Sam Howell @syntax@social.privacytools.io

Controversial ‘spy tech’ firm Palantir lands £23m NHS data deal

https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/ournhs/controversial-tech-firm-palantir-23m-nhs-data-deal/?utm_source=tw

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Greetings! My name is Daniel - I’m a mostly self-taught software engineer based in the US. I write code primarily in Go, C, or C++ and use Plan 9, OpenBSD, or Linux depending on the day. You can see what I’m working on at github.com/dnjp
#introduction

I just made my first meaningful pull request to an actively developed FOSS project :D I implemented tap-to-reset for the wasp-os pedometer app.

It was a LOT of researching and finding out how the libraries work but I'm proud of what I was able to do...not knowing C or python XD

Anyone have some resources for someone who's used to loosely typed languages who's looking to get into C?

Python resources also accepted :3

Hello, ThinkPad friends!

Do you know about @kev's #100DaysToOffload challenge[1]? It's very interesting.

What do you think if there is a similar challenge but to write about #ThinkPad topics instead of other topics? The result will be perhaps many ThinkPad articles from many persons? With less stricter rules perhaps. I'd like to hear your comments.

[1] https://100daystooffload.com

Mentions: @claudiom @michel_slm @rgggn @syntax @mw @myTerminal @kzimmermann @nitrokey @vfrmedia @maxamillion

We're streaming live in about half an hour. Join us! https://t.co/crJ1Fz1Qt1

RT from Gabriel Weinberg (@yegg)

Instead of "bringing people together," Facebook has torn societies apart.

It's a privacy nightmare: Internet surveillance + anti-competitive acquisitions/tactics = filter bubbles, discrimination, polarization, etc.

Facebook was never going to fix itself.
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/09/ftc-and-several-states-launch-antitrust-lawsuits-against-facebook.html

Original tweet : https://twitter.com/yegg/status/1336788990339534849

New project released: the #keyoxide cli is now available through #npm 🎉

Details at https://yarmo.eu/post/keyoxide-cli-released

Verifying identities is now as simple as running 'keyoxide verify test@doip.rocks' in the terminal.

Imagine a world without opensource, and the only operating system that exists is Windows.

I seriously wonder: would I still be as excited about computers & tech? Would I have moved on and found another profession in life?

Thanks to everyone involved in opensource. I can't repeat this often enough ❤️

Ola Bini is accused of "hacking" state infrastructure. "evidence" are books, a big number of USB devices and a screenshot of a *telnet* login prompt, saying "connection closed" (clearly no login attempt).

After 70d in the worst jail in Ecuador, he was prevented to leave the country for 1.5y, denied access to any data, or to challenge anything.

Trial has been postponed again and NO OBSERVER will be allowed? SRSLY?!

Parrallel w/ #Assange case is striking. Process as punishment..

#FreeOlaBini

Next Friday, December 11, Edward Snowden will host Tor’s third PrivChat, a fundraising livestream event and conversation with human rights defenders + real-life Tor users Alison Macrina, Ramy Raoof, Berhan Taye.

You're invited, so set your reminder: https://torproject.org/privchat/

Donate: https://torproject.org/donate/donate-usetor-md-fot

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