civil disobedience to stop climate change. Extinction Rebellion might be cringy at times but they have a point.

Future generations can't vote, therefore electoral politics favour those who benefit current voters at the expense of the future ones.

#UN blasts world leaders for failing to seal £72bn-a-year deal on #climate | #Cop26: Glasgow climate change conference 2021 | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jun/20/un-blasts-world-leaders-for-failing-to-seal-72bn-a-year-deal-on-climate

#Environment #GlobalWarming #ClimateChange #Politics

I'm so glad to know that when the jack-booted thugs come in the middle of the night to drag me off for my politics, it will have been Joe Biden's administration who sent them and not that despicable fascist Trump.

https://twitter.com/FordFischer/status/1405943810648117255

Black lives matter in the streets, Black lives matter on the internet. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/06/year-action-support-black-led-movement-against-police-violence-and-racism

The Dutch Data Protection Authority advises Dutch schools to stop using Google Workspaces as it is in conflict with the GDPR. Luckily, European, GDPR compliant alternatives exist!
https://tweakers.net/nieuws/182730/ap-adviseert-onderwijs-te-stoppen-met-google-workspace-wegens-strijd-met-avg.html

@ParadeGrotesque When you're in one of MicroSoft's musea, that means you're already dead.

Your important reminder of the day:

"The purpose of the web software industry is to extract value out of Open-Source Software (OSS). [...] Most people in the industry don’t realise that the web dev economy is primarily extractive."

https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2021/the-oss-bubble-and-the-blogging-bubble/

Interesting to come across this from 2012: https://gizmodo.com/googles-broken-promise-the-end-of-dont-be-evil-5878987 Turns out, society loses respect for those who fail to live up to their stated principles. And fair enough too.

Interesting - I went from Apache -> Nginx about 10 years ago... never looked back. https://linuxiac.com/nginx-most-popular-web-server/

"The First Amendment prevents the government from forcing private publishers to publish the government’s preferred speech, and from forcing them to favor politicians over other speakers. This is a fundamental principle of our democracy."-EFF's @davidgreene https://www.eff.org/press/releases/unconstitutional-florida-law-barring-platforms-suspending-politicians-should-be

RT @lgbtq_economics: Today CLEAR joined @eff and 20+ organizations in calling on @paypal and @Venmo to provide more transparency and accou…