Bolon Kan @crazydeepgrowth@social.privacytools.io

For anyone in the UK, the Government has just given Palantir, a surveillance company that I passionately dislike, access to sensitive medical records of Covid-19 patients for £1.

Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant.

https://outline.com/EdpRSb

"The Treasury confirmed when the UK Government abolished slavery and banned people from owning slaves in Britain or on Britain’s colonies anywhere in the world, those slave owners received compensation."

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/taxpayers-bristol-were-still-paying-1205049.amp?__twitter_impression=true

If it wasn't clear already that #Zoom cares more about money than its users' #privacy and #security, here you have it:

"Only our paid users will have access to end-to-end #encryption for their meetings."

Source: https://blog.zoom.us/wordpress/2020/05/27/90-day-security-plan-progress-report-may-27/

Students suing university for the use of surveillance software "Proctorio".

Studenten stappen naar rechter om surveillancesoftware bij tentamens

https://www.nu.nl/tech/6055029/studenten-stappen-naar-rechter-om-surveillancesoftware-bij-tentamens.html

Google faces $5 billion lawsuit in U.S. for tracking 'private' internet use

https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/gviglv/google_faces_5_billion_lawsuit_in_us_for_tracking/

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-alphabet-google-privacy-lawsuit/google-faces-5-billion-lawsuit-in-u-s-for-tracking-private-internet-use-idUSKBN23933H?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews

I'm new to mastodon and trying to learn more about online privacy. Who should I follow for privacy-related news, platforms, and conversation?

Thanks!

I'm not connected to many people here yet, so I hope someone sees this. It's always weird stating on a new platform.

Open-source privacy-friendly social networks including PeerTube and Mastodon in EU presentation by @echo_pbreyer 👍

https://edps.europa.eu/sites/edp/files/publication/20-05-08_slides-social-media-use_en.pdf

The real Lord of the Flies: what happened when six boys were shipwrecked for 15 months

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/may/09/the-real-lord-of-the-flies-what-happened-when-six-boys-were-shipwrecked-for-15-months

A reader comment worth noting:

"‘Lord of flies’ has direct link w Garret Hardin’s ’Tragedy of Commons’, Ayn Rand individualism. 6 Tongan boys demonstrated Elinor Ostrom‘s ‘Management of the Commons’ in which she debunked Hardin’s malign rhetoric. Too bad Ostrom (Nobel ‘09) is not basis of Economics courses"

#liberalism #society

Want to find your way from A to B?

You should try:
https://maps.openrouteservice.org

I've used it a couple of times today, and it was great.

* Uses OpenStreetMap data
* Service provided by HeiGIT
* Doesn't spy on you
* Maps look great
* Effective routes
* Share with friends
* Add your own tracks
* Export to GPX plus others
* Elevation profile

You can also go to C, D, E and many more. 😉

#OSM #maps #routes #routing #FOSS #FLOSS #CrowdSourced