Michela Marie 🏳️‍🌈 @michelamarie@mastodon.social

For two weeks only, you can become a member of EFF for just $20. Help us build a better digital future. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/07/better-digital-future-possible

Celebrate UNIX 50th and SDF 32nd at http://livingcomputers.org Wednesday July 10th 6pm - 9pm

SDFers can RSVP at https://sdf.org/sdf32

NonSDFers check out the Living Computers events page

ElasticSearch clusters left out in the open have leaked

- 114 million records of US companies and citizens

- over 32 million records of SKY Brasil customers

- approximately 33 million profiles of Chinese job seekers

- over 108 million bets from various online casinos exposing their bettors' PII data

- hundreds of thousands of sensitive legal documents "not designated for publication."

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/over-90-million-records-leaked-by-chinese-public-security-department/

Hey! :) The Recurse Center is "funding Fellowships of up to $10,000 for women, trans, and non-binary people to work on programming projects, research, and art at RC this fall.

Apply by July 22nd and start August 12th or September 23rd."

https://www.recurse.com/blog/149-10000-fellowships-for-women-trans-non-binary-programmers

This is an incredible opportunity – if you want to be part of a diverse, kind programming community, and spend three months focusing on projects close to your heart, this is your chance! Happy to answer any questions you might have! \o/

We’re hiring! Join a workplace with:
✅ Excellent benefits, including student loan and housing cost assistance
✅ A diverse, supportive, and empowering environment
✅ Regular educational workshops and activities
✅ Dogs, kittens, and robots
https://www.eff.org/pages/working-at-eff

New York: Tell your lawmakers to support two right to repair bills that would make repair of phones, tablets and other digital electronic equipment easier and more accessible for New York residents. https://act.eff.org/action/new-yorkers-demand-your-right-to-repair-ebf1e186-a3b0-4329-b6a1-a203fe235085

In case you missed it, there's a free open Fediverse alternative to Reddit under construction called Prismo:

@prismo

You can try the first instance at:

https://prismo.xyz

https://prismo.xyz/auth/sign_up

The idea is that each instance is the equivalent of a subreddit, dedicated to a particular topic.

Prismo federates with ActivityPub so you can follow Prismo accounts from Mastodon etc. (The federation isn't completed yet though, so some features are missing.)

#Prismo #Reddit #Alternatives

Can we really trust Customs and Border Protection with our text messages and phone camera rolls? https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/06/congress-should-pass-protecting-data-border-act

Get it while it's hot: @kde 5.16 is now available from #openSUSE #Tumbleweed!

Russia tightens its firewall, with a crackdown against VPNs that bypass its state censorship: https://gizmodo.com/russia-plans-to-block-major-vpns-as-next-step-in-closin-1835326332