Harald Eilertsen

Wed, 15 Sep 2021 09:37:38 +0200

Freddy wrote the following post Wed, 15 Sep 2021 09:05:47 +0200

Welcome to Privacy Guides

https://www.privacyguides.org/blog/2021/09/14/welcome-to-privacy-guides/

Harald Eilertsen

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 17:33:47 +0200

deadsuperhero wrote the following post Mon, 13 Sep 2021 16:08:11 +0200

Hey, so my mom's writing a superhero urban fantasy series, and it's amazing. She's working on books #4 and #5, and the first book in the series is free for Kindle and like two bucks on every other digital bookstore.

There's a lot of great worldbuilding throughout the series, and the character development is absolutely great.

https://www.blackkatseries.com/book/black-kat-1-unlucky-charm/

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hEARt PhoniX

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 22:50:01 +0200

It's also on Kobo.
But I do recommend smashwords. Their ebooks are usually DRM-free. I habe bought quite a few books there, I can recommend them.
https://www.smashwords.com/books/search?query=%22Kimberly+Gordon%22

Harald Eilertsen

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 23:06:04 +0200

@hEARt PhoniX I've used them before too. Also they have a pretty clear stance on DRM.

hEARt PhoniX

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 23:36:42 +0200

@Harald Eilertsen You are right, I first wanted to write no DRM, but then was not sure and did not investigate. But that was the reason I got interested, yes.

Harald Eilertsen

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 14:18:23 +0200

Katharsisdrill wrote the following post Mon, 13 Sep 2021 13:43:42 +0200

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Harald Eilertsen

Sat, 11 Sep 2021 10:35:57 +0200

Aral Balkan wrote the following post Sat, 11 Sep 2021 10:27:42 +0200

The problem isn’t Google and Facebook: there will be asshole corporations that exist to fleece you for every fibre of your being for as long as we allow them to exist. The problem is that the people and institutions that should be protecting your rights are not doing their jobs: either because they’re clueless and inept or corrupt – paid by those very same corporations or full of folks hoping one day to work there (see lobbying, revolving doors, public-private partnerships, etc.)

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RockyIII

Sat, 11 Sep 2021 11:47:30 +0200

there is also an other simple reason: people and institutions are overstrained - and they try to use their limited capacities on many other things.

This is not an excuse but an explanation

This is also the mystery why Google, Facebook & Co are so much wanted

Harald Eilertsen

Sat, 11 Sep 2021 12:39:48 +0200

@RockyIII That is of course very true. However, we do see numerous examples of former politicians ending up on the payroll for these corporations. Something that would be less likely if they actually did address the privacy overreach and monopoly power they are responsible for.

RockyIII

Sat, 11 Sep 2021 12:54:09 +0200

@Harald Eilertsen YES - and politicians not even have to end up on the their payroll - they just have to put a system in favor which makes a lot of profit with the data collected by Google, Facebook & Co - this is a big business for a lot of people

But also

No politician will get elected if he/she tries to constantly overstrained people, by telling them to get uses to a different system....

Harald Eilertsen

Sat, 11 Sep 2021 17:56:52 +0200

@RockyIII It's going to be a long road, but we have to start somewhere. Getting rid of the corruption and revolving doors between politicians, lobbyists and these companies will be one big step in the right direction.

But of course we also have to make sure that the organization and people we task with overseeing and handling this regulations have the resources they need.

And, we have to start realizing that where the public sector chooses to spend it's money is a political issue. By spending it on the surveillance capitalists we support their business model. We can choose differently, and over time build better and more ethical alternatives that will serve the public rather than billion dollar corps.

RockyIII

Sun, 12 Sep 2021 11:01:02 +0200 last edited: Sun, 12 Sep 2021 11:01:26 +0200

It's going to be a long road

Yes

@Harald Eilertsen Teachers can get really mad if you tell them that they are not allowed to use MS Teams anymore.. and you will have a really hard time if you try to convince this nice and friendly working NGO not to use MS Teams but Nextcloud instated...

Most NGOs want to be visible on something like Instagram and do not care about something like the Fediverse at all...

"people and institutions and that should be protecting your rights"

so what people and institutions are we talking about? Judges and courts?
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jun/30/facebook-antitrust-lawsuit-big-tech
seams so we need better laws

we have to start realizing that where the public sector chooses to spend it's money is a political issue

federal governments and all mayor parties in Germany have voted for OpenSource to use
https://www.computerbase.de/2020-06/schleswig-holstein-bundesland-microsoft-open-source/
https://www.kommune21.de/meldung_35901_Pilotprojekt+%E2%80%9EOpen+Source+Software%E2%80%9D.html

Now the public officials and NGO staff have to get the time to learn...

