Ricardo J. Méndez @ricardojmendez@mastodon.social

"There’s Now an Even Worse Anti-Encryption Bill Than EARN IT"

https://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/blog/2020/06/there%E2%80%99s-now-even-worse-anti-encryption-bill-earn-it-doesn%E2%80%99t-make-earn-it-bill-ok

Get your IT business out of the US. This needs to have an impact on the economy.

Sensitive data must be encrypted. Always. This should be a reminder to the authorities to never again ask for encryption backdoors:
https://www.businessinsider.com/blueleaks-hackers-publish-sensitive-files-from-200-police-departments-2020-6?r=DE&IR=T

More on why we oppose any attempt to backdoor encryption: https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/why-a-backdoor-is-a-security-risk/ #Backdoor #Encryption

"It’s amazing how great computer products can be when they don’t need to deal with corporate bullsh*t, don’t have to promote a brand or to sell its users... Contrast this with Dropbox..."

https://tonsky.me/blog/syncthing/

@ricardojmendez I don't think we can expect people to learn from history without putting in the effort to do so, and I can't say that even my history lessons at school ever made it clear that this could happen here. There's always this sense of "otherness" about the whole thing.

(West) Germany at the very least has tried to identify the causes and educate on them. The US and UK just run with the narrative "nazis bad!" and skip over the reasons behind the rise of fascism.

@ricardojmendez
Also, this is quite a good write-up about the various fascist parties in Western countries: https://zabalaza.net/2020/05/31/what-is-authoritarian-populism-and-why-should-it-be-combated/

The author is from South Africa, so the "Authoritarianism in South Africa?" section is more detailed than most people will care for, but you can just skip to the next heading.

As we've always taken a stand against state surveillance, we stand now against state violence — especially as it's inflicted disproportionately on the Black community. We stand with those seeking justice for the brutality committed by our unjust system. #BlackLivesMatter

Here is a template in PDF format of the Mastodon Paper-Toy.
You will need scissors, glue and a cutter. It may take a bit of patience as well ^^

https://poudingue.imfast.io/Paper-Toy/Mastodon_papertoy_yellow.pdf

#papertoy #papercraft #mastodon #mastotoy #mastocraft #diy

Wrote an article for Glimmer the other week: "Building a More Privacy-Centric Web"

https://glitch.com/glimmer/post/write-as-privacy-centric-web-platforms

eBay caught literally port scanning its users’ computers.

https://nullsweep.com/why-is-this-website-port-scanning-me/

#SurveillanceCapitalism via cron.weekly

❓ Poll: Have you ever had to report content in your feed to a fediverse mod?

Followup: how fast was the response time?

Boosts requested; I'm writing an article about the moderation of decentralized networks.

We created a new writing prompt for anyone to participate, no sign-up required — just write about what you've been up to! Accepted submissions will be showcased over on our writing community @readwriteas.

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Our freedom to hold opinions without interference is absolute, however, increasingly ad-tech represents a new frontier for that interference.

Find out why privacy matters: https://privacyinternational.org/case-study/3677/it-protects-our-freedom-thought https://nitter.net/privacyint/status/1254531449509703680/photo/1

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Starting up writing prompts again with a simple question — what has been giving you joy lately? Respond to the prompt here, no sign-up needed: https://submit.as/cues/joy

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