Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Aug 28, 2024

Updated This Past Day

1. Another Day, Another Fake 'Article' About "Linux"

   What's happening to the Web and what will happen to people who search online for information about Linux?

2. [Meme] Only for Me, Not for You.

   "Because... the kids"

3. [Video] FRANCE 24 on What DSA Means to Telegram (Plus Excuses Like Privacy is Impossible Anyway, "Coz Pegasus")

   Published over a day ago

4. What Does the Arrest of Pavel Durov (and the Charges) Mean to "Us Peasants"?

   In short: they criminalise journalism that can expose "power" (in the name of "protecting kids", even if child abuse is like one in a million)

   New

5. [Meme] The Very Fine, Exquisite, Smart Home

   They try to sell me 'smart blinds' with microphone for commands...

6. Terms of Service (TOS) Under Scrutiny - Part V - Haunted Homes With Automatic Content Recognition (ACR), Cameras, and Microphones on Televisions

   The next part will look into some more of the TOS findings in "modern" TVs

7. Links 27/08/2024: China Provoking Japan Now, Journalists Under Literal Fire

   Links for the day

8. Gemini Links 27/08/2024: Hospital Postpartum, Linkrot, Lagrange 1.18

   Links for the day

9. Links 27/08/2024: Uber Fined $324 Million, Privacy Under Attack in the EU

   Links for the day

10. Let's Encrypt Down to 1.6% in Geminispace (It Was About 12% Only a Few Years Ago)

    Certificate Authorities (CAs) led by Let's Encrypt need to be shunned for privacy's sake

11. DALnet Turns 30

    DALnet keeps steady as the number of users is not falling and last week another server was added to the network

12. Saving Private Communications

    The war in Ukraine is exploited to pick an unpopular first target

13. DEI is Booz Allen (the Employer Ed Snowden Blew the Whistle on)

    This defeats the notion of irony

14. United States Of America: GNU/Linux Record Month

    Well, maybe when we turn 30 GNU/Linux will already dominate desktops and laptops

15. Over at Tux Machines...

    GNU/Linux news for the past day

16. IRC Proceedings: Monday, August 26, 2024

    IRC logs for Monday, August 26, 2024

17. EU Already Criminalising (and Enforcing the Criminalisation of) Privacy-Preserving Communications

    Unless... they are the rich people's communications

18. Gemini Links 27/08/2024: Purposeful Prose and Normal Web

    Links for the day

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