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Yayy - Upload-Filter und Leistungsschutzrecht sind auf EU-Ebene erstmal abgelehnt!

Die Bullen durchsuchen seit ~1 Stunde das linke Zentrum, in dem u.a. der CCC Dortmund seine Treffs abhält. Keine Infos zu Gründen. Federführend ist angeblich die "Zentral- und Ansprechstelle Cybercrime Nordrhein-Westfalen".

twitter.com/SWeiermann/status/

Holy shit. The Bavarian Police conducted a raid at the #Zwiebelfreunde und the CCC Augsburg and confiscated personal belongings without having a real proof.

Money quote: "The mere presence of an e-mail address at a large free provider on a website has caused law enforcement authorities to deduce that a German association [...] must be connected to this website somehow"

ccc.de/en/updates/2018/hausdur

In einem Rechtsstaat werden Zeugen befragt, nicht durchsucht und enteignet. Der "Staatsschutz" wollte hier einfach mal ein paar Bürgerrechtler terrorisieren, sonst nichts.

Retweet @Digitalcourage

SZ:
Audio-Überwachung: Facebook will das Patent zum Abhören

Ein US-Patentantrag deutet darauf hin, dass Facebook über das Smartphone-Mikrofon die Umgebung seiner Nutzer abhören kann.

Facebook überlegt, "nahezu jeden Lebensaspekt der Nutzer auszuwerten"

sueddeutsche.de/digital/audio-

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Und mit Sicherheit lesen das viele, aber die meisten werden es mit einem Nicken und dem Satz 'Die wissen doch eh alles' bzw 'ich habe ja nichts zu verbergen' weg klicken. Traurige Welt!

“Dad, I’m Never Going to See You Again” — Two Brazilian Boys Describe Living Through Family Separation

"...U.S. immigration officials dangling the prospect of reunification to parents separated from their children, including asylum-seekers, on the condition that they consent to their own deportation."

theintercept.com/2018/07/03/fa

Da kann man einfach nur mal ganz laut lachen. 😂 😂 😂

"Google liest Gmail-Post zwar nicht mehr - aber hunderte andere Firmen und teils auch deren Mitarbeiter."

winfuture.de/news,103948.html

#Google #Gmail

How Tim Berners-Lee plans to re-decentralise the internet with

With Solid, you store your data in “pods” (personal online data stores) that are hosted wherever you would like. But Solid isn’t just a storage system: It lets other applications ask for data. If Solid authenticates the apps and — importantly — if you’ve given permission for them to access that data, Solid delivers it.

digitaltrends.com/web/ways-to-

I nearly had an existential crisis until I saw it was just a reflection

Short trip to the Erlanger Hut this Weekend, awesome location, great staff, awesome food, will visit again!

I love this project: a riverbed in Amsterdam was drained and the ~700,000 found objects dating from the 1300s to present were photographed and presented online:

belowthesurface.amsterdam/en/v

Instead of ‘finding your passion,’ try developing it, Stanford scholars say

The belief that interests arrive fully formed and must simply be “found” can lead people to limit their pursuit of new fields and give up when they encounter challenges, according to a new Stanford study.

news.stanford.edu/2018/06/18/f

Wait, what. Windows 10 sends info on USB devices plugged in directly to Microsoft?

And it does that using pure HTTP?
pastebin.com/ttYp5rLg

You gotta be kidding me.

#InfoSec

When you are willing to pay for a eBook and the publisher does paper only.

Instead of complaining about piracy they should finally use distribution methods of the 21st century.