jotbe @jotbe@chaos.social

Why I’m leaving Chrome
https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2018/09/23/why-im-leaving-chrome/

(submitted by user982)

Protip: no organisation that actually values your privacy will have a popup that says “we value your privacy” on their web site.

#SurveillanceCapitalism

hey everyone writing code: you can't get around this. code does not exist in a noble mathematical void which absolves you of accountability. any system which people touch is tied into the fabric of society, and should be scrutinized for potential to do harm.

How to make a racist AI without really trying http://blog.conceptnet.io/posts/2017/how-to-make-a-racist-ai-without-really-trying/

"... the sentiment is generally more positive for…
https://twitter.com/Abebab/status/1042395951560880128

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@aral Tho, an even bigger problem is the #W3C basically having been bought by the top tier tech corps. :/

Riddle me this: I’m a for-profit corporation that says it exists to protect your privacy and yet I couldn’t exist without the billions of dollars I get from companies that exist by violating your privacy.

Who am I?

Any guesses?

Hint: M______ C__________

“Firefox installs add-ons into your browser without consent… again” https://medium.com/@neothefox/firefox-installs-add-ons-into-your-browser-without-consent-again-d3e2c8e08587

@aral , in case you missed it..

Barcelona führt auf U-Bahnhöfen #Videoüberwachung mit autom. #Verhaltensanalyse ein — nur um zu erkennen, wann Schwarzfahrer über Gatter hüpfen.

Das könnte man mit Personal zuverlässiger herausfinden und verhindern. Von Grundrechten ganz zu schweigen.

https://futurezone.at/digital-life/kuenstliche-intelligenz-macht-schwarzfahrer-ausfindig/400126064 /c

Hab nochmal nachgesehen - auf unabhängige Quellen geachtet, Standardabweichung berücksichtigt und die Logfiles geprüft.
Kann hiermit offiziell bestätigen: alle bekloppt geworden

Gut directly connected to brain, by a newly discovered neuron circuit
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/09/your-gut-directly-connected-your-brain-newly-discovered-neuron-circuit

(submitted by everybodyknows)

The CLOUD Act will allow dangerous invasions of privacy around the world. We could use more companies standing up fo their users before those invasions become common.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/09/microsoft-clears-air-about-fighting-cloud-act-abuses

Die gute Nachricht des Tages: „AfD-Demo in Rostock musste umkehren.“

https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/mecklenburg-vorpommern/AfD-Demo-in-Rostock-700-dafuer-4000-dagegen,rostock1100.html

Of course you should submit to our journal. We will afford your manuscript all the attention it deserves by hiding it behind a paywall so high and wide that no one -- including you -- will be able to read it.

Linux developers threaten to pull “kill switch”
https://lulz.com/linux-devs-threaten-killswitch-coc-controversy-1252/

(submitted by sattoshi)