DataKnightmare @dataKnightmare@octodon.social
A data knight, far too aware of the dark side.
The algorithmic is political. ('is' as in A⊆P)
Github is now a fully owned, proprietary tool of Microsoft.
It's time to decide.
Do we as a community allow our future to depend upon commercial interests of a company that to this day spreads FUD and minimizes our impact when it suits their plans?
Or do we step up, do what we do best and take our code to somewhere created by the us for us and the good of the community?
This isn't about hating Microsoft. It's about loving our own sovereignty and controlling our *own* future.
Please Boost.
What you buy a product for and what the product actually does are diverging at an alarming rate 😟
Why is an electric toothbrush demanding access to your phone's microphone and location? Why does a television send data about you to 700 addresses in the first 15 minutes?
These aren't cheap shady no-brand devices, these are expensive products from big consumer companies.
After a day at the beach, Monday looks more manageable.
Ah, this example of trending anything abuse makes sense: https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/issues/271#issuecomment-394083593
"Trans Europa Express is a brand new extension for the #firefox web browser that pretends that Internet users are from the European Union to give them some of the privacy protections that websites give users from the EU."
https://www.ghacks.net/2018/05/29/pretend-you-are-from-the-eu-to-benefit-from-gdpr/
Remember all those Silicon Valley techbros? They are really Leninists in disguise.
DK 1x06en - Lenin in Silicon Valley http://www.spreaker.com/user/runtime/dk-1x06eng fresh for you
Help me federate! If you see this toot, interact with it, either my boosting or replying. A simple "Hi!" will do a lot 👋
Salve fediverso italoparlante! c'è un nuovo episodio di DataKnightmare... #GDPR Anno Zero...
https://www.spreaker.com/user/runtime/dk-2x36
[#Indispensable !] « Découvrez le kit de l' @ANSSI pour « la sécurité des données » dans le cadre du #RGPD ! Parce que la sécurité essentielle pour la protection des données à caractère personnel » #sécurité #ssi
tired: populism
wired: microbiotulism, politics that literally appeals to your intestine's microflora, it surely would be much wiser
Goodbye Google Analytics
https://patdavid.net/2018/05/goodbye-google-analytics
As part of a larger post on the data middlemen that most don't even think twice about, and how it relates to your privacy online.
We all need a free alternative to YouTube!
PeerTube is a decentralized video hosting network, based on free/libre software.
PeerTube is currently in beta version, that's why @Framasoft needs your help to pave the road to version 1.0!
https://www.kisskissbankbank.com/en/projects/peertube-a-free-and-federated-video-platform
(Framasoft is a small french non-profit, so do not hesitate to Boost this Toot to non-french user and invite them to help us fund PeerTube v1)
I'm back!
sw, whorephobia, action needed Show more
Back to work. #itsAlwaysMonday
TIL Chrome is scanning your files, including private folders, in the background as an anti-malware measure
https://twitter.com/swagitda_/status/979477998142476289
There’s currently no “off” switch, but apparently the devs reassure that scans are local and not “cloud” based. But this still has consent and privacy implications
17°C --time for the first bikeout of the season!
Fitness motivators: cats.
Cats will invariably cuddle *under* you while you do planks.
ok, Mastosphère, it's plank time!
