> It's not worth doing something unless you were doing something that someone, somewhere, would much rather you weren't doing.
-- Terry Pratchett
The Murder of the U.S. Middle Class Began 40 Years Ago This Week https://theintercept.com/2021/08/06/middle-class-reagan-patco-strike/
Apple's Plan to “Think Different” About Encryption Opens a Backdoor to Your Life https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/08/apples-plan-think-different-about-encryption-opens-backdoor-your-private-life #apple #privacy #encryption #backdoor
RIP Barinsta, it was an open source Instagram client but they've received a cease & desist from Facebook.
Trying out #diaspora and I'm wondering what the people in the #ActivityPub corner of the #fediverse currently think of it.
Personally I'm struggling to see what niche it would fill for me. The current features don't seem all that different from #mastodon and if I wanted something less birdsite-like wouldn't #friendica be the obvious choice since it federates with both? What am I missing?
Look, climate change is a real concern, but saying it'll mean we won't have Florida anymore isn't the best way to sell that we should prevent it.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/29/us/greenland-ice-melting-climate-change/index.html
The new U.S. government finally calls #BigTech's business model what it is: #surveillance.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/07/09/executive-order-on-promoting-competition-in-the-american-economy/ #TrackingFreeAds #digitalrights
Gait recognition technology (GRT) can analyse the shape of an individual’s body and the unique way in which the body moves and can be used to identify people if their faces are covered.
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hibernating
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