kravietz 🦇 @kravietz@social.privacytools.io
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Polish expat into UK. Information security engineer. Caver & cave rescuer (thus the bat). NHS volunteer & blood donor.
Joined May 2019
The European Union is to provide its residents with a right to repair their digital devices in an environmental action plan issued last week.
If you are Fitbit user, you should be certainly aware of these
https://reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org/en/reports/com.fitbit.FitbitMobile/latest/
Do you know any open-source or privacy-friendly fitness trackers?
I liked how Fitbit works but wasn't comfortable about my location and health data being shared with undisclosed hordes of 3rd parties.
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Mozilla combines tracker blocking with paid, ad-free browsing | Engadget - https://www.engadget.com/2020-03-24-firefox-better-web-scroll.html
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white british middle class stubbornness won't save you from Covid19, small rant
Today I had to go to the pharmacist, I wore protective gloves, the best mask substitute I can find, and stayed well away from everyone. This is not exaggeration when I say everyone of colour, everyone struggling was doing the same.
All the white comfy looking folks there were doing nothing of the sort, and were constantly complaining about how 'mad it all is'. fuck you
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Watch "Coronavirus Outbreak: What You Need to Know," and the 24-Lecture Course "An Introduction to Infectious Diseases.”
Both Free from The Great Courses
http://www.openculture.com/?p=1075434 https://t.co/ateCtMIv31
Arizona man dies after ingesting chloroquine in an attempt to prevent coronavirus.
“We already know that #facebook is too slow or unwilling to remove misinformation about Covid-19 from their platform, but now it’s clear that they are actively approving misleading and untrue advertisements." https://inews.co.uk/news/coronavirus-fake-news-adverts-facebook-approved-2505661
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Mastodon always 'charges' you 23 characters for every URL you post. It doesn't matter if it is longer or shorter.
There is NO excuse for using URL shorteners which obfuscate your destination if you click - these usually go to fb or twitter, so I Never click them on purpose. They make my browser and I feel dirty.
Please tell your friends.
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Also been taking the dog for two walks a day instead of one and he's loving that. He's 13 but in great shape.
It's a shame when I see dog owners that don't walk their dogs. It's very important for them mentally as much as physically.
With me the walks all about him. I let him stop and sniff and pee and roll in whatever he wants and never rush him. I don't even have him on a leash cause we have a nice walking alley behind the house.
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This is him here. His names tiko.
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30,000 Cuban doctors currently active in 67 countries - many in Latin America and Africa, but also European nations including Portugal and Italy
We didn't have to wait for long before "natural remedy" scammers started selling snake oil that "cures" COVID-19 https://kfolta.blogspot.com/2020/03/no-ventilator-for-you.html
"The government does not have the ability to send advice on coronavirus directly to Britons’ mobile phones, after repeatedly ignoring its own findings that an emergency messaging system could help the country in times of crisis." https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/23/government-ignored-advice-set-up-uk-emergency-alert-system
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Update on Friday’s Campaign to Support Artists During the Covid-19 Pandemic
"The numbers tell a remarkable story: on a typical Friday, fans buy about 47,000 items on Bandcamp, but this past Friday, fans bought nearly 800,000, or $4.3 million worth of music and merch. That’s more than 15 times our normal Friday, and at the peak, fans were buying 11 items per second."
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Coronacrisis, far-right groups spreading coronavirus?
This is not to scare marginalized Americans, but to warn them. It's not yet 100% sure they do this, but at least stay alert!
*Federal law enforcement document reveals white supremacists discussed using coronavirus as a bioweapon*
"WASHINGTON — White supremacists discussed plans to weaponize coronavirus via “saliva,” a “spray bottle” or “laced items,” according to a weekly intelligence brief distributed by a federal law enforcement division on Feb. 17.
Federal investigators appeared to be monitoring the white nationalists’ communications on Telegram, an encrypted messaging app that has become popular with neo-Nazis. In the conversations, the white supremacists suggested targeting law enforcement agents and “nonwhite” people with attacks designed to infect them with the coronavirus. …"
#coronavirus #coronacrisis #covid19 #FarRight #extremeRight #fascists #terrorism #USA
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Why Don’t We Just Ban Targeted Advertising?
From protecting privacy to saving the free press, it may be the single best way to fix the internet.
https://www.wired.com/story/why-dont-we-just-ban-targeted-advertising/
Next time someone argues pseudo-science and alt-med "does not hurt anyone" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/27/science/coronavirus-pangolin-wildlife-ban-china.html
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I really wish our local gov and organizations will stop using Facebook for announcements regarding #covid19.
1. You won't see it, unless you go to their Page.
Well that's it right there. If you put it on your website, like you should, people will see it.
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Polish expat into UK. Information security engineer. Caver & cave rescuer (thus the bat). NHS volunteer & blood donor.
Joined May 2019
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