Harald Eilertsen

Sun, 12 Sep 2021 21:40:45 +0200

@RockyIII Yeah, seems Germany is a bit ahead of the rest of us. Will be interesting to see how that works out.

so what people and institutions are we talking about? Judges and courts?

I'm more thinking about politicians, data protection orgs, consumer rights orgs, etc. The courts are important too, but they don't make the laws, just interpret them.

Harald Eilertsen

Fri, 10 Sep 2021 12:27:02 +0200

Matias Lavik 🌍 🇪🇺 wrote the following post Fri, 10 Sep 2021 11:48:51 +0200

Hugs: idag er siste dag de kan forhåndsstemme, viss de ikkje har anledning til å stemme i heimekommunen på valgdagen 🙂

Harald Eilertsen

Thu, 09 Sep 2021 23:09:28 +0200

Anarchist Bookfair in London wrote the following post Thu, 09 Sep 2021 22:38:00 +0200

COVID-19 and the bookfair

The indoor venue's capacity is capped at 200. Once this is reached we'll be counting heads in/out.

There'll be additional space in the gardens next to the venue, but again this is limited capacity.

Stalls have been limited to stallholders from London and surrounding areas and we ask that people do not travel cross-country for this event. There are regional bookfairs coming up in Bradford, Manchester, Newcastle, presumably Edinburgh.

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Harald Eilertsen

Thu, 09 Sep 2021 11:00:51 +0200

Per-Karsten wrote the following post Thu, 09 Sep 2021 10:34:57 +0200

4 dager igjen til vi kan si farvel til statsminister Solberg. Jeg gleder meg mer til det enn jeg trodde jeg ville.

Kjetil Kilhavn

Fri, 10 Sep 2021 22:25:53 +0200 from ActivityPub

@harald Nuvel, vi skal ikke stemme først - før feiringen tar til?

Harald Eilertsen

Fri, 10 Sep 2021 23:52:40 +0200

@Kjetil Kilhavn Jo, burde vel det. Men i tilfelle det ikke blir feiring da så er det jo greit å få feira litt, da.

Harald Eilertsen

Wed, 08 Sep 2021 13:55:31 +0200

Peter N. M. Hansteen wrote the following post Wed, 08 Sep 2021 13:06:11 +0200

OpenSSL: Et tilfelle av kodekvalitet som bare var helt utrolig ille https://www.digi.no/artikler/debatt-openssl-et-tilfelle-av-kodekvalitet-som-bare-var-helt-utrolig-ille/513122 del tre i serien #OpenBSD

Harald Eilertsen

Wed, 08 Sep 2021 08:57:21 +0200

Snikket wrote the following post Wed, 08 Sep 2021 08:53:57 +0200

Here's a little thing that may not be obvious to many people....

When you install an open-source app from Google Play or the Apple app store, there is no guarantee that what you install actually matches the public code.

@fdroidorg are doing a great service. They independently build the public source code for apps from scratch, review for common issues, and publish their builds. Thanks to "reproducible builds" it's possible to verify they do not tamper with the code.

https://f-droid.org/en/docs/Security_Model/

Partiene har brukt 9 mill. på Facebook-reklame

Harald Eilertsen

Tue, 07 Sep 2021 20:11:58 +0200

De politiske partiene har brukt mer enn 9 millioner kroner på å nå folk på Facebook siden valginnspurten startet. Arbeiderpartiet er Facebooks største annonsør i Norge

Dette i følge NRK.

Legg merke til at dette er for perioden 30. juni til 4. september, altså i løpet av to måneder, og kun hva som går til Facebook.

#norsk #politikk #ovevåkningskapitalisme

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Ruben 🇳🇴

Wed, 08 Sep 2021 09:19:25 +0200 from ActivityPub

@harald @aujawindar For å få ballen til å rulle så kan jeg starte en tråd om hvilke poenger vi kan ta opp i en (eller flere) kronikker. Fint å crowdsource idefasen og plukke noen poenger som kan spisses.

Harald Eilertsen

Wed, 08 Sep 2021 09:32:00 +0200

@Ruben 🇳🇴 Det er en god ide. Er jo bare å fortsette under her da. Jeg må jobbe en stund fremover nå, men følger med og det surrer uansett litt rundt i hodet.

Harald Eilertsen

Wed, 08 Sep 2021 10:05:45 +0200

For de som ikke er snabler, men har lyst å være med å komme med inspill likevel, her er et dokument hvor vi kan samle ressursser for å hjelpe til med evt kronikk/innlegg/bloggskriving: https://cryptpad.fr/pad/#/2/pad/edit/hkcKp6uAWVvSIbHeMQrWJmVi/

Harald Eilertsen

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