Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

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

RISC-V, the Linux of the chip world, is starting to produce technological breakthroughs | ZDNet
https://www.zdnet.com/article/risc-v-the-linux-of-the-chip-world-is-starting-to-produce-technological-breakthroughs/#ftag=RSSbaffb68

Any idea how many elected union officials (like shop stewards) are there in the US?

Tried to google but couldn't find info.

On Monday 11/30, the Supreme Court will hear argument about whether the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act criminalizes minor terms of service violations. Read EFF's brief on behalf of security researchers, whose important work is threatened by the CFAA https://www.eff.org/press/releases/eff-asks-supreme-court-rule-violating-terms-service-isnt-crime-under-cfaa

The 2000-watt society:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000-watt_society

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I love it!

No Google-Fitbit merger without human rights remedies, says Amnesty to EU – TechCrunch
https://techcrunch.com/2020/11/27/no-google-fitbit-merger-without-human-rights-remedies-says-amnesty-to-eu/?guccounter=1

Microsoft productivity score feature criticised as workplace surveillance | Microsoft | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/nov/26/microsoft-productivity-score-feature-criticised-workplace-surveillance

Technology as it Should Be

"The power of control by Big-Tech in the app store is but a small example of exploitation of our digital lives. If you don’t control the software, the companies who wrote that software control you. You become a digital prisoner."

https://puri.sm/posts/technology-as-it-should-be/

#freedom #privacy #security

Facebook is deleting evidence of war crimes, researchers say - The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2020/11/25/21664951/facebook-ban-stolen-artifacts-aids-criminal-organizations

Wolfie Christl (@WolfieChristl): "Esoteric metrics based on analyzing extensive data about employee activities has been mostly the domain of fringe software vendors. Now it's built into MS 365. A new feature to calculate 'productivity scores' turns Microsoft 365 into an full-fledged workplace surveillance tool:" | nitter
https://nitter.net/WolfieChristl/status/1331221942850949121