DistroJunkie @DistroJunkie@fosstodon.org
An old, opinionated, graybearded, cynical carmudgeon. Follow at your own risk.
We agree with @martingiles that "america badly needs tougher tech policing & tighter data protection rules."
US citizen? FTC is going to schedule public hearings this fall. In the meantime you can leave a public comment now at https://www.ftc.gov/policy/hearings-competition-consumer-protection https://www.technologyreview.com/the-download/611515/the-us-federal-trade-commission-wants-your-ideas-for-how-to-better-police-big/
Original tweet: https://twitter.com/DuckDuckGo/status/1013418699880108032
Weekend off work. What a concept. Just worked 12 days straight, each of them 12 or more hours. They asked me to work this weekend and I said no. Don't even want to look at a computer screen for work or think of JIRA.
For my follow Friday #FF I'm nominating, @ChrisTalleras and @Curator.
They're the ones who finally got me publishing on #PeerTube @chriswere.
Blind trust in apps puts you at risk, says @dntfeedthemnkys.
“We implicitly trust app developers & service providers. We naively assume ethical & moral behaviour because so many other people [use] the same apps & networks.”
His tips to protect yourself: https://medium.com/@dntfeedthemnkys/privacy-teetering-on-the-brink-of-extinction-699ae6aca511
Original tweet: https://twitter.com/DuckDuckGo/status/1012693921107935232
We've got a new Tor Browser alpha, and we need your help to test it!
Tor Browser 8.0a9 has a lot of new features, including a couple major UX changes, and we want them to be in tip-top shape before the stable release hits this September. https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-80a9
4 out of 10 people have deleted a social media profile recently amid decreasing trust in platforms due to Cambridge Analytica, fake news & general privacy concern. From an @EdelmanPR survey: "They are outraged about the violation of their privacy." https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/18/people-are-deleting-social-media-accounts-due-to-privacy-worries.html
Original tweet: https://twitter.com/DuckDuckGo/status/1012331535960244226
Finance and Sales positions posted https://puri.sm/jobs/ Developer roles of all types will likely get posted in early July.
Wow! The community supporting #UbuntuTouch from #Ubports is awesome. I've been lurking on their #Telegram channel and they are so responsive and helpful. They passionate about what they are doing and it shows. Inspiring.
I love it when people toot that they are ditching facebook, twitter, instagram, google and the like. I've ditched android by switching to #UbuntuTouch. It's great. Join me.
UbuntuTouch update. I've pretty much made my #Nexus5 phone running UT my daily driver as far as texting, calling, Mastodon, browsing, navigating and listening to podcasts goes. The single reason that I still carry my old phone is for the password safe. I'm working on getting my #Keepass file to my N5 and seeing if #Keepit can use it.
Hi Mastodon, I killed my Twitter account a few weeks ago, and 15 minutes ago I pulled the plug on Facebook.
I wanna be your friend! We could talk about #bicycling or #Cheesemaking or #Baking or maybe #Writing? Maybe we could play frisbee and get a water-ice later?
How do I get into this scene?
NIB!!!
Just got home from work after a 12 hour day to discover my PocketCHIP arrived. Sorry, no time for Masto now unless I'm doing it from the PocketCHIP.😃
Routing issue gets blamed on our software. Can't find anything wrong so I go look at the offending router. I point out that it's not grounded and am told that can't cause this problem. So I ground it myself and problem goes away. Am I lauded for fixing the problem? No, I'm in trouble for taking it upon myself to ground it.
Great Linux games on Steam currently under a fiver https://www.gamingonlinux.com/articles/great-linux-games-on-steam-currently-under-a-fiver.12023 #GameSale
RT @EFF
Here's why Friday's Supreme Court ruling matters, by the numbers:
In 2016, Verizon received 53,532 requests for cell phone location data in 2016. 75% of those requests didn't have a warrant attached.
Now, those warrantless requests would be denied. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/23/us-supreme-court-cellphona-data-ruling-privacy
Original tweet: https://twitter.com/EFF/status/1011029454972321793
A step in the right direction! Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, & T-Mobile will stop sharing "customers’ whereabouts with little-known contractors."
@WillOremus points out that a seemingly small force (one US Senator & minimal media coverage) had a large impact. https://slate.com/gdpr?redirect_uri=%2Ftechnology%2F2018%2F06%2Fwireless-carriers-will-stop-sharing-your-location-a-rare-win-for-privacy.html%3Fvia%3Dgdpr-consent&redirect_host=https%3A%2F%2Fslate.com
Original tweet: https://twitter.com/DuckDuckGo/status/1011244372367740928
Harrowing weekend if you can call it that. Worked late Friday night, all day yesterday, got called out again at 10:30 last night, came home and slept for 6 hours then went back to work for another 7 hours. I worked over 30 hours this weekend. #Tired
Protect yourself, encrypt your entire mailbox automatically: https://tutanota.com
