DataKnightmare @dataKnightmare@octodon.social

Google Is Tracking People's Movements in Their Communities During Coronavirus
https://www.newsweek.com/google-tracking-peoples-movements-their-communities-during-coronavirus-pandemic-1495915

(submitted by codermobile)

Leaked Amazon Memo Details Plan to Smear Fired Warehouse Organizer
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/5dm8bx/leaked-amazon-memo-details-plan-to-smear-fired-warehouse-organizer-hes-not-smart-or-articulate

(submitted by minimaxir)

#Zoom is taking it to a new level - after leaking your webcam data to anyone who knows your computer's IP for Mac & leaking your data to Facebook on iOS, Windows 10 is next with leaking your login credentials.
https://www.zdnet.com/article/windows-10-alert-zoom-client-can-leak-your-network-login-credentials/

French companies benefiting from state aid can't buy back shares
https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-france-business-buybacks/french-companies-benefiting-from-state-aid-cant-buy-back-shares-minister-idUKKBN21H0RI

(submitted by thg)

Non siamo in guerra: serve solidarietà, non caccia all’untore https://www.valigiablu.it/coronavirus-solidarieta/ #Coronavirus #solidarietà #guerra #runner #Post

When the state shifted to e-learning, a rural school shifted to the copy machine
https://www.propublica.org/article/coronavirus-schools-illinois-trico-district-176-superintendent-larry-lovel

(submitted by danso)

Il servizio del TGR Leonardo del 2015 non ha niente a che vedere con il nuovo Coronavirus https://www.valigiablu.it/tgr-leonardo-coronavirus/ #teoriedelcomplotto #MatteoSalvini #Coronavirus #tgrleonardo #Inbreve #Nature #Post

Isola delle Rose (film completo - versione originale)

#insulodelarozoj #isoladellerose #esperanto

https://invidio.us/watch?v=3f3hf03esII

Regarding Jitsi Meet servers:
There is a recent trend to use Jitsi Meet, a JavaScript WebRTC application, for videoconferencing.

Please note that these video conferences aren't end-to-end encrypted. This means server-side parties can monitor your activity. If you want to use Jitsi hosted by others, look for a comprehensive privacy policy as always.

There could be additional legal requirements if you want to use third-party Jitsi servers for school or work.

#jitsi #privacy #security #infosec

Italian officials demand UK health minister deletes coronavirus fake news
https://www.politicshome.com/news/article/italian-officials-demand-health-minister-nadine-dorries-delete-fake-news-about-coronavirus-patients

(submitted by asplake)

et bien sûr, le trading à haute fréquence n'a absolument rien à voir avec la chute des places boursières
#toutvabien
relire #lordon
https://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/2010/02/LORDON/18789
&
https://blog.mondediplo.net/2010-01-20-Instabilite-boursiere-le-fleau-de-la-cotation-en

"If a designer draws wireframes, prepares prototypes, conducts workshops, but cannot deliver a solution for a problem, he or she is anything but a designer."

A delightful piece by Slava Shestopalof about the slow drift of design titles towards a total lack of meaning.

"“UX/UI designer” sounds as awkward as “vegetable/carrot salad” or “vehicle/bus driver. Why don’t we call ourselves designers anymore? When did “design” cease to mean anything?"

https://medium.muz.li/design-types-7d75839a20ea

IRS sues Facebook for $9B, says company offshored profits to Ireland
https://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/facebook-faces-tax-court-trial-over-ireland-offshore-deal

(submitted by swat535)

> Google is now banning the popular Linux browsers named Konqueror, Falkon, and Qutebrowser from logging into Google services because they may not be secure.
>
> [...] a browser may be blocked from signing in for the following reasons:
> - Don’t support JavaScript or have Javascript turned off.

So Google says that not only is JavaScript not harmful, it actually __improves__ your security.

This has to be the hottest take I've seen this year.

I saw a video on the HP85 personal computer from 1979 and it really got me thinking about how we do computing today.

How easy it it for the average user to sit down at a computer and do some computation?

I guess that the closest thing we have to a general purpose numbercruncher for most people is... Excel/Calc/Google Sheets?

That's absolutely not the direction HP, etc thought computation would go in 1979, I'm sure.

The only known bilingual palindrome:

Anger? ‘Tis safe never. Bar it! Use love.

Spell that backward and you get:

Evoles ut ira breve nefas sit; regna!

Which is Latin for:

Rise up, in order that your anger may be but a brief madness; control it! https://t.co/exdO437ZEA #linguistics