Choosing a VPN still means trusting another party with one’s information and trusting them to not only encrypt information, but be transparent as possible about their service.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/11/virtually-private-network-nordvpns-breach-and-limitations-vpns
For further inspiration, read our full comments: https://www.eff.org/document/eff-comments-hud-proposed-rule-disparate-impact-and-algorithmic-defenses-october-2019
Elizabeth Warren trolls Facebook with 'false' Zuckerberg ad https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/oct/11/elizabeth-warren-facebook-zuckerberg-trump-troll
Last night, Governor Gavin Newsom signed A.B. 1215 into law. California will have three years without police use of face recognition technology.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/10/victory-california-governor-signs-ab-1215
MASSIVE news for the Matrix ecosystem today: @NewVectorHQ@twitter.com, the startup formed by the core Matrix team has raised $8.5M of additional funding from @NotionVC@twitter.com @firstminutecap@twitter.com & @dawncapital@twitter.com. 🎉💸🎉 Read what this means for Matrix over at https://matrix.org/blog/2019/10/10/new-vector-raises-8-5-m-to-accelerate-matrix-riot-modular!
Victory!
Governor Newsom has signed AB 1215 into law. The new law enacts a three-year moratorium on the use of face recognition, or other forms of biometric data collection, in combination with police body cameras. https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/California-blocks-police-from-using-facial-14502547.php
Great article about decentralization, federation, and technology: https://rosenzweig.io/blog/the-federation-fallacy.html
excited to get my librem 5 soon, https://puri.sm/products/librem-5/