With a heavy heart I will shut down diasp.org on May 4th, 2025. To ...

With a heavy heart I will shut down diasp.org on May 4th, 2025. To 15 years or so of diaspora, cheers!
https://b.diasp.org/2024/12/28/2025-diasporg-update/

One photo by Kevin O'Brien (he/him)

'FYI. A Warrant Isn’t Needed': Secret Service Says You Agreed To Be...

'FYI. A Warrant Isn’t Needed': Secret Service Says You Agreed To Be Tracked With Location Data | #secretservice #location #tracking #surveillance #privacy #smartphone #warrant

One photo by 𝕕𝕚𝕒𝕟𝕖𝕒 🏳️‍⚧️🦋

uBlockOrigin & uBlacklist Huge AI Blocklist

uBlockOrigin & uBlacklist Huge AI Blocklist

A huge blocklist of sites (~950) that contain AI generated content, for the purposes of cleaning image search engines (Google Search, DuckDuckGo, and Bing) with uBlock Origin or uBlacklist.

A hosts file for pihole/adguard is available as well.
Important Read:
Right now, please use uBlacklist instead of uBlock Origin for now. Needs a little restructuring to fix DOM targeting. You can still try uBlock, but it will probably not work as you expect it to...

https://github.com/laylavish/uBlockOrigin-HUGE-AI-Blocklist

#ublock #ublacklist

#photographer #Philippe-Halsman #photo #Dali-Atomicus #1948 #surrea...

#photographer #Philippe-Halsman #photo #Dali-Atomicus #1948 #surrealism

#Telegram will share data

#Telegram will share data

Source: https://reclaimthenet.org/telegram-share-ip-phone-data-government-requests

#internet #communication #messenger #France #government #news #warning

Trickle-down

Trickle-down

One image says more than a thousand words, so let's explain Trickle Down Economics in one image:

#TrickleDown #TrickleDownEconomics

#AI

#AI

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One photo by Muse

Switzerland mandates software source code disclosure for public sec...

Switzerland mandates software source code disclosure for public sector: A legal milestone

The EMBAG law stipulates that all public bodies must disclose the source code of software developed by or for them, unless precluded by third-party rights or security concerns. This mandate aims to ensure greater transparency, security, and efficiency in government operations by promoting the use of OSS, which allows for public scrutiny and contribution to the software code​​.

One of the critical aspects of this law is encapsulated in Article 9, which not only mandates the disclosure of source code but also allows public bodies to offer additional services related to support, integration, or IT security, provided these services align with public tasks and are offered at a cost-covering remuneration. This provision ensures that while fostering OSS, the government can also maintain a competitive balance and avoid market distortion​​.

The crux of it really comes down to public money being used for these services. An added benefit of course is that the software could be supported if the supplier goes out of business. Vendor lock-in is a major risk in public sector IT and this helps break that perception / reality. As for security it must be remembered that this is the operational code, and not user data, encryption keys, API keys, etc which always remain private.

See joinup.ec.europa.eu/collection…
#Blog, #opensource, #switzerland, #technology

#photography #nature #flowers Fleurs de spiree

#photography #nature #flowers
Fleurs de spiree

#chat #cat #caturday #caturdayeveryday

#chat #cat #caturday #caturdayeveryday

One photo by 𝕕𝕚𝕒𝕟𝕖𝕒 🏳️‍⚧️🦋

#photography #cat #caturday #catlover

#photography #cat #caturday #catlover

https://f-droid.org/en/packages/host.stjin.anonaddy public post for...

https://f-droid.org/en/packages/host.stjin.anonaddy

public post for #burner type #email service . service is called #anonaddy #addyio .
#privacy #spam tool.

Google routinely evades tax by moving capitals to Bermuda,

Google routinely evades tax by moving capitals to Bermuda,

and moving their EU profits to their Dutch or Irish companies. Over the years, it’s an estimate of 60 Billions $ that Google may have moved to Bermuda (20Billion Euros for the year 2017 alone!).

Google Chairman Eric Schmidt has claimed that [evading taxes in UK] is “capitalism” and that he was “very proud” of it.

“Google has been fined 2.42bn euros by the European Commission after it ruled the company had abused its power

by promoting its own shopping comparison service at the top of search results.” Yet while this amount of a fine -the largest by the EU- seems ridiculous in comparison to the companies’ profits (about 300M$ per day!) several EU investigations do not seem to advance very fast.

https://fuckoffgoogle.de/no-tax-no-law/

#google #tax

#doh #dns #https #firefox #privacy #url #browser #internet #android...

#doh #dns #https #firefox #privacy #url #browser #internet #android #iphone #smartphone #windows #linux
https://wiki.mozilla.org/Trusted_Recursive_Resolver
"All preferences for the DNS-over-HTTPS functionality in Firefox are located under the network.trr prefix (TRR == Trusted Recursive Resolver). The support for these were added in Firefox 62.
network.trr.mode
The resolver mode. You should not change the mode manually, instead use the UI in the Network Settings section of about:preferences"
#aboutconfig #setting

#chromium #bromite #cloudflare

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One photo by ֆʊʐɨɛ ǟʀᥴɦιȶᥱᥴȶ

Windy days #sundaygimp #Photography #MyPhoto #Trees #Wind #Campsite...

Windy days

#sundaygimp #Photography #MyPhoto #Trees #Wind #Campsite #Opicina #Italy

#Google is trying to #kill the #OpenWeb. Using the proposed "Web En...

#Google is trying to #kill the #OpenWeb.

Using the proposed "Web Environment Integrity" means websites can select on which devices (browsers) they wish to be displayed, and can refuse service to other devices. It binds client side software to a website, creating a silo'd app.

https://github.com/RupertBenWiser/Web-Environment-Integrity/blob/main/explainer.md

This penalizes platforms on which the preferred client side software is not available.

Fuck Jim Teague. The Persuaders: Workers Wanted A Union. Then The M...

Fuck Jim Teague.

The Persuaders: Workers Wanted A Union. Then The Mysterious Men Showed Up.

How a pair of “union avoidance” consultants using fake names turned a small Midwestern workplace upside down.

Early last year, the president of a small manufacturing company in Missouri received a cold call from a man who went by the name of Jack Black. Workers at the company, called Motor Appliance Corp., or MAC, had just asked to hold a union election. Jack Black specialized in “union avoidance.” He wanted to offer his services.

Jack Black’s firm has brought in millions of dollars over the years by providing employers with “persuaders,” or, to use unions’ less charitable term, “union busters” — consultants who try to convince workers not to organize. Persuader work is big business these days. The number of union elections in the U.S. has surged amid an organizing wave over the last two years. Employers are now paying upwards of $3,000 a day, plus expenses, for each persuader. Amazon alone dished out more than $14 million to consultants last year.

But more often the employer is a little-known firm like MAC, which produces electric motors and battery chargers. The consulting work at MAC ultimately led to employee resignations and a hearing before the NLRB that shed new light on the opaque world of persuaders. This story is based primarily on testimony from that hearing, which was obtained through a public records request.

. . .

#JimTeague #JackBlack #union #labor #unionBusting #unionAvoidance #capitalism #HuffPost #HuffingtonPost