LPS @LPS@fosstodon.org

We either ban behavioral advertising or teach everyone the essential skills of being safe online: use an adblocker, clear cookies constantly, use containers to isolate sites, assume every site is guilty of these practices until you can prove otherwise...

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-54205229

Well this is refreshing..don't think I've ever been to a site that recommends using an adblocker. Awesome! Way to be botwiki.org!

From OxFam International

I've been fighting for freedom on the Internet and for Free and #OpenSource Software my whole life. I strongly disagree with monitoring on-line communication of people. There are better and more effective ways to protect kids than killing open technologies. https://european-pirateparty.eu/killing-open-source-will-not-reduce-the-number-of-sexually-abused-kids/

🚨🚨 It turns out "Hey Alexa" is short for "Hey Keith Alexander." Yes, the Keith Alexander personally responsible for the unlawful mass surveillance programs that caused a global scandal. And Amazon Web Services (AWS) host ~6% of all websites. 🚨🚨
https://t.co/6hkzsHjxh9

STEAM VR in Blender LTS 2.83.6! https://video.blender.org/videos/watch/5a48d303-7f29-48f6-b068-dfcb9eb4519c

It's about time for a refresher:)

https://tube.nuagelibre.fr/videos/watch/8acd63b0-11c4-40ed-b4db-5957389e0fff

#snowden #citizenfour #NSA #glengreenwald #privacy

Why is this not being mentioned more? This has to be the most suitable Messenger for all the protestors right now. Private, untraceable, no central servers, blog, public(contact only) announcements, functions as a mesh network during internet outages.

If you know of anyone on the front lines right now, let them know, so they can spread the word.

Please boost!

https://tube.privacytools.io/videos/watch/c0bf2636-96fa-4009-91a8-1561be38f9b2

#BLM #protestors #privacy #activism #briar

I've just released a blog post detailing the recent updates that have been made to the #FreeTube rewrite as well as my plans for the next release along with the official release date! I'm looking forward to finishing this up and getting this out to everybody. Feel free to read the blog post to learn more!

https://write.as/freetube/behind-the-scenes-rewrite-updates-and-release-strategy

#privacy #opensource

Google Faces Class Action in Canada Alleging it Turns Canadians' Electronics into Tracking Devices Without Their Consent

https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/google-faces-class-action-in-canada-alleging-it-turns-canadians-electronics-into-tracking-devices-without-their-consent-887865918.html

Who makes LibreOffice? How can you – as a user – get involved in the community? And what can you contribute to the project? Get all these answers, and build up your skillset, in the upcoming LibreOffice Conference online hackfest: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2020/09/02/build-your-skills-join-our-online-hackfest-during-the-libreoffice-conference/

Quick question, if I'm self-hosting and I upgrade my storage will I see a noticeable difference between SSD and HDD?

#askfedi #selfhosting

Imagine a day, where asking a dev to restrict their app to some people is a normal behavior. Today, maybe 99,9% don't care due to the target. But what's next?
Do you like to choose freely an app with your needs or choose your needs due to apps?

Proud to hear our students mentioned by @aral in this podcast episode of This is HCD: https://www.thisishcd.com/episodes/aral-balkan-unpacking-designs-role-within-surveillance-capitalism-and-beyond/ ❤

Indulge your creativity by drawing, painting, sculpting, etc, even if you don’t think you’re good at it.

#help wanted!

The maintainer of a fork of #Mozilla Fenix wants to get his #iceweasel builds in @fdroidorg. The project is hosted in #GitHub.

https://github.com/interfect/fenix/issues/26

#FOSS #free #OpenSource #FLOSS #software #SoftwareLibre #Firefox #FDroid

https://www.forbes.com/sites/emilyearlenbaugh/2020/07/06/cannabis-may-reduce-deadly-covid-19-lung-inflammation-researchers-explain-why/#1aedd5184d9d

Peer reviewed study on cannabis marijuana CBD cures for Covid19

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7187842/