The Rise of the Murdoch Dynasty review – Succession with phone hacking and foam pies
The Case for Pseudonymity
One company's plan to build a search engine Google can't beat
Forgot to mention that I added @keyoxide to my article 'Keybase, Zoom and Messaging'
https://write.privacytools.io/freddy/keybase-zoom-and-messaging
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On not caring about your privacy
https://oscarbenedito.com/blog/2020/04/on-not-caring-about-your-privacy/
TikTok - a Trojan Horse into China's Dystopia
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I had a very simple but important realization today. Reading for entertainment is vastly different from reading to learn something and must be approached in an entirely different manner. Until now, excluding academic textbooks, I've only ever done it for enjoyment so this is a big change. I guess it's especially fitting that I'm starting with a book on how to read more effectively
#100DaysToRead
Sadly it uses notion and an unofficial python API. Well I'm sure I can make it work with emacs instead using something like ox-hugo.
Other than perhaps the home text at the top, I can't stop marvelling at how nice this site looks. Wouldn't use it personally, though I can see myself stealing many design elements when making a more corprate website...
Choosing a license for GoatCounter
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A comprehensive checklist for privacy-savvy parents
https://blog.avast.com/online-privacy-tips-for-parents-avast
Equally, this intruiges me...
However, the synical side of me wonders how much of this is marketing waffle. Being an optimist isn't something I tend to do.
Anyone have any experience with this?
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Why you should absolutely worry about the anti-privacy EARN IT Act
https://mashable.com/article/earn-it-act-threatens-privacy-encryption-section-230/?europe=true
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The military has paused its Twitch stream, after engaging in "plainly unconstitutional" censorship of its chat.
"Participants in these forums have a constitutional right to engage in speech critical of the military," says @iammeekrish at @knightcolumbia https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/22/style/army-gamers-war-crimes-first-amendment.html https://twitter.com/EFF/status/1285688501250543616
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Ending #100DaysToOffload and starting #100DaysToRead, a pursuit of knowledge and more stuff to write about
https://secluded.site/100-days-to-read
Privacy advocate, amongst other things.
https://pronoun.is/he
email/matrix: freddy [at] privacytools [dot] io