Jan Penfrat @ilumium@mastodon.cloud

"No one can say that they deserve to be a billionaire."

https://thecorrespondent.com/712/theres-no-such-thing-as-a-self-made-billionaire/15717484728-1ab45c5a

Why would any #Linux user in their right mind want to use #Microsoft's #Edge browser?
https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/22/21449062/microsoft-edge-linux-preview-october-release

Good reminder of what we're up against.

#digitalrights #lobbycontrol

#Privacy-friendly email providers like @Tutanota have your back when it comes to fighting illegal #surveillance measures.

Story: German lower court ruled that #Tutanota has to implement code to circumvent their own #encryption. The company appealed the decision and the appeals court invalidated it.

https://www.heise.de/news/Mailanbieter-Tutanota-Staatsanwaltschaft-wollte-Chef-in-Beugehaft-nehmen-4908806.html

#Facebook: We'll leave the EU market if you don't change the law in our favour!

#EU: Okay bye.

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/889pk3/facebook-threatens-to-pull-out-of-europe-if-it-doesnt-get-its-way

Do you feel like #Youtube recommends weird videos to you?

That's why folks at @mozilla have built the #RegretsReporter -- a #Firefox extension that helps researchers study Youtube's opaque recommender #algorithms.

Help them and install: https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/campaigns/regrets-reporter #YouTubeRegrets

Super duper #Tesla receives German #BigBrotherAwards for collecting and sharing incredible amounts of personal data and for likely being in permanent breach of #GDPR. 🎉

Too important not to be shared here. #iBorderCtrl #digitalrights #privacy

Global tech businesses whining of not being able to break the law any more.

It's annoying to see the ease with which the tech industry abuses the #Covid pandemic to reduce people's fundamental rights. #privacy #digitalrights

https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/news/article/schrems-ii-ruling-puts-european-recovery-at-risk-22391

Just realised that @signalapp has silently introduced voice and video calls in its desktop app. 👏👏👏

Probably the only thing Melania #Trump and Edward #Snowden have in common: they both use #Signal messenger.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/02/melania-trump-private-email-white-house-stephanie-winston-wolkoff

So wie @kooptech hier auf Golem.de sollten Journalist*innen #Datenschutz|fragen einordnen. #Privatsphäre steht als #Grundrecht ja nicht zum Selbstzweck im luftleeren Raum, sondern hat einen historischen und politiktheoretischen Kontext.

https://www.golem.de/news/steuer-id-der-nummerierte-buerger-2008-150562.html

When will the EU Commission (and other politicians) finally understand that #blockchain is *not* a "key digital technology" or "major development". It's an inefficient database with no relevant use case in 12 years of existence.

Proving time and again that #BigTech cannot be trusted with the monopolistic power they hold.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-facebook-apple-exclusive/exclusive-facebook-says-apple-rejected-its-attempt-to-tell-users-about-app-store-fees-idUSKBN25O042?il=0
#monopoly #Apple #Facebook #Appstore