alfredb @alfredb@mastodon.social
Semi-retired software engineer and IT pro
Interests: #linux #programming #opensource #hiking
Joined Jul 2019
Apple Safari browser may send your browsing data to Chinese company Tencent - MSPoweruser
https://mspoweruser.com/apple-safari-browser-may-send-your-browsing-data-to-chinese-company-tencent/
Facebooks Kryptowährung: Wichtige Partner verlassen Libra
https://www.linux-magazin.de/news/facebooks-kryptowaehrung-wichtige-partner-verlassen-libra/
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How my application ran away and called home from Redmond:
https://medium.com/sensorfu/how-my-application-ran-away-and-called-home-from-redmond-de7af081100d
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My bank's home-banking system uses Google Tag Manager.
It's a bank! It sends user's behavioral data to Google.
This shit is completely fucked up!
Thankfully I use a bunch of Firefox add-ons that block this big brother kind of bullshit.
#FuckOffGoogle
Geniesse den wahrscheinlich letzten Grill-Abend der Saison.
Firmwareupdate 5.20 nun auch PocketBook Touch HD 1 & 2 | PAPIERLOS LESEN
https://papierlos-lesen.de/firmwareupdate-5-20-nun-auch-pocketbook-touch-hd-1-2-67565/#respond
126/84@54
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Libra is losing more support. I can't say I'm sorry. A global Facebook currency is the worst idea I heard in a long time. https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/11/20910330/mastercard-stripe-ebay-facebook-libra-association-withdrawal-cryptocurrency
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Today is the Day against #DRM! Join us and the @fsf@twitter.com in raising awareness about digital restrictions
https://fsfe.org/news/2019/news-20191012-01.html #IDAD
Zurückgehackt: Deutscher Webentwickler wehrt sich gegen Ransomware | heise online
https://www.heise.de/security/meldung/Zurueckgehackt-Deutscher-Webentwickler-wehrt-sich-gegen-Ransomware-4551187.html?wt_mc=rss.security.beitrag.atom
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We will be shipping a big ComposeUI update this weekend!
Stop Calling it Bad Code
https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/bad-code/
With Windows Virtual Desktop, the bad old days are coming back | Computerworld
https://www.computerworld.com/article/3444606/with-windows-virtual-desktop-the-bad-old-days-are-coming-back.html
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Eine Seite mit einem interessanten Artikel wollte gerade, dass ich den Adblocker ausschalte um weiterlesen zu können und ich habe deswegen den Artikel bzw. die ganze Seite als uninteressant herabgestuft und geschlossen. Endhass mtlw auf die kack Scheißwerbung im Internet überall.
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If you're running an adblock-blocker on your website, have you ever measured how many people actually turn it off and come back? And how many people you'll lose as visitors forever?
I'm really curious if someone collected data in that regard.
Five myths about password managers
https://blog.mozilla.org/firefox/myths-about-password-managers/
Microsoft crowdsourced QA, and look what we got | Computerworld
https://www.computerworld.com/article/3444398/microsoft-crowdsourced-qa-and-look-what-we-got.html
Thunderbird, Enigmail and OpenPGP | The Mozilla Thunderbird Blog
https://blog.mozilla.org/thunderbird/2019/10/thunderbird-enigmail-and-openpgp/
Linus Torvalds isn't worried about Microsoft taking over Linux | ZDNet
https://www.zdnet.com/article/linus-torvalds-isnt-worried-about-microsoft-taking-over-linux/
Semi-retired software engineer and IT pro
Interests: #linux #programming #opensource #hiking
Joined Jul 2019
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