Siddharth Shah @siddharth05h4h@librem.one

Exxon Isn't the Only Fossil Fuel Giant Getting Its Ass Sued
https://earther.gizmodo.com/exxon-isnt-the-only-fossil-fuel-giant-getting-its-ass-s-1839268301 #climatechange #climatecrisis

Grisaille study
#krita

Trump is Tracking Your Phone https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/22/opinion/trump-privacy-2020.html #privacy #security #librem5

Google And Facebook Are Reading Your License Plates
https://jalopnik.com/google-is-reading-your-license-plates-1839259494 #privacy #security #librem5

Have you heard of vishing? It's voice-phishing for passwords. Here's a pro tip to prevent this: Don't say your password out loud. 😉 https://srlabs.de/bites/smart-spies/

To learn how to protect your secure mailbox from phishing attacks read our guide: https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/how-to-prevent-phishing/

Ooh. Didn't see this coming. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/10/alexa-and-google-home-abused-to-eavesdrop-and-phish-passwords/

“For black students, and students with disabilities, who already face a disproportionate amount of harsh disciplinary measures, the introduction of new kinds of surveillance may be especially harmful, privacy experts said.”

“Unlike gun control, Marlow said, ‘Surveillance is politically palatable, and so they’re pursuing surveillance as a way you can demonstrate action, even though there’s no evidence that it will positively impact the problem.’”

“Some people think that technology is magic, that artificial intelligence will save us,” Vance said. “A lot of the questions and a lot of the privacy concerns haven’t [been] thought of, let alone addressed.”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/22/school-student-surveillance-bark-gaggle

No place like home: Species are on the move, but many have nowhere to go
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/10/191021104940.htm #climatechange #climatecrisis

Replacing coal with gas or renewables saves billions of gallons of water
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/10/191021171333.htm #climatechange #climatecrisis

Climate warming promises more frequent extreme El Niño events
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/10/191021153346.htm #climatechange #climatecrisis

It's #FreeSpeechWeek. One of the worst threats to #FreeSpeech is a social credit system. Here's why: https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/social-credit-system #FreedomOfSpeech

“Ubiquitous computing is still a fantasy, but not because the technology isn’t ready. It is. The fantasy is that any system mediating someone’s personal experience of the physical world that uses a modern corporation’s digital infrastructure would be objective or neutral. Humans are data and data is money, and this is the business model of many of the technology firms up to the task of ubiquitous computing.”

https://kotaku.com/the-creators-of-pokemon-go-mapped-the-world-now-theyre-1838974714

All citizens, including protesters, are entitled to privacy. There are no factors, political or economic, which can lead us to compromise our core values and neutrality. https://protonmail.com/blog/protesters-free-speech/

Can't get up because #cat - The Sequel

Chillin' on the ugly 90's sofa with #MasterOfTheHouse

#caturday #mastocats

#caturday

She looks so happy when she sleeps! #DailyCatPic #CatsOfMastodon #MastoCats #cats #caturday

Here is another #caturday because I can't watch the baseball and I have to do something

iOS and Android both have task switching and app launching as different functions and views. Are there any operating systems that put them together like on the #Librem5?

I'm drawing a blank. But I kind of dig it!