This post is fantastic for 2 reasons:

1. It's so important to raise awareness of how these 'conveniences' like the Ring Doorbell are being turned into the chains that will bind society

2. This post includes an in-image cite with both text url and a QR! This should be standard on any image post like this.

Well played.

He talked about the book in his interview on Democracy Now! this morning too.

ffs - first Proton, now this.

I've never liked the idea that I have to trust my VPN, and this news raises a pretty significant trust issue. Makes me think I've been approaching this from the wrong angle.

Anyone have experience with the TOR daemon?

There's something sad about society losing a such a unique source of knowledge, but hopefully we've collectively learned something about the dangers of trusting proprietary solutions.

Anyone found a reliable way to search across Lemmy instances they can share?

Public statements of support from its CEO for a regime actively weaponizing technology to build a mass-surveillance state.

Removing its no logging policy after being compelled by court order to log and disclose a user’s IP and browser fingerprint.

Personally, I gave up on Proton after they amended their TOS to include a mandatory arbitration clause, including a ban on class action lawsuits. IMO only the dirtiest of corporations rely on mandatory arbitration clauses. Without the spectre of a class action lawsuit, if a VPN were to get caught breaking its promises to its users, the only real damage the company would likely suffer would be reputational. These are for-profit corporations. The only way we can hold them accountable is to put their profits at risk.

edit: looks like @oce beat me to it

Fairy Creek also received surprisingly little MSM media coverage despite being reportedly Canada's largest civil disobedience campaign in almost 20 years.

While it could be argued that this under-reporting could be attributed to the RCMP's heavy handed treatment of journalists at the site, it doesn't appear that any of the country's well funded MSM joined the court challenge to the RCMP's restricting of media access.

You would think so, but it's not.

From the Fedora wiki:

This license is BAD, and should not be used in anything in Fedora. It has use-restrictions that make it GPL-Incompatible and non-free.

Thanks so much for hosting this instance.

Sorry for my ignorance, but would you mind clarifying which of your rules lemmygrad violated to get on your blocklist?

• caused problems under German law
• caused technical difficulties
• engaged in hostile activity
• engaged in malicious activity

Because tchncs understands that without free speech we have no hope of dealing with any of the problems that concern us.

Official statement:

Federation status

social.tchncs.de does not believe in censorship. Federation is a network service and suspension of federation with another server will only be implemented as a last resort where content from another server may cause problems under German law, or in cases of technical difficulties or hostile or malicious activity.

Does anyone know how much the ability to upgrade a Framework machine in the future depends on the company?

Are third parties free to manufacture compatible parts?

There's a name for this phenomenon: the Software Imprinting Dilemma.

PSA: Veracrypt recommends against using hidden volumes on USB flash drives (source)

Zitron?

I've come to realize that semantics are vastly more important than many of us realize.

Saying GNU/Linux isn't about giving credit to the GNU Project so much as it is about spreading the message that GNU represents. GNU represents a cooperative, collaborative philosophy diametrically opposed to the oppressive, exploitative capitalist ideals championed by today's ruling class. By using "GNU" we remind users that the freedom we enjoy with our computing today was made possible, not by a kernel, but by the ideals of community and camaraderie embedded into our software by way of the GPL.

I don't see anything antithetical about anyone wanting to share their work while at the same time wanting to be credited for it. On the contrary, most copyright regimes have specific carve outs for moral rights such as attribution. Even the most liberal of the creative commons license options includes an attribution requirement. That said, it isn't just within your right to rename things you fork, it may be a requirement. For reference just think back to the controversy surrounding IceWeasel.

Balance:

a) damage done by another Trump presidency

vs

b) damage done by demonstrating to the ruling class that you'll give them whatever they want so long as you genuinely fear one of the candidates

Tough call. I wish each and every one of you who has a say in this clairvoyance beyond mine.

While I haven't ordered from them personally, ThinkPenguin's well respected by the community.

They've been around for about 15 years and have a focus on freedom respecting tech, which is why they work closely with the FSF.

EFF leading by example in their post yesterday Who (or What) Generates Images for EFF?

Nailed it.

A solid grasp of the underlying principle is really useful in understanding most government action.