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Last week, users asked us that hitting enter should accept an entered 2FA code. Shortly after, this improvement was done. We try to listen to you as much as possible, thanks for the constant stream of feedback! 😍
https://www.reddit.com/r/tutanota/comments/dpb2s8/minor_usability_enhancement_request_hitting_enter/
Did you know, you can narrow down the suggestions from the firefox address bar using the following characters :
^ to search for matches in your browsing history.
* to search for matches in your bookmarks.
+ to search for matches in pages you’ve tagged.
% to search for matches in your currently open tabs.
# to search for matches in page titles.
$ to search for matches in web addresses (URLs).
? to search for matches in suggestions.
Opt-out by default would be huge:
"Under the terms of the OPA, individuals would have the right to obtain, correct, and delete data collected about them by covered entities, as well as to request "a human review" of automated decisions. Users would also have to opt-in to having their personal data used for training machine learning algorithms." https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/11/new-bill-would-create-digital-privacy-agency-to-enforce-privacy-rights/
“We need lawmakers and regulators to help protect our children, our cognitive capabilities, our public square and our democracy by creating guardrails and rules to deal directly with the incentives and business models of these platforms and the societal harms they are causing.”
By shirking its responsibility to filter out lies, Facebook is a threat to civic society
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/nov/05/facebook-civic-society-political-speech-howard-dean?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Librem_Social #facebook #bigtech #libremone
Climate crisis: 11,000 scientists warn of ‘untold suffering’
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/nov/05/climate-crisis-11000-scientists-warn-of-untold-suffering?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Librem_Social #climatechange #climatecrisis #extinction
The 4-day work week is the headline, but I suspect the main productivity gains came from halving meeting times to 30 mins, limiting attendees to 5 people (with single representatives for each team), and encouraging chat for collaboration:
"Microsoft Japan Says 4-Day Workweek Boosted Workers' Productivity By 40%" https://n.pr/2qqT8m3
“Facial recognition and emerging forms of AI give landlords alarming power to harass rent-stabilized tenants.”
A vulnerability in WhatsApp was abused to install surveillance malware on phones of journalists and human rights activists. To make sure that potential vulnerabilities are found quickly, the code must be open source. That's why all Tutanota clients - web, apps, desktop clients - are published under GPLv3.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/10/29/whatsapp-accuses-israeli-firm-helping-governments-hack-phones-journalists-human-rights-workers/
Privacy isn't about hiding bad things.
It’s about protecting what defines us as human beings, who we are: our day-to-day behavior, our personality, our fears, our relationships, and our vulnerabilities.
- Isabela Bagueros, Tor ED #TakeBacktheInternet
https://blog.torproject.org/better-internet-possible-ive-seen-it #blog #privacy #surveillance #censorship
Facebook Isn’t Just Allowing Lies, It’s Prioritizing Them
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/04/opinion/facebook-political-ads.html
Facebook can, by tinkering with its rules for political ads, give itself a special, unregulated power over elections. Just that possibility gives Facebook political leverage and politicians reasons to want leverage over Facebook. The nation’s dominant social network is creating the kind of monopoly influence over politics that the framers of the Sherman antitrust law were concerned about. #bigtech #libremone