Freedom not Fear @fnf@digitalcourage.social

Big win for #privacy and #openstandards in #Germany :

Brandenburg banned the usage of #Microsoft products (especially Teams) in schools.

Let's hope that initiatives like @digitalcourage will have bigger influence after this.

PeerTube v3 : it’s a live, a liiiiive !

* The stages of development

* Peer to peer live streaming

* A behind-the-scenes short film

* What we imagine for the future!
https://framablog.org/2021/01/07/peertube-v3-its-a-live-a-liiiiive/
#Peertube #Federation #Fediverse #Video #Streaming https://horche.demkontinuum.de/display/2196d4ee-105f-f701-bb4e-f29703983324

Mandatory WhatsApp Privacy Policy Update Allows User Data To be Shared With Facebook https://m.slashdot.org/story/21/01/06/1358228/mandatory-whatsapp-privacy-policy-update-allows-user-data-to-be-shared-with-facebook

Via @slashdot@twitter.com

#facebook #whatsapp #eula #privacy

#rC3 schedule website with an easier-to-read font, fixed scrollbars, and sticky table header:

https://codeberg.org/blipp/rc3-fahrplan-userstyle

The Readme contains a step-by-step guide on how to use it with the Stylus Firefox Addon.

Alternative for web browser:
https://pretalx.com/rc3/schedule/

Alternative for Smartphone: scan this code with Giggity https://chaos.social/@kunsi/105423141927863096

I started creating a user style to make the #rC3 Fahrplan more readable for me. (so far: change font, no bold font)

https://codeberg.org/blipp/rc3-fahrplan-userstyle/

#accessibility

Laura Poitras I Am Guilty of Violating the Espionage Act https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/21/opinion/laura-poitras-assange-espionage-act.html

That Zoom shut down accounts and calls where people were talking about Tiananmen Square is bad enough. But you need to understand the subtext: Zoom says that their calls are encrypted and private, and yet they can monitor them.

Those two things are mutually exclusive. This entire video chat system is built on a foundation of lies and backdoors.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/12/18/zoom-helped-china-surveillance/

An #insightful overview of technlogies being used to track people in malls and shops. Rather frightening, IMHO. Bluetooth, face recognition, thermal imaging - Orwellian stuff in our everyday life. https://behavioranalyticsretail.com/technologies-tracking-people/

Spotify's Latest Acquisition Is All About Your Data https://gizmodo.com/spotifys-latest-acquisition-is-all-about-your-data-1845632164

🇬🇧 EU governments want to be able to intercept encrypted communications. That would be the end of secure #encryption altogether and would open backdoors also for hackers, foreign intelligence etc. Stop this attack on our digital security! https://files.orf.at/vietnam2/files/fm4/202045/783284_fh_st12143-re01en20_783284.pdf
#SaveEncryption

Okay so EU Member States -- led by Germany, the land of privacy® -- propose again to prohibit #e2ee #encryption because, you know, #terrorism and stuff.

https://files.orf.at/vietnam2/files/fm4/202045/783284_fh_st12143-re01en20_783284.pdf

Here is our program for Saturday 7 November: https://www.freedomnotfear.org/fnf-2020/our-schedule-for-saturday-7-november#more-935

· #Clearview AI & #GDPR
· EU Actions on Biometric Mass Surveillance (BMS)
· OpaCity: BMS in the Balkans
· #Fingerprinting for ID cards

→ register here: https://aktion.digitalcourage.de/freedomnotfear2020