mark @mark@metalhead.club

"If you’re concerned about privacy and want one of the most well-protected browsers available — and don’t mind that it may prevent you from using certain websites — then you should try the Tor Browser." https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/21/21138403/tor-privacy-tools-private-network-browser-settings-security

@puresick

When even the BBC is criticising Zoom, you know it's not just greenie anarchist human-rights-defending geeks complaining...
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-52033217

And another worry about Zoom giving your data to Facebook:
https://twitter.com/josephfcox/status/1243161296679219200

"Zoom iOS App Sends Data to Facebook Even if You Don’t Have a Facebook Account"

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/k7e599/zoom-ios-app-sends-data-to-facebook-even-if-you-dont-have-a-facebook-account

#Privacy #Facebook

The Right to Anonymity is Vital to Free Expression: Now and Always

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/03/right-anonymity-vital-free-expression-now-and-always

A community member is looking for volunteer coders to work on BigBlueButton integration in #nextcloud to help schools continue their lesson plans! Want to support education in this time of social distancing?
https://help.nextcloud.com/t/nextcloud-app-for-bigbluebutton-integration/74910

World's wind power capacity up by fifth after record year https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/mar/25/worlds-wind-power-capacity-up-by-fifth-after-record-year #Renewableenergy #Environment #Windpower #Worldnews #Energy

📱 @SamsungUK has failed to respond to our letter on #CloudExtraction - which allows warrantless, broad access to cloud stored data. This is a vital issue for security of Samsung's customer data. Help us demand they respond now and retweet. 🔁

Read more: https://privacyinternational.org/news-analysis/3302/big-tech-companies-must-protect-customer-data-legal-backdoors

The EARN IT Act is aiming at destroying encryption. We must take action now: https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/earn-it-barr-encryption

I just lost a glorious hour to a book of Russian folk tales I found on Project Gutenberg. If you're stuck at home/self-isolating, why not give gutenberg.org a look?

Dave Lucas. "Love Poem for an Apocalypse"

(via @twitter.com/aubreyhirsch/status/1241387834830807040 )
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Amnesty International: "Yeah, you heard that right. Healthcare is a human right.

[ https://tweets.newsbots.eu/amnesty/status/1241404661879488515 — #humanrights #news #bot]

I am currently writing a list of good #FreeSoftware solutions for #remote #working in the @fsfe wiki:
https://wiki.fsfe.org/Activities/FreeSoftware4RemoteWorking

I still need to polish the wording but if you already have input for me about what is missing, more sources or any other feedback is very welcome.

Just focus please on software that in particular facilitates remote working not any other usual work-procedures.

If you can , install your own #Jitsi server not to overload public ones.

Step-by-step example (30-60 minutes):

* rent a DEV1-M server on https://www.scaleway.com/ with Debian Buster (7,99 Eur/month)
* disable IPv6 (to avoid bugs later)
* reboot (!)
* note public and private IP
* buy a domain (gandi.net,..), and set public IP
* follow https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet/blob/master/doc/quick-install.md (with NAT)
* reboot and enjoy!!

A single call with two users uses about 10% of CPU.

#Hangouts #Skype alternatives
#FuckOffGoogle

Win for conservation as African black rhino numbers rise https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/mar/19/win-for-conservation-as-african-black-rhino-numbers-rise #Endangeredspecies #Conservation #Environment #Worldnews #Wildlife #Animals #Africa #UKnews

#Nextcloud is still looking for new members of our sales team! Help us get more happy customers!
👏ethical business
🏠working from home
🗺️super international
📈growing fast
https://nextcloud.com/blog/is-nextcloud-looking-for-you/

Almost 100% of e-waste is recyclable, yet barely 20% of the world’s e-waste is collected and delivered to recyclers. Ahead of Global Recycling Day, we are reflecting on the problem of e-waste. It’s time to act and we can start with spreading awareness: https://frphn.co/lfsnm

Oops!

"Microsoft Teams goes down for two hours as Europe logs on to work remotely"

For those who have a say in tools they use and want an alternative, give https://about.riot.im/ a chance. Free, open-source, encrypted and supports chat, file sharing, video/voice calls...

**British supermarkets' plea to shoppers - stop panic buying**

"Britain's food retailers appealed to shoppers on Sunday to stop panic buying during the coronavirus outbreak, saying purchasing more than they need would mean others will be left without. "

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-uk-supermarkets/british-supermarkets-plea-to-shoppers-stop-panic-buying-idUSKBN212007?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews

#news #bot

#solarpunk and #gardening people, please help me out with something, others, boosts appreciated

I'd like to make a special item on my game Improbable Island that you can only get by planting a tree. As an added bonus I'd like to give another item when the tree's one year old. I plan to require photographic evidence.

Is there a way to indelibly and non-detrimentally mark a young tree, so that people returning in a year can identify and photograph the tree they planted?

Europe Wants a ‘Right to Repair’ Smartphones and Gadgets https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/12/world/europe/eu-right-to-repair-smartphones.html #WasteMaterialsandDisposal #RecyclingofWasteMaterials #GreenhouseGasEmissions #PoliticsandGovernment #VirginijusSinkevicius #EuropeanCommission #EuropeanUnion #Smartphones #Electronics #Batteries