Evan @evanskaufman@fosstodon.org

ICANN Board Withholds Consent for a Change of Control of the Public Interest Registry (PIR)

https://www.icann.org/news/blog/icann-board-withholds-consent-for-a-change-of-control-of-the-public-interest-registry-pir

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It's revelations like the Zoom fiasco that reassure me that I am not a fanatic for insisting upon open source.

Pretty cool the media are now using the same adjective, restive, for US workers that they previously rolled out to describe Xinjiang and the Uyghurs. #WokeWSJ

The meme for our times.

“thinking about how software companies slowly chip away at the idea of consent by turning every "no" into "not right now," every "stop this" into "do this less often," every "i don't want that" into "maybe later"”

Yes, software corporations are moving deeper into abusive relationship habits with their users.

thanks to @dandelion@snouts.online for the original.

The Trump Administration Drove Him Back to #China, Where He Invented a Fast Coronavirus Test
https://www.propublica.org/article/the-trump-administration-drove-him-back-to-china-where-he-invented-a-fast-coronavirus-test

Medical company threatens to sue volunteers that 3D-printed valves for life-saving #coronavirus treatments

https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/17/21184308/coronavirus-italy-medical-company-threatens-sue-3d-print-valves-treatments

in class war today, landlords are asking tenants for early rent

I just want to make this perfectly clear: I will never use (known to be) backdoored crypto. I will not purchase "compliant" devices. If it comes down to it, I will stockpile grandfathered legacy devices.

Don't let the coronavirus hype distract you. They're pushing this shit through **right now**.

If you don't yet know about the government's latest attempt to legislate encryption backdoors, look here https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/03/earn-it-bill-governments-not-so-secret-plan-scan-every-message-online