Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

While several other courts have held that long-term pole camera surveillance is constitutionally acceptable, two recent rulings, including a recent ruling by the Colorado Supreme Court, have found otherwise. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/09/colorado-supreme-court-rules-three-months-warrantless-video-surveillance-violates

We’re pleased to share that the Atlas of Surveillance will be featured in the @IndianaUniv’s Places & Spaces exhibit, which highlights powerful uses of maps in sharing knowledge. You can browse our growing collection of data on police surveillance tools at http://www.atlasofsurveillance.org

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Before assessing the value of synthestic starch, I really want to see a full life cycle analysis comparing this technology to traditional production. That seems to be where "vat meat" starts to look a lot more questionable (https://biobeef.faculty.ucdavis.edu/2019/12/15/cultured-meats-and-lca-statistics-what-do-the-data-say-2-of-4/).

In the meantime, it would be really nice if they provided units for this 8.5x efficiency number that all the science journalists are tossing around. Efficiency is usually calculated as units of product divided by units of some kind of input, but the results are very different depending on what kind of input goes in the denominator. Almonds are pretty efficient with regard to land, but a nightmare with regard to water inputs. Grassfed beef is extremely efficient with regard to fossil fuels, but a nightmare with regard to methane emissions. The journalistic coverage on this research doesn't specify, and at the moment I'm unable to put my hands on the _Science_ article, so the 8.5x number is basically meaningless.

The "10 Year Smartphone" initiative aims for a sustainable mobile ecosystem

https://tuxphones.com/10-year-smartphone-initiative-right-to-repair-lifecycle/ #righttorepair #opensource #10yearphone

Interoperability is tech's superpower! With it, new tech can unseat powerful incumbents. But decades of pro-monopoly laws have given Big Tech a veto over who can plug into its products. https://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2021/10/255710-competitive-compatibility/fulltext

In line with a recent opinion from the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, Colorado’s Supreme Court has found that warrantless, continuous, long-term video surveillance via pole camera violates violates reasonable expectations of privacy. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/09/colorado-supreme-court-rules-three-months-warrantless-video-surveillance-violates

This is just gross. 🤢 Ngl, if I lived in the UK, I'd probably be boycotting the Co-op Group. This mentality is a plague on the movement.

https://www.newstatesman.com/business/companies/2021/09/we-dont-chase-profit-steve-murrells-ceo-of-the-co-op-group-on-running-the-uks-biggest-mutual

Wow! Scottish Parliament introduced free bus travel for 5 - 18 year olds this March, and will be extending it up to 21 year olds the beginning of next year!

https://www.transport.gov.scot/concessionary-travel/young-persons-free-bus-travel-scheme/

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1. Browsing the internet will never be secure as long as web pages can execute arbitrary JavaScript.

2. For security reasons, a password manager should never integrate with a web browser.

The following website shows why these two points are true.

https://www.spookjs.com/

If code development if funded by the taxpayer, the result should be entirely open source, no excuses. https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/if-software-funded-public-source-its-code-should-be-open-source If proprietary dev companies won't do that... then don't use them. Simple.

First Microsoft 'saving us' with a plan to build an Azure zone in NZ and now Amazon... https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/126468116/amazon-to-spend-75-billion-making-auckland-a-centre-for-cloud-computing massive Digital Corporate Colonialism incoming.

We're kicking off the commons.hour - a monthly open gathering to learn, share and co-design a governance model and handbook for #cooperative-#commons tech infra initiatives like #meetcoop

📆 Monday 27th at 18h UTC

Invitation: https://opencollective.com/meet-coop/updates/invitation-commons-hour-session-1

Sign up & join us!

cc @Matt_Noyes @matslats @jdaviescoates @coopsmark @msavoritias @zkat @coopcloud @donestech @Stacco @jamiem @fredsultan @Sybille_Saint_Girons @disco_coop @agaric @strypey @flgnk @oli

@lwriemen @groovestomp yes, I frequently regale folks about the fundamental brokeness of institutional IT where mediocre technologists (who convince uniformed corporate/org HR people they're 'up to it') win roles where they're hired to "digitally enable" people in their organisation and instead create locked-down anti-progress feifdoms designed to give them a career's employment while minimising opportunities for the rest of the org to fully grasp their total unsuitability for their role.

School surveillance eliminates the only space where kids from lower-income families can communicate privately online. “The school Chromebook is the only device some kids have, and the school Wi-Fi is the only internet connection,” says EFF attorney Sophia Cope.