Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

A friend of #Trump bought a substantial part of #Twitter!

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/feb/29/paul-singer-elliott-management-twitter-jack-dorsey

Let people on Twitter know!

You can lead them to #Mastodon. I published in Dutch a thread about it. If you are still on Twitter you can retweet it if you like.

https://twitter.com/jeroenpraat/status/1234126474753593344

Deepl machine translation:

https://pad.disroot.org/p/r.03cc0acf351187299736d3ad1f703999

Enough is enough. If Congress can't bring meaningful reform to Section 215 of the PATRIOT Act, they should let it expire. https://act.eff.org/action/tell-congress-do-not-pass-a-clean-reauthorization-of-section-215

#Children are #reading less than ever before, research reveals | #Education | The Guardian

This doesn’t sound good.

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2020/feb/29/children-reading-less-says-new-research

#UK #Literacy

Lead the team of technologists building a better Internet through software projects and technology policy
https://www.eff.org/opportunities/jobs/director-technology-projects

#SteveBell on #MikePence leading #US's #coronavirus response – #cartoon | Opinion | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2020/feb/27/steve-bell-mike-pence-us-coronavirus-response-cartoon

#Politics #Satire #DonaldTrump

After blowing $100m to snoop on Americans' phone call logs for four years, what did the NSA get? Just one lead • The Register
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/02/26/nsa_calllogging_program/

is punk dead

(boosts good to get more accurate poll results)

Apple has given governments a lever to impose their own measures of control over billions of users.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/02/apple-tell-us-more-about-your-app-store-takedowns

Coalition Calls for Demonstration Against Racist, White Nationalist Conference in Burns, Tennessee this May https://itsgoingdown.org/coalition-calls-for-demonstration-against-racist-white-nationalist-conference-in-burns-tennessee-this-may/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

The same private entity that helped architect L.A.’s privacy-invasive digital mobility rules and spread those rules to other cities now seeks to profit by helping cities run those regulations. https://www.citylab.com/transportation/2020/02/los-angeles-transportation-data-mobility-scooter-mds-uber/606178/

On the morning of Feb 24 the OPP raided the rail blockade in Tyendinaga Mohawk territory. In the wake of the raid, new camps, occupations and blockades have gone up, but more solidarity is urgently required.

#WetsuwetenStrong #Tyendinaga #ShutDownCanada

Check out this handy Border Search Pocket Guide designed to be printed, folded, and carried in your pocket while traveling. https://www.eff.org/document/eff-border-search-pocket-guide https://t.co/O0zyGxfLc9

Something I was proud that we did at Linux Journal was support customer privacy to the point we rejected the giant ecosystem of ad trackers dominating the industry.

It is hard (and costly) to do and I'm pleased to see The Markup take a similar stand:

https://themarkup.org/2020/02/25/president-letter-nabiha-syed

Phone Zap: Support Michigan Prisoners Targeted for Speaking Out Against Racist Staff & Poor Conditions https://itsgoingdown.org/phone-zap-michigan-prisoners/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

More than $200 million is frozen in the California broadband fund because amendments pushed by incumbent ISPs prevent it from being spent on fiber. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/02/californias-broadband-fund-ignores-fiber-and-favors-slow-dsl

Hacks and spying

Is WhatsApp safe for diplomats?

The Facebook-owned app has become a standard tool for international negotiations. Amid rising security concerns, EU experts now suggest a safer alternative. But the WhatsApp era is far from over. ...

https://netzpolitik.org/2020/is-whatsapp-safe-for-diplomats/

"There are two ways of constructing a software design:

One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies.

The first method is far more difficult."

C. A. R. Hoare, The Emperor’s Old Clothes, 1980 Turing Award Lecture

Breakthrough in coronavirus research results in new map to support vaccine design

Researchers have made a critical breakthrough toward developing a vaccine for the 2019 novel coronavirus by creating the first 3D atomic scale map of the part of the virus that attaches to and infects human cells. Mapping this part, called the spike protein, is an essential step so researchers around the world can develop vaccines and antiviral drugs to combat the virus.