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LILYGO has announced four new ESP32-S3-based development boards targeting a diverse range of embedded and IoT applications. These boards combine wireless connectivity with specialized hardware such as e-paper displays, CAN interfaces, motion sensors, and GPS modules, and are designed for rapid prototyping and deployment using familiar platforms like Arduino IDE, PlatformIO, and ESP-IDF.

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Earlier this year, the United Kingdom government ordered Apple to provide access to encrypted data in the company’s cloud storage service, iCloud. In response, Apple removed its Advanced Data Protection (ADP) system for users in the country, removing the option to store data using end-to-end encryption, and setting a dangerous precedent of privacy violation. 

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In early February of this year, the Internet Society hosted an Encryption Advocacy Workshop in Brussels for European civil society organizations. We created this workshop alongside steering members of the Global Encryption Coalition to equip potential encryption advocates with:

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Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 19, 2024

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Updated This Past Day

  1. António Campinos is Still 'The Fucking President' (in His Own Words) After a Fake 'Election' in 2022 (He Bribed All the Voters to Keep His Seat)
    António Campinos and the Administrative Council, whose delegates he clearly bribed with EPO budget in exchange for votes
  2. Adrian von Bidder, homeworking & Debian unexplained deaths
    Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
  3. Sainsbury’s Epic Downtime Seems to be Microsoft's Fault and Might Even Constitute a Data Breach (Legal Liability)
    one of Britain's largest groceries (and beyond) chains
  4. Matthias Kirschner, FSFE analogous to identity fraud
    Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock

    New

  5. Linux Foundation Boasting About Being Connected to Bill Gates
    Examples of boasting about the association
  6. Alexandre Oliva's Article on Monstering Cults
    "I'm told an earlier draft version of this post got published elsewhere. Please consider this IMHO improved version instead."
  7. [Meme] 'Russian' Elections in Munich (Bavaria, Germany)
    fake elections
  8. Sainsbury's to Techrights: Yes, Our Web Site Broke Down, But We Cannot Say Which Part or Why
    Windows TCO?
  9. Plagiarism: Axel Beckert (ETH Zurich) & Debian Developer list hacking
    Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
  10. Links 18/03/2024: Putin Cements Power
    Links for the day
  11. Flashback 2003: Debian has always had a toxic culture
    Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
  12. [Meme] You Know You're Winning the Argument When...
    EPO management starts cursing at everybody (which is what's happening)
  13. Catspaw With Attitude
    The posts "they" complain about merely point out the facts about this harassment and doxing
  14. 'Clown Computing' Businesses Are Waning and the Same Will Happen to 'G.A.I.' Businesses (the 'Hey Hi' Fame)
    decrease in "HEY HI" (AI) hype
  15. Free Software Needs Watchdogs, Too
    Gentle lapdogs prevent self-regulation and transparency
  16. Gemini Links 18/03/2024: LLM Inference and Can We Survive Technology?
    Links for the day
  17. Over at Tux Machines...
    GNU/Linux news for the past day
  18. IRC Proceedings: Sunday, March 17, 2024
    IRC logs for Sunday, March 17, 2024

    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Monday contains all the text.

    Top-read articles (excluding bot/crawler visits):

    Span from 2024-03-12 to 2024-03-18
    2444 /n/2024/03/15/Microsoft_Tightens_the_Screws_on_Linux_Just_as_We_Predicted_All.shtml
    2352 /n/2023/12/19/Brodie_Robertson_is_Wrong_Because_Flatpaks_Snaps_Do_In_Fact_Pro.shtml
    2008 /n/2024/03/12/Android_is_Now_Close_to_Controlling_Half_of_Internet_Web_Connec.shtml
    1601 /n/2024/03/16/Open_Invention_Network_OIN_Fails_to_Explain_If_Linux_is_Safe_Fr.shtml
    1155 /n/2024/03/13/Linux_Foundation_s_Nithya_Ruff_From_the_Linux_Foundation_s_Boar.shtml
    1152 /n/2024/03/15/Free_Software_at_Times_of_Conflict.shtml
    971 /n/2024/03/13/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml
    886 /n/2024/03/15/Julian_Assange_Verdict_What_to_Watch_Out_for.shtml
    874 /n/2024/03/15/The_Demise_of_Bytedance_TikTok_Would_Do_Good_for_Free_Speech_On.shtml
    846 /n/2024/03/15/Slug_is_too_loShaya_Potter_Debian_WaReZ_expulsion.shtml
    844 /n/2024/03/11/Discussion_About_the_State_of_Workers_Safeguards_and_About_the_.shtml
    814 /n/2024/03/12/Prof_Nils_Melzer_Cybertorture_Debian_Open_Source_vendettas.shtml

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