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New Hampshire courts thought the name of a law enforcement vendor was so secret, they tripped over themselves keeping it out of the public record. We found the company’s name with a Google search. eff.org/deeplinks/2022/03/foil t.co/oMo0RHny50

With $1.158M, you could buy oceanfront property in Florida. Or you could pay the Pasco County Sheriff’s Department—this year’s winner of highest fee estimate—to produce records about a controversial policing program. eff.org/deeplinks/2022/03/foil

In the USA at least, the cholesterol numbers for doctors to prescribe statins has crept into the range where it's borderline to a small increase in exercise/antioxidants. Maybe prescribing a healthier lifestyle is a better choice.

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Headlines of these things make it seem so urgent. Your probability of being diagnosed with prostate cancer early rose 41% for the .012% of men between 45 and 75 probable for a diagnosis of prostate cancer.

After 75, there is a sharp jump upward, but who needs to live much longer than that anyway?

newsbots.eu/@ScienceDaily/1079

*sigh* yesterday I saw that a young band I was really impressed with have allowed one of their songs to be used by Microsoft to advertise the "Surface"... Too bad. Sorta ruins their music for me. :(

👀 Yet more consumer hardware is spying on you. This time, routers sending every hostname your devices need to a third party -- even if you have the "feature" switched off.

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Privacy Workshop: BigBlueButton Admin Features

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:opensource: And now there is an election for "individual" board members.

🤔 Which corporate tech giant should get my vote?

👀 The proprietary software SaaS voting platform whose trackers also share my personal information with Google awaits....

#OpenSource #PublicCharities

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The #Inkscape project is seeking to fill a 12-month contract position for a Project Coordinator.

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