kravietz 🦇 @kravietz@social.privacytools.io

People shouldn't have to trade their privacy and security for access to a smartphone.

#LowCostTech

http://privacyinternational.org/petition

Scientists discover microbe which could explain life on earth https://t.co/z4kQaNzgbJ

https://twitter.com/MailOnline/status/1217773017226457091?s=19

Android Partners are manufacturing devices that contain bloatware that can't be deleted, which can leave users vulnerable to their data being collected, shared and exposed without their knowledge or consent

#LowCostTech

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http://privacyinternational.org/petition

This sort of thing is precisely why decentralized platforms, such as Mastodon, are so important. An ecosystem of federated services is much more resilient to government manipulation than a single commercial company.
https://thegrayzone.com/2020/01/12/us-pressure-social-media-censoring-suspending-venezuela-iran-syria/

Privacy International and over 50 other organisations have submitted a letter to Alphabet Inc. CEO @sundarpichai asking @google to take action against exploitative pre-installed software on @Android devices.

#LowCostTech

https://privacyinternational.org/advocacy/3320/open-letter-google

@rf старый анекдот (ко помнит его, а?), который актуален и сегодня:
Мужчина каждое утро подходит к газетному киоску, берет газету, просматривает
первую страницу и возвращает не купив. Через несколько дней продавец спрашивает что он ищет.
- Некролог.
- Некрологи помещают на последней странице.
- Некролог, которого я жду, будет на первой!

a good read on deGoogling https://www.kylepiira.com/2020/01/09/why-i-quit-google/

Ok, but you really should read up on the origin of the name "penguin diagram": Due to a drunk bet, Ellis had to put the word "penguin" into his next paper. He had no idea how to manage that, until he smoked some weed and discovered that his diagram was vaguely penguin shaped. 😂🤣🐧
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penguin_diagram

Capitalism is quietly erasing the idea of private property. All products are effectively becoming rentals, and the companies can revoke your right to use them whenever they feel like it. It's becoming increasingly difficult to actually own anything. Media is streamed, and devices are locked from the users.

It's hilarious how all the things people were afraid of happening under communism are actually happening under capitalism.

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/bvgx9w/farmers-are-buying-40-year-old-tractors-because-theyre-actually-repairable

Hi Fediverse 👋

what do you think of this new landing page design? ✨

https://pages.codeberg.org/swiso-en/index.html

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