Mark Richards @markalanrichards@librem.one
A software engineer that likes enjoyable and responsible software engineering.
A researcher into privacy problems online.
Interested in learning more about federation, decentralisation and self sovereign systems.
Curious about web3, seems like there should be an opportunity to do something great, but so far, from what I've seen, it doesn't quite make sense to me.
Joined Aug 2019
Mark Richards
boosted
In the run up to the UK General Election, we're asking people to call on all candidates and political parties to protect digital rights in the next Parliament.
Contact your local candidates today ➡️ https://action.openrightsgroup.org/ask-your-candidates-back-digital-rights
#GeneralElection #DigitalRights #DigitalRightsAreHumanRights #privacy #freedomofexpression #Manifesto #ukpolitics #dataprotection
Invasive tracking ‘endemic’ on sensitive support websites
https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366587398/Invasive-tracking-endemic-on-sensitive-support-websites
Mark Richards
boosted
"If Britain is so bothered by China, why do these .gov.uk sites use Chinese ad brokers?"
https://theregister.com/2024/04/24/ads_on_gov_uk_websites/
@metoffice https://metoffice.gov.uk/ads.txt
After decades in this space, privacy eroding adtech has flourished in great part due to a lack of effective enforcement. I don’t think we can rely on the UK ICO.
A software engineer that likes enjoyable and responsible software engineering.
A researcher into privacy problems online.
Interested in learning more about federation, decentralisation and self sovereign systems.
Curious about web3, seems like there should be an opportunity to do something great, but so far, from what I've seen, it doesn't quite make sense to me.
Joined Aug 2019
